Thursday, July 28, 2011

Alright, here we go! Another year's passed for AX and I have to admit, things seemed a bit better this time around than last years. Looked a bit better organized I guess, although I probably didn't attend too many panels this time around. Not too bad for the 20 year anniversary. I did miss a few panels I wanted to check out, both b/c I already had already made plans (missed the Danny Choo 8pm panel) and regretting checking for available tickets (Mikunopolis T_T). All in all, it was pretty fun this year!

Enough of that, Here are a few of my pictures:
 
 
 
 Liked this picture as they were crossing the street, showing the contrast of the cosplayers against the crowd behind them. Insinuating the nature of the event.

 Here's the Culture Japan booth, complete with 2 Itasha decorated cars (that termed right?). The dashboards were riddled with Mirai Figmas.

 Poster of Mirai Millenium. Never imagined Mirai in such a genre...

 The lovely Maridah cosplaying as Mirai. Must be popular as ever ever since Otacool 2. Great Job!

 Just got into League of Legends and I would've missed this if my cousin didn't point it out.

 Om nom nom nom!!!

I don't think the ghillie suit's working here...

 Lovely!

 I think the best cosplay this year! I just loved it!


Just awesome! Was being sold in the Exhibit hall but for an immense price ><

 Strike Freedom PG is just awesome! I'd like to get this, but, talking about immense prices, this ended up being $100 more than what I previously thought. Sometime later down the line...
Danny!!!! I ran into him in the Exhibit hall while he was browsing. Just walked up behind me and looked at the same display case and in my mind I was like "Woah hey it's Danny!!!!!". Chatted for a min or 2 (didn't want to keep him from his browsing) and took this photo! Thanks for coming out again Danny!
 Incidentally, these were in the display when Danny walked up next to me.

 Finally, pics of a few of my treasures this year! Noteworthy in this one is the Mikunopolis program on the left, Miku keychain to the right of that, and a mini ocarina bottom center.
 Prints from a popular artist. I get his prints every year!

Finally, 2 large Mirai banners. These are awesome because it's not fragile paper-like material. pretty durable!


Ok....more captions than I thought I would put down. Next post will feature pics from the Meet and Greet with Danny.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Konpeitou!!!!! and Stocking too!!!!

Been a while since I put up any images. So here we go:

Went to Little Tokyo yesterday and checked out the market down there [Marukai, just underneath Kinokuniya] and I came across these little pieces of joy:
Little sugar candies called Konpeito (or Konpeitou if reading the Hiragana). I saw these and it brought me back to when I watched the anime "Stellvia of the Universe". The candies are exactly what was in the series. And I decided to pick up 2 bags. I guess you can describe the taste as sugar rock candies (literally).

One of my newly acquired companions is having a blast w/ them:
Yep that's Stocking Nendoroid!A perfect combination!

A side note about Stocking, I ended up buying an additional one as a travel companion after I saw what possiblities I could do while traveling! Can't wait to bring her out on trips!

What? Oh yeah! My AX11 recap! It's been a month. Next post, I'll summarize as short as I can and add a lot of my pictures.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

After Day 2.

Since I wasn't able to go to the Mikunopolis (Hatsune Miku Concert (T_T), I got me In-N-Out instead...^^

I'll save my post comments, if at all after the entire event. In the meantime I cross off the cosplays I've seen/taken pics of this year in my previous post. Kinda surprised on some I thought I wouldn't find. Plus, I've decided to fiiiinally cosplay for next year's con. My idea's going to be simple. Another plus, I ran into Danny Choo while he was browsing around (Awesome!!).