AnimeExpo
AnimeExpo 2003 starts tomorrow at the Anaheim Convention Center in Southern California, and its surrounding hotels, the Mariott and Hilton.
Last year, the Expo was at the Long Beach Covention Center. There was a problem with the fire marshalls restricting entries into the vendor area resulting in long lines of frustrated fans outside, as those who had waited in line early got in and wouldn’t leave. Once the room was at capacity, no one else could get in, so the back of the line waited all day for nothing. Hopefully this year the room will be bigger, and the fire marshalls (from a different county, this time) will be nicer to us.
Go to their link http://www.anime-expo.org/index2.html for event schedule, premiere cartoons, contests, panels, workshops and other information.
According to the schedule, they will be showing Astro Boy episodes 1-5 at some god foresaken hours like 5:30 in the morning. If these are from the new series, I will be there. By the end of the day, I will be a walking zombie.
And, have I mentioned the vendor area? This is the chance to buy toys without shipping charges. You can actually hold them in your hands before forking over your hard earned money. O joy.
Hope some of you can make it this year.
~Eric
