Anime Expo Days 3 and 4

Day Four

Major, major wind-down day for me.  I was tired as hell throughout the day, and I really didn’t feel like doing anything.

I had promised myself that I would do a scouring of the Exhibit Hall, and so I did.  By this time, I had given up all hope of finding anything Mikoto-related.  Thus I went looking for a Eureka figure.  A few of the booths had employees who didn’t know who Eureka was.  lolwut??/

Eventually, I found two booths selling a figure at $40 and $45, and I went off to the Artist’s Alley to hopefully buy more artwork.  Having bought a few pieces on Saturday, I realized that not many of the booths had good stuff.  Thus my search ended in failure and was plagued by thoughts of people buying my precious Eureka figure.

After a few hours, I couldn’t stand it any longer and rushed back to the first booth, where I saw a person holding my $40 Eureka figure and eyeing it.  I took it and bought it after unsuccessfully trying to drive down the price, which was already much cheaper than the 5880 yen retail price.  And now I’m sitting, staring at it while trying to type up this post.  As of right now, here is my favorite characters list:

  1. Mikoto Misaka
  2. Eureka
  3. Kyon
  4. Shana
  5. Nagi
  6. Tomoya Okazaki
  7. Yotsuba Koiwai
  8. Kallen Stadtfeld
  9. Kagami Hiiragi
  10. Yuki Nagato

Apparently, people sell figures of Koizumi, but not Kyon.  Some people don’t even know who this “Kyon” person is until I explain that he’s the main character from Haruhi.  Stupid perverted people, always thinking of females of panty shots.

I’m going to blame Genshiken for instilling the idea that panties make a figure.  People knew about Kyon’s sister, and not about Kyon.  How is this even possible?

I bet that’s why they don’t make Mikoto figures.  Just because she chooses to wear something other than panties?  Stupid manufacturers.  They should be more like Revoltech.  Now that company knows a good character.  My Yotsuba figure shows a shitload of joints doesn’t show panties, and I’m damn proud of that.

tl;dr Fourth day kind of sucked because I couldn’t get any Mikoto or Kyon figures, but Eureka is awesomely awesome, and I’ve just now placed her in front of my keyboard so I don’t have to look away while typing up this entry.

Other stuff that happened on Day Four:

My friend got his gundam signed by the Gundam 00 guys, we went to the Gundam 00 panel, I met a guy from the internets!!1 again (except this time, he looked very appealing), I spent $4 on a hotdog and $3 on a coke, and the exhibit hall closed on me again.  Only this time, it was at 3 instead of 6.

Pictures on page 3.

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22 Comments on “Anime Expo Days 3 and 4”

  1. IcyStorm says:

    Well, honestly, some people don’t want their actual faces shown online, so it was for the best. As for me, I don’t hide my identity, so whatever.

    AND IT’S FUCKING “IcyStorm” YOU TWAT.

    • fangzhao says:

      Well, I would’ve used my epic MS Paint editing skills that don’t need Photoshop 101 panels to successfully anonymousize everybody, icyStorm.

      Instead of commenting again,
      EDIT: Yeah, it felt kind of weird. Tekky99 tried to strike up conversation on my side of the gigantitable, but it didn’t really work that well. CCY seemed to be having a blast with people that he already knew (?).

  2. IcyStorm says:

    And yeah, it was pretty awkward LOL

  3. Shin says:

    Hehehe, I too, find normalfags who know nothing about my hobbies and interests hilarious.

  4. Was the blogger meetup that awkward or were there some genuinely awesome moments? If the former, it doesn’t seem like I missed out on too much then.

    • fangzhao says:

      I doubt you missed out on much, besides seeing my beautiful face.

      I think the main reason I thought it felt awkward was that I don’t read many of the bloggers’ blogs. I think it’d’ve been a bit easier had I known at least a bit of the peoples’ dispositions on anime beforehand. Though with IcyStorm, who invited everybody, saying it felt awkward… maybe it really was.

  5. Seinime says:

    Holy shit nice. ROFL at the Game and Watch guy. How much was all the loot?

    I swear I’d be invisible if I ever went to an anime con…I’m nearly unnoticed irl already

    • fangzhao says:

      It was about ~$400, but I spent a shitload on food, hotel services ($20 for a bus pass, $15 for room service, and $30 on BAD INTERNET??/1), and other stuff.

      Hey, I’m a pretty unsociable guy IRL, but I didn’t really feel that bad at AX. Maybe it’s the knowledge that everybody else there likes anime that helps.

  6. glad you liked the panel, i’ll hopefully have the ani-walking segment up on youtube soon… there were some technical difficulties and we started letting people in later than anticipated, but for the first Indecent Otaku Comedy Hour (which might be changed to chow) i think it went well enough.

    • fangzhao says:

      Yeah… by the time everybody had come into the room, a good fifteen or twenty minutes had already passed.

      The technical difficulties weren’t all that much of a problem in the panel, unless you’re talking about time management… Two of my friends who went with me said that they found the “technical difficulties” enjoyable, for some reason. Maybe it’s because we saw your abilities to go impromptu? 😀

      The prize giveaways didn’t fly our (as in the people who were sitting to the left of the stage) heads so well, though. Nobody from our side got a single thing! >:|

  7. tekky99 says:

    yeah, I must’ve tried like 6 times to make a conversation last longer then 10 minutes =/
    oh well, ’twas fellow dwellers of the internet in real life (as awkward as it was)

    • fangzhao says:

      Conclusion: Anime bloggers and real life don’t mix. Or at least, they don’t mix in large groups.

      Come to think of it, I didn’t even know who would show up at the meetup, which is both a little weird and a little scary. I bet that only IcyStorm knew who was going to come. D:

  8. zigkid3 says:

    why aren’t you showing my face alex/negi/fangzHOE D: my b-e-a-utiful face is being covered by an ugly photoshop edit. (so much for that 101 class). and you met other online people too? you cheated on me =( one day we must hang out, I PROMISE YOU!

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  10. RP says:

    Holy crap, Cheese-kun! That CC looks pretty good too.

    Wasn’t there a Lucky Star skit about how no one bought Kyon figures?

    Man, I’m jealous over the loot. Particularly the Kannagi artbook and the Kallen poster.

  11. ffviiknight says:

    Your loot is admirable but the things that really makes me envious are the Eureka figurine, Kannagi artwork, and Kallen poster. Makes me wonder what other E7 merchandise are available…

  12. fangzhao says:

    @zigkid3
    well u suk

    Plus it’s Paint, not Photoshop. Paint > Photoshop

    @RP
    I’m not sure about the LS skit, but I sure do know that Koizumi can’t possibly be more popular than Kyon. D:<

    The Kannagi artbook really isn't all that awesome, actually. It cost ~$35 and is filled with images that I already have on my computer (the power of the internet!).

    Though the Kallen poster, of course, is a totally different matter.

    @ffviiknight
    Ah, the Eureka figure. Once I saw it, I knew I had to have it. It isn’t particularly made that well, and it certainly wasn’t worth the 5600 yen listed price (nor the $40 that I bought it for), but I am so happy right now that I bought it!

    As for other E7 merchandise… I didn’t really see any. There was a Talho figure next to the Eureka figure (both for $75, $40 each), but who likes Talho anyway? :p

  13. ffviiknight says:

    “…but who likes Talho anyway? :p”

    Well, I wouldn’t mind if she was dressed up like the first half of the series. But more importantly, if there’s Eureka, there should be Anemone. I wouldn’t mind getting that pair to add to my infantile collection.

  14. So the blogger meetup wasn’t Outrageous Fun? =( No BOOBIES flyin’ around?!?! No goin’ down on sum PEE PEES?!?! >=(

    Impressive set of loot you got there, but $400?! That’s more than I make in 5 years! Though I’m glad you’ve got your own Yotsuba figure. I was planning to buy 3 more of those so I don’t have to change the heads all the time. I find that to be the biggest problem with revoltechs/figmas. You just want an army of them =3

    And I noticed a majority (maybe less, but seems like quite a few) of the pics you’ve taken are that of Nintendo. Would you… by any chance play SSBB?!

    Hmm, a Mikoto drawing ey? With or without panties? =3

  15. fangzhao says:

    @ffviiknight
    She was dressed in that skimpy outfit. But I barely even noticed. The rays of awesome shining from the Eureka figure next to her were too glorious and bright for me to notice much more than the five letters “T,” “A,” “L,” “H,” and “O.”

    Sadly, there were no Anemone figures. 🙁

    @Jesus159159159
    Boobies flying around would certainly be awkward. Considering that I was talking with mostly males much older than me, it might even be considered a crime! >:|

    This Yotsuba figure actually kind of… sucks… The only face that I can successfully put on is the original one. The other ones either 1) don’t get on the peg or 2) get the peg stuck to a degree that I need many pieces of equipment to get the peg out. It’s basically impossible to change the heads. ;_;

    SSBB is overrated. …yes, I do play it occasionally, though. I don’t have the actual game, but I’ve played SSBM much more than I should’ve to know how to play SSBB.

    MIKOTO? PANTIES? HERESY! YOU NON-BELIEVER! INFIDEL!
    Mikoto always wears shorts! D:<


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