/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>15438513
>You know what to do /jp/, right?
Sage, report, and tell you to get out of /jp/?

>>15438559
I thought we got over the whole reflexively shitting on anything affiliated with anything you don't like thing.

>>15438615
It's the hot weather, I too feel like punching somebody's face, or sucking dick.

I'm gonna go meet him again
Got a game signed by ZUN at AWA, but other people were giving him free beer and I forgot

This time, I won't forget the beer

>>15438513
The year I decide to skip AX this happens. Just end me.

can't go because no money, no job, and the worst summer semester I've ever had.

I'm excited. They haven't announced what sort of panel he'll be in, but I have to imagine he'll get his own thing and they won't just shove him in for 5 minutes at the NISA panel.

I can't believe I'm missing him again after being so upset about it the first time. Ah well, I'm sure he'll come back at some point, hopefully I'll actually have money when that happens.

Looks like it's in Los Angeles. So much for that.

God when was this posted? I brushed off this AX back when the tickets were still at an affordable price because it didn't look like it had anything

>>15438881
They announced all the big and interesting events/guests about a month before the convention. It's ridiculous

>>15438934
I just went and looked around their official site. He isn't even in the guest list yet, no schedules either

>>15438881
>>15438934
Make sure you buy those 2017 passes early this year!

>>15438881
It was announced TODAY, only 8 days from the con. The timing is ridiculous. No decent cosplayer can put together a cosplay this fast and most people have already either committed or not to the con and paid for travel/hotel/etc.

>>15438951
Or wait till the black Friday deal. I will for sure next year. I fucking hate these late announcements. Besides money, the main reason why I'm not going to AX this year is because bad guests, then this happens.

>>15438956
This. Months ago I committed to working a booth all 4 days and now I feel gutted. ZUN coming was the last straw

>>15438968
Same here, I would've considered volunteering for the NIS America Touhou booth if I'd known they'd bring ZUN over. I thought it was just NIS America trying to promote something long past peak popularity. They ended up having very few people applying to volunteer at the booth.

wch2huwudufuk

>>15439017
I hope none of you epic memesters ask that during the Q&A.

>>15438513
>You know what to do /jp/, right?

>>15439040
I want to hear what happens during this.

>>15439050
https://twitter.com/2huConOrgy2015
Ask them.

Today was such a nice day. Just fucking kill me.

>>15439050
"PONOS IN VAGOOO" in broken Japanese.

>>15439040
>no one over 38
That's oddly specific

Do you really have to pay for tickets if you want to partecipate in these kinds of events?

I don't think it's like this in Japan, or where I live.

ZUN coming back to merica huh?

today I will remind him

>>15439147
In America yes, the bigger the event the more expensive. 4 day badges for AX are $95 now.

>>15439062
So do 2hu orgys actually happen or is this just a long running joke?

>>15439163
I wish I knew.

Somebody ask him if he's ever planning on doing another phantasmagoria game

>>15438513
do i get him a six pack of beer?

>>15438513

Ya: ask him to sign my Kancolle loot.

>>15438513
>You know what to do /jp/, right?
Stay in my room and do my best to forget about the rest of the world, just like any other day.
Look at Chen, /jp/!

Do people from /jp/ ever hang out at these sort of things? I want to go, but it's much to late notice to convince people I know.

>>15438956
What does cosplay have to do with a new guest being announced?
I don't understand /cgl/ people.

>>15439204
You can usually find some /jp/sies at the touhou gathering.

>>15439204
I'm down to hang out with you anon. I met up with some /jp/sies at Touhoucon and they were pretty cool.

>>15438513
Time to ask him the same three stupid questions!

>>15439208
People usually like to cosplay from a series when a guest related is announced.

>>15439204
/jp/ does have some normal people on it, anon. I'm not one of them, but they're here.

>>15439208
A lot of guests are delighted when a fan comes up dressed up as a character they made or from the series they worked on. It's an added bonus and can get you a better reception or photo from the guest.

Can someone torn a little piece of his clothes?

>>15439220
>>15439247
But if you liked the character or series, why would you need incentive to dress that way? Shouldn't it be about... nevermind
I think my hatred of cosplay culture and /cgl/ is starting to seep through as I type this and nothing good will come of it. Have fun at the con, guys.

>>15439204
If you're truly master weeb lord you would never go anywhere with filthy gaijins.

>>15439291
The true master weeb lords are in Japan and don't hang out with the likes of us anymore. All we have is aspirants and failures.

>>15439224
I agree. I imagine spending time with a /jp/, would be much easier since we probably have more in common.

>>15439213
Cool. I'm still working out a few details, but you can message me at fsecondary0907@gmail.com.

>>15439308
Even if so it's not a excuse to go. It will lower your rank a lot. Not lower than a cosplayer of course but you know all those weird and ugly people that gives you shame when you see them on photos.
But if you go out of your house you already lost anyway so whatever.

>>15439369
When I was a young /jp/sie I thought I would one day go to Japan to visit real deal Japanese events where I would hang out with important people rather than a bunch of losers, but at some point I realized that I was one of those losers and gave up.

Now I'm just debating whether or not I care enough to go to my first con for a single event dedicated to something I don't even care that much about anymore. In 2013 I cared more, but at that time I was too poor and Georgia and I was too far away.

Is he gonna be there all 4 days?

>>15439408
They haven't given any details about when he'll be there or when his panel is yet.

>>15439387
As it so happens, the "important people" that attend otaku related events in Japan are all a bunch of losers too.

>>15439443
I was mostly thinking of creator and seiyuu events (well, Western conventions pull in those guests from time to time, like they are now). The audience is at these things is probably still a substandard grade of human being, but at least they'll know considerably more about the things they're fans of.

>>15439354
Sent you an email. If any other /jp/sies want to hang out at AX feel free to shoot me an email at whichtouhou@gmail.com.

i'm still sad i missed him at AWA

go west coast anons, don't be regretful

oh shit i'll be there

my powerlevel is not high enough sadly

Wonder if he's bringing his family with him?

Shit... do I really want to spend the cash for a badge just to get all spaghetti around ZUN?

>>15440111
yes you do

>>15440111
Or you can ask NIS America if you can volunteer at the booth to get in for free and pretty much guaranteed a chance with ZUN.
Only drawback: you'll probably have to cosplay and be a booth babe/dude to tell other people why they should pick up Touhou

>>15439676
To risk having his wife raped and his son murdered by a bunch of angry autists?

>>15439213
Miku guy? You were decent

>>15440560
Nope, different guy.

Did they really just announce this only a week before the con? I made it to AWA at least but there goes my plan to follow ZUN wherever he goes.

>>15439050

I would assume sex

>>15439062
>the coffee and bathroom incident
Well now i'm curious

>>15438513

I will be there, with a knife.

>>15438513
I will be there. With a knife.

>>15441074
fuck off maid

>>15439163

I'm actually not sure. Just from googling, no one seems to confirm or deny its existence.

>>15441093
It's a joke. The more people wonder about it and think it's real, the more likely people try to sign up for it. The signup is probably real, but the kicker is that because there's a "screening process" anyone who signs up in earnest will never get a response back, or even better, would get rejected. Meanwhile there's pseudoanonymous feedback on how the event is supposedly going and people post a few pictures of hotel rooms filled with cosplayers to keep it up. It's a good ruse and I hope it keeps up.

>>15441336
I bet you were just denied for being an ugly shit and want to tarnish the event's rep out of spite

>>15438513
Ask if Momiji has wolf ears and a tail?
Ask if Hatate will ever get a book?
Ask if third eyes connect to the body directly or not?

Is that what we are doing?

Does Aya have wings?

>>15441468
>Ask if third eyes connect to the body directly or not?

Well, why wouldn't they be connected?

>Los Angeles

Serious question: would anyone on the east coast actually schedule for such an event now?

I'm in the Midwest, and it seems like a royal fucking pain to drive there, yet alone reserve a hotel and such.

If there's 1 thing that Zun would listen from you, what would it be?

>me
>make Yukari playable in next game

>>15438819
Los Angeles' mayor has already stated he actually wants AX to take up LA as its permanent designation for every event.
They already have a deal that AX will be held in LA for the next 5 years after 2014.

I went to Los Angeles Downtown last year for some business shit. There was a lot of qt Reimus.

>>15441499
I might
Wish they announced this shit earlier though
Plane tickets are going to cost more this late

>>15441499
I doubt it. Seems -- aside from Kentucky loving that sweet, sweet hentai according to porn site statistics, the East Coast just loves its sport events and Jersey Shore to really care about setting up a large convention for anime and other paraphernalia.

The closer a state is relative to Japan, the more weebs there are.

>>15441517
yukari dies

>>15441540
>Plane tickets are going to cost more this late

Why not just drive?
It would only be two days from anywhere

>>15441562
The interstate highways in-and-out of California are under fortification construction work due to fears of the "Big One" earthquake coming to a closer due date than later.

Mid-West I-Xs are under repair.
So getting to Southern California right now would take a while longer.

>>15441562
Convenience. I'll be going from Texas and, having made a similar trip in the past, i really don't find the extra time and effort worth it.

The price wasn't too terrible on my end. Everything came out to about a grand for 4 nights+flight.

Looks like everyone else mentioned by NIS was already on the AX guest list, but not ZUN. Did I just get memed?

God dammit.

I knew I should have put off on killing myself one more year.

Someone ask him if the girls will ever get official boyfriends and whether Rinnosuke and Sakuya will get married.

I hope I can meet him while I'm on break...I'm working the exhibit hall and will probably miss his panel and the Touhou gathering

Maybe I can catch ZUN if he's wandering around at night?

http://www.anime-expo.org/amv-competition/

Does this include 音MAD?

>>15441364
Can an orgy have any reputation to begin with?

Still waiting for them to actually announce when the Touhou panel is. I just know it's going to end up being during the Japan Super Live I already bought tickets for.

>>15438513

ah son of a bitch. I was thinking about buying tickets for this and flying out weeks ago, but then my only fucking friend who does cons backed out on me and i just gave up on it. It's not worth flying from the midwest to spend several days alone somewhere weird.

>>15443111
Why not join this anon >>15439473 ?

>>15442142
>The audio content of all AMV entries must primarily be music. Entries with excessive and/or non-essential dialogue may be disqualified.
No.

>>15439473
>>15439473
is there an AX /jp/ kik group or something?

>>15443132

fuck it i might as wells. Gotta look up the prices again that have undoubtedly changed since then though to commit at this point.

I should just go and take lots of photos of fun stuff to spite my buddy.

>>15441481
Well a lot of the book appearances seem to have it maybe connected to the top of the head at most the rest of the connections going nowhere but not to anywhere else. So wanta get some confirmation ya know?

>>15443360
I've never used kik before. If you don't feel like emailing for some reason go ahead and set something up I guess.

>>15439040
t. 38-year old

>>15443536
How Koishi controls her cords in HM/ULiL seems like a well enough indication that they're connected to the body.

>>15443617
Yea but what about her third eye and the legs ya know? Since they seem to be more connected to the boots than to the legs.

>>15443629
I imagine the satori can just direct the cords how they see fit on their bodies.

Are anime conventions a lot of fun?

I wouldn't know, but I don't want to get a plane ticket and immediately regret this.

>>15443643
For me at least, it's only fun if I cosplay. In regular clothes it's kind of boring. I'm not a person who goes to panels, so the main reasons why I go is for merch and guests. And I don't really care about making friends either.

>>15443581
it's specifically for when I'm there, I can easily message someone, in case anything happens

>>15442031
"No. And What the fuck is a Rinnosuke?"

>>15443771
Now now, he's not gonna say the Rinnosuke thing, but he's definitely going to decline such a stupid suggestion.

>>15443663
>And I don't really care about making friends either
This

I've been to a few conventions solely to meet important Japanese guests, but as a whole they seem like social events.

I've had people in cosplay(and not) even approach me out of the blue to chat up with me and become friends, but I never cared for this. I'm not here to make friends, just follow the artists, animators, and game makers I adore.

If you want to make friends, or even get laid cause shitloads of girls come regardless to events and can be social, then you can do real well with this. Even jaypees could find an ugly girl dressed as one of their favorite characters to drink with for sure.

But I just go for guests, guest panels, and rarely merchandise (most shit is basic and overpriced).
Still have a good time though. Meeting your favorite doujin artists can be a really exciting experience. Especially if they sign your games.

>>15443995
You two are just made for each other.

>>15443643
They can be. It really depends what your goals are. Having gone to cons by myself and with a friend I would say it's better with another person since you can discuss events, other shit, and just hang out afterwards.

If you're not the social type, as other anons have mentioned, there's still plenty of stuff to do this year that would keep you busy and engaged, in addition to ZUN.

>>15444301
Eh, I guess I'll just save up and wait to go to Comiket some year.

It seems a little silly to blow $1000 on four days, even if ZUN is there.

>>15444331
It's definitely a good amount. I see it as a short vacation in LA with AX as the main event since I'm stuck at home until fall.

They added the ZUN panel to the schedule. 9:30 PM Friday.

>>15447334
OH MY GOD I CAN MAKE IT

>>15438638
Are you me

I might buy a 1-day pass just to meet ZUN

>>15439163
It's a long-running joke. Source: Know the girl who started the first orgy with the craigslist ad
>>15439204
/jp/ is okay but we're all autists.
Source: I am an autist and everybody I've met from /jp/ has been autists.

>tfw met a /jp/sie at one of those anime raves
>would have partied but had to go home

I'm sorry , guys

No one has emailed me, I guess that sadly I won't get to have a /jp/ meetup.

I'm not familiar with AX panels. Is he just gonna talk about the subject? Is there any interviewing and do I get to get drunk with him

>>15449984
NISA will probably talk about the game they're releasing and then they'll bring out ZUN like "Here's the guy!" and he'll wave to the crowd and then Q&A about unimportant shit you don't care about for half an hour.

>>15450106
The ZUN panel is separate from the NISA panel, don't talk shit when you don't know what you're talking about.

>>15438513
Why the fuck would a convention wait so late to announce special guests?

Is this just a bullshit sales gimmick or were they desperate and called up a drunken ZUN?

>>15450578
"...the youth protection policy fiasco delayed guest schedules by 2-3 weeks, and a lot of smaller companies are choosing to announce guests "in their own time" so that their guests don't get overshadowed by bigger names. The result is staggered and scattered announcements too close to the con."

Ask him if he will make Ran and Yukari appear again in the games

>>15450863
Yukari has gotten plenty of action. Maybe not recently, but I think she's had enough time in the spotlight. Just off the top of my head I can think of 5 games she's in, and that's not even including spinoffs like Shoot the Bullet.

Ran's been in several games as well, but not as many/ not as prominently as Yukari, since she's just a shikigami, and honestly not that interesting or independent enough to contribute anything interesting.

There are a lot of characters like Flandre, China, and basically a whole bunch of other characters that had like one appearance and then were never heard from again(in game). Let the Yakumo family take it easy and give other 2hus some time in the spotlight.

>>15450951
Yeah but Yukari is not in EVERY 2hu game and that bothers me.

>>15450380
You don't really think this would be announced by "The NISA Team" if they didn't have anything to do with it, do you?

>>15450667
But that's bullshit. They do this EVERY year. This isn't unique to 2016.

>>15452366
As it should, anon, as it should.

>>15439040
Nah you're supposed to whine to ZUN telling him to let Playism translate his games and put them on Steam.

>>15455418
I'd actually like to know what the hell he was thinking when he let NISA do the localisations.

>>15455635
>NISA do the localizations
wait what, did I miss something?

>>15455635
He didn't let NISA do anything. It's not his games that were localised.

Thinking about driving to there from Oregon in a couple days. I don't have enough money for a hotel room for the event. Would any jypsies be willing to let me borrow just their shower a couple times? Fuck them announcing this at last minute.

>>15455923
Are you a large black man? I already have enough of them in our hotel room

>>15456216
I see the 2hu orgy is really picking up this year!

Does anyone have experience getting autographs at AX? My friend is telling me you need to start lining up before 6 AM to make sure you get an autograph ticket, but I don't think even ZUN is worth that amount of suffering.

>>15457487
The convention center doesn't even open until 9am.

You get a ticket at the booth, assuming ZUN's line will even require tickets, and then hold on to it until the scheduled signing time.

>>15455923
I might be down if you wanna hit me up at akarin@email.com

there will be six guys in the room (2 queen beds) so it will be packed but if you're ok with that then I'd like to help any jpsies see ZUN

This seems like it'd be really fun to go to if it were the sort of thing I enjoyed.

Can someone ask ZUN this question, or answer it if its already evident.

>What is the significance of Hourai (蓬莱) in your works?

Surely its more than just immortality, no?

>>15459447
Have you tried Googling it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Penglai

In Touhou, Hourai is based on distorted tales of the Lunar Capital.

>>15459484
I had already read the article and still had that question.

Guess I just got brain problems.

I would attend Friday just for the panel, but then I'd have to stay Friday night since it takes place quite late, and once I'm already there I might as well stay another day.

Even then, it's half a grand just for the chance to glimpse the Hakurei priest at 50 yards and if I'm lucky get an inane question answered. Safer to just stay at home.

Any of you going in cosplay? I've always wanted to join a 罪袋 pit.

>>15459820
>tfw short and frail but manhands so can't trap properly

>>15459883
If you want to blog about yourself do it on /r9k/, please, where you can "greentext" as much as you want.

Is anyone planning on recording ZUN's panel on Friday? I can't make it to AX and I want to see how cringy it gets.

Are you allowed to touch ZUN in those sort of events?

Why are all the good cons always in California? Ain't shit happening anywhere else.

>>15461479
Higher weeab population.

>>15461479
I imagine it's a combination of proximity to Asia and population density. There's also significant wealth there.
I'm still happy living in the middle of nowhere, though, as I imagine most of /jp/ isn't very social or adventurous.

This is a cliched question
In fact, you will hate it
But i want to know.

During Q&A, Someone go ask ZUN why won't he release his game on Steam? If not his game, why not the fangames?

>>15462538
I though jap steam has touhou

>>15462538
Steam is shit and forces your game to be full of DRM. Zun doesn't want that.

Playism doesn't do that. If anything he should put it on GoG. At least they don't force you to put in DRM into your game.

>>15438513
I want to go. But can't. Cries.

>>15464017
>forces your game to be full of DRM
I thought you have to learn to add the DRM yourself and can opt out of it any time (i.e. Ether Vapor Remaster)

>>15465124
How does one opt out of the Steam log-in DRM? Do you mean offline mode?

>>15465149
Some games can be launched without Steam open, and you can move the game folder anywhere

>>15455780
Point is he can veto translations on specific platforms, etc.

>>15465124
Nope it's forcing you to obey Steam's DRM because of the login system.

Only stuff I think that might be able to go around it is the ancient games that are pretty much giving you a dosbox emulator precooked to run it. Else you're owned by Gaben's DRM.

I just thought of something. How legit are booths like Chinanime or others that, at least on the surface, don't seem to be 100% authorized? Should they be concerned that ZUN himself will be walking around?

>>15466400
If you have Ether Vapor Remaster you can run the executable without the login dialog popping up. It's a doujin game running in modern Windows.

>>15459883
How small? I'm 160cm, 45kg. I wanted to cosplay Rikako but I don't have a purple wig. I also want to try Doremi.

>2 days until I can ask ZUN which Touhou he would backpack through Europe with
Oh boy.

>>15467823
Joke's on you, 99% of these AX Q&A sessions are always just low-levels asking about shit that can be found on the internet.

>>15467823
I'm going to go and beat you up.

>>15467823
It's going to be either Reimu or Marisa

>>15467845
How does the QA process usually work? I want to know about the hermit

I'm not sure what to ask yet myself

should I ask him whether he knows about /jp/?

>>15467867
ZUN finishes speaking and the staff says it's Q&A time and all the autists run (though they're told to walk) to the line forming in the center of the aisle. Then questions are asked one-by-one until time is up. Depending on how long ZUN spends talking, there may not be very many questions at all and they'll inevitably all be inane shit with nothing interesting being asked.

>>15467968
Sure, if you want to get beat up by a bunch of aikido masters after the panel.

I live only an hour away. Sort of want to go but once I get there I'll probably walk around for a bit, buy some stuff I don't really need, then sit down an hour after arriving and ask myself why I even bothered. Maybe I'll stick that eientei patch I bought years ago on a silly hat and hope it makes feel more into it.

>>15467968
>should I ask him whether he knows about /jp/?
He knows, anon.
The question would be what he was told of it.

>>15468164
ZUN needs better friends.

>>15468178
He has better friends. These are just the acquaintances he picked up at Nico Nico Super Meme Festival.

>>15468202
That's good.

I'm proud of him.

It is time

We will kidnap ZUN

And MAKE him bring back Mima

>>15467845
Then go there and maintain the status quo by asking more complicated and dank questions you dingus

>>15468648
>implying I'd go and make myself look like a turboweab in front of zun-sama himself

>>15468681
Are you gonna let secondary rule? Are you fine with that? Are you gonna let the smarter and danker remain silent? Are you gonna still be bitter over secondaries despite you don't do anything to counter it?

Shit, bought a badge for Friday but he's not going to be autographing until Saturday.

>>15468743
life is hard (´･ω･`)

>>15468808
At least you can get an autograph. I'm gonna be working a booth near him and probably can't get a break long enough for an autograph

>>15469066
He's autographing on 3 different days, you don't have time on any of them?

>>15469158
shifts are from like 10:00am-6:00pm

I get two 1 hour-long breaks but there won't be time to get in line for an autograph ticket or time to wait in line to get them signed

maybe I'll stick around after his panel and just talk with him or something

>>15469177
Damn, that's a brutal schedule. I know last year my friend ended up getting some stuff signed at the A-1 panel just by hanging around after it ended, so maybe you'll get lucky with ZUN.

>>15469193
>maybe you'll get lucky with ZUN.
Oh ho!

>>15469199

ZUN is married you jerks.

>>15459820
I did 罪袋 last year, met up with a few others. My friends were too autistic to wear it for more than 1hr, disappointing.

Someone ask if Alice is going to be playable / show up in-game ever again

What are the odds of me getting a photograph with ZUN?

Should I bring him beer? Will staf get mad if I have beer at the convention if it's unopened or an empty can

>>15471192
Doesn't sound like a good idea.

http://www.anime-expo.org/faqs-policies/code-of-conduct/

>1 day until I get to watch a bunch of secondaries ask ZUN what his favorite IOSYS song is
Oh boy.

>>15472388
What would you ask him then?

>>15438934
AX is ridiculous jewery of the worst sort.
>BOY IT REALLY SUCKED STANDING IN THE HOT SUN FOR HOURS TO GET YOUR BADGE, DIDN'T IT?
>STANDING IN LINES FOR HOURS FOR CONCERTS, PANELS, AUTOGRAPHS
>WHY NOT BUY A VIP BADGE, GOY?
>WE JUST INCREASED THE PRICE TO $350!

>AND WE JUST SIGNED ANOTHER CONTRACT WITH LACC, SO EVEN THOUGH WE HIT THE BUILDING CAPACITY EVERY YEAR WE'RE NOT MOVING TO A LARGER VENUE FOR ANOTHER 5 YEARS!

I went to AX once. I flew cross-country, over 5,000 miles to go there, and I will NEVER go back.

I think Billy Herrington is also going to be there

>>15472622
plz be true

>>15472622
According to some other /jp/sie here gachi gained a burst of popularity due to one of those awful twitch celebrities with a billion followers linking/showing it.
I wonder if it's related.

>>15472536
AX is definitely super jewish but I don't see how you expect them to stop there from being lines for things.

>>15472744
It's more that they charge extra to cut in line than there being lines in the first place

>>15472622

>>15472744
They already mail Premier passes to people who bought one.

Yet they still insist on making people wait four hours in hot Los Angeles sun to get their regular passes.

Wait are they still doing the lines bullshit? I don't want ZUN to smell my sun baked odor

>>15467968
Ask him the following. It is a real /jp/-tier question, and you will definitely make someone pissed off for asking it:

>ZUN, what is your view on the Touhou community's response to the voice drama "Marisa and Alice's Cookie Kiss" , commonly known as "Cookie" ?

This is a question which, even if he gives no direct answer, will both fly over the heads of everyone else in the audience, and immediately be noticed by the Japanese community.

>>15473126
The only good thing to come out of that audio drama was the Gachimuchi-ized version

>>15473138
>was the Gachimuchi-ized version
Methinks you got the wrong series, unless you give me a link.

>>15473126
what about the smash bros

>>15473207
That's also a good question.

Isn't the doujin panel directly before ZUN's panel? Does that mean that you'd have to leave the room and risk not seeing ZUN's? (Based on room clearing policies)

>>15473278
Yeah, I'm worried about the same thing. It seems retarded to clear people between those panels, but the policies make it sound like that is exactly what's going to happen.
Not sure if I should just sit the doujin panel out or take the risk.

>>15473291
Right? Especially since more popular and unrelated panels don't have that policy. Twitter seemed confirm we'd have to leave though.

>>15472399
For a hug

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>>15473207
>>15473215
no it isn't, please don't

>>15473460
it's NIS America isn't it?

>>15473493
I investigated their site a bit

http://nisamerica.com/ax2016/

What the fuck, he doesn't have an autograph session on Friday? I almost got memed into buying a day 1 badge

>>15473607
No but the panel he's doing is on friday

>>15472744
it's this
>>15472758
plus when they had the entire row of Kill la Kill people in the gaming room for autographs, they had a gigantic line of people lined up outside the hall.
When they opened the hall, they started moving the line inside, and at the same time people were just walking into the hall and getting in line inside the hall in front of everybody else.
tl;dr they VERY poorly mismanaged their lines as well.

>>15473611
Yeah but which one is more worth?
I doubt the panel is gonna go over anything of note (anyone can google the history of 2hu)
Unless you can do MORE in that panel than just listening to his speech

I hope to meet Zun one day. It sucks hearing that he'll be in the US and that I will miss seeing him, but I'm in the Midwest and poor so it's not like I ever considered AX before this announcement. He's at Reitaisai every year right? Maybe if I ever get my life together I can meet him there one year, thank him for everything he has done, and give him a beer. Live the dream for me /jp/sies who will get to meet him.

>mfw they had an 18+ maid cafe with bunny girls
>mfw it sold out already
>but there's still vanilla maid cafe
I don't know if it's worth it, the cosplayers will be showing off more skin anyway. I also went to Adultcon 3 years ago and the pictures I've seen of previous AX have been way hotter. Any tips on how to pick up hot con bitches?

>>15474612

I'm in the same boat man. Actually, i could've flown out but it's just not worth it from the midwest for a few days.

You're right about Reiteisai btw which would likely be infinitely more fun than AX. I am however kicking myself for not knowing about his Atlanta trip since that actually wouldve been cheap and i'm also mad for missing touhoucon.

>>15474625
Don't sacrifice your wizard powers anon, you'll need sufficient mana if you ever want to master portal creation.

>>15474625
Can't you do this somewhere else?

>>15474625
You shouldn't pick up trash, you could get hit by something nasty.

>>15474626
>I'm in the same boat man. Actually, i could've flown out but it's just not worth it from the midwest for a few days.

Man, the rural midwest is surprisingly good for the hobbyist life. Cheap costs of living; only a few people to snoop around at your hobbies, who probably don't care; shipping is the same as anywhere else in the country; and usually you are close to nature, and the towns are aesthetically pleasing in a natural sense.

But for jobs and any sort of meeting, it is almost the worst in the developed world. Well, except Northern Scandinavia.

>>15473126
https://my.mixtape.moe/iiorzd.mp4

>>15472622
Hey I asked him that. He didn't say anything but like my post. inb4 goybook

I was planning on asking ZUN if Renko is related to Yumemi in any way, since they've been looking more and more similar each music CD he's released, kind of like whatever's going on with Yukari and Maribel. Is that an alright question /jp/?

>>15476134
It's been asked already. I'm not sure if he would give a different answer this time.

I honestly don't even know what to ask Zun at the panel....

Guess I'll just listen to secondaries ask questions that have already been asked or ones with obvious answers.

/jp/ gets a chance to ask questions directly to ZUN.
They have too much pride to ask questions, so they just let obnoxious casuals ask the questions.

Typical elitist mindset.

>>15476317
>>15476317
Tell me which questions to ask, and I'll ask as many as I can. I'm bringing a couple friends to the panel as well, I can be autistic and just tell us to spread out so we can ask multiple questions.

I'll bring a fucking notebook and write down the answers

>>15476388
Ask him how did a solo doujin developer manage to get multiple thousand dollar typefaces into each of his games (header, logo texts, etc.)

>>15475721
Damn did you hit that nail on the head, I couldn't have put a description of the rural midwest better myself, I hope I can continue to live out here for those exact reasons.

Do you think he has learned English yet?
Someone ask him about his brewery plans, I fear marriage may have killed his dream.

>>15476388
If they allow for the secondary questions, ask them. If not, don't, because that would be rude.


First, this:
>>15476426

Second:
>>15473126

Third:
>>15476468
Ask him how his plans for a brewery are coming along.
Don't ask about his favorite brand, we already know that's Suntory Ichiban.

Fourth:
>Why was Reimu afraid of the Five Magic Stones, in comparison to the other bosses she has faced.
>How would you describe them as an entity?

Fifth:
>Are the "Yume no Sekai," "Genmukai," "Mugen Sekai," and "Mugetsu no Sekai" of the same world?
>If not, what interrelationships do they share?

>>15476134 here. I can come up with something better to ask, or I can take something you guys suggest here that's probably better. I'll also try to help transcribe anything important or the answers from the Q&A and stuff on my tablet.

>>15476963
>>15476790

>>15476790
>the question about the Dream Worlds
Oh yes please somebody ask him that

>>15477170
In particular, that one is both:
1. Wouldn't really affect the current plot in anything but a nominal way, so there's no reason to dodge it

2. Possibly could lead to interesting answers that were never considered

3. Would unify that concept in Touhou really nicely if it were true

4. There is a good chance its true

I'd just ask him if his opinions or plans have changed at all in regards to officially expanding Touhou's presence in the West, but he's probably going to be asked that 500 times that day.
What if you ask him to squiggle something really fast in 468x60 format so we can use it for /jp/'s banner? No, that would be like an endorsement of /jp/ or something, wouldn't it?
I concede the questions to /jp/sies that know the lore far better than I do- I've just played the games.

Are we /jp/sies still meeting up before zuns panel?

>>15472388
You could've stopped it, anon...
Why do you let secondaries win again?

They're officially vacating the room between the doujin and actual ZUN panel, so you basically have to see one or the other.

what the fuck

Is there a long line? I just got off work and wanted to freshen up + get my fumos before going there

>>15474625
cosplay

Is the ZUN panel at 8:15 or 9:30?

>>15477652
Noone fucking knows.

Disgusting secondary at the front of the line reporting in.

>>15477668
Fuck. AX needs to get their shit together

Is there any stream?

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/animecon-industry

>>15477652

>>15477695
Thanks for the heads up.

>>15477722
No problem. Hopefully he's asked good questions!

Here

Lining up for the doujin panel, just going to cut into the ZUN panel when they kick me out. This is retarded.

Who in line here

So what the fuck is happening? We don't know which panel zun will be at?

I'm at the very front of the line. I've 1CC'd SA and UFO on hard mode. I'm gonna argue like hell if they try to kick me out between the two Touhou panels.

>>15477798
I am, but I'm not sure if I should stay in it or leave to wait for the second panel line.

>>15477798
I am. If I miss the actual ZUN panel becuse of this I'll be eternally butthurt.

See the twitter post above. ZUN confirms his panel at 9:30 and says how the information on the catalog is incorrect.

>>15477811
Sorry anon, you can only stay between panels once you 1CC lunatic.

If any of you guys saw some dude buzzing his head around peeking at the line with a vest and tie that was me. I dont think any premier fan holders were from this thread so I wanted to see if I could scope out some of you guys since im sure the staff organization of the line's gonna screw you over.

>>15477695
So 2 and a half hours from now? I'm not good with timezones.

>>15477823
Pacific time, right? Hour and a half from now? Will it be on this stream? >>15477692
I'm envious of you /jp/sies able to interact with the outside world- I feel awkward and uncomfortable just by watching the live stream.

>>15477829
>I feel awkward and uncomfortable just by watching the live stream
Same, its muted

>>15477826
Shiki?

So if zun is gonna be at the second panel what do I do if I'm in line for the first one?

>>15477829
Oops. Just ignore the first part of my post. ZUN is at 9:30 Pacific time?

>>15477631
My family had a military jacket and I thought I could pull of Toguro but it's somewhere in the garage and I can't find it for shit. Maybe I could pull of Kamina but I'm kind of fat, could cover up my gut with gauze and he kind of has gyno already but I'm still self-conscious.

>>15477833
Join us in our protest when they try to kick us out of the room.

>>15477837
Just curious, but would you ever cosplay /jp/fags?

>>15477860
I'm cosplaying

>>15477837
>Toguro
>I'm kind of fat
Wut?

There is a live stream?

>>15477863
As?

>>15477860
Yes im a maid

>>15477869
Something

>>15477860
>>15477865
update:I found the jacket, it was in a locker and my dumb-ass didn't think to open and look. I should have enough shit to pull this off. Also I'm builtfat and the bulkiness will help. He doesn't have realistic muscle anyway.

If only I wasn't standing in line myself I could hunt down the /jp/sies in line who have posted pictures.

>>15477832
I saw a Shiki with the clownpiece out in lime but that wasn't me, just a normal vest and red tie cosplaying something non touhou. I'm also the guy who posted about renko yumemi and offered to help ask a question and transcribe. I thought I'd be in a pretty good position to get it answered since I'm close to the mic. I was thinking of doing the dream world one? But I can come up with something else if its covered.

It's happening

>>15477882
>I'm builtfat
Get a trenchcoat and go as Gumshoe

Oy vey two raffle tickets.

>>15477878
Don't be a pussy anon

今日のアニメエキスポの僕のパネルは、LP3にて21:30より開始です！ カタログの情報と違うので気を付けてくださいねー
he says the information on the catalog is incorrect, he will be there at 930 and they will clear the room in between

They can't kick us all out! Rise up against your opressors!

>tfw back in the line
>tfw won't see the madman himself clearly

;_;

Here

ZUN!

>>15477994
>>15477997
So ZUN won't be at the stream linked earlier in thread? This stream looks completely different.

HES HERE!!!!

>>15478005
focus your camera better

I just came back from eating dinner, I'm in my hotel room and too tired to go to the panel now

>>15478001
no

>>15478013
Oh, alright. Thank you.
I guess that was too much to hope for.

Fucking beer selfie

>>15478005
He never stops drinking

Sorry for the bad photo. My body wasn't ready.

O SHIT THERE HE IS

I'm the person with the red sweater and black hat. In line for the second panel now...

GOD DAMN IT I STEPPED OUT OF LINE TO BE FIRST IN LINE FOR HIS PANEL FUCK

>>15478036
Blue shirt with orange tube left of middle back.

Are they clearing the room or not?

>>15478046

It was confirmed that they will clear the room.

>>15478040
Please don't be that guy who was in first, I was was behind you.

>>15478036
wait, fuck, the one that I got in wasn't the second one?

>>15478055

The guy who was talking about that /k/ person at some point? Yeah, I was in front. I'm now in front again. If ZUN doesn't stick around for the second panel, I'm gonna be so Goddamn mad.

>>15478040
SAVAGE~

>cut into front of line
>don't know what toe-hoe is

>>15478068
Ripperino bro, Zun isn't talking so he's probably just chilling until his thing starts.

>>15478066

No,apparently not. The staff has no idea what is even going on. Very typical of AX.

>>15478080
I ran out now I'm the last guy in the line lmao. I was feelig something was up. He was never talking.

Green shirt with fumo in back. By trap Sakuya

Leave and get back in line my dudes

>>15478080
People on /jp/ not knowing how to read a schedule? Who would have thought.

>>15478084
Get back to the line niga. He's not supposed to be there. Remember them saying
>"Ignore him, he's not supposed to be here ?

>>15478093
The one in the booklet was messed up. They updated the one in Guidebook though.

>>15478097
That wasn't me hah. I'm still in line

>>15478093

Well I mean, I was never fooled but I love how the staff is too incompetent to help and know their own fucking schedule. Fuck that long haired jackass staff member.

>>15478102
>relying on staff
Found your problem

>>15478101
Just got back in line, how are you feeling Anon?

>>15478107

You got me there.

>>15478101
You wanna meetup to defend your 2hufu nerd?

Ran back to the line after the panel and it was super short, glad I beat the system.

>near front of premier line
>in a filthy secondary
Have fun in your line fags.

Ugh, I can't think of a backup question to ask. Is there any other major lore/setting-related thing you guys want to know more about?

Zun a shit.
Left early.

>>15478147

>people don't even know what the line is for
>all ran to get a spot

>>15478156
>he thinks I don't know what the line I'm in is for

Why are all the 2hu cosplayers men? Is that a rule or something?

>>15478147
Will he bring the th1-5 playable characters back?

Will there be another 1v1 like th9?

>>15478159

>trying to pretend he wasn't scared by that firework

>>15477798
Me. Ran after first panel

>>15478168
That was ZUN's sign to stop drinking and start talking.

>>15478168
The only thing I'm afraid of is not getting to touch zun

>>15478182

Someone better take decent photos ie. not phone camera

FUCKING FIREWORKS REEEEE

>>15478165
If you want attention Touhou is a bad choice. The cosplayer socialites have better options.
But there is a history of crosshu, yes.

>>15478146
>>15478156
>>15478159
>>15478168
Please respect the quoting function when you are a guest of /jp/.

Vest premier guy here. In front of people who didn't know who the thing on Reimu's head was on the promo signs. (it's sukuna) Just wanted to let you know the secondary power level we're dealing with here.

So this is what real-life shitposting sounds like.

>>15478223
I keep reporting them.

>>15478232
There's no report or block button irl you nerd.

Wew lad

>>15478219
That makes me sad. Shinmyoumaru might very well be my favorite character.

>can't afford a living on donations
>gets RGB LEDs
What a sluuuut

Are they even doing a Q&A for ZUN?

>>15478276
Probably

Naturay History of the Childlike Duo being played. Hype! Reminds me of the one thing ZUN went to where they played Innocent Treasures beforehand.

>>15478147
>Are the "Yume no Sekai," "Genmukai," "Mugen Sekai," and "Mugetsu no Sekai" of the same world?
>If not, what interrelationships do they share?

This is a question which would solve many a lore question quickly.

>>15478266
Stand up and spin in two circles so I can find you.

>>15478280
please stop with the pc-98 questions

>>15478281
Please take a picture of each slide if you can.

Can someone set up a stream with http://bambuser.com/ or something similar?

>>15478297
http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Dream_World

That question has continuity to the last game.

300k starting confirmed

>>15478281
Not him, but I'm over on the very left, next to the really tall guy dressed up as Remsen. Next time everyone claps, stand up and watch for the chunk with longish hair and glasses, wearing black.

Did they just drop a Tesla Coil or something?

>>15478336
Fuck autocorrect, I meant Reisen and chink.

Holy shit this NISA guy asking questions is awful.

>>15478342
Confirmed reisen shitlord here

I'm about to fall asleep, what an awful crowd and interviewer...

>come to panel for ZUN and 2hu
>get math lectures instead

Just fuck my shit up

>>15478387
Make yourself useful, /v/, and post pictures.

>>15478336
I think I found you

>>15478365
I've been transcribing and yeah I concur christ. I don't think they're gonna do an audience Q and A at this rate even.

>>15478308
The relevancy is entirely aimed at PC-98. The only reason you'd ask this is if you were invested in that kind of connection existing to PC-98. The obvious default here is "no" and nothing changes.

ZUN JUST BLEW THAT GUY THE FUCK OUT

After these panels I understand why NISA localizations are so shitty, they have absolute retards working there.

>>15478434
What did he say?

>>15478425
>The obvious default here is "no"
But they are all dream worlds. At least a "no" would specify that the dream worlds are multifarious and independent.

>>15478434
Quotes or do not post.
Fucking /v/ posting mentality.

>>15478440
Someone tried to ask a question in Japanese and he couldn't understand them

>>15478434
God damn fuck. I should have just choked up $90 and a couple hours of my time to go

>>15478440
He said a guy didn't speak japanese very good

>>15478446
>>15478446
Holy shit. I should have stayed in line

This audience is fucking terrible. Never gonna get my question that's legit too.

>>15478459
What were you going to ask?

>>15478459
Even if you asked it the translator would fuck it up anyway.

>>15478441
It's more about burden of proof and occam's razor than anything. There's just no need to assume this is the case, so I think it's a bit of a waste of a question, that's all. Not that most other questions asked would be better.

>>15478478
>this is the case
(by that i meant that they're related)

No one will ever ask about Sakuya and the lunarians. Ever.

>>15478487
>Ever
Forever is a long time. It will probably come up in Japan before ZUN dies.

I was gonna ask if Fairy Wars' extra stage is actually Loose Rain or Ruse Rain and put an end to that shitshow but I got screwed over from the clear out.

Q&A ruined by secondaries. /jp/ was right

>>15478519
/jp/ is always right

At least you fags can get autographs on Sat/Sun/Mon or maybe drink with Zun or something

>>15478519
How bad was it?

>>15478519
Well secondaries are a majority of the fanbase, what'd you expect?

Transcript please

>>15478550
The only part that mattered was ZUN himself confirming that Yukari is a nasty old hag.

Good panel.

>>15478566
I don't believe you.

>>15478580
>>15478580
He did. He was talking about how he would design characters around the danmaku patterns, for example, something nasty.

When prompted to exemplify a ''nasty" character, he said Yukari

>>15478597
Oh, in that context I can see what he means.

>>15478597
The translator was shit.

Is there a stream for this?

>>15478702
There wasn't, unfortunately.

>>15478707
No cameras except for what people brought. Presumably a ton of people did full recordings, but enjoy the "2004 cam movie recording" ecperience

I can see why ZUN likes beer so much, and why people become alcoholics.

Really does the trick after a shitty day. Too bad the Westin doesn't stock Kirin.

>>15479003
I can see myself

HEY ZUN HOW DID THE INTERNET MAKE YOU MAKE GAMES FASTER

God, the moderator kept asking long, useless, unnecessary questions.

The audience wasn't any better. We had 10 minutes for q/a and everyone kept telling their life's story.

HOW CAN I MAKES GAMES LIKE YOU ZUN!?!?!

That's only about a gazillion other people you should be asking that instead of waste people's time

>>15479003
This is pretty close if not identical to what I imagined the audience would be like - middle-aged men with some teenagers sprinked here and there. I suppose there were more Asians than I expected, but I forget that Southern California has a sizable Chinese population.
If I were ever to go to a con, this seems like a nice group.

>>15479039
Those people look 50 to you?

>>15479047
You're right, I should have said "men in their 30's".
I'm just a pessimist, I guess.

>>15479036
Yeah the moderator was fucking awful. The guests were bad too but at least you can argue that's par for the course at cons.

>>15479036
Yeah the moderator was fucking awful. The audience was bad too but at least you can argue that's par for the course at cons.

Oh yeah, this question probably was easy enough to not fuck up by the translator so I think it's accurate. Someone asked ZUN if Aya officially had wings and Momiji had wolf ears.

His answer to both of them was "I don't know!"

So to you fucks arguing over Aya's wings and their existence being all over the place in everything, there's your (non)answer.

I'd ask if the panel was transcribed or uploaded somewhere, but from the sounds of it, it was a complete shitshow.

>>15478519
I told you to maintain the status quo
Why did you not show yourself?
Are you fine with this reality you decided to live?
Are you still going to be angry at secondaries when you aren't doing anything?
Why would you let evil triumph when good men do nothing?

>>15479263
http://pastebin.com/Kiatum4a

i know it's bad, i tried my best

>>15479132
Well that's stupid

>>15479446
Someone asked ZUN who his favorite character was...shouldn't it be obvious at this point?

Thanks for the bin, anon. A bit bummed this Q&A didn't go better.

Did anybody record the panel?

>>15479816
There was one guy who was recording it next to me. Hopefully he'll upload it.

Have a ZUN photo until then.

>>15478991
You're at the Westin too? Cool

What times are ZUN's autograph sessions? I only have two hour-long breaks in the exhibit hall

>>15479880
3:45-4:45 Kentai Hall.>>15479880

Do any of the stuff here apply to the NISA hosted autograph sessions? (especially the tickets)
http://www.anime-expo.org/how-to-get-an-autograph/