Anime Expo, Vegas, and WTF!!!
Whoo…If I don’t type this now, I never will. The Anime-Expo 2007 rant.
So, we left Wednesday night/Thursday morning, whatever you prefer. It was three AM, whatever. We, of course, means myself, otakuhostess, mychem86, and thegreatmoof. So, we get to Long Beach around 4:00 California time, and check into Vagabond Inn with just a little trouble. Apparently our reservations had gotten lost somewhere, but we still got our room.
The Inn itself was…crap. Vagabond, huh? Yeah. The bathroom door didn’t latch, we lost electricity the second day, got it back the third, the place was muggy, the AC barely worked, and all the lights were dim and dreary. But it was $102 a night, and that’s not bad for California. Once we got to the hotel, we crashed, and didn’t do anything of consequence until Friday.
Alright. Day one. Friday.
This day I dressed in my sorceress robes instead of an actual cosplay, mostly because there was a ‘Host Club Tea’ I wanted to attend. Unfortunately, I failed to even go to it because they cut the line after a certain number. So mychem86 and I wandered around for a while, checked out the artists alley, ogled good cosplayers, and finally plopped down in line for the ‘ADV Challenge.’ The ADV Challenge was a panel with three voice actors, Monica Rial, Chris Patton, and Vic Mignogna, my favorite voice actor.
We got there pretty early, so we were able to get good seats. I managed to coincidentally pick seats directly in front of where Vic ended up sitting. Anyone who wanted to participate in the challenge got a number, and then a random generator would pick who would go up and challenge the voice actors.
I was the first called up. My Vic senses are amazing.
I didn’t know the answers to any of the questions I was asked, and neither did the voice actors, and Vic was wrong on every question he answered. I won two DVDs and got a hug from all the voice actors. ^^
After that, we saw the two Death Note movies back to back before going back to the hotel. ^^ Ryuk is love.
Day Two. Saturday.
Mychem86 wasn’t feeling good today, so she stayed at the hotel.
We raided the dealer’s room, bought stuff, spent money, and also ran into Vic again. He was doing a Q&A and did a commentary on the first episode of “Air TV,” of which he voices the main character, Yukito. During which, I learned that Vic enjoyed everything he’s ever done except DBZ, Vic has no favorite anything that he’s done, and he greatly regrets ever doing the miniskirt line.
Today was also the day where we kept running into the same Axel and Roxas, and whenever we saw them, they were lounging around. I don’t think I ever saw them actually move. They were just…sitting. Wherever we happened to be. So Axel and Roxaslike.
We also went to the Blood + panel to see Crispan Freeman, and the Robotech panel for the father of otakuhostess.
Day Three. Sunday.
Today we raided the dealer’s room once again, but with a vengeance this time.
We went to the Last Comic Standing, and it was pretty cool. I don’t feel like going into detail, except that it was funny, and Man-Faye was a judge.
Day Four. Monday.
Today we didn’t really do anything except go see Transformers, and then Ratatouille right after. …Then we went back to the hotel and drove back the next day. Tuesday, they dropped me off in Vegas to meet with my family and the Front Sight fourth of July party.
Tuesday.
Drove back home, but everyone dropped me off in Vegas before continuing home, because my family was all in Vegas for the Frontsight Fourth of July party. That was cool, blah, blah, we went shopping the next day, and then my brothers and I caught a Greyhound bus back home Wednesday night. Got home this morning, and…yeah. Stuff.
Oh. And my mom wrecked my car while I was in Longbeach. You know. As a sidenote.
FTW, man!
So, we left Wednesday night/Thursday morning, whatever you prefer. It was three AM, whatever. We, of course, means myself, otakuhostess, mychem86, and thegreatmoof. So, we get to Long Beach around 4:00 California time, and check into Vagabond Inn with just a little trouble. Apparently our reservations had gotten lost somewhere, but we still got our room.
The Inn itself was…crap. Vagabond, huh? Yeah. The bathroom door didn’t latch, we lost electricity the second day, got it back the third, the place was muggy, the AC barely worked, and all the lights were dim and dreary. But it was $102 a night, and that’s not bad for California. Once we got to the hotel, we crashed, and didn’t do anything of consequence until Friday.
Alright. Day one. Friday.
This day I dressed in my sorceress robes instead of an actual cosplay, mostly because there was a ‘Host Club Tea’ I wanted to attend. Unfortunately, I failed to even go to it because they cut the line after a certain number. So mychem86 and I wandered around for a while, checked out the artists alley, ogled good cosplayers, and finally plopped down in line for the ‘ADV Challenge.’ The ADV Challenge was a panel with three voice actors, Monica Rial, Chris Patton, and Vic Mignogna, my favorite voice actor.
We got there pretty early, so we were able to get good seats. I managed to coincidentally pick seats directly in front of where Vic ended up sitting. Anyone who wanted to participate in the challenge got a number, and then a random generator would pick who would go up and challenge the voice actors.
I was the first called up. My Vic senses are amazing.
I didn’t know the answers to any of the questions I was asked, and neither did the voice actors, and Vic was wrong on every question he answered. I won two DVDs and got a hug from all the voice actors. ^^
After that, we saw the two Death Note movies back to back before going back to the hotel. ^^ Ryuk is love.
Day Two. Saturday.
Mychem86 wasn’t feeling good today, so she stayed at the hotel.
We raided the dealer’s room, bought stuff, spent money, and also ran into Vic again. He was doing a Q&A and did a commentary on the first episode of “Air TV,” of which he voices the main character, Yukito. During which, I learned that Vic enjoyed everything he’s ever done except DBZ, Vic has no favorite anything that he’s done, and he greatly regrets ever doing the miniskirt line.
Today was also the day where we kept running into the same Axel and Roxas, and whenever we saw them, they were lounging around. I don’t think I ever saw them actually move. They were just…sitting. Wherever we happened to be. So Axel and Roxaslike.
We also went to the Blood + panel to see Crispan Freeman, and the Robotech panel for the father of otakuhostess.
Day Three. Sunday.
Today we raided the dealer’s room once again, but with a vengeance this time.
We went to the Last Comic Standing, and it was pretty cool. I don’t feel like going into detail, except that it was funny, and Man-Faye was a judge.
Day Four. Monday.
Today we didn’t really do anything except go see Transformers, and then Ratatouille right after. …Then we went back to the hotel and drove back the next day. Tuesday, they dropped me off in Vegas to meet with my family and the Front Sight fourth of July party.
Tuesday.
Drove back home, but everyone dropped me off in Vegas before continuing home, because my family was all in Vegas for the Frontsight Fourth of July party. That was cool, blah, blah, we went shopping the next day, and then my brothers and I caught a Greyhound bus back home Wednesday night. Got home this morning, and…yeah. Stuff.
Oh. And my mom wrecked my car while I was in Longbeach. You know. As a sidenote.
FTW, man!