AX THREAD - Anime Expo 2017

How was AniSong you mother fuckers?
I wanted to see the idolmasters and ali project :^(

>>9541514
Damn is shit always like this at AX? I was planning to go next year with It being my first out of state con but those lines. Just fuck.

>>9541520
2014 was a nightmare

2015 and 2016 were reasonably good

This year linecon hit hard at almost 2014 levels. Maybe even above it.

Wow the meetup is all uggo normies I'm glad I'm not hanging out with these fucks

Fakku line is cap

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>>9541514
I'm laughing at all the normies me and the GF literally walked past all of them and entered into the convention floor skipping the hour long line. I swear they're all spineless so it's too easy.

They were lined up under the bridge, so there's my tip anons just walk with purpose and go around the line, pass the first door near the elevator, that one connects directly to the line I don't want to cut right into them there. I just went into one of the outer doors. Those are still gated off but have like 15 people in line
>pic related

>>9541529
>>9541521
2014 was a day 0 linecon.
This year's day -1 and 0 were smooth sailing, you fuckers should have showed up earlier.

Also someone said they saw rhythm games at another arcade in some hotel, which one is that?

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>>9541523

the meet up is 10 normeis and a special needs girl in a helmet

>>9541541
Need a picture to confirm this.

Fakku line capped

>>9541541
>girl

Jesus that line at Linecon. I thought it was a myth. I don't understand, why can't these people get their badges on Day -1, Thursday or Friday? Why wait for THIS HORROR. I did that, and I was never IN a line, we just walked for 3 minutes and got out stuff without anyone ever stopping.

For those interested in fakku's rooftop party, but diddnt get a ticket.
twitch
tv/fakku

>>9541557
360p source. wew

>>9541559
Ehh, no reason to watch it, just have it on the background and listen to some edm, Jcore, or what ever is actually playing.

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me and my bf had a blast. skipped all the lines
No homo tho

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I lazily and sloppily drew the linecon for this year.

>>9541550
Wish I could've gone yesterday, but work is a bummer. Last time I went was in 2013 and I was not expecting this.

wat do

>>9541557
Easier to just watch trihex's stream

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Did you make someone smile today?

>>9541562

Is that waifu...a man? Or...becoming a man? Or...was a man before?

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>>9541566
I saw someone dressed like Rin doing tbe Carlton

Picked up my pass day 0, it was so fast and easy. A dream come true.

>9541425
you are all cute!
>>9541277
really hate the buff hairy chest breaded dudes that do the lazy 'filly dinty' cross dress just for the laughs at least he didn't do the sailor moon crossdress this year
thanks fo the pics!!

Anyone go to LP2 at the Marriott? How big is the room?

When dud this ironic weeb thing take off? They all look like a bunch of normalfags.

should I be naughty and remove all the pink duct tape around my prop gun but leave the orange tip and weapons check tag on?

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Why do fujoshits freak out at dub announcements

Any of you wanna meet for some sex in the JW Marriott

Shuttle spot changed too. I blame the line.

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>>9541563
>tfw i stood in line from 11:30 to 3:50
never getting there that late again. Ive learned my lesson

>>9541581
DEpends are you a guy?

>>9541565
>Trihex talking to random people vs the music directly streamed
I'll take the shitty ass

>>9541581
Come alone.

>>9541581
taking or receiving?

https://discord.gg/rRbZZ9q zz

>>9541567
Yes

>>9541593

Yes to all men? Man it is then.

>>9541589
>>9541588
>>9541586
17th floor
Start banging on all the doors

>>9541566
I had lots of people ask me for a photo and they all seemed really excited, I've never been asked so many times before.
It was so much fun

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buff karp for anyone who missed it

fuck this im selling my ticket to AKFG and my badge for anime expo. going to ALA and Sac anime instead

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>>9541585
>>9541550
>tfw I got there at 845 today
>didnt even have a badge
>was in exhibit hall at like 10
i bypassed so many people with my military id
and then realized that people werent even in the right line for security and walked around to the main entrance

>>9541521
2015 and 2016 was nowhere near this bad. But with all the terrorist shit recently, they are taking a shit load of precautions but at the same time they are understaffed for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCGYLdHdHKc

>that line

holy shit I was complaining about getting in at 11 but why would anyone want to wait that long

>>9541605
Saw a military guy get taken directly to the onsite purchase booths after telling a staff member at the height of linecon. Feels jelly.

>>9541604
how much for your badge? I might be willing if its 4 day

>>9541605
Yeah it was great. Got there at 8:30 and got in exhibit at 9.
The longest line I've been in so far is picking up my fucking pen light day 0.

>>9541607
precautions? the bag check was literally just a dude feeling up your bag for half a second and looking inside very superficially for even shorter as if he gave a shit.

>>9541607
I literally had weed in my backpack and the guy didn't even fucking notice

Did anyone see a exhibitor selling yugioh singles?

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>>9541608
thats insane I would just offer a dude 100$ near the front and curse myself for not getting a 4 day badge.
>>9541607
I hate to say it, but the terrorists have won, they really have.
wait... ...maybe it's a double buff to take all the normie onedayers money but not actually let them in. Like a club with bouncers where only the cool kids get inside

Do 4 day badges get mailed out?

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>>9541566
I gave my "Tales of " poster to someone who asked where I got it, but I also inadvertently cut two lines that were suppose to be capped just by showing up at the right/wrong time

>>9541620
no you have to pick it up would go now if i were you

>>9541604
What did AKFG do? The concert isn't until tomorrow and Monday.

>>9541612
its a 4 day, give me an offer
>>9541627
wont be able to make it due to events not under my control. trying to sell it. its for the 3rd dont know if u need an ID for it but i can just print out the ticket and give it off

>>9541623
I mean normally. Do they get mailed out before the con?
This would prevent a lot of the line issues. Hell even charge an extra $10 for shipping.

>why dont people just go on day 0 ecks dee

jobs, prior obligations

not everyone can drop fucking everything for ax

>>9541618
>>9541628
tree fifty

holy fucking shit fuck this normie on trihex's stream

>>9541629
Only premiere badges get mailed

>>9541616
Exactly. It's fucking stupid but even just feeling bags like that, it wastes time which is why the lines are super fucking long.

>>9541629
yeah it would but your identity has to be identified

>>9541541
>Girl
You gay nigga

>>9541628
I'm willing to part ways with 40-50. Can't attend on Sunday

>>9541630
Well maybe you shouldn't be going to fucking AX then if you can't make appropriate time off from work.
It's your own damn fault.

>>9541580
what happened?

>>9541640
>don't go have fun for a weekend if you can't take the whole week off like us neets!!!!!!

suck my fucking dick

>>9541580
Because Vic McNugget is so kawaii

>>9541640
Why is this anon so salty about people not being able to take out five days out of their work schedule. Not everyone has a flexible schedule and what if they're saving up their off days? What if they just like money more than being a weeb? Dang, it ain't that deep.

>>9541634
>premiere badges
am I crazy or did premiere badges used to include the masquerade?

Anyone posted the meet up pic?

>>9541605
I got a military (veteran) ID, what perks do I get? Already got my badge at day 0.

>>9541650
No. Is it all guys? I just went to the hotel meet up instead.

>>9541580
What dub got announced?

>>9541651
Veterans only get a badge discount, that's it.

>>9541645
>>9541630
you know Thursday and Friday badge pickup lasts till 11pm
just stop by after work?

>>9541514
Are lines long just because it is LA.

Were lines long back when AX was at Anaheim?

Are lines long because of the size of the convention? Would a larger convention cut down line time?

>>9541658
literally bad management

line extended like 3 different times for me people in front of me ended up behind me they need to organize a lot better

>>9541658
Man, AX at Anaheim's convention center sounds amazing. Wish I could've been there during those days.

No, there were a few women.
>Hotel meet
How was it? Still going?

Where the hell is Site 2? I can't find it on the map.

>>9541657
>driving an hour or two after work to get my badge

I'd fall asleep at the wheel, but maybe other anons can think about it next year.

>>9541658
For some reason they only do badges at one entrance. They need to
>mail out 4 day badges
>separate 1 day and 4 day badge lines so 1 days can actually enjoy their fucking day
Then it'd be fine.

>>9541633
WHO IS 2B AND WHAT IS A TRAP?

Think the stream is pretty funny and fun honestly

>>9541662
I just left but (not because it's bad, just need to sleep) I think it's still going strong.

>>9541660
The biggest difference is there were half as many attendees as there are now. It's just gotten way too big and crowded and the only way to slow the growth is to put an attendance cap or triple the price of admission.

>>9541670
Honestly, he's the kind of Chad I wish I could have as a friend. He seems genuinely nice.

>>9541672
Where is it? I don't know if I will be able to go but I want to know for the future.

>>9541662
meant for >>9541652

>>9541566

A lot of people said they really liked my cotume, if that counts

>>9541660
Probably the convention organizers got cheaper so they moved AX to a smaller sized convention.

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>>9541658
> Would a larger convention cut down line time?
the problem is AX doesn't have enough content to make it any bigger, some of the off meme panels are jr high student tier.
No one seems to go to the board gaming area, or the other nerd stuff much.
they can either raise the prices and cut 50% of the real fans or add more and more normie shit to spread people out. They can't really scale the chokepoints because the dealer halls are
already full.
fan-Cons don't really scale well. Most panels suck if you have to sit in the back rows of a 1000 seat room, so you can't really make them bigger. The dealer hall already feels like >30% crap booths. You can add more staff, but it doesn't really help in the way you think when you are already at capacity
>>9541642
also do this.

>>9541566
I was one of a few people that didn't get a dude's Tail Concerto cosplay wrong. I made him happy!

My first AX and fortunately I picked my badge up on Thursday because idols.

Holy fuck the organzation, maps and signing are fucking awful though. There's no staff anywhere and all but 2 I talked to didn't have a clue about anything. No wonder they can't get volunteers. Looks awful.

I'm happy though. Got the some of the autographs I wanted, got some event tickets for tomorrow and got some stuff I wanted from GSC. There's a shit ton of queuing but I almost always got talking to someone else in the queue. People are a lot more friendly than I'm used too and that helps a lot.

Dunno if I'd want to do again but I'll see how the news few days are.

My experience:

>2 hours to get badge
>went straight to the Marriott. No one there in the morning so got to sit in three neat panels
>walked right into the convention center from the side entrance. Never experienced any lines or bag check
>snuck into the Atlus booth for Persona stuff
>got into the Persona panel without any trouble
>played games for the rest of the day

Not bad. My only regret is that I didn't really explore and see stuff. And that I didn't have the courage to talk to any girls.

>>9541566
People loved my overdone generic costume.
I thought I'd get maybe 2 pictures tops and that was an overestimation. But I was stopped all day long for pics. Pretty much all smiles.

Great day.

>>9541659
>>9541660
>>9541669
AX might move back to Anaheim or even San Diego someday.

Depends if Los Angeles wins the Olympics bid or not.

Might have to close down LA's convention for renovations since some sports are held in convention centers.

Would be pretty interesting to have AX in San Diego but Anaheim has larger exhibit space.

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Me and my group almost didn't get get into the masquerade competition because we thought we just gave them our audio day-of, and the deadline was hidden on the website underneath a blurb that still says "deadline TBD". Luckily the volunteers at the masquerade office were chill and we're getting judged tomorrow.

Anyone else here entering?

>first ax
>have bad anxiety
>couldnt handle the huge crowds
>felt better when i was inside a video room watching samurai champloo
feels bad man

>>9541689
wait, is Anaheim's convention center bigger?
you know the reason they do these fancons on holiday weekends like 4th of july? It's cheaper to rent the convention center. But hey, at least it is not comiket tier crowed

Do cosplayers mind if I stop them for a photo with my phone? I feel kinda bad, like I'm putting no effort into making their work look good with a proper camera so I never ask. I'm no photographer.

>show up around 10
>wander the floor and pick up a shirt
>decide not to get anything else
>play some DDR
>time for costume
>30 minutes later finally get it on
>nearly die of dehydration wearing it
>people liked it even though i feel it had huge flaws
>take it off after 5 hours
>sleep then went home

All in all I had a fun time.

>>9541693
>>9541659
>>9541669
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_Expo

Just look at the Convention History page for Anime Expo.

No wonder why Anime Expo is run so badly. People in top management resigning left and right.

This shows the org behind AX is very unstable.

Maybe the Japanese government needs to step in. You know those Cool Japan people.

I could see Japan investing and creating their own convention center in California to host Japanese industry events on the West Coast.

But yeah, looks like AX is doomed to have shitty management forever.

>>9541706
Tell me where you are. I'll comfort the anxiety out of you

So how long did everyone wait in line? Either for badge pickup or bag check. My group had a 4 hour line.

>4 hour line that went through the ghetto, mostly in the sun, fucking up traffic and generally causing road and pedestrian hazards
>less than 5 minutes to get out and through bag check
>lines to get in for people who already have badges
>AX staff blaming security for the line when it's clearly incompetence capping sales
>seemingly no refunds or compensation for anyone, especially 1 day passes
>no one even controlling the lines out in the ghetto
>more hot dog vendors than staff
>no one allowed to use the bathroom, no water passed out

What a disaster. They need to learn to fucking cap sales and go back to mailing out badges, especially now that they're plastic and harder to copy.

>>9541711
No one cares unless you say something creepy or ask them to do weird poses.

>>9541706
Wya

>>9541711
Rule of thumb, don't make them go out of their way, like asking them to pose somewhere specific. Most people take pictures with camera phones.

>>9541717
>tfw want a chubby girl to comfort me

>>9541718
is AX doing the RFD chip badges?

>>9541724
at my hotel hitting the fitness center. feels good

>>9541718
I don't know about you, but I got my one day transferred to tomorrow.

>>9541719
>>9541725

OK thanks. Yeah I don't want to inconvenience them or anything so I wouldn't do anything obviously silly like that.

>>9541711
if it's in the square with all the photographers they don't seem to mind, but have some self awareness, if they are in the middle of the crowded dealers halls or walking down the hall between events it depends, but most people LOVE having their cosplay taken
>>9541674
you never had a friend, it was the dehydration
>>9541695
>but I almost always got talking to someone else in the queue. People are a lot more friendly than I'm used too and that helps a lot.
this is the only reason cons are successful, you meet more like minded nerds, and no one is self conscious about nerding out, the energy/excitement is one of the main draws. All the more reason to keep the normies out

>>9541708
I had to check this myself because Anaheim was smaller way back when. Yes, Anaheim is now the largest convention center on the west coast at 1.6m square feet.

I think they moved because of costs and generally losing contracts, but I wouldn't be surprised if they got booted because SPJA has gone through so many management and board problems over the years.

>>9541711
Almost any half decent person typically loves getting stopped for pictures if they're dressed up.
I got stopped at least a dozen times in a few hours. Loved every time, really makes me happy.

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>>9541718
I saw some dudes passing out water once.
>more hot dog vendors than staff
kek

>>9541732
how? is it still possible if I complain enough?

>>9541718
>>9541747

> more hot dog vendors than staff

You know what I'm thinking. They should recruit the hot dog vendors as staff.

>>9541718
15min max once the doors opened.

>>9541749
I just went to customer service and was like hey, I waited in line for five hours and the exhibit hall closes in less than an hour and I spent my entire in line rather than in the convention and I'm not happy about that. And then the guy said okay and transferred my badge to tomorrow.

>>9541664
It's a little teal rectangle by the overpass

Anyone at the Westin party? I suck at talking to complete random.

Fuck social anxiety.

>>9541747
>>9541752
Anyone even try street vendor food in Downtown LA? Been careful of where I eat since I got food poisoning one year ago.

Or are Costco hot dogs the only hotdog worth buying?

>>9541756
still possible if I come back on monday?

>>9541715
that wiki is sort of interesting.
I don't know what they were thinking hiring a universal studios exe to run a fancon. 99% of MBAs are trash, especially for a con.
>eight members of Anime Expo's upper management team (ConCom) publicly resigned over irreconcilable disagreements over the direction of the organization set forth by the SPJA's new CEO.
> One significant point of contention was the new CEO's decision to refocus and restructure the SPJA's marketing efforts
>starting with the dismissal of a PR and marketing contractor that the organization had a close working relationship with since 2004
I don't know why CEOs do this, but they do, they don't know how to actually fix anything, being useless spoonfed college prep tards, so they just fire whole departments and rehire new ones as a show of doing something.
But most of those staff changes were 6+ years ago.
This is from 2016:
>100,420 unique attendees, a 10% increase over last year's number of 90,500.
>This year's number set a new attendance record for the convention. The convention marked the turnstile attendance at 304,799, up 15% from last year.
I wonder what the numbers will be this year, if they grew 10% again, it's no wonder. I wonder if they still have that $700,000 debt

Heard there's an anti Trump protest tomorrow so the suttle have to change drop off point. Can anybody confirm?

>>9541759
How many people are there?

Hey, so I am taking my friends badge for the last two days since she is unable to attend. Are the badges checked at the door this year?

Tfw press and zero fucks given

>>9541770
They don't have names on them.

>>9541772
Who do you work for, want to get myself a press pass but I don't work for a media company.

>>9541770
They don't check anything just ask if you have a badge

>>9541763
Unsure, but worth a shot right? How good are you at complaining?

>>9541600
I fucking hate this guy. Him and his crew that dress like that all lift at a tiny Fitness 19 in Milpitas, CA and fuck up the place. Leave their bags all over and are loud as fuck. They're annoying at powerlifting meets too. Fuck these guys.

How long did it take to get through the exhibit hall and artist alley? I'm getting there at 8.

>>9541769
150+?

>>9541747

water ant free you commie, you want water, buy a bottle from the hotdog venders, or better yet a garderade, sense you will be walking all day.

>>9541772
Yeah same here but every other panel had some red vest that seemed to think press == general admission. It was awful having to explain what should be COMMON FUCKING SENSE all the fucking time...

I just waited one and a half hours for bus number fucking 2.

>>9541783
>tfw press pass and just went to the press lounge and grabbed a water bottle from the center of the circular tables whenever I was thirsty

Fuck giving overpriced vendors my money when I don't have to.

What even goes on at the Night Cafe?

>>9541785
fuck off, I hate you pressbadge fags always violating the firecodes, acting holery than thou, acting like you are better then the fans because you don't like [event fandom you are at]. Stop acting like you are some VIP and realize you are just paparazzi freelancers.

>>9541791

Degeneracy.

Someone better live stream at hotel party REEE

>>9541795
Stay salty, my friend.

At pool deck where u at fgts

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What panels or events will you be attending tomorrow, anon !

So I am not going until Monday due to work. Who is selling nendoroids and figmas cheap this year?

>>9541803
Just left lol. Will be back there tomorrow. Was pretty uneventful tonight.

>>9541711
I love getting my picture taken and just posing with other people in it. No one really cares unless it's really crowded then it's a bit awkward getting a good spot to stop.

>>9541799
I'm not your friend you normie fucktit, I will take a brick to your face, I don't have anything to lose, I hate you normies so god dam much, I'm so happy everytime I see a red shirt or security hassle you because you think you can go anywhere at any time, I will nerd rage so hard the folding chair will exit you skull

>>9541566
People seemed to enjoy my cosplay, and they appeared happy because of it. So, I guess I did.

>>9541810
>normie
besides the fact that anyone that actually goes to AX is a fucking normalFAG, the fact that you said "normie" instead makes you even more of one.

>>9541779
I suppose so. I really did only get about an hour and a half to look at shit so itll sound sincere at least. Then again why would they trust me if I came back on monday? I guess Ill try it before my friend tries to sneak me in

>>9541797
That could mean anything at an anime convention.

>>9541519
ali project sounded like garbage live

>>9541819

Everything else was great though. Mashiro's dress was cute as fug.

>>9541819
Very sad to hear

>>9541803
Westin?

>>9541765
Fake news. It changed so people can get into the building faster. Check out the app.

>>9541519

Both were great. I went to kawaii live solely for aqours, but all four acts tore it up.
-Tomoyo Kurosawa's speaking voice is literally Kumiko
-I now want to watch WUG
-Walkure best singers and english speakers
-I can't remember aqours' show, I was hypnotized by shukashuu's legs the entire time.

As for the super live, I admittedly only knew like one song by each artist, but all of those songs were performed. Show started with a collaborative cover of Cruel Angel's Thesis
-Konomi Suzuki kicked things off with This Game and closed with the Re:Zero OP.
-Mashiro Ayano a megacute
-garnidelia was cool I guess? Not too memorable for me.
-ali project: the crowd didn't seem to be feeling it.
-Minori Chihara: I started cheering for the KnK OP before anyone else, and the song has a pretty quiet opening, so that was kinda embarrassing.
-angela: my personal surprise. atsuko wore a lion suit. she can really command a show, which is impressive given the language barrier. Also she's hilarious.

followed these threads to kill time at the con.
I now know that /cgl/ is the cutest board.

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>>9541670
2B was a girl, can confirm

t. sakamoto

The press who actually do work are fine. The ones who just get a badge but don't put out relevant or quality coverage are the ones who don't deserve badges. There's hundreds of press registered but I sure as hell don't see enough legit outfits releasing things.

>>9541829
That sidonia song was pretty baller
Mfw up front with the other hardcore guys and they know all the calls and motions

>>9541829
As singer, Walkure made me cry while I was watching it was amazing

>>9541833

That was the best part.

>>9541633
noon o clock

>>9541640
Fuck that, other conventions aren't like this. Fucking apologist.

>>9541833
I really liked the Fafner song. Angela was the best part of Anisong

>>9541840
what other conventions, strategicon, (lmfao) stanlee con? comiccon is worse for crowds

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The marriott plays anime all throughout the night, who actually stays up all night for this?

Did anyone else notice the FBI in the dealer's hall?

I want to fuck the trap from the meet

>tfw reading these horror stories
>tfw never got to see AX as a small weeaboo in the mid-late 00s
>tfw I will probably never go unless they move the con to Anaheim like you say because screw this 9 hour line crap
>tfw I missed haruhi mania but will never get to see most of the people who were in it because why would they go to a smaller con
>tfw hoping ALA catches their eye
>tfw hoping ALA doesn't catch too much of the public's eye
>tfw I will never get to see any of the Love Lives either
>tfw I will never be able to tell Rikyako that she inspired me to never give up
>tfw they'd never go to anything smaller than AX
>tfw all my weeb friends are no longer going to AX or saying this is their last year because screw this crap so I wouldn't have a squad either
Anime was a mistake.

Any fellow loners still hanging about?

>>9541859
too tipsy, going to bed

>>9541854
Also-- Did anyone see the very obviously trans girl and her girlfriend selling "lesbian love anthology" or some shit at their booth?

Seems to be a lot of people who went alone, why don't you all just group up?

>>9541857
Cant send her fanmail?

>>9541863
It's the ham in me wanting to say "thank you" in person one day should I get the chance.

>>9541859
Yeah where do you wanna hang out?

>>9541863
no confidence

>>9541865
I'm in the cool people lounge sitting on one of the sofas near the back. I'm the skinny white dude looking at my phone.

>friend fails to reply to text i sent at 5

>never hears back from them

holy fuuuckk what happend the concert or something

>>9541864
Yeah, I understand. Maybe you will win that AX sweepstakes to go to Japan and maybe you can go to their meet and greets. Sadly there's no interaction this year. Good luck to you Anon.

>>9541871
What the fakku party or the 21+ lounge? My lazy ass doesn't want to leave my hotel.

>>9541879
fakku party is over

>>9541879
The 21+ lounge

>>9541881
Shit. How was WT Snacks?
>>9541882
Oh that place was too loud. The DJ was a total sperg last night. If you want we can meet at the JW Marriott lobby

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>>9541883
Snacks unironically had the best set of the whole night

>>9541530
yeh I was there 2014 as a volunteer. Got my shit on the spot. I just stood around in the shade giving people swag.

>>9541883
That's where they're doing the video rooms, right? It's on the way back to my place so I might drop by

>>9541887
The dude is an old fag I'm not surprised.
>>9541889
Alright let me know when and I'll come down

fakku sunday part is sold out, what do?

>traps
>ugly girls
>normies

how was your AX 2017 experience so far?

>>9541898
Never going again. I threw my crunchyroll gear into the garbage after they gave it to me. Exhibition hall, game room, actual hallways all felt like a giant advertisement. I didn't even line up because I went to day 0 but it was so bad for those people. Fuck this place, I'm just going to stay at Fanime from now on.

Anisong was fucking amazing though. If anyone is going to Long Beach for Bushiroad tomorrow, I'll see you there.

do they have any Danganronpa figs I couldn't find any at exhibit hall today but didn't look that hard

>>9541890
I'm in the video room

>>9541530
JW Mariott. Sorry, I forgot the name earlier. They have Audiotechnika, DDR, Pump it Up. And, uh, I guess Fist of the North Star is like a rhythm game. Good news is it's operational 24/7 or just really late. Not sure.

Holy shit Daikokuya is fucking delicious.

Damn, I missed the AX07 amv contest retrospect. I was feeling nostalgic because that's the one I bothered to enter. Anyone go?

>>9541903
You could at least use the bag.

>>9541915
Alright heading down

>>9541847
Insomniacs or people who wake up too earlier?

>>9541918
Yesterday it was only till 5 or 6 am.

Can someone explain to me if autographs will require some byzantine process? I really want to meet Sakaguchi and the Persona 5 cast for reasons.

>>9541887
Wow, I forgot all about Snacks. What's he up to these days?

>>9541929
What regular con going doesn't have a lot of bags already? Fuck CR and fuck their bags.

>>9541915
You there can't find you?

>>9541938

It's obscure only because none of the staff seem to know what's going on.

You queue up for the ticket collection that starts at 8am near where the food trucks are on the South Hall side of the road. I think it's a red line.

You ask for what tickets you want and you get them. Priority tickets get in first and the numbers don't relate to your order in the queue. The other kind of ticket the number does match your order in the queue, but you come after the priority tickets. First come first served.

Then you turn up at the autograph place. They say the queue starts half an hour before the time on the ticket but people were queuing an hour before.

They say priority tickets guarantee an autograph but that's not true. They'll cut the line regardless when the guests allotted time runs out.

It's totally down to the guest whether they're doing sketches and the staffers don't know. You just have to ask them.

It was kind of a clusterfuck but a minor one by AX standards.

>>9541764
The thing is that the current CEO and the inner circle doesn't give a flying fuck about anything other than how much money can get out of this shitty expo.

Look, this year unlike other years decided to refuse volunteers and took a good portion of the staff and demoted them to only volunteers. This will decrease spending and giving themselves more money. They are going to suck much until this expo bleeds dry and move on another venture.

No matter how much you bitch, moan or talk shit, it's not going to change. Once the attendance drops and profits decrease, then the higher ups will jump ship and change will happen.

This con is am abusive relationship and anyone attending isn't it making it better.

Their projection predict that this will become the next comic con and they are looking forward.

These higher ups earn so much money that you cannot comprehend.

Enjoy the next few years of this shit. They won. Hope you happy.

>>9541931
Are you in the room? What do you look like
R u a girl

>>9541943

Oh and it could be different on day 2 I guess. The details all seem pretty arbitrary.

Fucking hell. I can't believe it's only the end of day 1. I'm chaperoning some Japanese industry people all weekend and I'm already beat as hell. I also keep trying to speak my fucked up Japanese to English speakers, which is awkward as shit.

Is there a seagull gathering coming up? I had fun with the Fanime bros and would like to meet up again if I'm free.

>>9541715
Former SPJA staff here. You wouldn't believe how much of a fucking mess it is behind the scene.

>>9541941
In the Video room, center back row

>>9541949
I'm right outside

>>9541947
Already heading home. You want to start a meetup?

>>9541946

Lastly no one I was in the queue with figured out how the priority/normal ticket separation worked. One queue I was in was mixed but everyone got an autograph so no fucks were given. The other there were no normal ticket holders.

I need to figure out how the stupid industry guest autograph thing works today. That's going to be a laugh I'm sure.

>>9541944

Anime was a mistake

>>9541947
Lol in the same boat as you. Worst ax I've had ever. Why do I do this to myself

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Hello friends, I have finally arrived from NY

>>9541961

Better get in line now.

>>9541954
I'm already home too, I was asking if there were a planned gathering on one of the other days.

Fuck organizing one myself though, I've been there and done that, in the Anaheim/LB days, and never want to be responsible for that shit again.

>>9541960
You doing industry shit too? I got this one dropped on me at the last minute and couldn't really say no. It's not all bad, the guys are cool and the CEO I'm with pays for everything, which is cool, but damn is it tiring.

>>9541963

I purchased a pass from a scalper, no authoritarian line for me (-:

>>9541967
Yes. Having to be guide, impromptu assistant, handler, all that,jazz

If it wasn't for the concerts I would be having zero fun. Time for a two hour nap before I have to get up

>>9541514
> Exhibition Hall closes
> Clears everyone out
> Closes South Hall
> Clears everyone out
I don't think they thought their brilliant plan all the way through.

>>9541715
Just get the former Yakuza member/current owner of anime Jungle, Tetsu, to oversee it. Fucker runs almost all of little tokyo + the Japan jungle shops.

>>9541813
I go to ax but end up just hiding in my hotel room 99% of the time

>>9541955
>>9541946
>>9541943
That sounds like quite the pickle...

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What should I expect going to pick up (or at least trying to) on day 2? Managed to sneak my way into everything yesterday but I'm not sure how long I can keep that up.

>>9541939
He DJs online to /r9k/

>>9542082
The line should be significantly shorter now.

So yeah.

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Waking up at 6am to drive to the convention center hurts

>>9542126
This is why me and my friends got a hotel. Also because changing into cosplay out of youf car sucks.

Should I just get into the line to get in now?

>>9542126
>>9542128

Slept in a video room here

>>9542131
I was wondering if people did that here. Were there a few people doing that?

>>9542135
There were a handful of us getting bounced around between video rooms when one closed for a break yeah

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I want to get fucked up and drunk tonight, anyone know any parties or raves or other shit going on tonight?

>>9541906
>Anonymous
Lots...just keep looking anon

>>9541903
Fanime,

You mean that con that is ran for profit but says its fanmade so it can run itself on the cheap

The con that has fuck all to do in terms of guest

A con with nearly 0 industry presence

A con where people have to go create their own fun as the convention still goes ahead and greenlights a crapton of Character QA panels and barely any musical acts or industry guests

A con where you don't even get any swag, exclusive merch or world premiers

A con where people buy a badge for an overglorified lobby con party

You folks are getting fooled

>>9541944
>This con is am abusive relationship and anyone attending isn't it making it better.

And this describes fanime.

AX while it does get bigger, you can see where all the money goes as their guest lineup and events keep escalating

Fanime gets bigger but you still have it ran as a shitty fan con

DON'T LINE UP AT THE MAIN LOBBY ENTRANCE!!

use the pico drive entrance or west lobby entrance. It's fucking short. At pico entrance and there's literally 50 people in line compared to the 500 in the main entrance.

>>9542145
sent ;)

>>9542157
>Guests of honor
Boring
>Industry panels
Boring

What time do they start letting people in?

>all these faggots crying about heat stroke yesterday on Twitter and Facebook

Top Kel. It wasn't even hot and there was a decent amount of shade. Dumb faggot nerds are just not used to being outside for more than 10 minutes

>>9542019
lmao that's his backstory?

>>9541898
day 1 felt like day 4

>>9542126
>wake up at 8 and walk
Marriott is top tier

>>9542180
I stayed at the Marriott last year, it was pretty nice. I think it was worth the extra price of the hotel.

>>9542181
It really adds to the experience. The ability to drop off shit or change and pick something up helps loads.

AX staff didn't manage the line properly again.

>>9542184
How bad?

>>9542182
It's also awesome to be able to just leave the con, take a short break at your room, and then head back out. Plus, being so close to your room means you can eat home-brought goods instead of paying for overpriced L.A food. I hope I can maybe go next year.

>>9542185
It's more of a mob line than an actual line.

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>>9542161
I didn't get anything

>>9542184
>AX staff didn't manage the line properly again.

>mob trying to line up for persona 5 panel.
>AX staff keeps saying they are going to do this in a orderly fashion
>time to actually start the line
>"OK everyone! I'm going to start picking people at random to line up!"

Did anyone here experience this shitstorm? Fucking dumbest thing ever.

>>9542160
>pick drive entrance
There's a 3rd entrance?!

>>9542193
Yes and nobody fucking knows about this one. It's upstairs near that bridge to the entertainment hall and main events hall.
There's another one down on the streets in the same area. Don't go to that. It's a long line.
This entrance literally leads straight to the exhibit hall at the side entrance. Close to the atlus booth.

>FLCL panel right before Trigger in the same room

Please let none of the FLCL crowd stay for trigger

>>9542197
Which stairs do you take to get to that entrance?

>>9542198
Are you fucking serious? Of course they're going to stay.

>literally traps everywhere
was it always like this?

>>9542198
What's wrong with Furi Kuri?

>>9542199
Do you know where the west hall parking lot entrance is on pico Blvd? There's a flight of stairs going up in front of it.

It's starting to get a bit longer but still not as bad as the main lobby entrance

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>>9542200
>>9542198
>Going to Violet Evergarden before trigger
Is 1 hour good enough to guarantee me access to trigger

>>9542205
If they stay that means less seats for the people who lined up

Is there line for badges already? I'm getting to DTLA in like 40 minutes.

>>9542204
Putting on a skirt and anime wig doesn't make you a trap

Anyone have experience with sellers? I was wondering if anything they label as sold out gets sold the next day for artificial scarcity or if I'm just screwed.

>>9542198
Why do they not clear the rooms? Is it just to save time? Seems really unfair to people who lined up for hours and also to people who couldn't get into earlier panels because there's a bunch of people camped out in the room for something later in the day.

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Someone trade me their FGO lanyard for my Crunchyroll one

>>9542210
Nope. But if you do a little something for me I may let you cut in front of me

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>>9542218
What is that little something my man

>>9542216

I've never seen a major convention clear out rooms between panels.

>>9542223
He wants you to give him a succ.

>there are people waiting in line right now
Lmao I got in with no lines.

>>9542249

is the line for badges long?

Are the fakku boards in the main booth different then the ones in their satellite booths?

>>9542260
No. Only difference is you can buy the books.

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>Want to take a picture with a CUTE cosplayer
>She invited her really fat fucking friend to be in my picture

So many p5 jokers kys

>>9542269
Was her friend in cosplay? If so, easy. You say, can I get a group pic and then one with each of you solo?
If not, even easier, you just say you would like the picture of the cosplayer.
Just don't be a creep about it.

Someone help me practice my photography pls

What time are you guys lining up for the FLCL panel?

>>9542285
you dont seem to get his point
that fatfuck probably wouldn't even fit in the picture

>>9542291
Right now. No joke.

>>9541847
People with no hotel rooms

badge pickup line is like 20 min atn

>>9542297
Is the line at the convention center or at the Marriott?

Does anyone know where to pick up my ticket for neon district?

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>line was so long only had about three hours to shop with most things and signatures being sold out
Fucking sucks only going one day
What have you guys gotten so far?

>>9541903
I'm judging for Weiss. Make seagull noises if you see me, I've got a manbun.

>>9542311
>gujira
good taste my senpai

any loli stuff being sold?

>>9542311
Where'd you get the kogal book?

>>9542318
Fakku

Yoshiki dropped out.

Where are the good food trucks? Also holy shit, I've never been to AX or any american con before, thank fuck I got exhibitor pass

>>9542216
Honestly, I can't blame them for this one. It seems like it would be a logistical nightmare considering how big the rooms are, and it would probably be harder to get people in the panels since you'd have a huge mass of people leaving and then getting in.

I think the problem of the lack of room-clearing is also overblown. All the panels I attended yesterday had around 70% of the people in it clearing out on their own, even before the super popular ones like the Overwatch panel. As long as you lined up about an hour before you'd be guaranteed to get in anyway. (It DID cap, with a ton of people outside trying to get in, but there was plenty of room when it was starting up.)

>>9542317
They don't sell loli stuff

>>9542338

I stayed at the Viz panel for FGO. To be fair I would have waited at a line if it was necessary, but there were plenty of empty seats.

Is the Fasion Show any good? If so, do I need to queue 2 hours prior like I do the industry panels?

Are they showing episode 1 at the FLCL panel or are they just talking about the new season.

>>9542157
>You mean that con that is ran for profit but says its fanmade so it can run itself on the cheap
Dont care about that when the overall experience is fun.

>The con that has fuck all to do in terms of guest
They literally got my favorite seiyuu of all time to be at the con this year.

>A con with nearly 0 industry presence
Good.

>A con where people have to go create their own fun as the convention still goes ahead and greenlights a crapton of Character QA panels and barely any musical acts or industry guests
But thats fun. Going into fan panels learning history of shit like yuri or gothic lolita or going to fanmade game shows. Fuck industry panels where they just shill and advertise the next season of shows.

>A con where you don't even get any swag, exclusive merch or world premiers
Who the fuck cares? Why are you going to a con to stroke your ego on the exclusives you get?

>A con where people buy a badge for an overglorified lobby con party
Fanime is fun because it's humble. AX is a fucking cesspool of casualfags, normalfags, industryfags, advertisements, it has literal no space to sit, there's mismanagement and a god dammit I fucking hate the location.

Is Fanime perfect? No. They have issues too but AX is so much worse.

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>>9542322
No i didnt get it at Fakku
I got it at a booth in the far right draped in black with a huge Adult only warning sign

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ManletMan

>>9542192
I did. Was really dumb i don't know what they expected when they told us to line up cause there was no line.

How are you gonna add people in an orderly fashion then christ.
At least i got to talk to Mercer

>>9542351
>all those people
wow it must smell like shit in there
I wouldn't be surprised if someone caught a STD just by wading through all those filthy normies

glad I didn't attend. would cringe every time some sweaty fuck passed by me

to the gull dressed as Aradia that sucked me off in the bathroom stall: it turned out i gave you a wrong phone number
wanna meet me at that bathroom again ;)?

Anyone wants a good smile ticket? It's for right now

>>9541789
I am not surprised. Last year I waited a while for bus 3.

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What is the appeal of conventions? Genuinely curious why people go through such lengths to walk around in a hot room filled with sweaty nerds

>>9542369
it's fun

Anyone going to the mahjong workshop?

>>9542369
I thought it would be fun since there were big names that weren't English dub VAs. I'm going to fill the void with capitalism and alcohol.

>Fate GO gets an entire panel
Wait what

West hall outside line takes ten minutes. West hall other entrances take 1

Lol skip south hall seriously

Anyone know where the Shadowverse booth is located?

>>9541657
You know, some people may not even live in the same state. Popping by to pick up a badge isn't an option if you live >100 miles away.

>>9542373
I'm going, it's been a while since I've tried to learn.

>>9542369
>Fun/Good looking artwork and various nick-knacks in Artists Alley that you can't find anywhere else
>Shooting the shit with said artists. Had 2 good convos with Tyson Heese (Sonic Mania artist) and he even dropped some bombs about that final Mega Drive issue.
>Snapping cosplay pictures. Make it into a scavenger hunt to find some of your favorite obscure characters, odds are you'll make someones day
>Even though Exhibit Hall is 75% overinflated bullshit, the ones that aren't have some pretty neat stuff. Avoid the overstuffed booths and you won't have a bad time.

Could go on, but as long as you aren't expecting a cakewalk and are moderately in shape and smart about food and time rationing then conventions can be the best shit ever.

The Asuka cosplayer getting bukkake at the Westin last night was crazy. She got flooded in "white" LCL.

>>9542405
Pics lying faggot

Ugggggh I just woke up. What's going on? Worth heading over?

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Why do normies have to get into cosplay? "Oh look I can dress up like a weirdo and internally make fun on these freaks while I show off my titties and get attention *from guys I deem attractive"
Everyone on her IG keeps raving about how she's the perfect sonico and it's nice that they can overlook the fact that she looks like a slutty plastic surgery addict. Sonico doesnt need ten pounds of eye makeup, fresh lip injections and obviously fake as fuck boobs. Way to ruin my waifu normie cunt.

>>9542413

Blame beta males. Beta males have the logic of "OMG SHE IS COSPLAYING AN ANIME GIRL THATS SO HOT I WONDER IF SHE'LL LOOK AT MY PENIS"

Beta males are the reason fat feminst chicks exist and why society has gone so down hill. But that is a discussion for another time.

Also this con is not as fun as it was in the past. Lines are dumb, crowds are too packed.

>>9542413
welcome to 2017
your only choice for waifu is
1. trap sonico
2. lip injection sonico
cute grills no longer exist in our timeline

>>9542413
Not a normie bruh

>>9542384
Game room at the end near the right.

>>9542413
Um she's wearing a flesh colored foam bra.

2 BALLS stream when?
>tfw 2b will never be the same for me

>>9542381
what's so surprising

what are lines for dealer hall like right now? almost there

They just shut down the booth with all the body pillows lined up next to the Love Live one for the weekend and whenever anyone asks why they just keep telling us to keep moving. What the hell?

>>9542473
Love Live underage merch is not allowed anymore. The distributors put out a huge statement that vendors/fan artists are no longer allowed to show the 14 year old girls in ANY sort of sexual content.

Any easy eay to get in? I got in easy yestetdau may not make it to tales

So fucking sick of seeing mystery box booths

Im here got told tales is ticketed

>>9542413
Holy fucking shit she is ugly as as hell. Is she old? Why are there no cute girls cosplaying tittywaifus.

>>9542488
The West Hobby looks bad, but i got in under 5 minutes with bag checks. Also i found a sealed, free monster on a trash can.

>>9542514
Beta orbiters like yourself really shouldn't talk. Stupid faggot. People like you are why the cosplay scene is so garbage now

>>9542526
Excuse me you fucking cuck, why are you coming at me because I think a girl who literally looks old enough to be 50 is doing a bad job of cosplaying Sonico, because the anon who posted it is right. Cosplay quality is piss poor nowdays, and if you're going to get all the fuck up in arms over my opinion, then you should probably take a bath with a toaster, as that seems up your alley in terms of intelligent thought.

Calm down betaboy, I bet one day a sleezy girl will touch your penis after you give her enough money.

Any late night panel worth going? might check out fakku

>>9542526

>call girl ugly
>get called beta

Nigger what?

>>9542180
I miss staying at the Mariott.

>>9542535
Why does /v/ always show up during AX.

>>9542548
It's not even /v/, maybe people just expect better quality cosplay, and maybe people aren't going to sit around while others talk shit to them for no reason? Is this still your first year on 4chan, or do you choose to be ignorant?

>>9541919
I've been seeing that crazy line,. What's it like?

>>9542542
Make sure you line up early, I didn't go to any but there was some hentai panel last night and they had a really long line.

>>9542560
Yeah that was yesterday fakku panel

>>9542563
Is trihex still at ax? I took his shake weight by drunken accident and need to give it back

>>9542565
No idea

>>9542413
>"Oh look I can dress up like a weirdo and internally make fun on these freaks while I show off my titties and get attention *from guys I deem attractive"

Yeah, sadly this is what thirsty AF beta neckbeards want. As always, we could literally fill entire threads with discussion on this. I've discussed this with so many people who want to get into cosplay who are genuinely put off because they don't want attention from creeps asking them to take their clothes off.

i think my friend died last night

>>9542576
What makes you say that?

>>9542575

You're going to an anime con. You're going to get creepy guys, its part of the territory. I goto anime cons to escape every day life for a weekend and hang out with said creepy fucks.

>>9542576

Story?