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Photos curtesy of Arizona Voice Acting Guild Woo! What a whirlwind of a weekend! This was Isekai's first year and the event was really great! (With the exception of the venue.) I was staff for this event, but please keep in mind I do not speak on behalf of the event, this was just my personal experience.
I spent a lot of time with the Arizona Voice Acting Guild, they had a competition over the weekend. I got to dub a scene from Mulan and a scene from Legend of Kora. I really enjoyed the whole experience, it was a lot of fun and I look forward to doing it again next year. The guild was so talented and gave great direction. I did cosplay two out of the three days, But there was a blizzard that weekend and I was working registration by a door that was opened over and over again so wearing winter clothes was way more comfortable for me! I got to meet Mark Whitten, who voices Rengoku on Demon Slayer. He was the nicest dude! I also hosted the idol show which was a good time. I was impressed with several groups for having synchronized choreography and knowing a lot of lyrics in Japanese. The evening parties were enjoyable as well. Everyone had a really good time and enjoyed the event. Except for the venue. It really sucked. They were difficult to work with, on several occasions they weren't on time opening the doors and left us in a blizzard which also put our schedule behind. During said blizzard they didn't want to turn the heaters on. They turned the power off on us before the event ended for the night. There were mice and cockroaches. Puddles on the ground where the roof was leaking. One of the bathrooms sinks had brown water coming out of it. There was a gas leak. Vendors experienced theft over night. Ballroom reeked of cigarette smoke. The list goes on and on, as you can see in their google reviews. Don't plan any events at the 801 Event Center in Salt Lake. But- very exciting news, next year the con will be held at the Mountain America Expo Center! Which is a wonderful venue, been to many events there. So I am so excited for next year. |
