The Headquarters Library in downtown Fayetteville was taken over Saturday. That much was clear. By what, exactly, was harder to pinpoint.
There were Stormtroopers and Darth Vader from "Star Wars." Even Dog Vader. But there were also demonic butlers,Examine our edhardy here. pirates and people dressed as robots pretending to be dogs. There were bunny ears, cat whiskers and bright wigs from every color of the rainbow.
This was Librari-Con.
The free mini anime convention spawned by the library's anime clubs is now in its fifth year.
The daylong event has grown from a shoestring $50 budget and a month of planning to a celebration that was almost a year in the making and pulls in enthusiasts from all over the state.
Old friendships were rekindled and new ones forged amid more noise than the library likely hears in the other 364 days of the year combined.
"It's just a wonderful thing that they can say 'Hey, I love your costume,' and have that to start from,Shop for high quality Nikeshox Watches." said Missy Lane, the library's assistant youth services coordinator who runs the event. "It's just somewhere they can geek out in a safe and free environment."
There are other, bigger conventions in other cities. But they're expensive. This had the advantage of being free.
Cherie Kelly was one of the teen helpers (minions,This is the Nike sellschristianaudigier High. What we can see by now is that it will come in a neon orange and a neon yellow. they're called) for the first four years and came home from Guilford College for Saturday's event. She said it's a great introduction to anime conventions for the uninitiated and has grown beyond its initial intent.
"People started to realize you can come as anything you want," she said.
Anime is a catch-all term for Japanese cartoons, which cover all manner of subjects and pull in fans through the teenage years and beyond. At the core of its appeal are the costumes. Loving anime means picking a character and assuming the look. Librari-Con is a place to show it off.
"It was a reason to dress up,Sells edhardyjeansshop in a Broad Selection from current season." said Jared Elmore, who admitted he would feel strange walking down a street in his Monkey D.we know that coffee dsquaredshoes is the world's most commonly traded commodity after crude oil. Luffy red and blue pirate costume.
"Here," he said, "it makes us feel welcome to dress up."
There were panels, discussion groups and an Artist Alley, but the convention culminated in a catwalk show for the costumed.
"You wouldn't think this was a library today," said clerk Vera Hooks as she sat at a station on the second floor, eyes flitting from one dazzlingly-dressed form to the next. "This a day just to people watch - or character watch."
Despite plenty of advance notice, some regular library patrons seemed a little overwhelmed at the commotion. Which is not to say they disapproved.
"I think it's cute," said Kelly Shell as she wandered along the DVD aisle. "It gives the kids something to do."
Then she paused.
"I'm still not sure," she said, "exactly what's going on."
There were Stormtroopers and Darth Vader from "Star Wars." Even Dog Vader. But there were also demonic butlers,Examine our edhardy here. pirates and people dressed as robots pretending to be dogs. There were bunny ears, cat whiskers and bright wigs from every color of the rainbow.
This was Librari-Con.
The free mini anime convention spawned by the library's anime clubs is now in its fifth year.
The daylong event has grown from a shoestring $50 budget and a month of planning to a celebration that was almost a year in the making and pulls in enthusiasts from all over the state.
Old friendships were rekindled and new ones forged amid more noise than the library likely hears in the other 364 days of the year combined.
"It's just a wonderful thing that they can say 'Hey, I love your costume,' and have that to start from,Shop for high quality Nikeshox Watches." said Missy Lane, the library's assistant youth services coordinator who runs the event. "It's just somewhere they can geek out in a safe and free environment."
There are other, bigger conventions in other cities. But they're expensive. This had the advantage of being free.
Cherie Kelly was one of the teen helpers (minions,This is the Nike sellschristianaudigier High. What we can see by now is that it will come in a neon orange and a neon yellow. they're called) for the first four years and came home from Guilford College for Saturday's event. She said it's a great introduction to anime conventions for the uninitiated and has grown beyond its initial intent.
"People started to realize you can come as anything you want," she said.
Anime is a catch-all term for Japanese cartoons, which cover all manner of subjects and pull in fans through the teenage years and beyond. At the core of its appeal are the costumes. Loving anime means picking a character and assuming the look. Librari-Con is a place to show it off.
"It was a reason to dress up,Sells edhardyjeansshop in a Broad Selection from current season." said Jared Elmore, who admitted he would feel strange walking down a street in his Monkey D.we know that coffee dsquaredshoes is the world's most commonly traded commodity after crude oil. Luffy red and blue pirate costume.
"Here," he said, "it makes us feel welcome to dress up."
There were panels, discussion groups and an Artist Alley, but the convention culminated in a catwalk show for the costumed.
"You wouldn't think this was a library today," said clerk Vera Hooks as she sat at a station on the second floor, eyes flitting from one dazzlingly-dressed form to the next. "This a day just to people watch - or character watch."
Despite plenty of advance notice, some regular library patrons seemed a little overwhelmed at the commotion. Which is not to say they disapproved.
"I think it's cute," said Kelly Shell as she wandered along the DVD aisle. "It gives the kids something to do."
Then she paused.
"I'm still not sure," she said, "exactly what's going on."
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