Genki Life Magazine
Anime Expo 2011 - Day 4 
Monday, July 4, 2011, 22:37 - Travel
Posted by Star Ocean
We started the day waking up around seven. Me, earlier. The first thing we did was to pack our stuff and head out to the convention center early. The decision was made last night so we could make the most of the last day. We skipped breakfast. All our belongings were packed up by 8:30.



We finally arrived at the convention center and parked the car. All the action this early in the morning was South Hall, so we went there. But I needed my coffee so we had some at Starbucks. We waited there for a while to pass time before the exhibit hall opens. Lawrence took off to get in line for autographs from the Miku composers. The rest of us just stayed and took pictures until the Exhibit Hall opened.



Once inside, we met up with Lawrence who finished rather quickly. So we just wandered around to see if there was last-minutes merchandise to buy. As we walked around in a group, Lawrence and I got separated from Tim and Andy. While we were walking, some random guy came up to us to take our picture. It was cool. Someone finally recognized us other than industry people. We cosplayed crew from the Space Battleship Yamato movie, which came out last December.

After we wandered around some more, we got tired and sat down. We called the guys to meet with us. In that tome we waited, we met this guy sitting beside us. We started talking and found out that his daughter was an artist—and a pretty good one. So I offered to showcase her artwork in our magazine. I gave them my business card and hopefully they would take up the offer.

So the rest of the day, we walked the Exhibit Hall, rested again and took more pictures. We waited till about fifteen minutes before closing time to head out the the main hall. There, we killed time but taking last-minute pictures and other things. At one time, there was this guy who recognized our cosplay and took out picture. We, rather I, started talking to the guy. Where was also a big fan of Space Battleship Yamato. He said that he are the at opening week of the movie when it was release the second week of December, last year. That was cool—to meet someone whose also a long time Yamato fan, as well as classic anime.



I made the suggestion that we hang out till about four so that most people are gone and we wouldn't have to fight the crowd. So we stayed for as long as we can before we had to leave. There was even talk about going to a late panel. It was already 4:30 and it was unanimous that we’re not going to the Closing Ceremonies. That said, we were headed for home.
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Anime Expo 2011 - Day 3 
Sunday, July 3, 2011, 22:36 - Travel
Posted by Star Ocean
This the the third day. So this morning, we actually come to eat the good stuff—the Bonaventure breakfast buffet. We all met up with Francis too. Tiarra, Samantha, Jo and Yzabel were also supposed to come join us but didn’t show up at the appointed time. So the rest us up ate. An hour later, Tiarra decided to call and join us. So now, our acquaintance who works at the restaurant, Rehan, finally got to meet Tiarra for the first time since we met him three years ago. We too a while to eat.



It was already almost ten by the time we got ready and arrived at the convention center. So the first thing we did was to go to Danny Choo’s gathering. Unlike the panel the other day, this was more information meet where we was signing autographs. After he autographed the Mirai figure I bought, he needed help putting Mirai posters behind him on stage. So I gladly raised my hand and went up to help. It felt really great being up there helping out. I got to meet some new people and the cosplayer, Maridah. We exchanged business cards and hopefully I would like to get an email interview with here for the magazine.



After we finished Danny’s meeting, we decided to go to the Exhibit Hall once again and killed time there for a couple hours. And after that we killed more time walking around, taking photos and backgrounds for the the magazine. About four, we headed back to the hotel for the usual. I, on the other hand, had to really get ready because I had plans to meet up with close friend that I haven’t seen in a couple years.



So I didn’t go back to the convention center after that. I stayed behind to have nice quiet dinner here at the hotel with Lorraine. We walked around the hotel, reminisced about some things, showing her all the nice scenery around the hotel and wound up at the bar down in the lobby having a few pints. I wanted to take her to Nokia Live, but that’s another story altogether.

At the end of the night, she left and I went back to my room to find that everyone was back already too. We all ended the night watching Space Battleship Yamato and ate pizza.
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