Ani-Magic 2002: The con that wasn't!

Ani-Magic 2002

The con that wasn't!

Whee, I attended this year's Ani-Magic in Lancaster, California. ^,^ How was it? Well, to put it in a nutshell, I call it "the con that wasn't" for a reason... ^^* We didn't do anything. ::laughs:: The only things we did that were really convention related were see the Masquerade and go to the dealer's room. Didn't see any videos or panels or other events...just a whole lot of sitting around, bullshitting and being obnoxious.

It was fun! ^_____^

So, here be my mini-report.

Go the distance~

As mentioned above, Ani-Magic is held at the Antelope Valley Inn in Lancaster, CA. ~_~ In the middle of the desert. I guess the most annoying part (aside from not having air-conditioning in my car..) was making the 5-hour drive there and back all by myself. I'm growing to greatly dislike traveling by myself.....

Cosplay~

I only attended the con 2 days, Saturday and Sunday, so I only wore two costumes...sort of. Saturday was Yoh from Shaman King (so badly... ~_~ ) and Sunday was Satoshi from D.N.Angel.

The Yoh costume was...sad. I decided to do it two weeks before the con.... Very little time to put together a whole cosplay.... But the costume itself wasn't too bad...I don't think. The part that really bothered me was the wig. Yoh has dark hair with really long bangs...I have hyper-butch short blond hair.... ^^* I have a good reason for hating wigs. It looked really bad.... I'm embarrassed to have been seen in it. ~_~

Satoshi, on the other hand, I love love love! ^__^ It's one of my favorite cosplays, yet nobody ever knows who it is. But is so comfortable! And cool! And I get to have blue hair! ^____^ Squee!

Gesuto~

Ani-Magic has a history of not getting any Japanese guests. ^^* But they did happen to get several of my favorite American (or Canadian, as it is) voice actors this year...only one of which actually showed up.

I got to meet (and interview and joke with and stalk and hug) Scott McNeil!! YES!

Binbou~ (ah so broke it hurts...)

Due to my serious lack of funds these days, I seriously cut back on my spending. This li'l con, I only got a few things:

Angelique - character single collection CD (super bootleg ^^* )

D.N.Angel - 2 posters

D.N.Angel - WINK drama CD, 2nd Target: Lovesick

Gensomaden Saiyuki - Vocal Album Vol. 1

Whee! I went there only hoping to get the Saiyuki CD, an' I found it! ^_^ I happy.

Highlights

I learned from my AX report that I kinda prefer doing just highlights instead of full reports. ^,^ Especially when we didn't really do anything....... ^^ So....

The good:

Scott McNeil! ^.^
Finding the Saiyuki CD I wanted
Seeing my Kimmy ^,^
Fun (and funny) Japanese videos
Hanging by rafters
Seeing cool cosplayers
Glomping cool cosplayers
::talking about half-naked people:: - *Scott McNeil walks by...half naked* ^^
Happy Fluffy Bunny Sanzo ^_____^ and his bunny companions
Daichan's cute voice
Cute masquerade skits
Trevor crawling on stage as Wormmon... ^^***
Playing around and spying on Jason Lee and co. at Denny's
Me and Tara flipping the world off for a constant two hours.. ^^
Watching Shaman King on Jack's laptop
Blue hair!
Two people actually recognizing my Satoshi cosplay!!
TasukixChichiri print ^_^
Meeting (and interviewing and joking with and stalking and hugging) Scott McNeil!!
IHOP
Everything I bought ^^