>Maison Otaku, a new French organization, announced that it would hold a major event in Paris to celebrate the manga Nana, claiming that voice actress Romi Park and singer Olivia Lufkin would be present.>The organizers allegedly deceived Romi Park by not telling her that it was an unofficial event and making her believe she might receive an award presented by the French government.>Standard entry tickets were priced at €60, with VIP tickets going up to €250 for the chance to meet Romi Park.>Visitors soon discovered that the event was being held in an almost empty hotel with no decorations. Everyone stood around for hours with nothing to do.>Most of the merchandise sold at the event consisted of shonen figurines with no connection to Nana.>Romi Park arrived late, at 6 p.m., by which time many attendees who had come specifically to see her had already left. She appeared wearing a mask, likely so that her presence would not be noticed by Nana’s rights holders.>At the end of the day, one of the organizers declared that the event had been “incredible.”>France finally has its own DashCon.
>>10961632good, Nana was a dumb pointless anime
>>10961632I didn't know about that. I wonder who were the idiots who went there without noticing it was a scam, probably zoomers who became huge Nana fans after the pandemic and who think they're now shojo manga experts. Even bigger French cons are dog shit nowadays so I can't imagine how boring this one was.
>>10962179>I wonder who were the idiots who went there without noticing it was a scamWell they got Romi Park to show up, so I guess there's one. It's pretty easy to create a facade of legitimacy with just a basic website and social media presence. Anyway what happened to the organizers, are people demanding refunds at least?
First red flag, an entire convention based on that anime, I guess French dweebs are even dumber than ours here
