It’s surprising that I’ve managed to neglect blogging about the CN Anime Expo which happened last weekend. I sudeenly feel that now’s the right time to do so.
I went to the CN Anime Expo on Friday. This was my first BIG anime con. The lineup was ricidulously long. I was shocked to see the multitude of people attending. This was Friday alone. The line up to get into the Dealer Area was ridiculous. It stretched out of the Convention Centre, upstairs, downstairs, to the end of the street, looping back around so that the end of the line was back by the Convention Centre. To be fair, there were 4 other conventions grouped together with the anime con. It was like a geek’s wet dream, let me tell you.
Actually, to tell the truth, the only reason I went to the con was to meet people from the Genvid forums. Thought it would be interesting to see what these people were like in real life. On Friday, I was wandering around looking for them. Not knowing what they looked like, I was just ambling, looking for something familiar like the Genvis t-shirt or something. Alas, nothing. In the end, I just ended up purchasing a lot of merchandise.
On the Saturday, I got a call with them informing me where they would be. Sure enough, I saw them in line waiting to get in the Voice Acting 101 seminar with Roland Parliament. Roland played the voice of Melvin in the NA dub of Sailor Moon. Cool stuff. After the event, we went to an atuograph session with for SM voice stars. Attending were Roland and Kristen Bishop, who played several villains in the show. I bought a poster to get it signed by them.
After, I went for a meal with Jay (owner of Genvid) and my friend Anne. Jay was amused by the fact that he was in Canada, eating at a place called Lonestar Grill. The socialization was great. Like I said, that was the main reason I was there.
Anne and I took in a showing of a homemade Star Trek episode. We were expecting some sort of ghetto show, but it wasn’t so bad. The actors seemed a tad out of place, but overall for a home project it was pretty good. Hell, I’m not even a Trekkie.
In the end, I ended up with a lot of swag. I purchased too much.
Menchi stuffed animal (Excel Saga)
Excel Saga manga vols 1-5
Sailor Mars figurine
Dear My Friend CD (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon)
Fithos Lusec Vecos Winosec CD (Final Fantasy VIII)
Trigun Poster
Sailor Moon poster
Puni Puni Poemi DVD
On the Sunday, I headed back to the Convention Centre to meet with Genvidders for a final meal before we parted ways. I didn’t want to go to the con anymore. I had my fill. We ate at Jack Astor’s and talked about all things Sailor Moon. Awesome stuff to know people whom I could talk with about the subject. That’s very rare.
That’s what happened last weekend. It was very exhausting, but the people made it all worth it.
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