Anime Expo thread

>>9341241
This will be my third year I think at the Bonaventure. I have to start working on my cosplay now if i hope to finish it by then...

>This is my first time ever going to AX, hope it lives up to the hype.

Where you coming from? And it definitely will.

>>9341241
>This is my first time ever going to AX
Preparet to spend at least half the convention waiting in lines to get into panels you want to see.

I'm thinking about going this year, haven't been since '08, and i only went one day that year.

I live in long beach so I'm not really planning to get a hotel room (although it would be nice)

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Can't wait, last time I went was 2013.

My first time there - day 1 <arrive straight from airport - pickup badges ~so far no problems all good>

9AM: morning time "hey, the hotel check-in is in the afternoon;2 friends go - were gonna get tickets to <autograph-something> ok, I'll just hang out in this long hall way with our luggages.......................................................................

5PM: they come back saying the line was long hmmmmmmm..............................................never again.
<hinted to out loud, I should've just came to con by myself>

Their premier badge hotel block sold out within a few minutes I heard for the near hotels. I really do not want to imagine general block. The hotel booking mess is kind of why I might never go back to AX.

>>9342066
>The hotel booking mess is kind of why I might never go back to AX.
You can always book ur own hotel...

>>9341324
I know last year was the biggest AX because of its anniversary, but how is it on normal years? 1-2 hours?

>>9342214
Depends on the panel you want, sometimes the lines will be cut off 1~2 hours in advance, other times you can get in line like 10 minutes before and be fine. For anything even remotely popular at least 2 hours is good, if you absolutely do not want to miss it I suggest 3.

>>9342114
I always book my own hotel. Its like last year I was on as soon as it went up and had to settle for Sheraton. Having to walk far was not fun and dealing with the shuttle filling up and waiting for another was annoying. Being so hard to get a room is why I may just do ALA. I mostly go to see friends and cosplay with them.

the convention center is only a 20 minute drive from my place and getting a hotel would just be a waste of money, but man do I wish I had a hotel when I'm actually at AX.

Going but not staying in a hotel, going to do airbnb and uber.

Cheaper and I can get a room to myself

Just booked at Bonaventure.

It's been a while since I've been to a con, so I don't think my skills are good enough to start cosplaying again.

That, and I'm rooming with normie friends so I don't know if they'd be okay with all my props lying around. I'm afraid one of them might break something.

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>>9342066
>mfw booked my hotel back in August for $1400 and don't have to deal with rushing for room blocks

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>>9342566
>$1400

>>9341241
im so mad last year i pretty much had the money but had something else instead and i missed wendee lee
i
want
that
sig
so
bad
also crispin freeman but aaaaaAAAA

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>>9342606
That's a two bedroom suite for 6 people less than a mile from the LACC

Anyway, let's hope TRIGGER comes back for it.

>>9342566
how many nights was that for?

>>9342675
6 nights

>>9341303
Flying down from Norcal.

>>9342277
How bad is the shuttle wait usually?

Got a pass on black friday, going for the first time. Will probably just ending up perusing the dealer's hall.

>>9342606
You think that a lot try 3k.

>>9342702
>How bad is the shuttle wait usually?
bad enough that it is faster to just go and start walking down which is not too bad

Had 2 rooms at the Bonaventure canceled since they were booked with someone else's premier (had a feeling it wouldn't work but tried anyway).

Going to try for the general attendee block at 9 sharp, and if that doesn't work, well, fuck

Is everybody going to be on edge due to the political climate?

>>9343961
ALA was pretty devoid of political bs, even the liberal types seemed to withhold from crying about manspreading from what I saw

>>9342606
That's nothing, people pay $2-5k getting rooms at Dragoncon.

>>9343961
congoers do not give a shit about politics at cons because it's not on facebook so they can't feel like they're helping and getting asspats

truth be told most people don't give a shit about politics and i'd be amazed if most of the people who post on facebook about it even go and vote themself

>>9343961
nah, although I wouldn't be surprised to come across the occasional trump/wall related joke cosplay.

>>9344041
>AoT + Wall jokes
it's already happened and I expect more of it

>>9344054
prepare for the battle of los angeles where mexican scouts attempt to scale the wall while dodging titan trump

>>9344030
Ok. ButI'm going to be pissed if behind the scenes they're crowdstalking cosplayers for "problematic" design choices or trying to enforce safe space bullshit

Is it just me or is the ticketed events really late on the announcement?

>>9344067
does the quiet room count as a safe space

>>9341241
>>>Favorite places to eat nearby?
that cheap mexican place down the street

>>Recs on which hotels are better?
dunno have yet to stay at one, hoping to this year

>>Who are you hoping for as guests?
hoping for some good bands

>>9343916
Bonaventure is pretty easy to get since most people go after the closer hotels. Also it's right on the reservation page that you can only get one room per name.

>>9344121
They were still announcing stuff in June last year and had only just put Anisong World Matsuri tickets on sale at the very end of May.

>>9344121
just you
if they announced now it'd be really early for AX. bulk of their announcements are historically may and june

>>9344239
yeah i know it says that, didn't see it until after we booked though
the hotel policies page said you could use the same card for more than one room so we thought it applied to the premier block too

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Got this in the mail. I'm ready for fresh horrors.

>>9344367
not sure if want

>>9344367
>"who have" not capitalized

Dropped

>>9344384
If you didn't go to the AX maid cafe 'after dark' you wouldn't know how bad it was. This is the best thing that hell hath made.

>>9345048
Fuc
Forgot to remove the joke name.

are the those bacon wrapped hot dogs sold by the street vendors safe?

>>9345125
safe as in they aren't going to kill you? yeah, should be fine. safe as in you aren't going to have to dash to take a number two suddenly while waiting in line for a panel? depends on how your body handles the oily greasy mess. it's a delicious oily greasy mess, for sure, but everyone has different reactions to it.

>>9345125
I had a regular dog no bacon, two friends got it with bacon and regretted life. Do yourself a favor and say 'no mayo' before the dog even reaches the bun my friend.

So I just bought a full weekend pass and got charge for $80. The price was $75. What the $4 charge about?

>>9345410
probably eventbrite fee or whatever company they use

trust me, the $4 is worth it to have an ease of use compared to previous years.

>>9345248
Yeah just a rating since I seem to hear a 50/50 response about them ranging from "oh sooo good" to "stay away" - but I think either picky eaters which didn't eat/won't chance it.

>>9345254
Thanks will keep that in mind - probly bulk mayo = el make u queasy in an hour mayo

>>9345048
wuts wrong it? early whaling season or sumtin?

>>9345543
Oh. You asked for it.
Expected of AX:
"Oh, hey you guys, you've been standing there for 30 minutes, but I'm just now telling you the line is around the corner (lol)"

>(prequel). 'Doors' nearly an hour past schedule.
>1. The smell.
>2. First table in the door got a girl we warmly refer to as 'Rancor-chan'
>3. Ghetto shit as fuck
>4. NO EFFORT into their costumes, those poor safety pinned-on tails will haunt me.
>5. I didn't buy food, but god the poor saps that did: served themselves, bussed themselves, and paid out the nose for bottom tier offerings.
>6. Most of the attractive girls looked the same, and someone was clearly biased and hired as many 'ethnic' girls as possible, no not Asian, latina etc. They must have beat the white girls off with sticks there were so few of them.
>7. There was a super awkward interlude where the butlers danced, no this was not in the programming.
>8. I ALMOST FORGOT HOLY SHIT. All of the attractive girls were' dancers' and never set foot even close to the tables, straight up uggo to homely girls they put in the 'customer service' roles.
I wish I was just being facetious and it wasn't actually that bad, homie, but it was. I will 4get.

>>9345540
Mayo in the hot ass July sun + no refrigeration = bad at any quality

>>9345566
oh man i dodged a bullet on that one. i almost went to that because i thought the japanese pole dancer was there and they redirected me to a different room down the way. she was pretty good. while it was billed as cosplay burlesque there was only a couple of dances (plus the pole dancer) and the rest was drunk people fun time. audience participation with games.

What's the best way to find people to share your room with? My gf and I are from out of state and looking to cut down on costs.

>>9345621
facebook group maybe. cosplay.com isn't used that much anymore but it might be worth a shot.

>>9342772
>buying a badge just to spend more money

>>9346161
Wouldn't it be nice if the cost of the badge can be given back as a form of in-convention credit..idk, either for purchasing from a new vendor at the con, artist alley, ax products etc...food

>>9346161
Those exclusives tho

>>9346179
That would eat into profits heavily

>>9346161
It's okay, they could be paying $400 to wait in line

>>9346264
>That would eat into profits heavily
The idea is like how vegas hotel casino's entice returning guests with gameplay credit - could be as little as $20 value - essentially the money goes back in.
>for a non-profit like AX to worry about profits...baka

>>9346300
They don't need an incentive program for people to come back and while they might be a non profit they still need to have a decent amount of available money to spend on subsequent.conventions. Guess where all the money for the LACC, guests, etc comes from.

Went last year and for sure its my last. Waited in lines 3hrs in advance to get a ticket for guest of honor but they ran out. None of the staff bothered to tell the people that were still in line that it was now for tickets to meet other guests. Hallways obnoxiously full, same goes for gatherings - can't get decent pictures. Only highlight was a 21+ even I went to. Oh and someone hit my car in the convention parking lot.

Anyway, I'm just old and miss the good 'ol days when AX was small enough to be in the Anaheim Convention Center.

>>9346902
autograph line is pretty brutal. woke up really early every day just for autographs. which guest did you try for? if it was TMR, lol fat chance. so many people wanted him and he only had one session. at least it's no longer in the entertainment hall because that was ridiculous since they had no system for 2-3 days and people were rushing the doors. finally they made a line starting outside and only for autographs which evolved into the current system you have now.

Since I usually have a friend that gives me their extra volunteer ticket, I thinking about a hotel this time. The only time I got a hotel was 2013 at the JW Marriot, and jesus that was the most fun year. Have hotels gotten even harder to get nowadays?

Why is Amalee a guest? Maybe it's just me but I hate it when Youtubers get guest status. It's one thing for them to get free press badges or whatever, but besides the production quality of her covers her voice and lyrics are pretty average.

>>9346300
>essentially the money goes back in.
You really didn't think that through.

I really want to go sometime but I heard it's mostly standing in line to do anything.

>>9351937
Pick 2-4 panels a day if you really want to and revolve your schedule around em. Theres plenty of shit to do where you dont have to wait in line tho

What's up with the weird schedule this year? Day 0 is Friday and Day 4 is Tuesday? It feels weird having the Masquerade be on a Monday and still having another day of the con after that...

>>9352388
4th of July falls on Tuesday.

>Already bought passes from Black Friday sale
>Waiting for general block to open
>Still have not heard from my regular con partners if they are going or not
>Can't even tell if I want to go or not

If I do go, it will be my third year. Used to be hyped about out of state conventions, but most of the glitter is already gone for me, so this may be the last convention I'll attend in general before settling down.

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Who here has a ticket but no plan for what to do about hotel?

>>9344060
That I would love to see. My new favorite cosplays are the creative jokey ones, I remember the long Rayquaza, Mexican DBZ and the now over done waifu trashcan, even if they are not anime related I can still appreciate the chuckles.

>>9346937
I really want to know the logistics of how other convention manage autograph lines. Is Comiccon as bad or better than this?

>>9344060
That I would love to see. My favorite cosplays are the creative jokey ones, I remember the long Rayquaza, Mexican DBZ and the now over done waifu trashcan, even if they are not anime related I can still appreciate the chuckles and fun.

>>9352504
worse
AX lines are SDCC lines lite version but it's just a matter of time til it turns into a copy of SDCC
You want to camp outside every night? Then you want SDCC

big name autographs you camp outside so at 7am when the line actually moves everyone goes upstairs to try for tickets. you pull a ticket from a box and if you win you get to choose what autograph you want. if you lose then you have to go to the end of the line and try again and if the line is already huge you might not get a second chance because they will run out of autographs.

the line is really long by 9pm the night before. Depending on what you want to do since the line is not just for autographs you might have to be even earlier. Someone in you group is going to have to sacrifice and get there early. Preferably you have at least 1 other person join them later on and the rest help with food supplies and anything else. Everyone else joins in the morning. It's humid and gross underneath the tents they have the line in because the water vapor can't get out. You're sleeping on the grass or if you brought them a blanket or a chair.

I've seen some shit.

Oh and as a comparison it used to be that 5am would get you what you wanted. as I said, it's now 9pm, and that might not be early enough.

>>9346937
diff anon, but i think i rolled out of bed around 5:30 and managed to get the *last* ticket for TMR. i wanted to try for Suwabe too, but by the time i got to the front for the TMR ticket, he was already out so i didn't bother getting back in line.

>>9352457
sup.

The hotel situation is stressing me out.

>>9352457
Hoping to find people on the forums to share a hotel with. I need my tax return NOW

>its a 30 minutes walk to the con hotel
>its a 5 minutes walk to the con but it 3k

I'll take the 30 minute walk hotel. Plus I can always take the bus.

>>9354212
I used to walk 15 minutes for free parking so I know how you feel and that was only $20 a day

>>9354212
>I can always take the bus
We did that on the final days last time we came..for the convenience of about 5bucks/day to ride both ways works out..better than waiting in the line for the shuttle or walking that 15-30min and sweatin along the way

Its going to be my first AX but for guest im really hoping they are able to get Hiroki Araki

>>9354793

Same, but I'm hoping they bring back the Trigger guys.

Already booked a hotel. I have no idea what its going to be like getting a room in the hotel block but I'm going to try anyway since I can cancel the other one.

Going this year. Driving each day becauser its close, but fuck me I have to be there early

Have to figure out how I'll do my monthly checkins (got felony, on formal probation so once a month i have to check in).

The plan was to checkin at the first of every month, but that seems to be an issue with day 1 being on the first. At least my community service is flexible

I hope I'll meet some rad anons this time. Met a few before and was fun.

>>9354799
>got felony,
Kek. What the hell did you do?

>>9352388
Yeah it is weird. Even though the 4th is the holiday,it seems really awkward to move the schedule like that.

>>9352457
>>9353798
Hey guys I'm part of this post >>9345621. Email me about room sharing if you're interested at [email protected]

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>>9354798
If we all believe hard enough, maybe they'll come back

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What's the chances Doubletree is out within seconds of block opening?

Should I just buy the fucking premiere badge and book now?

>>9354888
downloaded and played a video game before announcement last year
yes i am serious
200 community service hours must be done

>>9356227
how did you even get the download of the game and how did they catch you

>>9344221
>that cheap mexican place down the street

Name?

My personal fav is the Pantry cafe.

>>9354798
>>9355530
>Didn't go last year
>Missed out on ZUN, LL, Lia, JAM Project, and many more
Well fuck. Will they ever top those guests?

>>9356347
He must have royally fucked up because usually if you play something before street date they just ban you from online

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>>9356821
Please don't remind me

>>9356848
How often does he even attend cons? I mean I might go to comiket this summer, so there's hope, right?

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>>9356870
He did 3 US cons recently. Comiket though? ...maybe if there was a new game? But I'm not sure.

/jp/ might know more.

Just tempt him with alcohol and he'll be sure to come

>>9341241
How fast do hotel block hotels usually go?

>>9356910
Oh shit, what other cons?

>>9357071
pretty fast. I would say demand is higher than supply.

>>9356126
Probably not seconds but fast enough. If you really want to pay for premier go for it but goddamn that's a lot of cash on top of the rooms

why is day 4 on a tuesday

>>9357245
Some people want to watch the world burn.

>>9356347
The amount of shit that I would need to explain just makes me not want to share specifics

It's much easier just to say I'm retarded than cover it as it saves time to get to the same conclusion.
But generally speaking, I fucked up hard.

That's said I won't be going to E3 despite how fun it may be.


Now as for anime expo
>Friends want to go
>They do cosplay
>They do hotels for some reason
>When I can just drive them
>They're no more than 5 minutes from me no less
>We live within 20 minutes of the convention center as it is

I will never understand.

>>9357245
because of the holiday. a lot of people have it off. a lot of people don't (or can't get the monday). they figure they can get enough people to go saturday, sunday, 4th, if not the monday too.

>>9357259
so did you do something like stream it online before street date going hay guys check dis shit out while bragging about your download? that's the only way i can see you having been found out instead of the normal account ban for going online before street date.

>>9357268
I handle prototype video games normally.
This was alike any other except it hasn't been announced at the time.

Posted some pics and vids. Was also the first Win10 prototype I've touched so yeah. It sends a signal to Ms and the devs when installed or run so that's the other reason they knew

The guy that passes it my way didn't disclose that he stole it to make matters worse

>>9357270
sheeeeeeeeeeeeeet that sucks. reviewer i'm assuming.
i guess it would have been prudent to do it like all the other early launch games and unplug the innernets but hindsight is 20 20 and all that, nevermind the pic/vid posting

>>9357259
does your handle start with S and are you a vitagenner

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>>9356718
fernando's taco inn (sign is barely visible)

good quality food and real cheap, and rather close to the con, would recommend eating there every day but they're closed on sunday (as i found out last year)

>>9357324
No
>>9357271
I still feel like it was the reason that it was not shown off at anime expo last year but was at E3 last year.

Regardless I just hate how I fucked up and just wanna have a good time at AX like everyone else. I also expect the cosplay to be pretty rad this year.

Also hope I motivate myself enough to pick someone up. Friends can't stop being on my ass about "why the fuck didn't you hit on em" and shit. I can easily do it and be a smooth motherfucker but man the energy and payoff is just not worth it.

should i book a hotel on the anime expo website or the hotels website?

>>9357519
whatever works... thinking of just doing it outside of the block n just uber it to and from with a few ppl.

>>9357259
Even if you're close by, hotels have a lot of benefits over driving if you are a cosplayer
>not having to rely on someone else if you suddenly need to change
>somewhere close by to rest in case you get overwhelmed (esp since AX is usually really hot)
>sometimes it's just fun to get ready in a room with a bunch of friends
>get drunk and no one has to be DD, you can room hop and visit other friends staying at hotels

Only the Omni and Intercontinental are open?

>>9357601
You can get the site to load? I'm just getting an error...

>>9357602
It only loaded once for a few seconds.

website loaded finally but the hotels still said coming soon? Guess they're still working on changing the page. I mostly keep gettin errors though

>Wrist Band Policy: All registered guests will be provided a wristband at time of check-in. Only the number of guests registered will receive the wrist band. Guests must wear the wrist band to access the guest room elevators. There will be a maximum of four (4) wrist bands per room. Security Guards will be placed at the entrance to the elevators to enforce the policy.

Do they really enforce this? Because I originally put only 2 guests on the reservation even though I am bringing 4 people. Should I modify or will they be able to sneak in, seems risky.

>>9357609
Unless you're in the RitzCalrton or JW Marriott I wouldn't worry about it. And even then I wouldn't worry about it too much.
They have never enforced it before

>>9357604
>>9357602
>>9357601
It's loading fine for me, everything is open for all days except the Courtyard and Residence Inn. Try going through the hotel policies link.

>>9357609
They don't do it at all, but you'll only get as many keys as you reserve guests as usual.

>>9357609
I know the westin didn't enforce it. I think it's more of a deterrent just by having it there on the site.

>>9357102
Touhoucon and I think Sakuracon? It was some other con.

If you click on omni or the other one it takes you to the actual booking sight where it lists all the hotels

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>>9357609
They didn't enforce it ever

>Managed to get 3 rooms at the doubletree

>>9357620
I want to say awa because there was a beer festival taking place nearby

>>9357615

Hotel policies page is frozen too.

damn all the hotels i want are taken :( I guess I'll have to use airbnb. Never used it before, so I'm kind of nervous

The hotel I wanted is sold out. At least I got the JW I guess

What's the difference between Double/Double and Run of House in the Westin selections?

>>9357620
Is Touhoucon still dead?

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>>9357642
Oh yes, it was AWA. Thanks for reminding me
https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/ZUN%27s_AWA_Q%26A_Panel

>>9357685
Haven't seen any posts since half a year ago so I'm assuming so. Honestly, after the hotel debacle there was pretty much no salvaging that rep so I'm not surprised.

>Two Run of House in Westin reserved
>Still wait listed on July 4th

Not sure if I should be disappointed with myself. I was hoping to go for a hotel closer to LACC.

sigh .. all rooms with twin bed options near LA r gone from searching ugh..

got everything done can't wait! will be picking up hick-hikers again if anyone needs a ride!

The Par Avion site somehow worked on Firefox but not Chrome as the servers were getting slammed, and since the majority of people use Chrome they couldn't really access it for a while. Residence Inn was the first to sell due to good area/$ ratio, with queen/queen going almost instantly. However, as most people thought the website was down for longer than it actually was, king rooms were readily available 15 minutes into booking. Every other hotel except the JW was completely open as well up to 10 minutes into booking.

This year, the phone system broke. While usually the user would be put on hold until the next client, this year a time-out system was implemented where after a certain time the user would be redirected to an automated voicemail. The typical strategy of calling in a few minutes prior was abused and most people were dropped and redirected.

Managed to book in total through various methods:
two queen/queen @ residence
two king @ residence with high priority on WL
one queen/queen @ JW

The best currently available hotel irrespective of price would be the Intercontinental. The Intercontinental is part of a plan to revitalize the LA downtown area by increasing the capacity of LACC as well as housing opportunities to directly compete with other cities such as SD, LV, Anaheim, etc. The Intercontinental will be a brand new hotel featuring 900 rooms, and be located in a building that's the tallest skyscraper in the Western USA. In fact, the website was just updated in the last few weeks. While the Intercontinental is a bit far, it is still within walking distance. It appears that a large block of the Intercontinental will be available to Anime Expo fans through the hotel block.

As a result of having such a large chunk of hotels, there's expected to be more opportunities for housing this year than in previous years.

>>9357584
I suppose that makes sense.

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>tfw you live 30 minutes away but you don't have any anime friends

>>9357882
How far is 'a bit far but still within walking distance'?

>>9357948
There's a shit ton of people in LA, you must suck at making friends.

>>9357948
would suck even more if ur asian w/no anime friends

think room stuffing will be checked at certain hotels at ax?

>>9357966
I read that there will be wristbands for hotel elevators and a monitor. I quickly noped that hotel booking, but because I've been looking through a bunch I forgot which it was.

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>>9357952
Pretty far. Would not recommend, but I'd imagine taking the shuttle would be relatively fast as well.

>>9358029
how is this far

>>9358029
looks a lot closer than the westin

>>9358123
It's not that far, it's just that when walking about the con your legs are already going to be spent walking another half mile or whatever to the hotel.

>>9357995
I guess its already a difficult task for hotel staff to monitor this kind of crowd, I just hope to be able to visit friends at their nice rooms but not to stay overnight since I already got my own room (cheap place lol)

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>>9358029
Ive walked down that road - slight downhill makes it easier - considering other places are double this distance. Easily a casual 15min-20min walk if you are not lugging bags with you.

>>9356718
The Pantry has that godlike coleslaw, never thought I would sing praise for coleslaw.

Is there any benefit to staying in one of the convention hotels? I booked a room a few months back thinking I could always cancel if I got a better offer. It's my first time going.

I guess there's the shuttle busses?

Thanks to the current exchange rate, I'm not going to save any money even on the cheapest hotel.

>>9358430
Most hotels should have shuttles going to and from AX, definitely worth giving a call and asking. That makes going to a far hotel or a near one just a matter of small convenience.

>>9358430
Free breakfast

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How are you guys gonna prep for the 2-3 hour lines for the big panels this year?

I'm doing the AirBNB thing because the money saved, even if I were to uber every day it would still be much cheaper than the official AX-sanctioned hotels, and there's other shit I want to do in LA other than the con.

>>9358506
Get there stupidly early alone
Bring food
Setup a chair
Wait
Never get any sunlight directly
Probably video games if I'm close to a power socket

>>9358506
I'll find someone willing to hold my place.

>>9358506
make everyone around me extremely uncomfortable while I talk about politics with my military friends

>>9358506
Be press and waltz in the door 5-10 minutes beforehand

>>9358543

Sounds fun. I hope I get stuck in a line with you.

>>9358551
If he's just talking about guns it'll make Californians afraid. If he starts talking about Trump a shouting match will inevitably ensue

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>>9358551
We'll all be cosplaying as Imperial mages from the Saga of Tanya the Evil

I wish we had a Tanya desu

>>9358572

That's totally awesome. I hope I see you.

>>9358430
>I guess there's the shuttle busses?
>>9358445
I just plan to get a week TAP pass (25$) even if my hotel is about shy of a mile - so I don't have to worry about a shuttle wait since in that cluster of hotels around AX, buses go around apx 20min. Walked the last time I went to AX all week just to end up all sweaty once you hit the con just to save a few bucks each day - just doing 2 round trips min. with the pass for 5 days make it worth it imho.

>>9358029
That isn't too bad. The place I booked for this year is right across the road from it.
Of course if you're exhausted from the day, Uber is always an option.

>>9358506
Sweat to death

>>9358782
>Sweat to death
Does AX take top honors for amount of smelly sweaty people it brings in. Since it is during the warmest days and many people not use to climate tend to discover that their bodies ...sweat.
https://youtu.be/__Nby8T6OEI

>>9358995
There was a con where the sweat made actual cloudy weather

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Does anyone kind of like the lines? It's so...AX...

>>9359092
Yaoi bingo line last year
Cosplay wrestling line last year
Fuck

>>9359092
>>9359221
Anything in hall b or petree

Rip

>>9359221
Yaoi bingo line was a trainwreck, and it smelt terrible and was extra hot in the mob. Didn't get to attend the panel; however, I saw my favorite cosplay from the weekend while waiting.

What else is there to do in/around LA that would be of interest to seagulls while we're there?

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>>9359754
Little Tokyo ofc

>>9359915
They have doujin stores? Which one is this

>>9359915
>>9359965
I too wish to know

>>9359221
>Cosplay wrestling line last year

The fact that they were in the same room for two years is bullshit.

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>>9359965
>>9359967
Kinokuniya bookstore

>>9358506
It's buy con for me so panels aren't really a problem.

>>9341241
>food
The pantry is the place to go, but I usually just go to the food trucks.
>hotel
Waste of money, I'm taking the train for around 50 bucks all 5 days.
>guests
My wishes were fulfilled already in previous years. I mainly go for the hanging with friends element and to wear the cosplays I've been working on. Besides dealer hall and artist alley.

By chance, is there a group on Facebook or something similar for AX? I ended up refunding my ticket because I was worried I wouldn't make it to the con but I would of held out much longer if I knew it was just something I could transfer/sell to someone else.

>Going to AX every year
>Not investing money for a future life in Akihabara instead

What a bunch of fucking lame asses. Enjoy your watered down con.

>>9360731

> Not going to Akiba as part of the same holiday you're doing AX

>>9360696
Anime expo fans
it can get pretty retarded sometimes

>>9359754
Disneyland

>>9361510
Fuck Disneyland.

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>>9361516

>>9361522
if you have ever been there during the busy season you would absolutely agree with his assessment. summer, and july 4th at that? it's going to fucking suck. they even charge more during "high demand days" for a ticket. not like "low demand" is any better in terms of people but at least it's cheaper.

>>9361516
>>9361522
>>9361585
Disneyland (California) is at least better than Disney world.

However anime expo > Disney land

Imagine if anime expo was held at Disneyland though

Last year a dude nearly died in my bathtub...

I can't wait to get drunk all 5 days this year. Bringing enough for 3 gallons of Caribou Lou I think, and a bunch of other goodies.

If you were in the long ass noob line and got one of my bottles of Vodka and Gatorade instead of just Gatorade, you're welcome.

>>9361617
I've been the Disney Land a few times and Disney World once. Disney World (Just taking magic kingdom) is better.

>>9357694
Very much dead with an announcement in like 2 months with more info about things.

So I assume hookups aren't likely even if I have a high success chance?

I'm always thinking I should give it a shot but I'm never thirsty enough.

At least I make friends with people more than anything.

>>9361913
Naw they can happen
But everyone is trying to do it, so your success rates are slim because everyone is sick of it.

Just be /fit/ and do a Free! cosplay or something showing your skin.

>>9361617
In 2000, it kinda was. Old fags remember.

>>9361923
It's more that my approach is different. I never intend to be thirsty because that takes effort so befriending them isn't very difficult.

Later down the line the thirst kicks in (month or more later)

But yes I'm aware everyone is sick of it so I just find it easier to not put effort in and be a breath of fresh air. That and I'm sure someone has something I'll contract so if rather not bite the bullet til I know for a fact they're clean

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>>9341241
Obligatory Fanboy Bebop post.

>>9358123
From the convention center to LA live is about 5-7 min walk, so double that AND LA is hot and like others have mentioned, you do a lot of walking at the con.walking since the LACC is huge

>you ended up canceling a 2 minute walk to a 30 walk hotel

3k is too much for a 5 days stay. If anyone staying at the westin, tell me your story. I wanna know that bad and the good.

>>9362833
huh, maybe I'm just used to it then? I live in the bay area, so I'm used to walking up shitty hills and such. last year I walked from the con to the westin multiple times a day, in heels and it didnt really bother me?
the last day was when i used an uber cause i was carrying merch and artist supplies

I can imagine if you're in armor that would suck, but for anyone not in cosplay or with a physical disability it seems kinda eh to be dissatisfied about the walk

>>9362894
walking to the westin from the AX seems about walking distance going to back and forth end to end of the convention center 3 times...its just those other hotels that double that and then some.

>>9362809
I want a context for this image

Bump bamp

>>9341241
It's a miserable time, imo. The lines are massive. The venue has been pushing max capacity for years. It's at the hottest time of the year in one of the hottest parts of the country. The owners are maximum fucking Jew. (Better buy that Premier Fan pass goy, you wouldn't want to stand around all day in line, would you? By the way we're increasing the price to $350 this year!)

And it's also one of the country's oldest and largest cons and they get THE best fucking guests in the country, so you choose if you want to deal with it. I went in 2014, and decided I wasn't going to spend a couple grand flying cross-country on that again, but they always make me very torn about it with the guest list.

One more thing: They're always announcing guests up to the week before the fucking con, which I will NEVER begin to understand.

>>9362855
I mean, they lied to us about cash only bag hold fees so pay attention to sketchy staff

>>9363442
>Brought full box of Ritz crackers
>They encouraged taking food with you for snacking purposes
>Bag check lady said I have to toss em or put em back in my car
>(Literal) nigger what I was told this was fine and encouraged
>No I can't let you in with the crackers
>Only one that actually bitches about my crackers and it's a sassy black female staff
>On bag check
I'm still mad

>>9363843
And now you know why I specifically avoid the doors that have bag check. Well, out of principal, but also because those fucktarded red shirts are on power trips.

>>9363887
>Con already on
>Can just go up the stairs where the photoshoot area is
>Because nobody is there to stop you

>>9365102
There's lots of holes that I won't mention. Bag check is pure security theater.

>>9357584
>driving when there's a perfectly good subway.
>>9360731
Been there, done that. Wasn't impressed.

>>9362932
You never saw Fanboy Bebop?

Studio Sokodei (also made Re-Death and Nescaflowne) fandubbed Cowboy Bebop to make a story about a group of jaded fans trekking it to AX once more. This premiered at Fanime 2001, and was shown at tons of conventions until 2004 or so, when the creators of the vid stopped having it available online, and stopped showing it altogether (out of embarrassment or shame that it wasn't as funny as they remembered it when they made it. We'll never know).

In any case, it's a fun look at con drama/history/rivalry between AX and Fanime creators as well as poking fun at oldschool vs newschool anime fans.

1-3 is the original video, 2-3 is the deleted scenes, and 3-3 is the original trailer for Fanime.

https://mega.nz/#F!VYBlkaZI!CU-QR_MBZH3AU6toqKrUnA

I decided to finally upload it, since there's no copies of it anywhere online anymore. Studio Sokodei doesn't even have it on their youtube page. Only reason I have this is because a friend of mine from my old college anime club graciously sent it to me through AIM years ago (took forever to transfer. This was long before megaupload style sites existed)

>>9365346
Thanks anon

>Priority entry to panels
What does that even mean? Show a badge and cut line? Two separate lines? Nothing?
Only got the premier because I thought it was be much easier to book hotels but all the hotels I was looking at got booked by the time the website stopped giving me errors.If the priority entry cuts waiting by a significant amount I'll gladly stick with it.

>>9368906
Separate line. Premier line goes into panel, then the regular attendee follows.

>>9354798
That Trigger panel was amazing

>>9358123
>>9358127
>>9358166
That's why it's recommended, especially for those who are currently booked at a further hotel and those who don't mind walking just a little bit. Keep in mind though, Los Angeles is pretty hot and humid at this time of year and Los Angeles Convention Center is still pretty big.

https://aws.passkey.com/event/49007480/owner/2614/list/hotels/all

Both king and queen/queen rooms at the Intercontinental are still available and most likely will continue to be available. The rooms will be the cleanest of all rooms except for maybe the Ritz Carlton.

For those who haven't managed to get a hotel they wanted:

Par Avion's block system is all sorts of messed up. Open rooms do not go to waitlist immediately, but rather show up as open slots on the site. This means that while you may be first in the waitlist, if a room opens up someone may snatch it through the website before it goes through to you. Waitlist slots are in a separate queue, and it is unknown of when rooms are added to this queue. From my experience from dealing with the Par Avion, it seems very arbitrary.

Also most people who didn't get a hotel don't know that Par Avion continually adds hotel blocks on a rolling basis. There are times when you can snatch up a room at high demand hotels such as the Residence, Lux, JW, etc when you visit the website randomly. Most people do not check for rooms after the first week. Thus, if your rooming situation is not ideal, you can occasionally check the website for additional hotel block additions as well as cancellations. This method works better than waitlisting, and many people who decide to go to AX after the hotels open find rooms this way. Keep in mind though, if you see a room that you want, do not hesitate to click on it at once as rooms may come and go by the second. You can always cancel later.

I'm pretty knowledgeable about hotel rooms and stuff, so if anyone has questions about rooming at AX or Fanime as well, feel free to ask.

>>9341348
The blue line drops you practically across the street, you really wouldn't need a hotel.

>>9373468
>The blue line drops you practically across the street
yeah i know, but i live on the far side of Long beach, like next to orange county
but you're right, i could just hop on the blue line, thatd be more efficient, idk how i forgot about that.