Anime California is kill

>>9258404
Not surprised. 2016 was forgettable and it seems they never really got their unique identity.

also, This could be sign for SoCal convention scene's bubble beginnig to burst

Anyone got that pic of their first con poster with absolutely no 'anime' content advertised?

I thought pmx would die first. Too bad i really enjoyed AC i think its run by the hanadoki people so maybe more will be put into that.

>>9258608
At least PMX has chance to rebrand itself as fashion con and kind of survive off of that.

It's a shame really. If Anime California stuck it's gun to gaming, they could've expanded off of that, since California doesn't have a lot of affordable gaming convention

RIP. I had a fun time going this last year and felt that this was another great small convention that was meant to last. Perhaps they made the move to the bigger convention center too early.

First conji goes down, then AC
rest in peace

>>9258404
Wow, 2015 and 2016 is brutal for California cons. Anime Conji, Japan Expo USA, TouhouCon, and now Anime California. So many dead anime cons!

It was a good con, but I don't think that it had much stability since its beginnings. I had fun at this past convention, and it looked busier than PMX, brought back old feels from when AX used to be there, etc.

But I remember a time when it was nearly being held together by mostly LoL cafes, game promotions, and a lot less of the anime side. There was plenty of anime stuff at this past year, but it spent two years being all over the place.

AC and PMX are cons that would benefit from being held at hotels instead of convention centers, but it's unlikely that cons in Cali can go back to that with hotels now being wary of attendee behavior, noise, and having to book around other events.

Rest in peace though. I'm kind of sad since I had won a badge for next year, but we'll survive.

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

FUCK THAT CON

>>9260128
>Sponsored by crunchyroll

i guess crunchyroll spent its funds on ax more

>>9259578
The biggest mistake both cons made was to move to convention centers. If both of them could turn back time, staying at hotels would have kept both of them from going downhill.

>>9258608
>>9258748
I know the guy who runs AC through friends. He was a pro fighting game player wannabe turned con photographer once he got the notion that being a photographer would get him more pussy than being just another fgc dude. I doubt he'll go back to his gaming roots.

>>9258404
Most excellent