ANIME LOS ANGELES 2025

[Anonymous No.10944505]

"One Week to go" edition

January 09-12 2025
Long Beach Convention Center, CA.
https://animelosangeles.org/
Badges are now $100 for full weekend

Cosplans?
Ribbons?
Parties?
Panels?

Post here!

[Anonymous No.10944513]

I'm still hoping a room opens up

[Anonymous No.10944528]

>>10944513
I am too shy to room with strangers so I'm dealing with the cost of having a double bed all to myself

[Anonymous No.10944544]

I done fucked up and couldn't get any close hotel so I'm staying a couple of miles away and getting an uber.

[Anonymous No.10944549]

>>10944505
Sunday I'll just repeat something

[Anonymous No.10944578]

>>10944528
Bring some friends who normally wouldnt go to a con and expose them to a fun time

[Anonymous No.10944613]

Do people from the East Coast really come to this shit show?

[Anonymous No.10944614]

BAN ALL VTUMOR COSPLAYERS. VTUMOR IS NOT ANIME!

[Anonymous No.10944616]

>>10944614
Send them to my room. I'll deal with them.

[Anonymous No.10944620]

>>10944614
BAU BAU

[Anonymous No.10944632]

>>10944613
Is it really THAT bad?

t. East Coast who's been curious but still never went

[Anonymous No.10944649]

>>10944632
People compare it to Katsucon.

[Anonymous No.10944650]

>>10944620
VTUMOR SHIT DOES NOT BELONG AT ANIME CONVENTIONS!

[Anonymous No.10944651]

>>10944649
How so? Cuz I went once and thought people really overrated it but Katsu was fine enough

[Anonymous No.10944652]

>>10944650
neither do Chinese gacha games but here we are.

[Anonymous No.10944655]

I wish I was able to experience the LAX Marriott era of ALA

[Anonymous No.10944687]

>>10944652
Genshin and Nikke is alright with me. Vtuber shit is not anime.

[Anonymous No.10944688]

Still F5ing the hotel page

[Anonymous No.10944691]

>>10944688
Just rent a van and camp across the street at Marina Green Park.

[Anonymous No.10944692]

>>10944505
>ANIME LOS ANGELES 2025
Imagine the smell.

[Anonymous No.10944722]

>>10944632
Its mad fun idk why people would talk shit

[Anonymous No.10944723]

>>10944655
Those days were so peak. Nothing will be able to capture the insanity and charm like those years

[Anonymous No.10944746]

I'M GONNA FUCKING BOOK A ROOM AT THE FULL RATE AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

[Anonymous No.10944817]

who is the alleged stalker that the femoids keep whining about in the fb group???

[Anonymous No.10944826]

>>10944817
Me

[Anonymous No.10944827]

>>10944817
That could be literally anyone with a functioning penis

[Anonymous No.10944832]

2 more days or something

[Anonymous No.10944931]

Anyone who is going might want to join the Matrix room at #los-angeles:matrix.netho.tk.

[Anonymous No.10944954]

>another fire going on in California during a con

Good to know Long Beach is safe but shit

[Anonymous No.10944962]

ONE MORE DAY

[Anonymous No.10944963]

>>10944954
Cancel ALA! Rich people and multi-million dollar homes are more important than weeb shit.

[Anonymous No.10944964]

I hope we have running water during the con

[Anonymous No.10944965]

My brother is a fire alarm dispatcher in LA. He's going to be busy today.

[Anonymous No.10944966]

Which hotel ya got?

[Anonymous No.10944969]

Air quality is shit right now in Long Beach and there is ash falling. ALA needs to be canceled!

[Anonymous No.10944970]

>>10944969
picture? evidence? proof of claim?

[Anonymous No.10944971]

A FIRE JUST FLEW OVER MY HOUSE

[Anonymous No.10944974]

>>10944970
Go outside ffs.

[Anonymous No.10944975]

doomkeks btfo
the show must go on

[Anonymous No.10944976]

>>10944974
I don't see any fires or ash here its too cold and icy out

[Anonymous No.10944977]

>>10944975
Wait until tomorrow morning when you wake up and the con is canceled due to the poor air quality.

[Anonymous No.10944978]

>>10944977
lol
lmao

[Anonymous No.10944984]

I know a few people who are contacting ALA about rolling over their badge to next year since they had to be evacuated. One of them even contaced me that they made it safely to their evac center.

[Anonymous No.10944986]

CANCEL ALA! PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES AND LIVELIHOODS AND YOU WANT TO PLAY DRESS UP AT THIS TIME?

[Anonymous No.10944988]

same nigga attentionwhoring every AX and ALA

[Anonymous No.10944996]

any oldfags still go?

[Anonymous No.10945016]

>>10944996
I'm a man. I'm 40.

[Anonymous No.10945024]

>>10944975
Very inconsiderate of ALA to keep the show going when a third of LA is currently on fire.

[Anonymous No.10945031]

Doomers are the least powerful, most pathetic race on Earth

[Anonymous No.10945032]

>>10945024
The show must go on. Wildfires in CA are more common than earthquakes.

[Anonymous No.10945033]

>>10945032
>The show must go on
2 people are dead. Thousands of people evacuated and likely homeless with only the clothes and items they could carry, but let's keep a silly weeb gathering going just 50 miles away while fellow Angelinos are suffering.

[Anonymous No.10945034]

>>10945033
Yes. Times of crises like this is when citizens need their bread and circuses the most.

[Anonymous No.10945035]

How the fuck are people who are escaping the fires able to get rooms at the Hyatt Regency?

[Anonymous No.10945037]

>>10945032
>The show must go on.
Not so fast my friend. I'm sure pic related is going to pull out some shelter-in-place bullshit.

[Anonymous No.10945038]

>>10945037

[Anonymous No.10945039]

femgulls name your price

[Anonymous No.10945046]

You done packing yet?

[Anonymous No.10945048]

>>10945046
no I'm being slow because I took tomorrow off for the flight. unfortunately no time limit makes me procrastinate

[Anonymous No.10945051]

>>10945048
You're flying for ALA?

[Anonymous No.10945055]

>>10945051
Yes and I look forward to taking cool air shots of the burning californian wreckage

[Anonymous No.10945087]

Look there is a duality here.
1. You cancel the anime convention because of events that could be a problem already and honestly might be a larger clusterfuck from the people traveling with no place to stay/etc.
or the superior option -
2.Dress as FireForce members and/or villains and get some fucking amazing pics.

[Anonymous No.10945088]

Couldn't make it this year. I'm gonna be 32 next year and far too old for parties at this point. It's over.

[Anonymous No.10945089]

why does ALA feel so dead this year, even the thread is dead

[Anonymous No.10945090]

>>10945089
/cgl/ in general is dead. zoomers went to discord.

[Anonymous No.10945095]

>ALA 4chan anons

[Anonymous No.10945096]

>>10944817
every male at the con.

[Anonymous No.10945097]

this will be my first ALA. please treat me gently

[Anonymous No.10945098]

>>10945088
I'm 35, protip lots of aging weeb millenials who are lonely as fuck so its easier then ever to make friends.

[Anonymous No.10945099]

>>10945097
Sure bby

[Anonymous No.10945103]

>ALA getting "flamed" right now on social media for not announcing a rollback option to next year fir those affected by the fires
>Air quality in LBC is going to be ass all weekend
Just cancel the con ffs.

[Anonymous No.10945107]

>>10945103
they wont cancel until the venue forces it orherwise they will lose money. I dont think the babies whining on socials realize how any of this works.

[Anonymous No.10945109]

>>10945088
I'm 23 and have never been to a convention party in my 12 years of attending these things. You don't need them to have fun, I think

[Anonymous No.10945113]

>>10945107
It's going to come from county government officials or Gruesome Newsom himself.

[Anonymous No.10945114]

>>10945113
>until the venue forces it
yes anon, and the venue wont lose money until forced.
ill be going.

[Anonymous No.10945115]

>>10945109
Also 23 and haven't been to any

[Anonymous No.10945116]

>>10945115
>>10945109
23 is young and id say to have fun and go to con parties but it seems zoomies dont really do that as much. when I was 23 (over 15 years ago) you could room party hop the entire night any con and it was fun as fuck.

[Anonymous No.10945117]

>Mfw there are cosplayers that live in these upper class LA communities that are burning right now

[Anonymous No.10945118]

>>10945103
>"flamed"
LOL!!
>>10945088
A slightly more fair point, since you're not saying
>I just finished high school, and now I'm an old man with old man duties
but at the same time, con party goers aren't the same demographic at all. It's noticeably older, sometimes I (32 now) feel like the baby of the bunch
>>10945116
>it seems zoomies dont really do that as much
And this is exactly why

[Anonymous No.10945119]

>>10945089
>why does ALA feel so dead this year
Day 0 and many con goers having to flee their homes from the fires. This ALA is going to be ass.

[Anonymous No.10945120]

>>10945118
>It's noticeably older, sometimes I (32 now) feel like the baby of the bunch
weeb cons are just slowly turning into how olf scifant cons were with the avg age being 40+ and 300lb.

[Anonymous No.10945121]

>>10945120
Small, local ones definitely aren't. Those are overrun with really young 'he/they's". I don't even see big guy's for you at the big ones that much, either. Or maybe it's just an illusion, since they're everywhere at western events. Either way, those guys would still be cooler to hang with than TTG fags + there's a definite archetype for the older party going con guy
>Slender
>Hawaiian shirt
>some facial hair
>a perpetual, but deliberate goofy expression

[Anonymous No.10945126]

TODAY IS THE DAY

[Anonymous No.10945129]

>>10945126
ALA 2025 IS CANCELLED

[Anonymous No.10945130]

>>10945121
why would you call me out like this, its not my fault college age girls with daddy issues love those things.

[Anonymous No.10945131]

Holy fuck look at that smog

[Anonymous No.10945132]

>>10945120
>weeb cons are just slowly turning into how olf scifant cons were with the avg age being 40+ and 300lb.
Good. Let's make sure we gatekeep properly this time around.

[Anonymous No.10945134]

>>10945118
I never minded hanging with people older than me, but I'm not nor was ever the party-type. Maybe other zoomers are turning out like that as well

[Anonymous No.10945135]

>>10945117
Sounds like good gofundme money from their followers

[Anonymous No.10945137]

im not a resident of the southern part of CA but is this their equivalent to fanimecon? Interesting parallel.

[Anonymous No.10945139]

Bloatware...

[Anonymous No.10945147]

Will there be any meetups?

[Anonymous No.10945148]

>>10945130
While not sure what was meant by this, it wasn't a judgment fren
>>10945134
I'd say so. Its something I could see even before lockdowns and the oldest zoomies were still in school. The biggest divider seems to be their preference for weed over booze

[Anonymous No.10945150]

>Pro photographers are banned from the LBCC
KEK, couldn’t happen to a better bunch

[Anonymous No.10945151]

Join the ballroom dance

[Anonymous No.10945153]

>>10944655
I definitely liked the mid-sized con energy of early ALA. I'm kind of afraid it will turn into AX 2.0 in the future.

[Anonymous No.10945154]

>>10945055
It's an hour drive if you want to see it in person.

[Anonymous No.10945156]

>>10945150
What?

[Anonymous No.10945158]

I'm poorfagging super hard this year with the invention of buying every Comic LO I come across

[Anonymous No.10945159]

>>10945158
>Invention
I'm phonefagging too, if it isn't obvious. Damn XT9

[Anonymous No.10945164]

If this was Anime Expo, you fuckers would be calling for the SPJA's heads for going ahead with the show and not canceling it when LA is on fire.

[Anonymous No.10945167]

>>10945164
No, because I'm not a whiny lib that demands everything stop so the attention can be on themselves

[Anonymous No.10945168]

>>10945158
ive never once seen a LO comic sold at any con in america but i would too fren

[Anonymous No.10945171]

Evan warning cancelled, someone's getting fired.

[Anonymous No.10945172]

Family is discouraging me from going on saturday because of the fire


Isnt long beach a bit far

[Anonymous No.10945173]

>>10945172
Yes

[Anonymous No.10945174]

>>10945172
It's fine besides the shitty air.

[Anonymous No.10945175]

>>10945089
Far as I'm concerned, ever sincw they introduced Day 1, I always see it as a glorified Day 0.

[Anonymous No.10945176]

>>10945172
I think long beach is pretty safe. It'd have to be a new fire popping up to cause actual concern to the con. Not impossible though but wind is expected to slow down after today.

[Anonymous No.10945177]

Heads up, the "free" CD scam is back.

[Anonymous No.10945178]

>>10945177
i just avoid any nod that interacts with me outside any con

[Anonymous No.10945189]

I got invited 2 orgies.

[Anonymous No.10945193]

>>10945172
long beach is one of the omly areas not in a red zone for 100 miles lmao.

[Anonymous No.10945195]

>>10945178
>>10945177
just avoid nigs and you wont have a issue. imagine relaxing when darkies are around.

[Anonymous No.10945198]

How slutty are people dressed this year? Last year's ALA was pretty disappointing in that department (mostly because it was cold as fuck)

[Anonymous No.10945199]

Think it will be more active tomorrow?

[Anonymous No.10945200]

>>10945189
Lucky

[Anonymous No.10945201]

The zoomer obsession with Fred Durst is amazing

[Anonymous No.10945202]

>>10945189
Well I was invited to two GAY orgies

[Anonymous No.10945204]

Need to fuck

[Anonymous No.10945205]

>>10945204
How loose is your butthole?

[Anonymous No.10945206]

>>10944655
It was amazing. I went to ALA 2012 and we partied so hard and everyone was so nice. I heard the zoomer crowd is more clique.

[Anonymous No.10945208]

First time exhibiting at ALA.
Is it gonna pick up over the weekend?

[Anonymous No.10945209]

>>10945208
it should but i heard some people are staying because of the fire

[Anonymous No.10945210]

>>10945206
There's nothing clique-y about this. Maybe the removed parties are the problem

[Anonymous No.10945211]

>>10945151
I'd really like to someday if I get someone to bring with

[Anonymous No.10945212]

How do I get invited into parties?

[Anonymous No.10945213]

>>10945211
I went by myself

[Anonymous No.10945214]

No luck today

[Anonymous No.10945216]

Any girly sluts (femboys included) wanna be friends and get drunk on sugary booze tomorrow?

[Anonymous No.10945223]

WTF, someone stole my underwear!

[Anonymous No.10945224]

>Everyone in Long Beach got a notification on their phone to evacuate due to the fires
>Con didn't shut down immediately
>No one fled the area
>Americans

[Anonymous No.10945226]

>>10945224
It was a false alarm. Who's laughing now?

[Anonymous No.10945227]

>>10945224

[Anonymous No.10945228]

>Doom FUD with a nice side of Obsession
Maybe it'll pay off one day (it won't)

[Anonymous No.10945233]

>>10945224
kys

[Anonymous No.10945241]

I'm crusin around chilling

[Anonymous No.10945242]

How's the crowd looking?

[Anonymous No.10945243]

This ALA is shit
>Lack of good vendors
>Shit artists
>Inconsistent prop weapon checks
>Didn't shut down con when notifications for evacuations went out
>Ugly cosplayers
>Asthma attack from the bad air quality
>Spent most of Day 1 in my room to not get sick and die

[Anonymous No.10945244]

>>10945243
>Didn't shut down con when notifications for evacuations went out
How much longer will you be a schizo about this?

[Anonymous No.10945246]

>>10945243
Such a fucking crying liberal

[Anonymous No.10945247]

>>10945246
Aren't all CA cosplayers lefty libs?

[Anonymous No.10945253]

>>10945247
Sure but I have hope most aren't the walking stereotype of a far left liberal that used to only exist on the internet

[Anonymous No.10945254]

>>10945216
Posts like these won't go anywhere because anons are too afraid to show their faces.
Hoping to pick someone up at the Plaza tonight to help me spitroast my girlfriend.

[Anonymous No.10945255]

>>10945254
Sounds like a job for a fat ugly bastard like myself

[Anonymous No.10945256]

>>10945209
Yeah it's pretty dead in my corner of the convention. I'm by the itashas and it's completely fucking empty.
I don't think I'll be coming back unless we get a good spot next year...

[Anonymous No.10945257]

>>10945244
>>10945246
>>10945247
>>10945253
>schizo
>liberal
>left libs
>far left liberal
"False flagging faggot who probably isn't even there at all"

[Anonymous No.10945258]

>>10945257
Oh but I am. I walk the halls around you.

[Anonymous No.10945259]

>>10945254
It used to work a bit better back before cgl turned into such a ghost town. I got Ecstasy and Viagra to share too if you wanna party. When/what part of the plaza y'all gonna be hanging around

[Anonymous No.10945261]

So can you not change input on the hyatt tvs? Tryna switch here

[Anonymous No.10945262]

who /alone/ here? does anyone want to meet up with an oldfag and get food tonight? I'm buying.

[Anonymous No.10945263]

>>10945259
Probably wherever the smoke circle will be because people who blaze tend to be the most chill

[Anonymous No.10945265]

> all the good cosplayers are doing photoshoots
Fugg

[Anonymous No.10945266]

>>10945262
I might. What time are you eating?

[Anonymous No.10945267]

WORST ALA EVER!

[Anonymous No.10945268]

>>10945267
I'm having a lot of fun

[Anonymous No.10945269]

>>10945268
no you arent

[Anonymous No.10945270]

>>10945269
YUH HUH

[Anonymous No.10945271]

>>10945268
Brown bricks.

[Anonymous No.10945272]

Any other cons like this with ribbons?

[Anonymous No.10945273]

just got laughed away from trading ribbons because I was 35
oldbros..

[Anonymous No.10945274]

>>10945273
I'm 39...on life support here. The ravages of age

[Anonymous No.10945275]

>>10945273
No you didn't.

[Anonymous No.10945276]

I couldn't make it this year

Please have fun everyone

[Anonymous No.10945277]

>>10945276
Nooooooooo. OK. If i must....drank a (4oko)

[Anonymous No.10945278]

>give anon a room
>"oh sorry I get paid friday if that's fine"
>okay sure
>still not paid
>hey anon can you pay me
>I GOTTA GO FIND AN ATM
>haven't seen him
I'm getting played ain't I

[Anonymous No.10945279]

>>10945278
Nope you aint
only ever allow randos to room if they pay BEFORE the con

[Anonymous No.10945281]

>>10945279
Dude said he goes to cons all the time in florida so I figured he was good for it... I probably just lost him in this clusterfuck layout.

[Anonymous No.10945282]

>>10945267
It's kind of lacking but I'd argue the one during lockdown was worse.

[Anonymous No.10945284]

ALA Karaoke = Wicked songs

[Anonymous No.10945285]

>>10945284
Post if someone named "meatwad" is on the queue

[Anonymous No.10945287]

>>10945284
"Karafun" is fucking cancerous bullshit, zoomers need to learn how to use an aux cable

[Anonymous No.10945288]

deadest friday nightlife I ever seen

[Anonymous No.10945289]

>>10945288
ALA on friday night is always dead

[Anonymous No.10945291]

Are the Cosplay Deviants people lining up to see even more women in Playboy Bunny outfits than the ones already walking around?

[Anonymous No.10945293]

>>10945291
HOLY HAMPLANET BATMAN

[Anonymous No.10945296]

As someone who's gone to every single one of the ALA slutty cosplay contests...this was easily the shittiest one so far

[Anonymous No.10945298]

Why the fuck are there 2 party gatherings? One outside registration and one on the othet side between the LBCC and Hyatt Regency? That's some high school clique shit right there.

[Anonymous No.10945299]

I wanna kick the guitar faggot on the second story off the railing

[Anonymous No.10945300]

>fountain con completely dead
please tell me it'll pick up tomorrow

[Anonymous No.10945301]

I hate myself for taking a Lime scooter 2 miles. $15. More expensive than a taxi. Kind of fun at least but what a ripoff.

[Anonymous No.10945302]

Only the tifa/aerith duo and zzz trio are good. The rest is meh, feels like a generic stripper show

[Anonymous No.10945304]

> all the bunny girl cosplayers I wanted pictures of were busy
Fugg.

[Anonymous No.10945307]

Ok whats up with these robotech panels, there’s like five of them, they book the biggest rooms and everytime i go there its like 5 guys in the audience. So sad

[Anonymous No.10945310]

>>10945300
They moved it to outside registration in front of the LBCC.

[Anonymous No.10945313]

Is there a discord for ALA? what's the word around there?

[Anonymous No.10945317]

>>10945313
The word is "go fuck yourself"

[Anonymous No.10945318]

>>10945302
Some of the guys were funny, and one looked like he walked off the set of the Dragostea Din Tei music video

[Anonymous No.10945321]

Social battery used up. Staying in room all day.

[Anonymous No.10945322]

This event sucks. I hate interacting people in-person.

[Anonymous No.10945324]

>>10945302
Any video?

[Anonymous No.10945325]

Need a goonsesh

[Anonymous No.10945327]

>>10945325
Are you a cute girl?

[Anonymous No.10945331]

why are there a lot of troons

[Anonymous No.10945332]

>tfw you spend all ALA in the AMV room alone

[Anonymous No.10945334]

>>10945331
The real question is why are they such prudes who won't let me grope them

[Anonymous No.10945336]

lord i occasionally go to LA but never long beach.

Good lord what is that slog from the 405 exit to the actual convention

[Anonymous No.10945342]

>>10945336
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZb9Hv0hQY4&t=108

[Anonymous No.10945343]

> Panty and Stocking cosplayers pole dancing in public
Into the spank bank you go.

[Anonymous No.10945344]

>Tfw my next con isn't until AX
It's going to be a long 6 months.

[Anonymous No.10945346]

>>10945344
Work on another costume

[Anonymous No.10945348]

>>10945343
Vids?

[Anonymous No.10945349]

Rate this ala/10

[Anonymous No.10945352]

fuck I saw a cute Emilia cosplayer with huge tits but I didn’t get to ask for a picture…

[Anonymous No.10945353]

Why are all the performing Cosplay Deviants fat?

[Anonymous No.10945354]

>>10945349
7/10

Good times, good cosplays, good layout, panels were meh, scheduling was weird, and vendors were meh

[Anonymous No.10945355]

I wish I wasn't awkward and could actually like talk to the cute Remilia cosplayer and not just ask for a picture. Like hey worst case we just end up as civil con 2hu mutuals. But nope, always gotta spaghetti and run away, sad!

[Anonymous No.10945356]

The "Anime Memes" panel was half unavoidable GRIDS and half genuine fun.
I never thought I'd desupost IRL here

[Anonymous No.10945358]

>>10945355
There were biofem 2hu cosplayers?

[Anonymous No.10945360]

>>10945358
Touhou panel had a few but didn't see a Remilia there.

[Anonymous No.10945363]

This was my first time at a mid sized anime con and i had so much fun. I wish i could stay a bit more.
I’m definitely going to AX this year


Pic related is a personal highlight for me

[Anonymous No.10945369]

Its over...

[Anonymous No.10945371]

>>10945369
Truly

[Anonymous No.10945375]

>>10945334
They should make a clear high viz ribbon to put on their badge that gives us the all clear to grope them in public

[Anonymous No.10945378]

>Sudden surge of Ranma cosplayers this year

[Anonymous No.10945380]

>>10945378
Hmmmm its like there was a remake anime recently, not that im complaining about ranma because its one of my all time favorites.

MHA, JJk, Demon slayer ending sure brought actualy diversity in cosplay.

[Anonymous No.10945381]

>>10945201
Fred Durst is a God among men and the 90s will never die.

[Anonymous No.10945385]

The party van is here

[Anonymous No.10945386]

>>10945380
hoyoverse gacha plague is stinger than ever though fml

[Anonymous No.10945389]

How do I get a skinny slut to give me a BJ in exchange for a few pills of ecstacy in the con bathroom stall

[Anonymous No.10945391]

Surprised me to see at the contest that ALA hasn't reached 20k attendees yet, because it felt larger

[Anonymous No.10945393]

There's no way any of these vendors can break even, right?

[Anonymous No.10945395]

>>10945386
If i see a character that has too many bells and whistles ill assume its from genshin/honkai

[Anonymous No.10945397]

>go to premiere of new Watanabe anime Lazarus
>loud as fuck dudebro sitting in the very front talking like he's in MST3K during the while introduction

[Anonymous No.10945400]

>>10945397
How come fucking watanabe cant fill one panel room? Are the nu anime crowd this young now?

[Anonymous No.10945401]

>>10945400
they're holding it on the last day past the check out time for the hotels

[Anonymous No.10945403]

>>10945401
oof

[Anonymous No.10945407]

>Rumor mill going around that ALA may not renew contract with the LBCC
Anaheim Convention Center it is! Who's ready for AOC?

[Anonymous No.10945411]

>>10945307
ALA trying to become AX : winter ed.
Invite good jpn guests, but no one goes to their panels. Invite a large amount of dub whos, who sit around sadly next to booths selling knock off temu merch and prize figs.
ALA is a one day con for ribbons and AA unless you are there to cosplay in a group. This year was really lacking for some reason.

[Anonymous No.10945419]

Great con. Had a lotta fun.
I was in cosplay 3/4 days and they need those cool photoshoot backdrops / sets where cosplayers can take pics. Like the ones at AX or something. Cosplayers love taking pics in those.
It always seems that the places to get good pictures are limited unless you get creative.

[Anonymous No.10945425]

>>10945419
You do not want that. The entire section will just get taken over by chinks

[Anonymous No.10945426]

>>10945411
>This year was really lacking for some reason

in crowds?

[Anonymous No.10945427]

>>10945425
>taken over by chinks
Its an anime con, chinks are kinda the reason we're there?

[Anonymous No.10945428]

>>10945425
Pretty sure it would still be cool.
I have fun using them at AX.
Just punch Genshin cosplayers in the head if they hog the set for more than 5 min

[Anonymous No.10945429]

>>10945425
It'll give them a designated spot to infest instead of taking up random spots in hallways and stairwells (they still will but not as much)

[Anonymous No.10945430]

Official pose of the con

[Anonymous No.10945434]

Based ALA security made this con unejoyable.

[Anonymous No.10945436]

>>10945434
The security was mad funny
Let me in multiple times with unpeacebound weapons, dranks, and they never check the small pockets on bags.

One security bitch tried to hassle me about a piece of my cosplay that was weapon shaped and ig the supervisor that was standing right there was a fat black dude who was just like "naw stop trippin, he good. Thats part of the cosplay"

[Anonymous No.10945437]

>>10945407
I hope this aint true. I hate the Anaheim Con Center.

Whats the reasoning for not renewing?
Source of your info?

[Anonymous No.10945444]

con called anime los angeles isnt in los angeles city

[Anonymous No.10945452]

>>10945444
LACC is too expensive for ALA. Pasadena is too small. LBCC is fine. Let it stay in LA County.

[Anonymous No.10945462]

>>10945407
Just like AX was for sure leaving to go to the Anaheim Convention Center, right faggot?

[Anonymous No.10945463]

>>10945393
most of the vendors are just trying to get outreach.
Our booth didn't do very well this year but we still made our table back. The people selling candles and shit have got to be money laundering or they are just retarded

[Anonymous No.10945464]

Ribbon haul

[Anonymous No.10945478]

>Open spaces every where
Did vendors dropped out?

[Anonymous No.10945479]

>>10945419
We had those back in the Ontario location. No idea why it was never brought back.

[Anonymous No.10945481]

what's the next LA locals con?

[Anonymous No.10945482]

First con I've been to, was pretty fun but I spent so much of my time there competing against others at DDR. Shout out to whoever was that Princess Peach cosplayer, she was kicking my ass

[Anonymous No.10945483]

>>10945482
The arcade is kinda lacking. No drs when anime impulse have it

[Anonymous No.10945485]

>>10945481
anime impulse LA

[Anonymous No.10945489]

>>10945434
the funniest shit is ive worked for allied security, those scanners and shit do nothing. lit just random beep every X times. security theater. also they cant legally open your bags and rifle around, they are suppose to use like a metal rod and you can decline them spreading their hand germs in your shit. but they hire -200iq retards so lol.

[Anonymous No.10945558]

>>10945463
I think i saw a vendor just selling plain old jewellery

[Anonymous No.10945574]

>>10945489
the scanners they had at ALA were ass. I've seen them used at other events like EVO and the crowd flowed through without ever needing to stop, it was rare for someone to get called out.

[Anonymous No.10945582]

>>10945574
the scanners are all a sham. they require a ton of energy + someone who knows what they are doing not some stoner retard. its amazing how many people believe security accomplishes jack shit.

[Anonymous No.10945599]

>>10945582
One year at AX i walked thru the metal detectors in cosplay with a full metal airsoft pistol under a cape I had and I was so sure it was gonna get confiscated.
When i walked thru it didnt beep.
Turn around and see the metal detector plug was just laying on the ground next to the socket.
>mfw

[Anonymous No.10945601]

Every bikini cosplayer was fat.

[Anonymous No.10945602]

Who was the retard vendor selling $40 used keychains, I think they were near the huge open space by the itasha cars.

[Anonymous No.10945607]

>>10945602
>used keychains

how? are they like japan exclusives

[Anonymous No.10945612]

First time attending ALA, went the full 4 days. Played a bunch of mahjong, rhythm games, checked out panels, cosplay gatherings and the ribbon gimmick was a lot more fun than I thought it'd be.

I've gone to AX previously and I thought the general ambience in ALA was better, less packed as well. Is there anything else aside from industry presence that AX fares better at?

[Anonymous No.10945613]

This is a 4 day convention?
Should be 3

[Anonymous No.10945614]

>>10945612
Jpop J rock artists Aidoru

[Anonymous No.10945649]

ALA should have still been canceled.

[Anonymous No.10945657]

>>10945613
I liked it being 4, even arriving on Thursday it felt like a really long weekend where typically thursday is a slow boring chill and drink day during 3day cons.

[Anonymous No.10945660]

>>10945649
keep seething

[Anonymous No.10945679]

>Day 0 was a week ago
Take me back...

[Anonymous No.10945692]

>>10945612
The Industry panels that are glorified shitty commercials are what makes AX dogshit

[Anonymous No.10945731]

>>10945692
I love how people here insist those should be the only panels and that any fan panel is stupid and cringe

[Anonymous No.10945739]

>AX delays badge and hotel sales by 2 weeks due to the fires
>ALA didn't cancel

[Anonymous No.10945742]

>>10945739
>>>/r/ope

[Anonymous No.10945745]

I didn't get laid. Again.

[Anonymous No.10945756]

>>10945739
why would ala cancel lol

[Anonymous No.10945763]

>>10945756
You must understand, zoomers are illogical.

[Anonymous No.10945764]

>>10945763
While this is true, you're also applying too much sincerity to an insincere doomer (the least powerful, most pathetic race on earth)

[Anonymous No.10945770]

who was the shadman with the trans cape I know you're in here mother fucker

[Anonymous No.10945773]

>>10945770
It was Shadman...obviously

[Anonymous No.10945779]

>>10945763
I was there and i didnt even see a puff of smoke


its like people didnt learn from COVID that you cant just cancel events spontaneously without the risked of being sued