Katsucon 2006 on DCM: March 23rd, 2006

Katsucon 2006 Report
by
TakagiNaoSama

We arrived at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington DC on Friday morning and were both surprised and not surprised to see the beautiful lobby packed full of Narutards. We knew it was going to be a long weekend...

"You can't stand there...Please move to the side of the hallway...I'm sorry but you can't film here...We need to keep the lobby open, please..." Those are just a few of the demands we were overwhelmed with by Katsucon security throughout the entire weekend. Some referred to them as the Security Nazis; We just tried our best to stay clear of them during photoshoots and the even more difficult FanCam. Costumers and photographers alike gathered in huge packs to combat their requests, sometimes simply refusing to move. Security eventually resorted to standing directly between costumer and photographer! It was quite a mess, and the blame can partially be pointed at the fact that the hotel really wasn't prepared to handle an anime convention of Katsucon's size.

Props goes to the gameroom staff as they setup two rooms this year, complete with everything fighting, music, dancing and old school fans alike could enjoy. There were even 25 free-play arcade machines! My personal favorite gameroom experience though was seeing Carmen Sandiego playing the arcade machines XD (check out my Sunday photos ;)

The Saturday night masquerade ran very smoothly, and we only had a little trouble getting a place to set up. Chad still takes the prize as the most accommodating press guy of any con, though he only managed to come through at the last minute this time. The masquerade participants and audience were as lively as ever, and I was personally glad to see Rob make his return as MC (not that I didn't love the MC from the past two years!!) The skits were overall not quite as impressive as previous Katsucons, but there were still some gems, and kudos go out to everyone who had the courage and dedication to get up on stage!

While this was my first Katsucon, it was DeathCom Multimedia's sixth. I hear it was much better security-wise than last year, but improvements still need to be made (namely a hotel that's been properly informed of what exactly they're in for). The location was beautiful, however, as you can see from our photoshoots. The courtyard was gorgeous, and we'd like to thank the cosplayers who withstood the cold temperatures to get photos there. You will not be disappointed!

- Previous Reports -

Dont want to be seen on this site? If your pictured and want it removed, drop me a line and Ill take it down right away.

Copyright 2006, DeathCom Web Productions.