06.20.09
Animazement Anime Show
It’s been hectic at J Flair, but we aren’t complaining…We want to give you belated updates on what’s going on!
We attended Animazement in Raleigh this past May. We just knew a lady who was heading the whole event, so we thought it would be fun to try it out and see what that was all about!
Well, we dressed up in a casual attire and showed up in the vendor room. As we pushed our cart to our booth, we saw other vendors setting up their booths. I was thinking to myself “we’re in totally different world!” We saw cat hats, tails, swords, and other costume things that I had no idea what they were for… And that made me worry a bit in a beginning…
As we were setting up our booth, we heard people shouting and making noises upstairs. I thought they were just being loud, but they were just getting excited about the start of the festival! When the door finally opened, everybody rushed downstairs and started heading to each booth. When I saw all these people dressing up in costumes, all of a sudden, I felt very under dressed…. A lady came up to our booth with beaming yellow eyes and trying to ask me some questions, but I couldn’t help, but staring at those eyes at first. It was all new to me. Everybody was pausing in a character and taking pictures of each other, but I couldn’t recognize who they were supposed to be. I watched Anime growing up in Japan, but that was sadly years ago…..I have no idea what people watch these days….
After a while, I got used to those bright pink wigs or blue painted face, and focused on work, which is to sell our J Flair Goods.
We were told before the event that cute items would do good. So we brought newly arrived cute stationery, bento boxes, and mugs, along with some traditional items. There were a lot of occasions where people rushed to our booth from somewhere and saying “kawaii~!” meaning cute in Japanese. Many came back to our booth a couple of times with different friends, talking about what they bought and what their friends should get. It was also nice that many people asked us if we had a store somewhere. Yes, that is one of our goals!
After 3 days, we were ready to go home. We were tired, but felt good about what we accomplished! Thank you everyone for coming to our booth. We plan to attend next year again with more J Flair Goods!
