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Anime Expo 2012
13 years ago
Went to Anime Expo last weekend, which was a lot of fun overall. I gotta admit, it was my first time doing AX, the only other anime con I've been to was AM2. It was absolutely enormous compared to most of the furry cons I've been to, roughly 25 times the size of Anthrocon in attendance.
Me and my girlfriend met up with
ajin earlier that day, then got some wienerschnitzel and headed to the con. Traffic was nuts, and parking was even more nuts.... ended up paying about $30 just to park, but I'll get back to that miserable part later. Once we were parked, we went into the lobby, and were promptly blown away by how many people were there. The X-Games were also going on just next door to the center, so we got to see some RallyCross on the "hotwheels" track they set up on that series of blocks.
The dealer's area was very commercial in nature, not as many people selling art or merchandise, but luckily there was an area specifically for that. Bought kristine some MLP stuff from
purplekecleon, and said hi to her, though she didn't really know me (She knows Ajin, I guess?).
I looked all over the damn place for egoraptor, but couldn't find him in the exhibit hall at all. That was kind of frustrating considering we were only going to be visiting the con that one day. I just wanted to shake the guy's hand and tell him that his videos are hilarious, but I guess he's had enough people telling him the same thing, so it's no big deal.
Ajin played some mad DDR in the game hall, and I got to see a ParaParaParadise machine being used. Man, all these Japanese guys and girls were putting on really impressive synchronized dance routines! I can't imagine devoting that much time to an arcade game.
Once the exhibit hall closed, we were pretty much done with the con. Egoraptor had an event that night, but there was no way I was going to hang around the convention center till 11pm, so we just headed to valet. Valet took for-flipping-ever to get the car back, and the area smelled like garbage and sewage.
Super fun times, and I'll probably be back next year. Anyone else attend?
Me and my girlfriend met up with
ajin earlier that day, then got some wienerschnitzel and headed to the con. Traffic was nuts, and parking was even more nuts.... ended up paying about $30 just to park, but I'll get back to that miserable part later. Once we were parked, we went into the lobby, and were promptly blown away by how many people were there. The X-Games were also going on just next door to the center, so we got to see some RallyCross on the "hotwheels" track they set up on that series of blocks.The dealer's area was very commercial in nature, not as many people selling art or merchandise, but luckily there was an area specifically for that. Bought kristine some MLP stuff from
purplekecleon, and said hi to her, though she didn't really know me (She knows Ajin, I guess?).I looked all over the damn place for egoraptor, but couldn't find him in the exhibit hall at all. That was kind of frustrating considering we were only going to be visiting the con that one day. I just wanted to shake the guy's hand and tell him that his videos are hilarious, but I guess he's had enough people telling him the same thing, so it's no big deal.
Ajin played some mad DDR in the game hall, and I got to see a ParaParaParadise machine being used. Man, all these Japanese guys and girls were putting on really impressive synchronized dance routines! I can't imagine devoting that much time to an arcade game.
Once the exhibit hall closed, we were pretty much done with the con. Egoraptor had an event that night, but there was no way I was going to hang around the convention center till 11pm, so we just headed to valet. Valet took for-flipping-ever to get the car back, and the area smelled like garbage and sewage.
Super fun times, and I'll probably be back next year. Anyone else attend?
It brought a very interesting mix of people.
And I got to walk on one of the ramps drunk, that was awesome.
Its funny how my CARNAGE (symbiote suit) got all the attention out of all the other costumes I wore (Demon Kitsune Fox fursuit, TMNT Foot Soldier, NOIR Spiderman). I expected the Kitsune costume to get all the attention.
Am already looking foward to next years.
Glad you enjoyed it m'dear!
I hope the X games didn't ruin it for you~
I had no idea so many popular artists were in So. Cal. xD
Meesh, Sal, ect ect
Wow you're close!
I had no idea.
What've you been up to?
Do you do any sketch group meetups at all?