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| Adon 1390th Post
 
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|  "Re(5):Anime Expo in Anaheim, CA"
, posted Sun 6 Jun 02:14
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Otakon has grown a lot, and is the biggest con of its area.
The problem of Anime Expo is that its board split and the defectors created the Pacfic Media Expo at exactly the same place and about one month apart. This can actually make Anime Expo shrink in size, especially since it looks like the defectors have better contacts with Japanese companies (therefore, better guests, etc). Also, the fact that Anime Expo became something like a trade show doesn't help either.
I have only been once in Otakon, in 2000. It is still the con I have enjoyed the most as fan rather than a guy at a shopping spree, but I don't know if with its growing it became more of a corporate con (see AX) instead of a fan con.
Heh thanks VMoM, you picked a good year for Otakon I actually was in the cos play that year as Valgav from Slayers Try if you got a chance to see the cos play
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| KumagaiToshiro
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|  "Re(5):Anime Expo in Anaheim, CA"
, posted Sun 6 Jun 03:07
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Otakon has grown a lot, and is the biggest con of its area.
The problem of Anime Expo is that its board split and the defectors created the Pacfic Media Expo at exactly the same place and about one month apart. This can actually make Anime Expo shrink in size, especially since it looks like the defectors have better contacts with Japanese companies (therefore, better guests, etc). Also, the fact that Anime Expo became something like a trade show doesn't help either.
I have only been once in Otakon, in 2000. It is still the con I have enjoyed the most as fan rather than a guy at a shopping spree, but I don't know if with its growing it became more of a corporate con (see AX) instead of a fan con.
Well, I'd definitely say the PME has better contacts if they could get T.M. Revolution to play it. I wish I could go to this year's AX. I had a blast last year, but I missed out on a few things. But, lack of fundage has spoiled my plans this year.
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| Gen 2601th Post
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| "Re(1):Anime Expo in Anaheim, CA" , posted Wed 30 Jun 03:28
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Anyone from here going?
I'll most likely be attending at least friday and saturday.
I wouldn't miss the AMV contest.
And I would love to meet you people if anyone is coming.
http://www.anime-expo.org/index2004.html
I am going to the whole thing.
The masquerade used to be great, maybe it would be worthwhile if you've never seen one, but I'd have to say at this point that now the masquerade isn't worth waiting in line for. (Has anyone else met "Lupin" and Talisman?) People wear costumes through the whole convention anyway.
Otakon surpassed Anime Expo? That might explain why they stopped announcing their attendance records which they usually brag about.
Yes the con did peak several years ago, but it has gotten better recently. In my opinion the problem was from some of the management who had developed a Gainax-like ego, and tanked the convention. The people who split and formed PME included some of said management, and now I heard reports that PME was disappointing. The same year that said management left Anime Expo, Anime Expo started to get better. Coincidence? I expect this year's Anime Expo to again improve over last year's.
I hope for lots of fun this week end!
Professor used to go to Anime Expo, I saw him there a few times, including before I connected the way he looks to the guy that works for MMCafe. I think he hasn't been going much sense he moved/got sick. (I hope you are well!)
I saw 3 people walking together at Anime Expo one time and they seemed interesting and I guess I made a mental note. I guess there was something about the 3 friends facial expressions and the way they were walking.
Later I put the face to a name and found that one was Professor and one was Gunsmith, and the other I don't know, a wild guess is Lanzer. I might be wrong, if so then it was 3 Nests clones.
I've seen Dash-no-Chris there too, another person who I didn't know the online name of when I saw.
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| Jazzie D 2339th Post
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| "Boku no negai" , posted Thu 1 Jul 11:25
Someone please get me Seki Tomokazu-san's signature! There are a few others that I want, but I want Seki-san's the most! If someone asked me to pick one male seiyuu I like the most, it's this guy! I want to go, but I don't have a ride and I don't have enough money.
Oh, side notes. It's been answered, but I'll say it anyway. Over the years, Otakon is the biggest con in the east, but AX has been the biggest con in the U.S. overall. Last year, Otakon surpassed it though. (Don't know if that is in regards with attendance of the year or overall attendance, but I'm guessing that it's the former.) Expo may be the bigger con in Cal, but Fanime is the more fan friendly con in Cal, though I haven't been to AX yet. I will eventually though and later on, I want to go to Otakon. By the way, I bet some of you people don't know that after AX and Otakon, Fanime is the largest con in the U.S.
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| OmegaDog 1323th Post
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| "Re(2):Anime Expo in Anaheim, CA" , posted Fri 2 Jul 16:59
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The masquerade used to be great, maybe it would be worthwhile if you've never seen one, but I'd have to say at this point that now the masquerade isn't worth waiting in line for. (Has anyone else met "Lupin" and Talisman?) People wear costumes through the whole convention anyway.
Don't know how it's done at a convention as big as Anime Expo, where I could imagine you might almost not see the same person twice -- but I've been told by other more-experienced costuming folks to not reveal any costumes until the masquerade if we want a chance for the prizes -- or at least to not have it out too long. Otherwise, there's no real element of surprise for most of the audience when displaying the costume.
There might be a few people who might reserve costumes until the masquerade for that reason. But then again -- these photos almost always make it up on A Fan's View.
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I saw 3 people walking together at Anime Expo one time and they seemed interesting and I guess I made a mental note. I guess there was something about the 3 friends facial expressions and the way they were walking.
Later I put the face to a name and found that one was Professor and one was Gunsmith, and the other I don't know, a wild guess is Lanzer. I might be wrong, if so then it was 3 Nests clones.
Aside from hosting the Madman's Cafe on his server, was Lanzer involved in other ways with the MMCafe? I just know his current project is Gaia Online.
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| Gen 2604th Post
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| "Re(8):Anime Expo in Anaheim, CA" , posted Fri 9 Jul 00:08
I went to registration on the early day and still waited hours!@$%
I went to the consol room on the day suggested and the day Amakusa was there but one day they said it was closed when I got there. After checking there I went by the arcade set up but I didn't see anyone. We should plan a meeting a bit more next time no?
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Aside from hosting the Madman's Cafe on his server, was Lanzer involved in other ways with the MMCafe? I just know his current project is Gaia Online.
As far as I know he just offered hosting for MMCafe, and he is a manga maniac.
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Have fun this year, you guys... I can't go, but maybe next year will be good for me. Hope some of you guys get some cool Range Murata sketches or something.
Yeah! I got photographed with him, he drew me a sketch and signed the Psikyo book I picked up. Yay!
I'm looking forward to The Count of Montecristo from Gonzo studio....
There were too many dubs in the video room. Before this con they had a room that was pretty much dub only and another room for subs. When I peaked in the video rooms there seemed to be more people there than last year when basically noone would come to the midnight madness screenings, I assume because they all downloaded the videos, and unlike in the past the con organizers couldn't produce videos to watch that most people hadn't seen.
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I'm not even gonna bother posting this many pics to the PicBBS -- I'm just wondering if any of you who went to the AX2004 Masquerade caught the Optimus Prime that was there
yahyah I got a few pictures of it, one with the parts piled up like Optimus Prime was disassembled and waiting in a warehouse somewhere or something...
The best non-mecha entry was obviously the Vampire/Dark Stalkers group one. The reason is- they were from the fighting game Dark Stalkers/Vampire! Ok there was some other good ones too if you're not biased.
Speaking of Vampire, I picked up a Morigan and a Demetri cel, and some female monster character I don't recall the name of, but it looked interesting...
I went to the SNK vs Capcom costume get together. There was some fun costume playing there. A girl was costuming as Moe from the GameBoy game. She is unusual for people to dress up as, a trait which tends good. I took a photo of her. There was a guy dressed as King with his lower face covered. He must have practiced for could do several of the King combo kicks. The Dan costumer was... entertaining!. He did a good job. There were Metal Sluggers who shot people! (Just pretend, no dangerous projectiles) There was a girl dressed as Bao. Kensou picked her up on his sholders... She threw her (inflatable) psycho ball at people. They played some SNK vs Capcom dodge ball.
There was a ton of Guilty Gearers. The SNK and Capcom people from what I saw were more lively. I think I saw a few GGers lying on top of each other, being gothy. The SNK guys went over to a big group of Guilty Gears... They told them that SNK had better characters (This wasn't meant in a mean spirit, it's just one thing that was mentioned...) Soon they began battling each other with their poses. Capcomers came with backup. There was a little SNK/Capcom/Sammy posing-battle. They were standing too close together making it hard to photo them.
The most frequently costumed anime at the whole con appeared to be Naruto. That headband alone must have been on several dozens of people. I wonder if they were selling them in the dealers room.
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