ANIME EXPO 2019: The Last Thread (For Now)

[Anonymous No.10220626]

Remember to mark your calendars for next year!

>What did you enjoy?
>What did you hate?
>Changes you would make next year?
>How are you handling the post con depression?

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>>10216935

Since this might be the last AX thread for the year, try not to hog the image posting like last year’s final AX thread.

[Anonymous No.10220636]

>What did you enjoy?
The mini vacation from the rest of the world
>What did you hate?
Lines and earthquakes
>Changes you would make next year?
Capping doesn’t do it, limiting the age range doesn’t do it, so we’re stuck with what we got since we’re not moving anytime soon.
>How are you handling the post con depression?
Terribly, just like everyone else.

Also, damage report.

[Anonymous No.10220661]

Anyone see that fist fight on the last day outside the South Hall? Shit was fucking nuts.

[Anonymous No.10220662]

capping the attendance can alleviate the overcrowding inside the convention center since not everyone with a badge will be inside the building at the same time. Some will be outside and some will be at the JW Marriott. Exclusives from Bushiroad, Goodsmile, and Atlus should go to SDCC-style lottery. Bring back itasha car show. Lessen autograph area and most of all bring back Anisong World Matsuri.

[Anonymous No.10220696]

>>10220626
Move the fucking thing back to Anaheim so it can be 24 hours

[Anonymous No.10220725]

>>10220661
That's sounds funny. The battle of the weebs.
Any video?

[Anonymous No.10220740]

>>10220696
I'd imagine they'll do that for 2021

[Anonymous No.10220742]

>>10220619
>AX at Anaheim again
>It could be 24 hours
>Nightlife comes back
How irresponsible would it be to take a fuck ton of Adderall so I don't have to sleep for the first two days?

[Anonymous No.10220752]

>>10220696
As many pros as there are to it being in Anaheim, I 99.9999% firmly believe it'll never happen because AX gets the LACC for DIRT CHEAP, I believe literal pennies on the dollar, and AX generates too much money for DTLA and the surrounding areas.
I'm pretty sure LA would fight to keep AX there, they're hurting for that yearly cash. Anaheim can take us or leave us, but someone correct me on this last part if I'm wrong

[Anonymous No.10220759]

Leave yourself a message for the future when 11 months from now you start looking back at the AX 2019 threads in the archives

>You better have lost weight, asshole

[Anonymous No.10220764]

>at least attempt to cosplay

[Anonymous No.10220767]

>>10220764
Do try anon! It'll be fun!

[Anonymous No.10220771]

Do away with Premier Pass and make everything into a Comic Con lottery. Lottery on badges, exclusives, autographs, concert tickets, and hotel reservations.

[Anonymous No.10220776]

>>10220662
itasha car show is a copyright and legal nightmare for the con, like how many cars use logos and official art without the approval of all the Japanese copyright holders? Basically all of them! And since AX has a strong business relationship with Japanese companies, they are not willing to risk it. If the local itasha group wants to do a showing or something, they need to rent out parking spaces themselves nearby on their own dime. The only reason that Anime Matsuri is one of the big itasha showcases is that they don't give a shit about copyright

[Anonymous No.10220790]

>>10220626
>Weird meme OP is at it again

The other thread hasn't even hit the bump limit yet.

[Anonymous No.10220802]

>>10220662
>>10220771
Have either of you experienced the SDCC lottery for exclusives? It's terrible. For a fan-focused even it is the worst thing you can think of. Once you start seeing how little you win in a lottery you're going to wish you had never mentioned it. At least with first-come-first-serve you can, if you care about something, put your time in. With the online lottery model it just makes things easier for those who aren't dedicated enough to put in time. It also means that people have much less investment into actually doing something and can shut out people who do really care. If all someone spent was a few seconds clicking buttons they have no qualms about discarding the autograph chance or buying opportunity making it a wasted slot. The only way to make this work would be if a deposit was necessary so it would weed out people who aren't actually interested (and at that point why not just make it a paid slot?).

AX is not at the point where it needs a lottery on badges and hotels. Attendance cap would have to be something on the magnitude of 20k people less to make an impact and that means chopping your revenue when you don't need to. For all of people's complaints THEY STILL COME. Until people naturally stop coming to the con AX has no need to make a cap.

>>10220790
it hit the bump limit 50 posts ago

[Anonymous No.10220910]

Hi What is a seagull?

[Anonymous No.10220911]

>>10220910
Seagull = /cgl/

[Anonymous No.10220986]

https://youtu.be/Rth1IVkdTwU

[Anonymous No.10220993]

>>10220986
I regret giving him a view. If that was the average quality of his videos it's no wonder he only gets a few thousand views.

[Anonymous No.10221029]

Where do you keep your AX badges?

[Anonymous No.10221032]

>>10221029
Around my neck

[Anonymous No.10221039]

>>10220993
I’m sorry based Mamuro5254 and dangirsdon haven’t released their AX videos yet. Hell, most of anitube has yet to make any post AX videos, unless your name is Lost Pause

[Anonymous No.10221049]

>>10221039
for a while I didn't even realize romeo was as well known as he is but then again thirsters will thirst and he's got water for them

[Anonymous No.10221063]

>>10221029
Mine are all stacked on top of each other in my boonie hat that's hanging in my closet.

[Anonymous No.10221064]

>>10220661
Need deets. Were they attendees or unrelated people?

>>10221029
I hang em off a hook which I completely forgot to take them down and put them in a box. I have too many lanyards.

[Anonymous No.10221141]

Anyone go to CWF?

[Anonymous No.10221156]

>>10221029
I used to put them in a frame chronologically but the frame I used had magnetized glass and they kept falling through plus I wanted to use the space for posters so now they're stuffed into my memories box. I have my lanyards with years printed on them too. This year I wore my 2009 lanyard with the 2019 badge. Someone even pointed it out, it was nice.

[Anonymous No.10221158]

Anyone attend Waifu Wars? Who were the match ups and how did everything go?

[Anonymous No.10221161]

>>10221158
I didn't attend myself, but I saw the guy running the show saying that they had a lot of technical issues that really fucked them on time

[Anonymous No.10221168]

>>10221161
Oh that's too bad. I hope they can prevent those problems next year.

[Anonymous No.10221170]

>>10221168
I don't know why, but so many fucking panels/events had technical issues this year. Specifically with mics either not working, or slides during presentations just stopped working

[Anonymous No.10221171]

>>10221170
The earthquakes unraveled a fierce curse upon AX's technical equipment

[Anonymous No.10221173]

>>10221171
This was happening even before the earthquakes. I wouldn't be shocked if the tech support guys are also unpaid volunteers

[Anonymous No.10221175]

>>10221173
I was just making a joke, but I gotta agree with you there. Monkeys could have done a better job than the volunteers in any position.

[Anonymous No.10221180]

>>10221175
I just don't get how it can be so "difficult"
>sat through a panel
>they had to set up mics and everything in the beginning, one still ended up dying during the panel
>room didn't clear, stayed for the next panel
>suddenly the mics aren't working despite working fucking 15 minutes ago, and they all need to be checked and reset again
Do the retards working the sound just throw their hands all over the board when a panel ends in celebration? They shouldn't have to change a thing besides turning off a mic and turning it back on when the new panel starts

[Anonymous No.10221183]

>>10221180
That sounds horrible

[Anonymous No.10221298]

Why does the Dragon Ball frachise get more attention at SDCC than AX?

[Anonymous No.10221355]

>>10221298
Cause being at SDCC
generates far more prestige and buzz

[Anonymous No.10221372]

Anyone have a picture of the shirtless Inuyasha cosplayer?

[Anonymous No.10221413]

>>10221175
>Husband says if you volunteer for something like this you're incredibly stupid
Even if you include the hotel options(which forces you in with 3 other strangers too )your normal jobs pays out probably three to four times as much an hour
Also that app was trash what is quality assurance?

[Anonymous No.10221419]

>>10220759
This is a really good idea.
My message is: ”Bitch, your lolita closet better be cleaned and organised for the perfect coords!”

[Anonymous No.10221421]

I finally fixed the flipping issue, so here's some cosplay photos: https://imgur.com/a/Hs6Ofl2

[Anonymous No.10221425]

>353 days to July 1, 2020

[Anonymous No.10221428]

I think i was the only Sakura cosplayer at the entire event bros.

[Anonymous No.10221433]

>>10221029
During the con weekend? I keep my badge in a burando pass case hanging off my bag. That matches my coord and lanyards are fugly in photos especially. Afterwards, I use it as a bookmark and donate the lanyard. I don't like a lot of mementos hanging around as shitty decor, too much clutter.

[Anonymous No.10221434]

>>10220986
He sounds like he has a mouth full of potatoes and he takes forever to actually say anything. I clicked off in the first few minutes.

[Anonymous No.10221624]

>>10221434
I thought his video was about the earthquake for those first minutes. Dude needs to summarize his video real quick at the beginning

[Anonymous No.10221647]

>>10221624
>>10221434
>>10220993
TL;DW:
>despite all the bullshit, we remember the great memories over the bad ones
>anitube is losing its identity, somefuckinghow
>”ax is bullshit and I can’t wait to do it again next year”

[Anonymous No.10221657]

>>10221647
>ax is bullshit and I can’t wait to do it again next year

Sounds like /cgl/ every year

>This will be the year AX dies and moves back to Anaheim says increasingly nervous man for the hundredth time this decade

[Anonymous No.10221658]

>>10221657
I'd argue moving to Anaheim is a sign that AX is actually far too popular and needs more room to grow

[Anonymous No.10221714]

>a week since AX is over
>tfw all the LA and Little Tokyo bakery food I roadtripped back home lasted for an entire week and is now gone

[Anonymous No.10221737]

>>10220759
Lose some of your fat and put on some more muscle. Also learn how to make more complex cosplays

[Anonymous No.10221747]

>>10220759
Don't buy and bring all that food. You won't eat it.

Don't bring all those clothes. You won't wear them.

[Anonymous No.10221750]

>>10220759
Spend all that food money of yours at that 7/11 across the convention next year if it’s still there

[Anonymous No.10221759]

>>10220752
>>10220696
Like the last thread mentioned, Anaheim finished their expansion last year, making them part of the million square foot convention center club.

Anime Expo's contract with LACC expires at the end of 2019.

Anahiem wants to market their new convention center's expansion.

If you were the owner of Anaheim Convention Center, you would make a sweeter deal with Anime Expo compared to LACC by bragging about how you are currently California's largest convention center, larger than San Diego's and larger than LACC.

[Anonymous No.10221761]

>>10220696
What was Anime Expo like when it was 24 hours?

Did Japanese guest still host panels past 12AM?

[Anonymous No.10221766]

>>10221658
>>10221657
But if someone bothered to go to anime expo's wikipedia, they would have found out Anime Expo signed a 5 year contract with LACC in 2015 that expires at the end of 2019.

https://www.lacclink.com/news/detail/anime-expo-set-to-break-records-signs-long-term-agreement-with-la-convention-center

>Los Angeles, CA (June 23, 2015) – AEG Facilities’ Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC) is thrilled to announce that the venue will host Anime Expo (“AX”) for the next five years (through 2019), solidifying LA’s on-going partnership with the event organizer.

While this happened, Anaheim began their expansion that was completed in Summer 2018.

[Anonymous No.10221771]

>>10221658
I would love AX to get bought out by the Japanese, maybe the same people who run Comiket in Japan or some big Japanese publisher.

Anybody would be better running AX than some nobody headquarted in some small store in Santa Ana.

Maybe if AX was run by the Japanese, we could get company exclusive merchandise like at Comiket and more Japanese companies would invest in AX besides some anime studios. For example, would be nice if some Wonder Festival participants could come.

[Anonymous No.10221822]

>>10221759
Isn't 2019 in the LACC almost guaranteed though because they said it would be there in the physical schedule book?

[Anonymous No.10221828]

>>10220626
>What did you enjoy?
AX Dance was on fucking fire Saturday night. Incredible energy from the DJs and really good sets. Crowd was hype too.

The few people I managed to talk to I got along well with. Never felt like I was being walled off or anything like that despite people commenting on things feeling cliquey or quiet, which makes me excited to try and be more outgoing next time.

The con itself was a sight to behold and the general atmosphere was cool enough that I'm game to go again. On top of that I met up with an old friend which was really nice.

>What did you hate?
The loneliness I let seep in immediately once I started roaming around by myself and into the late hours of the dance.

Missing out on most of the shit I came to see. The hot merch was sold out. Panel lines were capped. And karaoke was ridiculous to wait for unless I had more than one day.

>Changes you would make next year?
Talk to more people and exchange contact info. Take more photos. Quit worrying about non-existent issues. Hustle, hustle, hustle to buy the shit I've got my eyes on beforehand and don't bother with a bag. And maybe aim for more than one day next year.

>How are you handling the post con depression?
Buying shit I probably don't need and browsing these threads.

>>10220759
>It's better to be impulsive than passive. Buy some extra shit with that vacation money instead of wishing you had grabbed those things you were unsure of.
Really wish I bought the Range Murata poster after all now.

[Anonymous No.10221829]

>>10220759
>>10221828
Oh and
>Talk to people you fucking dolt.

[Anonymous No.10221830]

>>10221771
This is the stupidest comment I read.
It goes to show how a ignorant weeb thinks that convention are made.

[Anonymous No.10221831]

>>10221828
Most people I talked to were pretty welcoming, but one group definitely stone walled me and it was obnoxious. I literally asked them if they wanted me to take off "oh no no, it's fine haha" but then continued to not say a word when I tried making conversation

[Anonymous No.10221850]

>>10221766
AX already announced 2020 in LA in the guide books. I highly doubt they signed a one year contract.

[Anonymous No.10221922]

Looks like Plebpool released his AX video

https://youtu.be/A7TU-deQw7w

[Anonymous No.10221930]

>>10221771
when you wish upon a star

[Anonymous No.10221971]

>>10221771
Do you think AX would be saved it if was bought by a Japanese company? That's rich, just like how Aniplex is "saving" anime.

[Anonymous No.10221981]

>>10221971
yeah like what would work in comiket/tokyo big sight wouldnt exactly work in AX/LACC

[Anonymous No.10222037]

>>10221981
Not to mention, cultural differences.

Most of the problems in SPJA history stems from the upper management/executives being in a bubble and poorly communicating their goals, policy, and wishes for Anime Expo. This is what causes the "drama" within the convention.

Now, imagine how bad this communication problem is going to be if there is an entire ocean separating the volunteers from the management/executives and a language barrier ON TOP of that.

AX will have even more drama and problems.

[Anonymous No.10222082]

I don't understand how they can let Artist Alley get so bad. I didn't see a single staff member anywhere around the basement until day 3, and even then it was a singular guy with a whistle yelling for people to keep moving in the aisles and not stand and block traffic. I actually felt kinda bad for him since he seemed to be completely on his own in what he was trying to get done. Idk if capping the amount of people allowed in AA at one time would help, but it's definitely a safety hazard to leave it unchecked as it was. I'm used to the lines and general dense population of this con by now, but being stuck in AA was the only time I thought the situation was actually unsafe.

[Anonymous No.10222119]

>>10222037
Just look at SPJA's corporate history, people leaving, people arguing; they all look so amateur.

This is because SPJA started from college students I believe while Comic Con was started by pretty wealthy adults in the very, very beginning.

I honestly don't feel SPJA cares about anime or manga anymore, it's just people who want to keep getting money for doing anime conventions so they don't need to have a regular 9AM to 5PM job like everybody else.

Look how every year, people say the same complaints about AX yet AX never addresses the complaints.

[Anonymous No.10222122]

>>10221971
>>10221981
Aniplex isn't really an anime focused company though. They are primarily a division of Sony but they aren't really manga publishers, light novel publishers, etc

Meanwhile, one of the biggest anime/manga/light novel companies is Kadokawa. You should have heard of that name before.

Aniplex would be in trouble if they didn't have Fate/Grand Order to be honest.

[Anonymous No.10222128]

>>10221850
Usually, Los Angeles Convention Center would publish a press release, bragging they got another 5 year contract with Anime Expo, though.

I'm searching LACC's website and no press release anywhere.

[Anonymous No.10222148]

>>10221771
>being save by Japanese

Forget it, the way economy is moving, China will start having more say about what is going to be produce in the near future. Get ready for censorship and bad animation

[Anonymous No.10222166]

>>10222119
spja sounds like a glorified anime club the college/uni doesnt recognize

[Anonymous No.10222187]

>>10222082
That shit had to have been a fire hazard.
They used to have a line at the entrance with someone monitoring the crowd flow, now they just give no fucks.
>mfw I couldn't finish my shopping in there on Thursday because of the stupid fucking line outside and couldn't go in there for the rest of the weekend because of the mass of people

[Anonymous No.10222188]

artist alley on a basement?

[Anonymous No.10222292]

>>10222148
Based and Chinapilled

[Anonymous No.10222295]

>>10222187
I went on Saturday around 5pm and it was pretty easy to get around. Going early is probably the worst time to go because everyone is trying to go to it

[Anonymous No.10222296]

>>10222148
I mean that exact thing already happened with lolita, so I don't doubt it. The Chinese have immense power and wealth these days

[Anonymous No.10222368]

>>10222187
It was more of a fire hazard than people sitting in corners, yet volunteers really don't care and would rather yell at people eating on the floor vs people stuck in AA halls because Fatso McNeckbeard can't take two steps

[Anonymous No.10222453]

>>10222148
>bad animation
It's already downhill when the studios decided to employ Koreans and Vietnamese to animate.

Also, someone is selling their Trigger luggage case for $250. Yes? No? I missed out on it at con.

[Anonymous No.10222486]

>>10222368

[Anonymous No.10222516]

>>10222453
check ebay

[Anonymous No.10222678]

>>10222453
It was 195 at the con

[Anonymous No.10222775]

>>10222678
>mfw a clamshell luggage you can find at Ross, only with a Studio Trigger logo on it, sold out at AX

[Anonymous No.10222996]

https://hypebeast.com/2019/7/anime-expo-2019-los-angeles-cosplay

[Anonymous No.10223030]

>>10222775
Bruh it's a con exclusive

[Anonymous No.10223045]

>>10222775
tfw the new Pokemon movie fucking sucked

[Anonymous No.10223059]

do any of the hotels do free breakfast buffet

[Anonymous No.10223074]

>>10223045
>movie sucked
Sure, the movie’s source material didn’t age well, but sucked?

[Anonymous No.10223076]

>momokun is back

Justice.

https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/anime-expo-2019s-best-cosplay/2900-2924/

[Anonymous No.10223092]

>>10223030
It’s not a exclusive

[Anonymous No.10223109]

Did anybody catch that Michael Jackson near the "bedroom" set?

[Anonymous No.10223153]

>>10223059
Hotel Figueroa does but it's pricey for a room

[Anonymous No.10223155]

>>10223153
>more expensive than the JW and farther away

Explain yourselves, Hotel Fig

[Anonymous No.10223156]

>>10223045
Pokemon has always sucked

[Anonymous No.10223158]

>>10223059
The Luxe offers free breakfast

[Anonymous No.10223163]

>>10223092
I know, but the way it sold out quick felt like it.

[Anonymous No.10223172]

>>10222996
What the fuck did they take photos on, a cheez-it?

[Anonymous No.10223272]

Man the con drama for me was nuts this year

[Anonymous No.10223283]

>>10223272
deets brah
can't be saying shit like that with no deets

[Anonymous No.10223292]

>>10223283
The Made in Abyss panel turned into a train wreck when some retard decided to ask the voice actors if he could see their panties in Japanese so the translator couldn’t filter it out. The room got so awkward after that

[Anonymous No.10223320]

>>10223292
that's fucking hilarious. did he get removed from the room?

[Anonymous No.10223341]

>>10223292
Thats awesome, it wouldn't be a proper panel without some kind of funny question like that

[Anonymous No.10223373]

>>10223292
Was he japanese national?

[Anonymous No.10223410]

>>10223292
Don't they have someone to filter out idiots like him at the mic stand?

[Anonymous No.10223426]

>>10223341
>consider a sexual harassment question funny

You are probably standwithvic too

Fucking disgusting

[Anonymous No.10223438]

>>10223292
Fug, I was there. I think most of the room couldn't hear him though since he was stumbling over his broken Japanese. Were you there in line when that cosplayer had a meltdown before getting into the room?

[Anonymous No.10223452]

>New Mamuro5254 AX cosplay video
https://youtu.be/MfXm03OyMwc

[Anonymous No.10223463]

>>10223320
it was actually cringy as fuck and the question was pretty much glanced over
he didn't even get any reactions he wanted probably

[Anonymous No.10223464]

Did anyone else hate the winning gatari amv? I thought the effects were nauseating

[Anonymous No.10223466]

>>10221298
Dragon ball is for normies with nostalgia problems (kinda like pokemon) not so much with weebs.

[Anonymous No.10223467]

>>10223410
no

[Anonymous No.10223477]

>>10223463
I hope he relives that moment every time he closes his eyes.

[Anonymous No.10223493]

>>10223426
How is that harassing at all?

[Anonymous No.10223535]

>>10223373
Nah he was American

[Anonymous No.10223537]

>>10223320
He stayed but he booked it out of the room as soon as the panel was over.

[Anonymous No.10223539]

>>10223463
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one in this thread who went to that panel. Stuff was pretty good up until that guy

[Anonymous No.10223743]

>watch AX masquerade on Youtube
>only 18 entries in the regular (non-WCS) competition
>at a con of 100k+ attendees
>mfw

Is this normal for AX? Katsucon has a similar format to their cosplay contest (skits and walk-ons are mixed together, everyone has custom music and lighting, etc) but Katsu typically gets 30-50 entries and it's a much smaller con. What gives?

[Anonymous No.10223763]

>>10223743
The extreme lines and crowding might have forced some groups to drop their entries. If you can't make it to check-in, you can't compete.

[Anonymous No.10223770]

>>10223743
My best guess is participants just got tired. As a former AX masq participant, the main reasons my group stopped going is because of how we were treated backstage and also how judging goes down. We weren't treated to many of the bare essentials like food or water or even comfortable seating you should have ready for people putting on a performance and stuck in one room for several hours. We've performed at smaller conventions, and even they could give us snacks and shit.

Their judging system (for skits at least, and during the year we finally said "enough") is based off audience reaction. If a skit gets the crowd more fired up, that gives it more points. While that might make sense out of context, in context, it's really poor. It doesn't take into account a lot of components for a good performance and favors ones that are either based on comedy or crowd-pleasing topics like DBZ references and AoT jokes.

There were also the few times we got judged on the quality of our costumes or props. The first year we performed and bothered with good costumes, they did all judging backstage, took a quick look at our cosplays, then moved on to the next group where they did the same thing. We had a large prop that was a key feature to our skit that they never even bothered to look at. Because staff told us to stuff it in a back room somewhere.

Sorry for the blogpost but AX is the worst experience I've had with any masquerade as a participant and I feel sorry for anyone who has to go through that. If they've improved since then, good. If not, well, you can probably blame that as one reason for the low number of entries.

[Anonymous No.10223773]

Piggybacking off of what >>10223763 said, AX Masq had their mandatory check-in at 10 AM. Considering the 4 hour line to get in, there's no way everyone made it.

>>10223743
>Katsu typically gets 30-50 entries
AX caps their entries at 35. Insane, I know.

>>10223770
Mhmm. Biggest anime con in the country has the worst masquerade. I've been to some sloppy masquerades in my time, but almost all of them have at least been fair.

[Anonymous No.10223832]

>>10223452
THose are some smooth ass transitions.

[Anonymous No.10223867]

It's been two weeks, how's that post con depression?

[Anonymous No.10223869]

>>10223867
Not too bad. I'm just happy that this year I finally socialized a bit and had a fun time at some parties.

[Anonymous No.10223882]

>>10223867
Feelings of dissapoinment and loneliness have faded. I'm more excited for next year than anything else, and grateful for what I was able to do at AX19 even if it didn't go how I had planned.

[Anonymous No.10223886]

>>10223867
Didn't have post-con depression this year. I was very disappointed in how AX19 went but now I'm mainly in post-con relief. Hoping AX20 is a lot better

[Anonymous No.10223916]

>>10223743
I hate how difficult it is to get inside one of these, I only been to masquerade once and that was 2007.

[Anonymous No.10224169]

>Passed up some merch thinking I could buy it online later
>Can't overload my luggage flying back y'know

>Can't even find it in any kind of internet search later

[Anonymous No.10224322]

Hate:
70% of the fucking convention were female teenagers with shitty ass BNHA cosplays
Like:
Bought some Bandai model kits
Chages:
Ban Boku no shit fans
How are you blablabla:
I'm glad it ended

[Anonymous No.10224324]

>>10224322
I don't mind the BNHA cosplays, but when they're being so fucking lazy and cosplaying as characters that aren't even canon it's retarded
>girl is wearing a black shirt and a red tie, with a shitty green wig/hair dye
>I'm villain deku haha

[Anonymous No.10224376]

>>10224324
Personally, I'm all for non-canon costumes, but I understand and sympathize with the feeling that BNHA fans seem to be allergic to canon. My eyes nearly kick flipped in my skull when I saw a cat version of Todoroki and Bakugo pawing at each other during one of those "musician plays my character's theme" videos. Why can't the ratio of casual to crazy be more skewed to the other side...

[Anonymous No.10224380]

>>10224169
>pass up some merch in AA because I was interested but not desperate to buy it at the time
>assume that I can go back to AA to buy another day if I really want something
>My stamina gets kicked out of the door by last minute costume crunching and I don't make it through the rest of the weekend
>Figure I'll just buy shit online once the dealer's stores are back up and running
>Fucking forgot how much shipping was and suffer in an endless rut of wanting to buy but not at that price.

[Anonymous No.10224400]

>>10224169
>didn't get the free madoka lanyard before they ran out entirely
>have to pay between $10-$20 for something I could have gotten free if I really want it

[Anonymous No.10224455]

my first AX and it was honestly amazing.
See so much stuff and meet so many friendly people
The only thing I'm sad about is since I stay at a share room hostel it literally mean can't buy any big or expensive shit due to fear of it getting yeet.

[Anonymous No.10224457]

>>10223867
I'm still feeling fatigued.

[Anonymous No.10224513]

>>10224169
When in doubt you can always ship it back home. Or buy cheap luggage and check it.

[Anonymous No.10224529]

>EVA 3.0+1.0 gets US premiere at AX 2020 in the main events hall
>the building doesn’t clear out
>EVAfags complain that the line will be even shittier than this year’s Studio Trigger panel line
>the same EVAfags will come back for AX 2021
Calling it now. Screencap this shit.

[Anonymous No.10224595]

>>10221761
24 hour video rooms, so if you got bored you could watch something. Video Game rooms were open all night. So you could game all night long. Tabletop was open, so you could DnD or play with randos who didn't feel like sleeping. People were still up and about socializing and not resting. Some panels were late at night, like 11pm.

It was honestly more fun.

[Anonymous No.10224604]

>>10224595
It doesn't sound bad, but I think a majority of people, myself included, would call it a night around 2-3 at the absolute latest so you can get enough sleep for the next day

[Anonymous No.10224606]

>>10224604
I used to know a dude who refused to sleep all 4 days straight.

It was wild times.

[Anonymous No.10224708]

>>10224400
>Carpool with friend
>Friend promises that they'll leave at 9AM every day
>Asshole friend has errands to run, wants to grab lunch before getting there
>We don't get there before 1 on any of the days
>Wants to leave at 8 every night even though I actually like the nighttime programming

This year was so fucking horrible, I should've just Ubered

[Anonymous No.10224710]

>>10224708
Also forgot to add
>Got there so late every day that all of the lanyards were fucking gone

[Anonymous No.10224837]

>>10224708
>leaving at 9am
Even this wouldn't be enough for me. Most days I want to at least arrive at the actual convention center at 9am, not fight traffic to get there at 10-12

[Anonymous No.10224895]

>Trying to sell some merch on ebay
>Have a couple of watchers, think things are going well
>Today some piece of shit undercuts me and lists the same item for a whole $100 less
I get undercutting by like $10 or $20, but a whole fucking hundred?

[Anonymous No.10225036]

>>10224895
What kind of item was it that you could be undercut by $100? Is whatever you were trying to sell at that price going for that much? Like what were you going for, $200 profit?

[Anonymous No.10225040]

>>10225036
It was a wall scroll that was exclusive to AX. And yeah, a few of them sold for around $300 already

[Anonymous No.10225142]

>>10224895
>Buying merch to flip or scalp

I hope all your auctions don’t sell

[Anonymous No.10225149]

>>10225040
Is it the signed replica konosuba wall scroll from kadokawa?

I’ve seen people try to flip them but it’s not exclusive to AX

[Anonymous No.10225570]

Anyone going to Anime California?

[Anonymous No.10225575]

>>10225570
Never been before, how does it compare to AX?

[Anonymous No.10225577]

>>10225575
It doesn't. This is only its 2nd year and isn't affiliated with the Anime California that came before it that is now kill.

It's tiny and held in the Burbank Marriott by the Bob Hope airport. I was only there for one day last year but didn't get to do much because I had to leave. I was thinking of going this year and getting a room at the hotel for at least one night and if the con sucks then my backup plan will be to find someone at the con to have sex with back in the room.

[Anonymous No.10225582]

>>10225577
Is finding strangers to fuck at cons really that easy? Every girl I've seen at cons is usually with her friend group, sometimes including other guys, so you never actually have a chance to talk to them one on one

[Anonymous No.10225614]

>>10225582
Not for me. Gotta do it the old fashioned way.

[Anonymous No.10225617]

>>10225582
if you're good looking, it's easy everywhere.

[Anonymous No.10225626]

>>10225617
I don't know. Unless they are ridiculously good looking I'm not too sure I'd pass up a panel I was really looking forward to just to get laid. Definitely wouldn't pass up getting early to the merch hall either

[Anonymous No.10225724]

So who's planning the orgy for next year? This year's was pretty good,had lots of newbies though.

[Anonymous No.10225971]

>>10225724
me AMA

[Anonymous No.10226226]

>>10225724
How many uggos and fatsos were there this time around?

[Anonymous No.10226419]

>>10225724
You mean the fabled AX orgy? I thought that shit was just an urban legend

[Anonymous No.10226430]

>>10226419
Its an anime con anon, by default there are many orgies and hookups

[Anonymous No.10226676]

>>10226430
I believe there are many hookups, and maybe even an orgy or two, but those orgies are strictly invite only.

[Anonymous No.10226732]

>>10226676
How many of those orgies are entirely fat smelly boomers?

[Anonymous No.10226831]

>>10226732
Yes. They are all fat boomers who are 20+ years old and hate you personally.

[Anonymous No.10226873]

>>10226732
If it's by an invite only basis it's probably either a close group who do this kind of thing often, or attractive people inviting other attractive people

[Anonymous No.10226945]

>>10223292
There is zero chance they understood what he said. People who try to recite a memorized script in Japanese without proper pronunciation, intonation, and pacing always mangle their question beyond recognition.

[Anonymous No.10226959]

>>10225614
yeah you do

[Anonymous No.10226962]

>>10226676
>>10226873
i saw a craigslist ad one year for an AX orgy. I mildly wondered how that turned out

[Anonymous No.10226965]

>>10226945
No, they understood what he said after taking a min to figure it out. The seiyu who played Reg said no iirc. The translator asked him if he was making a One Piece reference.

[Anonymous No.10226971]

>>10226962
I'm willing to bet it was fake just to bait lonely/horny people. The same exact thing happens in these threads during AX
>Hey I'm a lonely girl and want someone to talk to/a quick fuck. I'm at this hotel bar/room
>Several anons who take the bait show up and keep posting asking where the girl is, when in reality there never was a girl

[Anonymous No.10227110]

>>10226971
Did u fell for that

[Anonymous No.10227802]

>>10226959
i respect a realistic dude

[Anonymous No.10228123]

My friends did a cosplay group Evokers for Granblue Fantasy. (Might have been the first in the world to get the whole group together) They met the producer of the game KMR before the panel so KMR was expecting them in the panel. BUT! and there was a huge butt! Lets call her fat bitch. Fat bitch was a volunteer organizer. My friends were waiting to get in line to get into the panel but then fat bitch told them to get the fuck out because they can't line up for the panel yet. So fat bitch told them to fuck off until 1:30. So my friends left and came back at 1:30 and there was already a HUGE line there. STRIKE 1! So my friends got in line and then fat bitch told them to wait by the stair case. BUT OH WAIT! That's a fire hazard. Fat bitch literally caused a fire hazard and prevented traffic for hours. Later as my friends were about to get into the panel fat bitch told them "your group is too big you're not getting in" STRIKE 2! So fat bitch let other people in first. So as OTHER people were going into the panel they say "oh yeah I want my girlfriend and my girlfriend's friend and her boyfriend, and boyfriend's friend into the panel." Guess what fat bitch did? They let them all in the fucking panel. Fat bitch doesn't let group cosplayers in the panel but she lets groups of normies into the panel. STRIKE 3.
Another story. Remember when I said fat bitch blocked off a stair case and caused a traffic jam for hours? One of my friends needed to get past really bad to get access to supplies. Fat bitch denied everyone saying she is blocking off the stairs (with her fat rolls). My friend flashed her industry pass and told fat bitch to fuck off.

[Anonymous No.10228906]

>>10228123
The sudden panel line rule change was so fucking bullshit. Same thing also happened to Kimetsu no Yaiba's panel later that day

[Anonymous No.10229042]

>More Aqours at Anime NYC
>Can't go

[Anonymous No.10229047]

>>10229042
I was hoping the 6th live would be around that time, since I have a ton of PTO and wanted to make the trip to Japan in November. Not sure if I should still go now or just say fuck it and go next year even though I'll have less time off

[Anonymous No.10229156]

>>10229042
they're only going to do 6 songs at max, don't worry about it

[Anonymous No.10229365]

>>10220752
oh fuck yes. especially with LA getting funding for the 2028 olympics, they need any cash cow possible

[Anonymous No.10229470]

>>10228123
I was in that line too Anon, shit was one of the most haphazardly put together lines in general. Especially not letting cosplayers of the series in? Bull.

[Anonymous No.10230830]

The line to the Love Live merch booth was fucking cancerous this year

[Anonymous No.10231041]

>>10230830
It wasn't bad, but they fucked up by printing too much of the assigned time tickets and not have an area for overflow. Most of the cucks that worked at last year's Love Live merch booth also worked at this year's booth. They should have known.

[Anonymous No.10231048]

Hopefully there are LA locals in this thread, I haven't been to ALA in 4 years since it moved out of the LAX area. I went to the first year in Ontario and I didn't like it all. I haven't gone since then, but why the fuck is it now a 4 1/2 day con now?

[Anonymous No.10231068]

>>10231048
More days to get drunk, buddy.

[Anonymous No.10231143]

>>10231068
But you can get drunk any day anon

[Anonymous No.10231388]

>>10231143
Getting drunk alone is just sad though. Social drinking, or at the very least being drunk around other people is where it's at

[Anonymous No.10231410]

>>10223743
im convinced masquerades are shit no matter what con i go to

[Anonymous No.10231524]

>>10223743
Does AX still charge admission for their Masquerade?

[Anonymous No.10231758]

Should I drop big money for a Premier Pass for AX 2020?

[Anonymous No.10231770]

>>10231758
no

[Anonymous No.10232124]

>>10231758
if you want to skip lines and you aren't industry or press, yes

[Anonymous No.10232171]

>>10231048
ALA is heading towards AX's direction. The line was longer than I remembered this year and they installed security checkpoints. This is how it begins.

[Anonymous No.10234002]

New AX cosplay video
https://youtu.be/X9AhfeyogYU

[Anonymous No.10234429]

As a dirty european, should I spend 1000 eurozoids to go to this con? or are there better ones elsewhere?

I need a winter and a summer con.

[Anonymous No.10234463]

>>10234429
ALA is a good winter one, AX is a great summer con if you’re willing to go through the pain and anguish that comes with it.

[Anonymous No.10234538]

>>10231524
Yes

[Anonymous No.10234613]

>>10220662
But Itasha is trash.

Oh wait, so is LA and AX. You're right, bring it back.

[Anonymous No.10234937]

>>10234429
No
t. lives in LA and has been going to AX on/off for 15 years
AX sucks since it moved from Anaheim.
Long Beach AX was the worse experience of my life and while it has gotten much better AX is still a fucking mess at the LACC

[Anonymous No.10234981]

>>10234429
why not go to japan expo? it's around the same time, you wouldn't have to fly as far, and they get good guests

[Anonymous No.10235063]

>>10234981
my discord friends are predominantly american.
Also ive always kind of wanted to see commiefornia.

hmm, I mean, I could visit california during january instead I guess, How would you rate the winter cons?

We got magfest, katsu and ALA.

[Anonymous No.10235097]

>>10234429
It's the biggest anime convention in the US and not comparable to ALA at all. ALA is a small party con in Ontario with shitty cosplay and no industry presence, don't buy into the /cgl/ meme like some other faggot here did.

[Anonymous No.10235556]

>>10234429
It's worth going to at least once. You can also do Japan Expo in Paris.

[Anonymous No.10235557]

Brother lets keep 4+4chan ALIVE.

#CONQUER4chan

[Anonymous No.10235564]

>>10235063
all three are not worth paying 1000 euro for. ALA is a party con, katsu is that plus cosplay, magfest is an indie convention. They're all worth flying to if it's only a state or two but cross-country, let alone another continent, is questionable. ALA is also on the other side of the US from the other two so you can't hit them all one-two-three without spending money on cextra plane tickets.

The main "big" US cons are Fanime (party + cosplay), AX (industry), SDCC (industry), and to a much lesser degree CRX (industry). I would only fly from another continent for AX and SDCC and as you've noticed they've both got their own problems

[Anonymous No.10235674]

>>10235564
>tfw the only cons that justify paying $1000 for are Anime Expo and Dragoncon and SDCC (if you’re lucky to get tickets)

[Anonymous No.10235828]

>>10235564
oh but im only in it for the party and the fun.

ill have to think then. There are no winter anime cons in the eurolands so I can either go there or be bored for 6months.

[Anonymous No.10235853]

>>10235674
You can actually skip the lottery and buy your way into comic con with official registered to you tickets and the price isn't that much more than the base price. Only bad thing is that it's comp codes so you won't be able to reg for the exclusives lottery (fuck that lottery)

>>10235828
If you've got 1000 euro to blow go for it. Wouldn't be my choice but it's your money

[Anonymous No.10236246]

>>10235097
>like some other faggot here did.
Hearing that dude post so excitedly about booking his plane and accommodations was legitimately depressing.

[Anonymous No.10236533]

>>10236246
>>10235097
what was this about?

[Anonymous No.10236560]

>>10235853
How to get access to these comp codes?

[Anonymous No.10236621]

>>10236533
In one of the many threads for AX leading up to the con this year, there were daily posters praising ALA over AX. There were 3-4 for every thread. No one who has ever been to either AX or ALA really bought into it knowing the differences between the two cons were immeasurable. It was quite annoying but it really is comparing apples to oranges. Except one poor fellow. He first posted something to the effect of "Just booked my flight, hotel, and bought tickets for ALA. So glad I didn't go to AX after hearing how poorly its run,..." (or some other common complaint) "It's my first US con, can't wait!" Everyone sent the equivalent of F to his comment for wasting all of his money and planning his first overseas trip on what amounts to your average local con over the biggest one in America, despite its faults. He soon came to realize how much he fucked up, but like the other anon said: don't believe the meme.

[Anonymous No.10236982]

http://www.anime-expo.org/2019/08/07/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ax-2020-badges-going-on-sale-august-16th/
>no more Black Friday/Cyber Monday
welp

[Anonymous No.10236984]

>>10236982
Worse and worse.

[Anonymous No.10237021]

>>10236982
Wasn't Black Friday more expensive than the immediately after AX price anyway?

>>10236560
Official auctions. Prices near the end was $650-700 and while that's more than msrp not too huge a jump

[Anonymous No.10237074]

>>10237021
Correction that price is two badges so you would have to split it but $325-350 each is imo not that bad when the original badge was about $260 for a four day with fees. Consider the extra chunk as being a convenience fee because you didn't have to pray hard like everyone in badge lottery did.

[Anonymous No.10237154]

>>10236982
Black Friday went horribly though. I'm glad it's gone. Hopefully that means they have more tickets at the lower price tiers now that they don't withhold any for BF/CM

[Anonymous No.10237186]

>>10236982
>only one shot at premier
Well that's gonna be stressful

[Anonymous No.10237242]

>>10236982
At this rate, we will be entering Comic Con lottery pretty soon. Expect their servers to crash right away.

[Anonymous No.10237243]

>>10236982
>MFW no on-site badge sales next year

[Anonymous No.10237263]

>>10236982
Wait no badge mailing for normal 4 day passes? Or did they just neglect to mention it?

[Anonymous No.10237406]

>>10237263
>Implying that mailing out badges ever helped with the impending Linecon

[Anonymous No.10237407]

>>10236982
no pre-show night next year?

[Anonymous No.10237412]

>>10237407
>Wanting another shit storm were you pay $20 and not get in on time.

[Anonymous No.10237418]

>>10220742
Depends on how inconveniently placed your corpse will end up and which halls the emts are gonna block.

[Anonymous No.10237634]

>>10237412
pre-show night is fun. It's a great warm up for the rest of the con

[Anonymous No.10237651]

>>10237243
>>10237263
I didn't see either of these mentioned in that post. Am I blind?

[Anonymous No.10237655]

>>10237634
It really is. And sometimes they actually have a fun panel on preshow that you can enjoy without having to give it up to go to an industry panel instead.
I went to the dub show on preshow night this year and had a great time, even won the show

[Anonymous No.10237892]

>>10237634
>>10237655
I didn't go (didn't buy the badge for it), but a lot of people were bitching that they were in line the entire time Pre-Show Night was going on and had to be turned away before it closed because of fucking metal detectors and bullshit security making shit up on the fly.

[Anonymous No.10238370]

>>10237406
One line is better than two lines

[Anonymous No.10238598]

>>10220759
Sounds fun.
>Hey future asshole, you have better saved up all that money to splurge at the con. Also some of that weight better be gone or I’ll beat you up. And don’t forget to take more pictures too.

[Anonymous No.10239696]

>>10237892
the metal detectors are honestly a joke, much like security in general here. The first few people in line get their bags checked, after a dozen or so though security gets lazy and just glances inside your bag. It would be stupidly easy to sew a false bottom onto a canvas back and hide knives or even a gun inside, and security would let you right on through.
They may we well not even bother since they don't do real checks and still take forever

[Anonymous No.10239718]

>>10239696
Security theater is the fucking worst.

[Anonymous No.10239724]

how do I make weeb friends during anime expo. will it help that I live like 10mins from the convention center

[Anonymous No.10239740]

>>10236621
wow thats rough. what about katsu then.

I mean, I will go sightseeing around america so theres that as well.

[Anonymous No.10239789]

When do the hotel blocks typically open up for AX?

[Anonymous No.10239802]

>>10239789
Later this year

[Anonymous No.10239823]

>>10239789
Usually around February

[Anonymous No.10240134]

>>10239724
Talk to people. Best times to do this are either while waiting in line, or at parties. In line can be trickier since you might not want to talk to the specific people you end up being next to
>how do I go to parties
Unless you know someone, stick to the official parties like the Fakku one or whatever parties they have in lounge 21. I went alone and approached maybe a dozen different groups of people throughout the night and talked a lot with people.
Personally I would not recommend going to the /cgl/ meetup. I've gone twice and it's not really good. You end up chatting with them for maybe a half hour before 15 or more people go back to a hotel room. Then after another half hour they kick out the non core group members, leaving you feeling like you just wasted the past 1-2 hours since you didn't really do much and didn't make any friends who you'll see or talk to again

[Anonymous No.10240224]

>>10239740
katsu is another glorified cosplay con but since it's in the DC area you can at least visit all the stuff in and around the area like the various museums, govt buildings, etc. with ALA you could visit LA/Disneyland but going for just the cons themselves is a bad idea.

[Anonymous No.10241380]

So anybody getting their tickets today? They go on sale in literally 56 minutes. Early bird tickets are as cheap as $75.

[Anonymous No.10241384]

>>10241380
Yup, just waiting for it to be 12.

[Anonymous No.10241393]

WTF Premiere Passes are sold out and it's only 1130am.

[Anonymous No.10241394]

>>10241393
I don't think anything is up yet. Just checked and it's still not up for anything.

[Anonymous No.10241405]

It's asking for a promo code to get in? I never got one.

[Anonymous No.10241409]

>>10241405
Tickets aren't for sale yet, give it a few minutes

[Anonymous No.10241410]

AAAAAAA

[Anonymous No.10241411]

>$75 early bird
>$88 total

[Anonymous No.10241412]

>Got my premier pass secured
Alright, now I just have to deal with feeling bad for spending $500 until I make that money back from working

[Anonymous No.10241413]

>>10241411
Don't forget the processing few goy. $75 is our lowest price ever though! You better hurry, these $70 badges are selling like hot cakes!

[Anonymous No.10241415]

Got my badge secured.

[Anonymous No.10241416]

Does anyone else's "Delivery Method" on eventbrite say eTicket? Did I miss an option?

[Anonymous No.10241417]

Premier passes are already sold out? Did they drop the cap again?

[Anonymous No.10241418]

I remember when I used to make fun of comiccon for having online waiting rooms and randomly selected ticket raffles.
Managed to snag 4 badges tho.

[Anonymous No.10241421]

>>10241417
http://www.anime-expo.org/2019/08/07/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ax-2020-badges-going-on-sale-august-16th/
>Premier Fan Badges: All available Premier Fan badges will go on sale for $475* each. No additional batches of Premier Fan badges will be released at a later date. Once they sell out for AX 2020, they will be gone!
Either you get premier now, or you don't get it at all. You can try mashing refresh for the next seven minutes and hope some retard either has second thoughts or doesn't fill out the form in time

[Anonymous No.10241431]

Premier was easy to get
Protip it's on a seven minute cycle so just refresh around that time when badges get released from carts

[Anonymous No.10241438]

>>10241411
You pay for shipping and CA sales tax as well. That's why it's $88.

[Anonymous No.10241443]

>Premier no longer gets the $50 coupon
>Also no longer gets preshow pass because there is no preshow
>price didn't get reduced at all

[Anonymous No.10241464]

When do badge price increases happen? I want to see if any of my friends are going before committing to going, but don't want to waste my $ and go solo since solo conning sucks ass and AX sucks for meeting people

[Anonymous No.10241466]

>$75 early bird pass
>forgot about if I’m still gonna have this current job or not
>cant file time off almost a year in advance
>the earliest is January next year

[Anonymous No.10241478]

>>10241466
Just wait for now. If you're unable to afford the $25 increase (and that assumes you don't buy until next year because the price won't jump that high yet) you clearly will have bigger problems to deal with

[Anonymous No.10241493]

>Buy Premier Pass for the first time
>Aqours don't come back
REEEEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.10241495]

>>10241478
I can afford it (price increases and all), just can’t buy it until all the stars align and all that shit (time off approved, have enough money on the side, etc)

[Anonymous No.10241496]

>>10241493
Or even worse
>finally snagged the premier pass
>Aqours does come back
>comes back to the Novo once again instead of the Microsoft Theater

[Anonymous No.10241501]

>>10241495
To be fair, you could just be a cunt and say you're sick if they don't give you the time off. They'll know you're lying, but legally they can't call you out on it if you have sick days and decide to use them

[Anonymous No.10241518]

so has it been confirmed that there really won't be a preshow night next year?

[Anonymous No.10241524]

>>10241496
I was much closer to them at the novo than at ms. It was great.

But honestly I'd rather have other acts. I've seen aquors maybe ten times overall and 6 of those were live.

[Anonymous No.10241525]

I got my early bird badge, but I really hope there's nothing good this time.

[Anonymous No.10241527]

>>10241501
Kek, that's how I've been going the past 3 years. Goldfish memory ensures they won't remember that it's around the same time every year too.

[Anonymous No.10241533]

>>10225724
This is why men look at cosplayers as trash.

[Anonymous No.10241535]

>missed the early bird tickets
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

Any reason to buy now?

[Anonymous No.10241544]

>>10241416
Nope, that's what it should say. Your ticket will be shipped to you, don't worry.

[Anonymous No.10241545]

>>10241464
Check the AX twitter for updates on when price tiers sell out. Currently they're at $85

[Anonymous No.10241547]

>>10241535
It's only $10 higher than the early birds currently. There won't be a Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale so buy now

[Anonymous No.10241556]

>Advertise $75 for early bird
>Tax and fees bring it to $88
>Advertise $475 for premier
>Tax and fees bring it to $500
Why can't they just advertise the exact price?

[Anonymous No.10241571]

>>10241524
>mfw I would suck and swallow for a Hiroyuki Sawano concert

[Anonymous No.10241572]

>>10241556
Because they're cunts. $13 fees is ridiculous.

[Anonymous No.10241576]

>>10241572
That's how the ticket companies make money. People have been bitching about ticket master and company for years

[Anonymous No.10241585]

I couldn't bring myself to buy a premier badge today. It's $500 for less perks than last year it seems.

[Anonymous No.10241588]

>>10225570
>>10225577
planning on it. I think I'll only go one day too since I was kind of unprepared for it. I'm more looking forward to hentaicon in 2 and a half months. I'm planning on trying to smash then, just got a new bench to work out with and get jacked again. I was years ago but let myself slack off for a while and it's been hard to get back on the train. I also want to check out the hotel since it's in the same one. kind of awkward since one of my old internet hero's killed himself in a marriot hotel.

[Anonymous No.10241639]

>>10241585
I still got it. I didn't even end up using my $50 promo code because I forgot about it this last AX, so it being missing wasn't that huge of a factor for me.
The biggest thing about premier that made me do it again is the premier entrances and lines. I never waited more than 30 minutes to go to any panel I wanted, and day one I got inside the building in 30 minutes, every other day I got inside within 10 minutes.
My first year at AX I thought people spending hundreds on the premier pass were crazy, but it's honestly the optimal experience if you don't mind shelling out the money. Waiting anywhere from 1-4 hours in line for a single panel you don't want to get capped on you just ruins the experience desu

[Anonymous No.10242249]

>>10241576
I just wish we could opt out of shipping fees. I always do day 0 anyway and wouldn't mind picking up my badge there

[Anonymous No.10242552]

>>10242249
>day 0
It looks like there might not be a day zero this year. It's not mentioned on the ticket page at all, and no day 0 tickets were up either

[Anonymous No.10242603]

>>10242552
Day 0 was ass when people who bought tickets couldn't even get in due to retarded security.

[Anonymous No.10242672]

>>10242603
I went to day 0 this year and got in just fine, but that was as premier. I also had two friends with just standard day 0 passes that got in like 15 minutes after I did
Ultimately there wasn't too much going on other than the exhibition hall and a couple of panels, but I went to the dub show day 0 which was really fun

[Anonymous No.10242910]

>>10242672
One of the people who roomed with me bought a Pre-Show night ticket and was pissed all con because he was stuck in line that entire evening. He lined up around 6:30pm hoping it would be a breeze and then he came back around almost 8 and bitched about it all night.

[Anonymous No.10242911]

First time Premier here, I know I got a really good chance to land a room at the JW. What are the chances I can get upgrade to a suite?

[Anonymous No.10242978]

Westin is telling me the rooms are 500/night which is 3x what I paid for 2019. Am I trying to book to early or what

[Anonymous No.10242998]

>>10242978
It should be cheaper if you book through the convention hotel block. You will probably get an email from AX in a few months about that.

[Anonymous No.10243264]

>>10242910
Don't know what to say. I know several people who got in easily, but I don't doubt that somehow AX fucked up

[Anonymous No.10243266]

>>10242910
wtf? I got there at around the same time and it only took me at most 20 minutes to get in.

[Anonymous No.10245896]

>>10241585
It just depends if the guests for AX2020 are better than this year’s AX, which is a low ass bar to reach

[Anonymous No.10245951]

>>10242978
You may as well book now, and save yourself a headache come hotelpocalypse day when all the walking distance hotels are taken up by Premier Fans.

[Anonymous No.10246590]

>>10245951
If only it wasn't so incredibly expensive to book early. Over $1000 per person if you split it with someone even

[Anonymous No.10248136]

>>10246590
When I take my sister to ax I pay for everything except her haul so there's no way I'm booking early

[Anonymous No.10248415]

>>10220776
Actually almost all of the ones that showed up to the itasha show a couple years ago were for the most part fan art. The exception being the Cusco car(s), they’re friends of the company and have permission. I’m friends with the organizer of that group, they specifically screen copyright, and some IP/license holders actually came through and loved it.

[Anonymous No.10250185]

Start saving up

[Anonymous No.10250300]

>>10250185
B-B-B-Bu-But ALA is getting closer

[Anonymous No.10251058]

CRX blew AX out of the water. How will they recover?

[Anonymous No.10251454]

>>10251058
By raising the prices even further!

[Anonymous No.10252099]

>>10251058
explain

[Anonymous No.10252167]

>>10251454

[Anonymous No.10252216]

>>10248415
>almost all of the ones that showed up to the itasha show a couple years ago were for the most part fan art
Stolen fanart, used without permission.

[Anonymous No.10252221]

Off topic, but are any SoCal anons going to this? Presale tix are 15$ and it’s closer than AX for me so I’m planning on giving it a shot.

[Anonymous No.10252257]

>>10252221
Only if you're into Love Live and Bandoori

[Anonymous No.10252330]

>>10251058
They're not in the same area or slated around the same time. How are they competitors?

[Anonymous No.10252478]

>>10220626
I went for the first time this year expecting insanely hot weather, but what we had was very pleasant. Is it typically nice out in LA for AX, or was this year a fluke?

>t. planning future cosplays around heat

[Anonymous No.10252639]

>>10252478
We were lucky this year. Not that a 100F+ heat wave is guaranteed by any means (though who knows now that we're entering global warming hell), but it's better to plan for one just in case.

[Anonymous No.10252865]

Looking forward to ALA. AX is just too big and exhausting.

Takes forever to find and meetup with friends.

[Anonymous No.10252897]

>>10252639

This year at AX it wasn't the heat wave but the whole falling into the ocean part that was the issue.

[Anonymous No.10252927]

>>10252639

Another problem was their bullshit security. Have to stand around in the sun waiting to get anywhere.

[Anonymous No.10252997]

>>10252865
ALA is usually the warmup before Fanime and AX.

Regardless...

[Anonymous No.10253246]

>>10252897
A real shame the big earthquake never happened. I was hoping to see the ground fall into itself right as my plane took off.

[Anonymous No.10253802]

>>10252099
>Con ran better than AX
>Staff were helpful
>Treated industry people like royalty