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AnimeExpo (hereafter refered to as AX) is (I believe) the biggest AnimE convention in the UnitedStates?, held every summer. At AX, a large number of guests from Japan are brought over and participate in Q&A-type sessions. AX also has an incredibly large dealer's room, in which you can buy all sorts of interesting things at good prices. Sometimes rare things can be found there, but those usually aren't cheap (yeah, like my TokyoBabylon CD single triple -- three Japanese singles for $105! --Jess) (also saw a couple of BGC soundtracks for $125 each -- Andrew). AX also premieres some AnimE movies, and provides numerous rooms that play AnimE videos all day. |
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AnimeExpo (hereafter refered to as AX) is (I believe) the biggest AnimE convention in the UnitedStates?, held every summer (traditionally during the 4th of July weekend). At AX, a large number of guests from Japan are brought over and participate in Q&A-type sessions. AX also has an incredibly large dealer's room, in which you can buy all sorts of interesting things at good prices. Sometimes rare things can be found there, but those usually aren't cheap (yeah, like my TokyoBabylon CD single triple -- three Japanese singles for $105! --Jess) (also saw a couple of BGC soundtracks for $125 each -- Andrew). AX also premieres some AnimE movies, and provides numerous rooms that play AnimE videos all day. |
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Any chance someone could expand some of those abbreviations? I recognize BGC, but not ADV or ISTR. ADV is an American AnimE distributor. They're the ones responsible for packaging [NGE] at two episodes per $20 tape and, for a while, seemingly marketing everything they distributed as hentai. ISTR is standard net-speak for "I seem to recall". |
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Any chance someone could expand some of those abbreviations? I recognize BGC, but not ADV or ISTR. ADV is an American AnimE distributor. They're the ones responsible for packaging NGE at two episodes per $20 tape and, for a while, seemingly marketing everything they distributed as hentai. ISTR is standard net-speak for "I seem to recall". |
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In 2002, AnimeExpo was also held in Long Beach! Didn't find any TokyoBabylon stuff at all. :( But they were selling VHS tapes super-cheap because they're going out of style, so I picked up the boxed set of Record of Lodoss War for $40. I also have Gravitation now!! It's so CUTE! You have to SEE it! Anyway, they had a jrock event this year (unfortunately run by someone who I know who is a flake). Lots of really incredible Malice Mizer cosplays. Unfortunately my pics of it didn't come out. Went to panel with the author of Kenshin! He's pretty funny. Avani: The panel with Shoji Kawamori (Escaflowne, Macross, Earth Girl Arjuna ... ) was *really* something. E.G.A is neat: its sort of a cross between Mononoke and [NGE] that evidently had a lot of thought put into it. |
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In 2007, AnimeExpo returned to Long Beach after 4 years in Anaheim. It was a somewhat difficult transition for staff and attendees because the facilies were spread out and at times disappointingly one way. For example, the entrance and exit for the dealer's room was located at opposite ends of the Exhibitor's Hall due to FireCode? regulations. One of the draws of this year's AX was the incredible number of concerts (S.K.I.N., OreskaBand?, and the SOSBrigadeInvasionTour? to name a few) that took advantage of the Long Beach Arena. PremierTicketing? was introduced this year, possibly in response to the demand for guaranteed seating to the S.K.I.N. concert. |
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In 2002, AnimeExpo was also held in Long Beach! Didn't find any TokyoBabylon stuff at all. :( But they were selling VHS tapes super-cheap because they're going out of style, so I picked up the boxed set of Record of Lodoss War for $40. I also have Gravitation now!! It's so CUTE! You have to SEE it! Anyway, they had a jrock event this year (unfortunately run by someone who I know who is a flake). Lots of really incredible Malice Mizer cosplays. Unfortunately my pics of it didn't come out. Went to panel with the author of Kenshin! He's pretty funny. Avani: The panel with Shoji Kawamori (Escaflowne, Macross, Earth Girl Arjuna ... ) was *really* something. E.G.A is neat: its sort of a cross between Mononoke and NGE that evidently had a lot of thought put into it. |
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*AmandaKlaus (back in the day) |