![]() ![]() Pĭisney characters stop for a picture with fairy Yui from SAO! We were right above one of the most popular places for an impromptu cosplay photo shoot (probably because of the windows and lighting), so I got lots of stalker pictures of cosplayers. Since it was upstairs, my brother and I picked a spot on the balcony that looked down on the hallway below. There was a panel with information and tips about the auditions with Bangzoom! producers and voice actors before the auditions, so we waited in line for that. There were several audition times held throughout the con, but to just get it done the first day (even though my brother went back and auditioned again because apparently you could do that). Really bad shots of really awesome cosplayīangzoom! Entertainment was holding these open auditions for the English dub of the second season of Magi, so our first day was pretty much dedicated to those. (My brother and I didn’t cosplay because we’re stupid and lazy) ![]() I mean, I would’ve happy just wandering around the front lobby, gawking at all the cosplay. The first day was pretty much just me being starstruck at the overwhelming amount of anime that surrounded me. It literally took all of 9 seconds to get our badges.Ĥ-5 hour wait was totally worth it (blurring out my last name bc I don’t want you to stalk me) Let’s not talk about my incredibly red nose and horrible burn that eventually turned into really awkward tan lines)Īnd finally, after a whole day in the sun (we went to Griffith Park and did the horseback riding tours earlier that day), an amount of standing/walking that definitely ruined my already falling apart shoes, three episodes of The Irregular at Magic High School and a multitude of passing high-fives from those in the line ahead of us, we made it inside the building. is kind of in the middle of a desert and sun happened. My brother and I resorted to watching anime on my phone and taking really awkward selfies. Unfortunately, we weren’t prepared for this kind of wait in the slightest, unlike everyone else who had brought their DSes and PSPs and manga and friends to entertain themselves. We waited in line for a good 4 or 5 hours. The line wrapped around enough to meet up with the other side and it wasn’t even the freaking front. It wrapped around the convention center all the way back around the parking garage as well. This is when we finally found the back of the line. In short, we underestimated the length of the pre-registered line (and pretty much the length of all the lines at the con) to a degree that we really shouldn’t have. And even he thought AX would be smaller that Anime Boston. Since my brother had been to Anime Boston earlier that year (his college is like a 2 hour drive from Boston), he warned me about the lines and amount of people, but like the annoying little sister I am, I didn’t listen. Now, I’d never been to an anime convention before, so I figured there would be an advantage in pre-registering and that the line wouldn’t be as bad as those who were getting badges on the spot. My brother and I had already pre-registered online, so all we had to do was present our paperwork and boom, we get a badge. Anime Expo 2014 was my very first anime convention!! It was incredible to say the least and I spent that weekend on a full-fledged anime high.Įverything started on with waiting in line for badges on Day 0. ![]()
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