An overdue recap of Anime Expo 2010 part 1

I know this is a bit overdue, but I got busy after I got back from Los Angeles. To start off the recap, here’s one of many Mudkips Venus had been bombarded with

Lester and I headed up to Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon and waited in the abominable line that was for pre-registration. Even the Comic-Con line went faster than it! Ugh. We got our passes after approximately 3 hours (or probably even more) wait time : Ah, well. At least Artist Alley registration went by quickly. We finished the night with a trip out to Hakata Ramen Shinsengumi in Gardena.

Thursday was Day 1 for Anime Expo. After fumbling with my PVC display set up (I didn’t think the tables would be THAT thick [cue "that's what she said"]), we finally got it up and running! Pictures to follow up for Day 2 since I want to do this in chronological order.

Thursday was spent mostly scoping out the hall and seeing what to buy I was more stoked for the festivities to come later on that night: the Yoshiki Foundation benefit concert! I’ve been a huge fan of X Japan since high school and was even more stoked that there was going to be an acoustic set! AND SUGIZO WAS GOING TO BE THERE. ASDFKLJAWEJKr.

Mmm, nurse.

MvC3 poster on the bus stop. Any of you anticipating this game? I want to try Deadpool. Gotta wait until SDCC ’10 to try it out!

C. Viper and Juri

At the Aksys booth

Lester at the Aksys booth

The most adorable Miku cosplayer EVER. She busted out her leeks from her stroller. WHAT A BOSS.

An awesome Koffing gijinka cosplay. Homeboy was awesome

After Day 1 was over, Lester, Venus, and I headed over to Club Nokia for the Yoshiki Foundation benefit concert. After waiting in line for about 2 hours (in which I got a lot of playtime of Pokemon HeartGold), we were finally let into Club Nokia! I wasn’t too fond of the fashion show and the wait time, but it was all worth it in the end.

I want an X Japan pachinko machine for myself

The only picture I took on my cell phone of Yoshiki, Toshi, and Sugizo I was too much in awe during the performance. That, and I forgot to bring my point and shoot

One of the best things about the concert was not just the acoustic performance of “I.V.”, but the music video shoot for their new song, “Born To Be Free!” Here’s someone’s footage of one of the takes: