METROCON is a four-day anime convention held annually at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, and is the state’s largest anime convention. METROCON was first held in 2003 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel moved to the Tampa Convention Center in 2005.
METROCON typically invites a variety of voice actors and hosts several activities and panels. This year’s events included a human chess game and fire show, as well as a masquerade and raves. They also had gaming, LARPing, a Maid Cafe, and various panels.
This year’s event was held July 15th-17th and thanks to Leo Nocedo, we get to see some of the cosplay. To see the rest of it, head over to his flikr album.
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