My girlfriend and I were at the MCM Midlands Expo, which took place on Saturday 20th March - was great to see loads of people that we'd met before. The Midlands expo is the smaller twin of the London Expo that takes place twice a year and is very popular with anime fans in the UK. It's a shame that there was less in the way of things orientated towards the Japanese enthusiasts other than traders but the MCM was originally a sci-fi expo and the Midlands event is smaller. Somehow though I prefer the Midlands Expo - perhaps it's the fact it's not so large that makes the spirit feel more homely and it's an easy place for people to get to at a reasonable price.

There was a really good turn out of people, including cosplayers. There seemed to be a lot more from the more popular series such as Bleach than at other events - I was suprised that the girlfriend and I were the only Code Geass cosplayers!

There was quite a large group of cosplayers dressed up as undead Disney characters... certainly different.

My loot for the day consisted of two Gunsmith Cats manga, a Sgt Frog anime DVD and the KagaMiku Nendoroid. Very pleased with them and hope to get round to reading the manga soon!

Was slightly disappointed to see at least two stalls with fake Nendoroids and Petit Nendoroids though. It's heartbreaking to see them with keyrings through their heads...

All in all we had a good day - as mentioned before, it'd be nice to see more in the way of things to do for anime fans. Hopefully the MCM group will improve this in the future! If you're in the area next February, make sure to add it to your calendar.