AX 2010 summary

So I got back home from AX 2010 early this morning. I am sorting through my pictures, working on writing and editing my blog posts and stuff. But being the super excited person that I am, I really just want to throw something here right away to share with everyone so I am not so late to the party !! [ I forgot my mouse at home and didn't care to write blog stuff off my phone. I have a first gen G1 droid. It's quite slow =( ]

Anyways Here is my quick wrap up. THE MOST FREAKING AMAZING TIME OF MY LIFE! I wish I would have known AX was this fun, or I may have made more of an attempt to come before. Not saying I didn't before, I just didn't go out of my way to make it happen, like I did this year. This years motivation for making it happen was Asakwa Yuu and May'n. I was "oooo I might go to ax if Asakawa Yuu will be there" and then May'n was announced. The deal was sealed.

So first off, let me mention somethings that bugged me about the con. Orgnization was bad. Very bad. Volunteers were very uninformed. I was supposed to walk in and go right up to the ticketing booth to pick up my badge. This did not happen as Volunteers told me I was supposed to wait in the super long prereg line to get inside when I asked about premier fan badge pick up. I sprained my left foot during this long line wait. So you might be able to see why I am so upset about having to wait in line for 3 hours when I did not need to. Had I not injured myself during the long wait, I probably wouldn't have cared at all about the misinformation. I kind of enjoyed the lines. It was great talking to everyone in the lines. I talked to sooooooo very very many people in sooo many different lines. It was great mingling with everyone and checking out the surrounding cosplays (which I understand were lacking in comparison to previous years). There was also some other issues with my badge promises too, but I won't get into that here. I will rant more than enough about it on my blog when I have my posts up =p

Now also allow me to say, that I in know way mean anything bad on the staff. I came down here with 2 guys working AV for LP2 and an AV assistant manager. Staff members busted their butts trying to pull things through. So I commend my friends and their co-staff members for their efforts. And a special shout out to the poor staffers who were waiting in the Megumi Nakajima and May'n line with me on saturday, only to be dismissed from the line when the exhibit hall closed at 6pm. Kind of sucks that even staff members don't get to cut the line. Especially since they have to work at least 8 hours a day at the con. What a waste of their very little free time =(

So what were the highlights for me ? Obviously, Asakawa Yuu, May'n and Danny Choo. I of course was expecting Yoko Kano during the performance, so while it wasn't a surprise, it was definitely an honor !! And The Gurren Lagann movie screenings and cosplay contest with Konishi was absolutely intense ! I also had much much love for the Bandai booth. Those guys were awesome !! I wish I had known in advance about the Noblesse Oblige funimation scavenger hunt thing though. Hell, When I was out in the exhibit hall preopening, they had all the cards out on the free swag table. I shoulda took them all then. But I didn't know what they were at the time. Oh well. But I liked the idea of the little game of tracking down the Noblesse Oblige shirt people and getting different colored cards from them to trade in for prizes at funi booth. Did anyone get the shirt ? What does it look like ? Also I loved the mell show, almost as much as I loved seeing her in that black dress she wore in the first "leg" of the show. (cwutididthar? her legs are hawt!)

Anyways, this was my first anime expo. Definitely going next year. And now that I have seen how things go down, I think I will be better prepared for it, and thus make it a much better expo for me next year. Even though this year was so very awesome !!!!

Be sure to check my blog later tomorrow (or this week > < ) For my full detailed write up and pictures of all that I did and saw !! Though my pictures are pretty amateur. I suck at taking pictures almost as much as I suck at being in pictures.

Speaking of being in pictures, that is a picture of a rather un-photogenic me with Danny in the exhibit hall just before it opened. Manage to catch him as I was on my way to line up for the May'n Panel on day 1. Great meeting you danny! Next time we have to get one where I don't look like my usual dork self =p (or with that pudgy belly. Someday I will start doing my sit ups again)