All my loot from Anime Expo this year was purchased from the MangaGamer booths.
The AX convention bag came with the program guide, a starter deck for Magic: the Gathering, and various advertisement cards.
Random Goodies
A purchase of $10 or more at MangaGamer netted you a free bag, $30 or more got you a t-shirt, and $50 or more got you a mousepad.
Wall Scrolls
I couldn’t resist the high quality wall scrolls that were made in Japan and then priced very reasonably for the convention.
Sketches
The bulk of my spending money went towards getting sketches. Many well-known artists were there such as Kayura Yuka (Da Capo II), Fumio (Tomoyo After ~It’s a Wonderful Life~), and Watanabe Akio (Bakemonogatari).
I’m still bummed out that I wasn’t able to get sketches from Fumio and Watanabe Akio since their orders filled up almost instantly. It seems like other exhibitors commissioned sketches before the hall was even open to the public.
At least I’ll be joining the ranks of the exhibitors next year. *shrug*
Autographs
By Day 3, I was tired of getting autographs and skipped out on Yui Horie/Eri Kitamura and May’n/Megumi Nakajima when I saw the lines. Oh well.
Music CDs
It was awesome that MangaGamer brought Minami Kuribayashi to perform at their booth. She was Haruka Suzumiya in Kimi ga Nozomu Eien and also sang the openings for anime such as Chrono Crusade and Katanagatari. Hearing “Tsubasa wa Pleasure Line” live was a real treat.
I purchased their CDs and got them autographed afterward. ^^
It was an amazing AX this year, let’s hope next year is even better!
Anime Expo 2010 – Day 1
Anime Expo 2010 – Day 2
Anime Expo 2010 – Day 3
I wandered into Minami Kuribayashi’s concert right at the nick of time. It’s a shame I wasn’t able to catch any more of the performances at the MangaGamer booth and I’d say she did a pretty good job on that crappy stage.
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Reltair Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
A lot of their performances overlapped with panels and other things I wanted to go to. :/
It’s really a pity they only got that tiny stage to perform on. I would love to see Minami Kuribayashi in NOKIA Theatre next year.
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I remember seeing you around the Exhibit hall with that Cal shirt. Nice loots man! I was tempted to splurge at the Mangagamer booth but my sensible side told me no…lol. I hope those sketch artist come back next year.
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Reltair Reply:
July 8th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Thanks, I guess I was the only one walking around in a Cal shirt that day?
I succumbed to the temptation to splurge.
I’m sure a lot of the artists will be back next year. I still remember Kayura Yuka and Katakura Shinji from last year’s AX.
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Excellent loot from AX broheim
I am most jealous of some of the things you got! *_*
At any rate, Im certain that next years AX will be just as amazing as this years if not more awesome simply put because 2011 marks their 20th anniversary!
Note to self for next year…..go to the MangaGamer booths and purchase from there ;3
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Reltair Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Oh wow, I didn’t know the convention was already 20 years old.
Definitely do so. :3
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Ah seems like you had fun
I wish we had conventions with guests from japan, etc
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Reltair Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Ah, no conventions in your area? :/
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Wow, you really managed to collect a bunch of signatures. They’re really nice. ^ ^
The wall scroll looks really nice as well.
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Reltair Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
I didn’t realize how big the Da Capo wall scroll with the two sisters on it was until I brought it home.
It’s almost as big as one of my closet doors. o_O
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I spent a few hundreds at the MG booth too, most of my money went toward the sketches as well. It’s amazing that we could buy the sketches from the artists directly, as in Japan, they are usually given out as prizes.
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Reltair Reply:
July 9th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
A few hundred well spent! Sketches done by the artists in person are too good to pass up.
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Im in despair.
so lucky, i wish i could go to this convention -.-
and the loot D:
btw the last 3 for the autograph! its worth waiting
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Reltair Reply:
July 10th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Naw, the lines were so long that I knew it would cut off before it got to me.
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