Anime Expo

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Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

A few observations:

At least the badge pick-up line moved relatively quickly this year. I also noticed that the opening ceremonies were on day 0, instead of day 1. This is the first time in memory that that's been the case.

Is this the first step toward formally turning AX into a 5-day con?

Personally, I see this as one of two things:

1. AX realizing that with a busy schedule and the fact that most people may skip it due to different reasons (i.e. Dealers' Room, other events) that it's better to do this on Day 0 (when nothing else is scheduled) instead of Day 1.

2. AX following in the footsteps of some other cons and having something alongside badge pick-up on Day 0 as an extra inceptive to pick it up early (I remember Animazement doing special Thursday night activities, and Otakon has introduced a Thursday afternoon Matsuri Festival last year).

This was the first AX where I spent more time in the workshops/panels than in the video rooms, since (except for the "Muv-luv Alternative" premiere) the video room showings were mostly older shows.

I guess nowadays, if you want to see the latest releases, go to the Internet, not
the video rooms.

I think that this depends on the convention, although it does feel that there's less conventions showing newer titles as a result of anime companies having more of an impact at them (as well as wanting the dubs to be shown when it comes to certain shows).

$3.00 for a bottle of water. Gotta love that LACC pricing!

Then there's Otakon, where it's only one dollar.

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Gah, finally downloaded mostly everything in the internet. Here they are.

Day 0 = 456 pictures
Day 1 1 & 2 = 2,859 pictures
Day 2 = 1,854 pictures
Day 3 = 1,351 pictures
Day 4 = 785 pictures

Total number of pictures taken (excluding Lisa's Concert and Masquerade pictures) = 6,305 pictures taken after deleting blurry pictures