×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Forum - View topic
Trapped at Anime Expo 2009


Goto page 1, 2  Next

Note: this is the discussion thread for this article

Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Tuor_of_Gondolin



Joined: 20 Apr 2009
Posts: 3524
Location: Bellevue, WA
PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:37 pm Reply with quote
I swear, watching homeboy off the street chatting with the cosplayers was the best pic of the group. That one just screamed comedy.

Well done, Zac.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail My Anime My Manga
LordRedhand



Joined: 04 Feb 2009
Posts: 1472
Location: Middle of Nowhere, Indiana
PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:47 pm Reply with quote
Wow if that is what is considered a "big one" that is really small by convention standards...

I'm just saying the "Best Four days in gaming" that is Gen-con gets bigger crowds and has a "side" anime convention at the same time...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Shepperoni



Joined: 08 Dec 2008
Posts: 110
Location: Topeka, KS
PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 9:44 pm Reply with quote
Those FFXIII buildings were still pretty cool though! Anime hyper
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
nobahn
Subscriber



Joined: 14 Dec 2006
Posts: 5120
PostPosted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:13 pm Reply with quote
So that is what B. D. looks like..... I always wondered.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
marzipan.dragon



Joined: 18 Jul 2008
Posts: 70
PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:05 am Reply with quote
Goths and local - ftw

Last edited by marzipan.dragon on Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:48 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Case



Joined: 09 Apr 2002
Posts: 1016
PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:54 am Reply with quote
So we just found out that the official attendance count this year is 44,000, a relatively modest but hardly insignificant 1,000 body increase from last year's crowd...

So what accounts for the empty hall and room photos? From the comments about it being a little slow this year and about the holiday and shrinking anime market, I was really getting the impression that attendance was going to be down this year?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Teriyaki Terrier



Joined: 26 Mar 2008
Posts: 5689
PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:29 am Reply with quote
I was hoping Zac would write as well, I really enjoyed the article.

But at least people were given water in the warm room. Pretty nice of the staff to do that for the convention goers.

But what really made me laugh is the fact a group of cosplayers were talking to a vagrant.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
kyokun703



Joined: 06 Jan 2005
Posts: 2505
Location: Orgrimmar
PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:49 am Reply with quote
It did look a lot emptier, but it also may be because LACC is so darn HUGE. I didn't go last year, so I can't compare it to the first year it was in LACC. Long Beach though was way too crowded; I could barely move in Artist Alley.

Panels seemed scarce this year; the only thing the day I went was the Funi panel. I thought Saturday was supposed to be the biggest day, which is why I chose that day to go, but it seemed Thurs/Fri had more stuff to do, which was strange.

And lol, re: Pastagina. When I first saw that restaurant chain since moving down here, I turned to my friend and said, "Are you serious??"
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
gamachan



Joined: 29 Jun 2009
Posts: 7
PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:47 am Reply with quote
kyokun703 wrote:
It did look a lot emptier, but it also may be because LACC is so darn HUGE. I didn't go last year, so I can't compare it to the first year it was in LACC. Long Beach though was way too crowded; I could barely move in Artist Alley.

Panels seemed scarce this year; the only thing the day I went was the Funi panel. I thought Saturday was supposed to be the biggest day, which is why I chose that day to go, but it seemed Thurs/Fri had more stuff to do, which was strange.

And lol, re: Pastagina. When I first saw that restaurant chain since moving down here, I turned to my friend and said, "Are you serious??"



You know,, I was instilled with the task of taking pictures of interesting things,.. this year it was really hard...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
pparker



Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Posts: 1185
Location: Florida
PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 2:35 pm Reply with quote
Great laugh. Having lived in LA for 25 years, the goth-homeless shot is priceless. Somehow, though, they don't look at all strange together...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime
DaisakuKusama



Joined: 24 Aug 2008
Posts: 85
PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:14 pm Reply with quote
This is why we love you, Zac.
I was pretty bummed that I didn't get to go this year. This actually cheered me up.
Thanks, Man.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
LordPrometheus





PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:28 am Reply with quote
The gothic cosplayers talking to the vagrant was priceless! Very Happy

Oh, and "Pastagina"..... rofl. Anime hyper
Back to top
Veers



Joined: 31 Oct 2008
Posts: 1197
Location: Texas
PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:19 am Reply with quote
The best of the con experience (aka laughing at stuff) from the comfort of my office chair, awesome.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime
jvowles
Otakon Representative


Joined: 23 Nov 2004
Posts: 219
Location: Maryland
PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:24 pm Reply with quote
kyokun703 wrote:
It did look a lot emptier, but it also may be because LACC is so darn HUGE. I didn't go last year, so I can't compare it to the first year it was in LACC. Long Beach though was way too crowded; I could barely move in Artist Alley.

Panels seemed scarce this year; the only thing the day I went was the Funi panel. I thought Saturday was supposed to be the biggest day, which is why I chose that day to go, but it seemed Thurs/Fri had more stuff to do, which was strange.

And lol, re: Pastagina. When I first saw that restaurant chain since moving down here, I turned to my friend and said, "Are you serious??"


There was less programming overall, and most of the people seemed to be cosplayers (or those who BLOCK TRAFFIC to take photos of them) vaguely milling back and forth between the Exhibit Hall and the Main Events/Panels areas. And the panels themselves were seldom full -- Funimation's was the one most packed that I attended, and that was, at best 75% full.

The lack of good programming options was a common theme at the feedback panel, and *personally* I attribute it to AX's traditionally heavy dependence on industry for direct programming sponsorship -- the industry that's still around doesn't have lavish marketing budgets. They acknowledged the problem, and I'm sure they'll adjust for next year.

The Exhibit Hall seemed reasonably full whenever I was there, but not as full as last year -- probably attributable to the lack of big exciting booths. However, the area in FRONT of the exhibit hall, where I sat for an hour undisturbed last year, was almost always full. I don't understand it.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Mylene



Joined: 07 Feb 2006
Posts: 2792
Location: Indiana
PostPosted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:13 pm Reply with quote
Finally home from my trip to AX and LA. I'm really glad to see that it was a bit of a let down this year...I wasn't particularly impressed and feared this was a typical AX. Although I'm still pretty disappointed with the cosplay I saw. Not a single "wow!" costume crossed my path. Sure, there were plenty of good ones, but not the type that could stop me in my tracks.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Goto page 1, 2  Next
Page 1 of 2

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group