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[report] Anime Expo 2010

Mon Jul 12, 2010, 12:52 AM


AX was only last week, but it seems forever ago~

It was a con of ups and downs. The amount of stress congoers experience on average is ridiculous compared to other cons I've been to, the sheer size of the center and number of attendees cause a lot of complications that con management still hasn't been able to address properly.

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South lobby

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Food court and walkway above

But, I have to say the quality of cosplay was also the best I've seen so far. Cosplayers really step it up, and the results are incredible. It was an honor shooting with old and new friends, you were all fantastic and I had great fun!!

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To get to southern California I carpooled down to Los Angeles with ~bekalou-cosplay
It was 6 hours one way. I fell asleep a couple of times, my bad. ;^; There was lots of dead grass and dryness with random fast-food truck stops every once in a while... not too scenic.

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After reaching LA we met up with our roomies at our ~*fancy & super beautiful hotel*~ and ate lunch while waiting for check-in.

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LUNCH 8)

Very little sleep occurred for anyone, there was crazy sewing and late-night/early morning shoots~ it was Fanime all over again. Con adrenaline is magical stuff! I had less shoots than my other cons, so I was able to go to a few panels... Katsuyuki Konishi did Kamina and America セリフ~! :heart:

Anyway! Here are my favorite AX candid/omake photos! X)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! XD

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And here are the my finished photos cosers have posted so far~ please give them love!



















Also, :iconattorneyhoboninja: has been drawing 4-koma of our photoshoot, they're so funny. XD



The bow photo from koma p.4!



On Saturday night was the masquerade, which the roomies won "Honorable Mention Best in Show" for! o/ They were so fantastic! Their performance is on ACP here (login required): [link]

The masquerade was held next door to the con center in the large Nokia Theatre, its lights at night were super cool.

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There are many photos still to come~
Overall AX was a good experience, not sure if I want to return next year though. That was the last con for the summer, but I have more than enough photos to keep me processing until October... then it's DIRTY FUN Y-CON TIME. CANNOT WAIT. //_______// :heart::heart::heart:

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:iconroninwhitewolf:
wow thats funny i didnt get to meet you i don't think but somehow you got me in both of your photos in of the hall near the top.
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:icontakaaa:
*takaaa Jul 18, 2010  Student
It was so great to meet you at AX!
Your photographs are seriously so gorgeous<3 I really love them!
Thank you for taking pictures for us too! Hope to see you at another con :3
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:iconmasa-kocha:
~masa-kocha Jul 26, 2010   Photographer
You too!!
Thank you so much~ you were a very good Alto~!! >3<
Sorry these pics are coming out so slow, once I get back to SF things should get back to normal again;;
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:icontakaaa:
*takaaa Jul 26, 2010  Student
Awww thank you! >///<
Its really no problem at all, take your time (:
No rush!
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:iconkim-tram:
it was a pleasant surprise
to finally work w/ you ^^
thank you for a great time xD
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:iconmasa-kocha:
~masa-kocha Jul 14, 2010   Photographer
Yes, same here!! >3< Thank you for being an awesome Ranka!
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:iconyorune:
~yorune Jul 13, 2010  Student Filmographer
s-shopping carts XDD
Oh and wasn't AX during July 4???? cosplaying as America that day must be awesome~
And really nice photos~~
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:iconmasa-kocha:
~masa-kocha Jul 14, 2010   Photographer
Yeah! That rooftop had so many crazy things to play with, and no security! It was so awesome.

Haha on that exact day we did the America x fem!America shoot and so many people passed by and yelled "Happy Birthday!" XD
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:iconhexlord:
*hexlord Jul 12, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
Wow, really awesome stuff there. I hope to go AX next year, although Dragon Con's tempting as well :X
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:iconmasa-kocha:
~masa-kocha Jul 14, 2010   Photographer
Thank you!
That would be so cool if you were able to make it to the west coast!! Have you been to a US con before?
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