Nan Desu Kan 2013: Day One

Written by:  John Edward Betancourt 

There are only a handful of things in this world that I wake up full of anticipation for and one of those things is a convention.  I love it when my alarm goes off and I can start counting down the hours until I get the opportunity to step through the doors of a con and enjoy an experience like no other.  

In fact there is no greater moment than those first precious seconds that you enter a hotel or convention center for one simple reason.  It truly is stepping into another world.  So imagine my joy today as I stepped through the doors of the Denver Marriott to enter the world of Nan Desu Kan.

Just like last year, the only simple word that one can associate with NDK is...busy.  Yet that word will never do this con justice, only because every minute we were there, waves upon waves of people continued to roam through the halls of the hotel, it truly is a sight to see. 

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As we always do the first night of a con, the Girls of Geek team simply went out to get the lay of the land.  We wandered through the packed atrium.  We roamed the halls with everyone else, simply taking in the convention in all its glory before Michelle and I made the decision to check out something I know I missed last year, the vendor room.  

It certainly did not disappoint.  It too was packed wall to wall with con goers, and every booth was filled to capacity as people were snatching up every collectible they could find.  I cannot count how many people I saw with both arms filled with goods that were stacked as high as they could safely carry. 

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Of course it isn't just about the floor.  There were panels and costumes galore to be seen, and as you can see from this picture and the one above, everyone is already bringing their A game when it comes to cosplay and that should make for an even more incredible showing come Saturday.  

As for the panels, we tried to sample everything we could.  We took the time to pop our heads in and out of as many panel rooms as possible, but as always there is simply just too many panels to cover.

Either way, it felt good to step back into the world of the convention, and I cannot wait to see what NDK has in store for us tomorrow.  Until then my friends.  

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