Time to kick off the first month of the year with a AX thread, About time to!!
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General Registration for Anime Expo 2025 starts January 28, 2025 at 12PM PT
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Hotel Block opens up January 28th at 12 PM and 1 PM PT!!!

ITT: We discuss
Hopes?
Fears?
Cosplay plans?
Attending all day or one?
Past AX Venting?
Other News as they appear

>>10945995 (OP)
What are my chances of actually getting a hotel in this block, like any of them

>>10945997
You just need faith my child

Planning to attend all days, still can't find anyone to share a hotel room with though as all my irls aren't interested in going to anime-themed events for obvious reasons lmao.
>>10945995 (OP)
Was going to make a thread on the 28th :')

Did your favorite artists win the AX AA lottery?

anyone here go to the AX orgy last year?
fucking barely made it last time

>>10946026
Nope. What a shit system what were they thinking?

bought a 4 day pass. what did you guys get

Place your bets bitches

>>10946130
Depression cuz the money I'm going to spent

>>10946235
understandable, i honestly have no clue who i'm going with this year so i have to get that figured out in the coming months since my coworkers & friends don't want to go.
worst case scenario i'll just post on facebook because i don't want to spend $1,000 on a room solo.

First year trying the hotel block. How does it drop? Is it just a link to a website? Should I stalk their Twitter for the link? Email?

>>10946033
Yeah, it was cash money. So many pro cosplayers! Was only like a handful of guys, so I got like 6 girls all to me! The bar service was awesome, even had crab legs

>>10946379

https://discord.gg/YPHQKBek

We planning for the drop here, also gonna try for trading if anyone wants to trade hotel spots / etc

Someone leak the hotel link early here

JW Chads, where we at?

>>10946418
King room get, but still hey got something

>>10946419
Funny I got 2 queen but I'm going alone

The absolute seething over the accesslink being posted on Twitter and Insta before the Accommodations page like they said it would be.
Amateurs should've realized they wouldn't actually do what they said they would.

>>10946420
Funny because my king will have floor sleepers since 1 bed

>>10946418
Right here. My queue took like 5 minutes and somehow I was still able to secure a room. Better luck than last year.

>>10946418
>mfw moxy hotel this year

Is that good or bad?

Managed to get the Hilton doubletree since that was the only one in my budget

>>10946424
Depends on if you're alone or with friends. Alone? yeah sure. With more people? It's a little wonky. Its one of those hipster hotels that doesnt have the things you'd expect from a good hotel.

Dont think theres a fridge, rooms are cramped, no ice machine. But its really close to the con center, like right across the street actually, so dont feel bad.

>>10946424
Oh god not this fucking faggot again

So what the fuck happened this time? Even the tertiary hotels got sniped immediately this year.

>>10946421
I got into the accesslink 18min early through the discord and booked my jw at 12:02

Which hotel room should I book for orgies?

Absolutely nothing fishy going on with all the rooms being gone within minutes of going up

I can make bookings the JW Marriott Hotel Los Angeles for $260 a night without a minimum night stay. Is it a good deal? I couldn't check how much it is through AX.I can make bookings for other people too. So I'm planning on getting 1 for my friend.I have access to the other hotels too.

>>10946457

>>10946248
ok so after consulting this post >>10946458 ($1270), i decided that buying a rope will be better for my wallet.

>>10946459
254 is 2 queens I believe 244 was 1 king

>>10946461
how much are walk-ins usually?
i could always just sleep in my care and utilize my pf membership for showers lmao

>>10946462
>care
car*, drunk and it's 2am currently.
surprised hotels are still widely available though, just not the ideal rooms.

>>10946462
If not sold out it'll be at least double that

>>10946462
The JW on 4th of July weekend? $600 a night easy.

Thank god and also great shame that I live in California, my ass could not handle the hotel hunting.

>>10946475
thankfully its not much of a hunt, more hoping you get a good queue position so you can book. its all entirely up to chance and not a game of speed like normal con blocks

>>10946475
I live in OC but I am not doing that damn drive every day

>>10946628
East LA for me. just the retarded ride on the 60 and and I'm there, the only bitch ass problem is the exit, every year I force my way in (Like hell I'll sit in traffic), Let's see if my luck is good this year.

>>10945995 (OP)
Nobody is going to make a thread because nobody uses this place anymore

>>10946673
What thread do you think we're in

>>10946414
Reddit-tier circlejerk where everyone clobbers over fat bitches.

>>10946414
Sorry, but I'm not seeing where the orgy is happening. Which thread is it?

I have a budget of $15,000, is that enough for AE 2024?

>>10946786
I have been practicing with burro and gato for sexe at teh convension.

>>10946795
a little too much

The next several AXs are going to be fucking ass since the LACC will be remodeling for the 2028 Olympics.

>>10946795
Not nearly enough

I pray the weather will be okay so I don't sweat and die to death waiting in line.

>>10946803
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-04/fire-recovery-convention-center-expansion-in-doubt?fbclid=IwY2xjawIV84JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHa_KAlZCOdBxWUZxsQuSsGKJmGQB4T6m68WTol5TxcZPGMvSdJxepTy7HQ_aem_XvG2xGOuqYzUY7_PjPfkVA

Apparently it might be put on hold due to the recent fires.

>>10946899
I'm not paying money to read a shit article. Paste that shit in here or fuck off.

Doomers continue to be the least powerful, most pathetic race on Earth

>>10946911
Tl:dr - LA has no money to expand the convention center for the Olympics after having to allocate any funds to rebuild the burn down areas.

Is it just Thursday morning lines that are terrible or is it for the entire weekend? Is there an optimal entrance to use to not wait outside for too long?

>>10946923
Usually the first day is bad because they want to appease the fire marshal before they end up dropping the theater all together the next day. The best place to enter is still by West Hall but it's not as quick as it used to be.

I have to cancel plans for AX this year. Fortunately I only have to sell my ticket. Unfortunately I forgot they were non-refundable. Anyone know where I can actually sell them though?

All main event panels will be moved to the Peacock Theater.

Does AX have any formal dance or lesson panels, asking for me who is too afraid to participate but still enjoys being in the audience.

it's just linecon...

is there any luck for getting a decent hotel spot now? im finally considering going to AX this year and i have the opportunity to go to LA with someone alongside with me but im unsure i dont have enough time to plan something like this out

When are rooms opening up again? I've been checking daily for an upgrade and for some reason Thursday nights are booked all around so I can't grab 3 consecutive days. I swear to god if this is some bot shit.

why do they keep fucking changing the reservation website and making it harder to check availability? what fuckery is going on over there?

Why are the tickets so expensive? Is it possible to sneak in?

>Anisong Matsuri tickets start at $130

I signed up to volunteer because I don't see myself having fun if I wander around aimlessly. So I'll be there

>>10949361
but walking around aimlessly while people tell you how great you look and ask for pictures is an essential con experience

>>10949371
I don't cosplay. The last time I interacted with anime fans to make friends it ended with nigger girls bullying me so I don't have anime adjacent friends either. If I didn't I would do what I always do at cons and not talk to anybody then regret showing up because seeing couples or groups would fuck me up

Anyways I'll be back to give that free ticket to someone who wants it. Can probably sneak someone into an event or two depending on where I end up

>>10949379
the hell do you go to cons for then

>>10949379
>it ended with nigger girls bullying me

It helps if you don't call them that out loud, anon.

>>10949388
lol. Its more for the reason that I share the same complexion but don't act like it so those trashy types single me out. That was a japanese language class from like ten years ago at college that I took to make friends but they made me the class pariah and isolated me from the other nerd dudes. Not gonna lifedump a story or anything but I haven't had luck since then either.

>>10949387
I don't anymore at my age. My sister goes to college in LA. This gives me an excuse to go and see her and something to do while I'm there. Maybe find some ideas for the comics I'm writing. Dream of the day people would actually come see a booth I set up for it

I have a feeling a lot of Japanese guests and companies are going to pull out at the last second thanks to President Dump's policies.

I want to cosplay as fujoshi miku, are yaoi paddles still banned

>>10949429
Expect many empty vendor booths too.

>>10949429
The time of the American guest has come.

>Exhibitor list is out
>Cyberpower PC
>Funko
>Jazwares
>No Cover/Hololive booth

>>10949500
The booths have been sold out for months. Quit doomposting.

Guys.....I might skip this one, or just go on the last day, NOTHING is really good so far.

>>10949765
Things can change at anytime thanks to Dump.

>>10949765
Goodsmile halted all preorders to the USA. It's likely they will not have a retail booth to buy stuff. Asian cosplay stores also have stopped shipping to the USA because I see IG stories of cosplayers freaking out about not getting wigs and costumes in time for the summer con season.

I moved out of LA a few months ago, this will probably be the first AX since 2001 that I don't at least ghost.

Is the bike bro from the JW (had an MT-03 last I remember) still around btw? Lost your info when I got a new phone a while back. I finally got a damn bike of my own.

>no trash taste this year

I work downtown and get free parking the only downside is dodging coworkers seeing me in anime merch hauling back j18 totes since i usually wear full suit.

I haven't been in years, thinking about going but uhhhh why isn't there any news about whats there? Shouldn't there be a little peak at the guests of honor by May?

>>10950564

I'm gonna be honest, with all the stuff going on with travel, I'm worried a lot of guests won't risk coming to the US for this. Panels and stuff are one of my favorite parts of going to cons

>>10950430
Good, the pandemic was over 2 years ago.

>>10950564
>>10950651
Dump's tariffs and strict travel from countries that support Islamic terrorists (the Japanese government secretly supports Hezbollah) are going to fuck over this year's AX.

>>10950681
go to japan if you want to see japanese people

>>10950687
I can't, I'm on the no-fly list.

>>10950718
tragic and understandable

>Still having this mega event when Covid still exists.

>>10950964
Eh, most of us from SoCal anyhow are immune to it by now at least to some degree.

I'm going to hang out with my /pw/ mates on Day 0 out in Ontario.

>>10950564
that's how it is every year, by the time they finish announcing GoH the badges will be sold out, so you just have to commit ahead of time.

>>10950564
They just started announcing JP guests, but they'll only be there for whatever panel they are doing. Then it's a quick van ride to LAX and plane ride back to the Gulag.

Dead server lol

>>10951551
eh , ive seen some japanese guests on twitter tour around LA for a short while


wheres that pic of nightow (trigun artist) ordering at IN n Out

>>10946175
imagine the line and amount of hot Madoka cosplayers if they show the movie or even new clips

>>10946671
>east LA
just take the rapid bus. it comes by every 30 minutes during normal hours and costs 1.25 and misses 99% of traffic.

>Anime Men are back at AX
How did these autistic people become popular?

>>10951762
>Obey Me guys are also back
Ughhh...

HOLY FUCK PEACH PIT IS ON THE AX BADGES THIS YEAR
I'M SO GLAD I CHOSE TO DO SUISEISEKI AS A SECOND COSPLAY
CAPSLOCK IS CRUIZE CONTROL FOR COOL

The fact that we can't sell Anisong Matsuri tickets is so fucking stupid, I have VIP tickets that I managed to get after getting Orchestra and now I can't fucking do anything with these.

>>10951814
based boatlights anon
DESU

>>10951816
>can't sell Anisong Matsuri tickets
Thank fuck I avoided that.

>>10951819
I'll be handing out themed stickers if you see me at the convention dechu :^)

>>10951823
sadly won't be there, first AX I'll have missed since '01

>>10951825
the one cool dude on /cgl/ and he isn't showing up.
Damn

>>10951828
I'm bummed about not going too, but it's not worth the flight and hotel with how expensive they are these days and how mediocre the con experience has become. At this point I'd rather spend the money going to Dragoncon or something, or a trip to Japan. (Though in reality I'm gonna spend it on motorcycle stuff and guns instead.)

I wonder if the lack of vTubers this year is due to post con surveys or the embarassing flop concert last year.

I'll be at the Nimi / Dooby virtual vacation concert on Saturday. Still some nosebleed seats for sale if you like ex-hololives.

got my badge and hotel super late but i haven't been in 2 years, how bad is it now

>>10951997
Supposedly pretty alright. Crowded as ever, but security is much faster.

>>10945995 (OP)
They're ALREADY doing autograph tickets? So that means that's it for guests? Are you fucking kidding me? Like 5 million dub VAs, some Obey Me fujo shit, and that's pretty much it? Worst AX of all time incoming.

>>10952127
It's already miles better than last year. Stay salty.

>>10952130
Blatant lie. Last year had Ryukishi. Stay silent, boy.

>>10952132
Last year sucked if you are not into Vtumors.

>>10952127
This is just the first rollout, probably because they're making the decision to put every autograph at once on the online website. They're going to roll out the first batch of autographs, and as they announce more guests in the coming month, they'll add them to the autograph line website.

>>10952132
Bro you spoke too soon

>>10952127
>Worst AX of all time incoming.
I agree. AX is going to take a major hit this year. A lot of exhibitors, artists, and vendors will have to pull out due to idiot Dump's tariffs.

>>10952127
dude you're forgetting motherfucking PEACH PIT

Why would you go to this con? I hear the lines are atrocious.

>>10952479
its all men in this thread, they probably don't care about our shugger charas

So I haven't been to AX in like over ten years, mostly due to being poor. But for the first time in a long time, I stopped being poor and have money to piss away. Is AX worth going to at all anymore? I used to go pretty regularly in the early aughts, but I've heard it just gradually degraded into a soulless mess. Did it pick up again at all after the coof?

>>10952482
This is the con to meet industry folk. ANYC will be that con in 5 years best while AX goes on the decline.

>>10952482
They fix the line disaster last year. We'll see if they keep it up. AX is known for fixing things one year and fucking it up the following year.

>>10951762
alpha and gen z are more braindead then millennials somehow and its not even close. im getting real sick of social media "stars" as guests at anime events.

>>10952482
>>10952533
The actual front entrance was literally empty the entire time but everyone is retarded and used the back one last year

>>10953006
It still surprises me that the current generations somehow manage to make millenials look good

I hope AX uses those new walk through scanner things instead of stopping everyone for metal detectors

>>10953105
Gen X and Millenials worse traits are being stunted man children, but at least they tend to be self aware of it.

>>10953130
zoomers think being stunted manchildren will save the world, plus they're terminally unfunny. At least Gen X and Millenial manchildren were detached from the world and made some pretty funny stuff. Zooemrs genuinely think reading the history of the last three weeks on Twitter or 4chan makes them "worldly"

https://hololive.hololivepro.com/en/events/hololivestage25/
Odds of this doing an LA stop around AX?

Anyone selling a 4 day badge?

>>10953251
Ask closer to the actual con or try discord
I got my badge in the mail already so they’re out there

>>10953253
>Ask closer to the actual con or try discord
Yeah, makes sense. I wasn't able to get the days off cleared until a few hours ago, so I tried to buy the badge from the official website only to find that they're $198 with all taxes and fees included. Kinda wack, so I'd rather get one secondhand.

>>10953255
>wants to buy tickets cheaper second hand
im going to point and laugh.

>>10953251
Anon the tickets are still for sale on their website!

>>10953218
Fuck off nigga, we don't Vtumor slop at AX anymore.

>>10953218
The first stop is Sydney on July 12th, so it's not impossible. I wouldn't bet on it though, it looks like they're done announcing the new stops (Seoul and Taipei).

Dokibird announced

It would've been neat to get autographs from some of my favorite female seiyuu instead of fujoman after fujoman.......

>>10953720
No one cares. Vtubers ruined anime conventions.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna209465
CANCEL AX NOW!

>>10953898
god i wish it was real

>>10953317
Seems like a bit of a long flight.

>>10953898
all this is gonna do is bring back the 2023 era "i can't believe all these selfish people are endangering others, but i'm fine cause i have a mask and a CO2 meter!"

>>10945995 (OP)
>Cosplay plans?

What's your lineup this year?

>>10950964
its funny how no one even mentions covid anymore, not even the crazies who were yelling at me for years to wear a mask.

Con cancelled/postponed?

>>10953218
Oh fuck off, I already spent 3k on ax alongside the Stray Kids and Ado LA concerts. My wallet doesn't need more heartache

>>10954220
Well yeah, at this point it's resistlibs and /pol/tards doing the thing where two smug soijaks are waiting for the other to drop dead from being unvaxxed and vaxmaxxed respectively, while everyone else tries to forget it like a silly hangover.

>>10954345
Based Trump. If he calls for Martial Law in LA, I'm sure AX is fucked.

>>10954379
Please this so there's an excuse to not go to LA.

>>10954219
meet me at the PEACH PIT panel. I'll have stickers for those who greet me with a hearty "WUTS GOOD MY NIGGA"

>>10954490
>KnJ cosplay
PLAP PLAP PLAP PLAP PLAP

>>10954379
>>10954420
>Curfew already implemented in LA
It's happening!

>>10954511
will I be sent to gay california jail for walking back to my hotel after midnight?

>>10954513
You'll be deported to El Salvador.

>>10954511
For any uninformed individuals ITT, the curfew only applies to the apprx. 1 square mile area around city hall that the civil unrest is contained to, and the handful of freeway exits within that zone are closed. Everywhere else in downtown is completely normal and you wouldn't even know anything was going on, the media has blown this wildly out of proportion. I live near LACC and haven't seen a single protestor.

>>10954573
>I live near LACC and haven't seen a single protestor
ORLY? Can you go to the corner of James M Wood blvd and Garland avenue and see if there's still a sticker on this sign for me?

I'm trying to see if AX can issue a refund or transfer badges to next year because of ICE being present around the area for fear of being apprehended and deported. I don't think it's safe for anyone to attend the con this year.

>>10954600
skill issue

>>10954600
We are 3 weeks away and DTLA can quickly become a war zone with the mounting tension escalating. Don't be surprised if Figueroa is littered with military vehicles patrolling the streets and choppers constantly flying above on Day 0.

>>10954608
that would be fuckin awesome to have a bunch of military shit everywhere

>>10954608
you are the least subtle fearmonger ever but that would be swag

>>10954621
They already nabbed several of those hot dog vendors in downtown and an anime convention isn't going to stop arresting people in the area. Even if they are at the con in cosplay.

Hey guys is there any exclusive merchandise from this year's booths as well as a a google dox sheet list of them like last year?

>>10954600
hope you get caught anon

>>10954673
Fuck you puta

Anons, I got a confirmation for a hotel but I never got a room number and the money hasn’t been taken out of my account yet.
Am I fucked?

>>10954686
Most subtle FUD

Anti Ice and Anti Israeli is gonna combine into a super protest and start blocking the Figuroa, pico and venice streets (the streets surrounding AX).

It will take hours to get into parking and there's gonna be fist fights between protestors and anime nerds.

>>10954700
Luckily, it's okay to ram these retards with your car if they het antsy.

>>10954686
>never got a room number
bro its weeks away why are you expecting a room number before checkin

>>10954686
Imagine being this retarded.

>>10954715
maybe they're just new to hotel bookings

>>10954719
SDCC is the only con I know that need a deposit to hold your hotel. Every other con hotel takes your money when you check in.

>>10954712
>>10954719
Am retard who’s never traveled before.

3 people I know are no longer going because they are green card holders and are scared that ICE will nab them at AX. Thanks Dump!

>>10954362
only literal npc try to forget the bullshit they pulled during wuflu. i respect the crazy mask wearing faggots more then the JuSt FoRgEt actual sheeple.

>>10954732
You're a retard if you think your low quality FUD is going to work, yes

I'm back. They're going to be sending out codes so that people can pick up badges to attend for free. Assuming my brother doesn't want to go when I ask him on friday I'll just give it to someone here

Is all the ruckus LA had with looting and stuff over?

>>10954878
What looting? All they did was spray graffiti and burn down some waymos
>over
No. Orange man is pissed offf and is currently planning some more stuff to fuck up.
At worst there might be curfews, which could affect trips to little tokyo, but won't affect the con.

Does anyone want to split a room? I am booking a place near the con center, probably at Delphi or Hilton Checkers.

i'm trying to decide if I should get one bed or two beds, cuz two beds is a little cheaper

Pic unrelated

>>10954803

Sent a friend request since im guessing you wanna do it through discord

First time attending AX
any tips with parking?

>>10954919
It cost $80 a day to park at the LA convention center.

>>10954907
Yep

>>10954803
Its gone so don't spam me with requests. Gave it to the only person that friended me lmao

>>10954935
Damn I would've sent if you knew what you meant, didn't know that tag was you!

>>10954940
Its something tied to my real name so posting it publicly on an image board that organizers could trace back would be a terrible idea. Not like the tickets are expensive anyways, and theres always next time if I volunteer again

>>10954919
The downtown LA area is full of paid parking areas. Find a cheap one a few blocks away from the convention center instead of paying for parking at the con or hotels which are much more expensive.

>>10954886
I like how you blame the president for the riots and not the actual rioters.

>>10954919
Spot Hero.

Hey /cgl/, I've got a bit of a condundrum.
I've been wanting to go to AX all year, but haven't been able to make plans since I've been poor as fuck and waiting for some money to come in. I thought I'd have it towards the start of may, but it just came in yesterday.
I've done some looking into flights, hotels, and tickets and such and I think I can make it work, it's just gonna be expensive since it's 2 weeks away, but fortunately that money that came in was a pretty big windfall so I'm not bothered by price. However, my big concern is cosplay.
I really want to cosplay to AX but all I have is a Keiji Shinogi cosplay from a few years ago with an unstyled wig. I would like to cosplay something different, but between the time crunch and my lack of sewing or propmaking skills, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna have to buy premade.

Do I have the time do buy a premade, decent quality cosplay to wear to AX? Money is not a big issue for me, but I'm not sure where to look. I'm familiar with dokidoki cosplay but their stock is pretty barren for male outfits except like, 2xl sizes, and that seems to be the norm for other sites too.
Any advice is appreciated!

>>10954886
>but won't affect the con.

>>10954957
So no one cared the first time. Jee whiz I can't wait for No One Gives A Shit part 2: Electric Boogaloo

>>10954952
>Do I have the time do buy a premade, decent quality cosplay to wear to AX
No. My EZ cosplay took a few weeks to get here. Get your sewing machine out and get to work. I have to wake up in a few hours to test metal snaps in my hoodie

>>10954957
There's no parking and less housing near the convention. Also the mall is two blocks over. They're not marching two miles to protest in front of some anime nerds and if they do they'll be stopped by police before they even get to south park.

>>10954957
crazy to me that the midwest cultural influence has spread to the rest of the nation

>>10954963
I don't have a sewing machine... drat...

I told you he'd fuck up more shit. Anyway persians live around westwood and woodland hills, so any large traffic causing protests will more likely be centered around ucla or west la rather than dtla.

Anyone still planning to go to AX with shit happening around LA is foolish.

>>10955053
>Protest any attack against the regime that you fled from

what ever happened to Fuji? I am rarely on discord and it looks like the server is dead again?

>>10955091
I'll be there, but thats for reasons that aren't related to ax.

>>10955091
Nothing ever happens. Not gonna sacrifice a good time because some gay overblown shit on the news.

>>10955053
>>10955093
I could be wrong, but I can't see many LA Persians protesting this, most of the ones I knew were all for bombing the fuck out of the current regime (often with ideas that they could go take their country back afterwards), especially considering a significant percentage of LA's Persian population are Jews and many of the rest were members of other religious groups that have been suppressed since the revolution or were just secular and very westernized.

Whatever protests happen will probably be the usual mix of leftists and muslims/arabs from other countries but even that might be pretty toned down, political memories can be short but the regime's brutal suppression of the women's movement there was only a couple of years ago and very highly publicized on the platforms like TikTok where a lot of those people get their opinions.

>>10955091
Yay, a Locals Only AX

>>10955091
I'll be there just to laugh at the locals and regret my time existing in LA

Someone convince me to actually go to anime expo this year. Been going ever year for almost 10 years now and I feel like I have much of a reason to go besides overpriced prints at artist alley and maybe the trigger panel. Even then, I would only care about a new trigger dollar and it looks like they are just giving away postcards this year.

>Late and haven't booked a hotel
Im local, so don't need a hotel

Wont be going to AX this year, but have always wanted to go. Unfortunately my friends who have gone to AX before don't go to it anymore, what would be my best course of action on going than?

What the fuck? I guess I'm doing kokonoe on friday as well since some dippo decided to throw THREE DECADES of anime into a single small gathering while non-anime bullshit gets more varied and larger venues. Half of this shit is from video games; I swear it's like people don't even watch anime any more

What the fuck? I guess I'm doing kokonoe on thursday as well since some dippo decided to throw THREE DECADES of anime into a single small gathering while non-anime bullshit gets more varied and larger venues. Half of this shit is from video games; I swear it's like people don't even watch anime any more

>>10955138
Hang out with seagulls and make new friends

>>10945995 (OP)
Do the hotel bookings eventually show up on your account at the hotel's website? I still see mine on passkey but not on marriot, and am just paranoid because its next week

>>10955248
You're very likely fine. You can just call the hotel to confirm with them.

What's the weather looking like next week? The rest of the country is currently melting.

>>10955270
It's wonderful in San Diego atm

Anime Expo should move to Las Vegas.

Any spreadsheets?

>>10955278
I don't recognize any of these characters

>>10955279
its all FOTM or vtumor shit

Nexon isn't very good at showing me their merch

are any night events worth it for a solo attendee trying to meet new people? i've heard the westin rooftop is fun but i feel like it might just be people with an already established group calling it fun...

Holy shit the hotels are expensive...

>>10955334
you are a fool trying to book the week before and not more in advance!

>>10955336
nta, but to be fair AX rooms have gotten insane even if you book at the ideal time. You can basically go to Comiket for what it costs to go to AX nowadays, and I have a bunch of friends who've started doing exactly that. (I probably would too, given the choice, but I'd rather spend the money on other hobbies entirely.)

I can't go this year because ICE will probably detain me for being European

My gf is going with her friends on Friday, I’m vaguely interested in some manga, she says she’ll buy me a ticket, should I bother going? Will it be fun for me? I won’t have to pay for lodging as I’m a local. Should be noted I’m extremely tired of this gf and almost ready to dump her. Should I bother having her get me a free ticket? She’s gonna be hanging out with her beaner friends, I’ll probably try to split off and do my own thing but looking at the website I don’t even understand what the point of this thing is, like wtf do you do?

>>10955337
You could always volunteer. Cuts your costs down to just the plane ticket, and then you can hop a flight to japan after the expo with the money you would've spent

>>10955346
let me bang her

>Nah bro, you gotta buy one of each
Were stamp rallies always like this?

>>10955365
Thats what you get for being a BAggot

>>10955348
Might be an option for some. I've been there, done that (actually for SPJA itself and not AX, if you watched their videos back in the day you saw some of my work), and am too old for that shit now though.

>>10955365
I fucking hate stamp rallies. You either need to spend a certain amount or buy from a certain fandom at each participating table to get the prize.

why is it that comiket is japan's biggest con, but at anime expo no one cares about making/selling porn?

>>10955346
Based doomer bf

>>10955142
>I swear it's like people don't even watch anime any more
its more so a meetup for obscure nonzoomershit oldfag anime

>>10955372
jp is a gooner nation

>>10955365
>Prints are $25 now
>Charms are $15 now
>Quality of art is the same
lol not happening. This is worse than $80 games.

>>10955365
Anon, you don't want to drop $140 for a shitty shaker charm?

Alright, seagulls, let's make some predictions for this year
>ICE raids with DBZ fags getting cuffed and walked out
>Increase in theft at artist alley
>Roofies at the hentai after party

>>10955372
Anime expo will move you to the tard corner in the basement with the other nsfw sellers. I don't know exactly their views on porn, but I assume they'd throw a bitch fit if they catch you selling it in artist alley.

>>10955370
Thats fair. I'm up there in age too where my time is worth more. I personally wouldn't have bothered if they didn't offer a place to stay for standing around a few hours each day. I can't justify spending 1k+ usd to visit a city I hate even if my sister lives there

>>10955410
>I can't justify spending 1k+ usd to visit a city I hate even if my sister lives there
Yeah that's a big factor for me too. I grew up in LA and lived there most of my life - which is why I still went to AX for the last 10 years or so - but I moved away in January and would be perfectly happy to never go back there again in my life.

This will likely be the last AX at the LACC. The South Hall will be demolished later on this year to make a new hall in time for the 2028 Olympics.

>>10955421
>destroy the hall
>build it back again
??

>>10955409
>tard corner
The whole kentai hall basement is the tard corner. There's no proof that getting gated by an id check hurts sales either
>>10955421
They're not building anything in less than two years. It took them half a year just to pave over a small part of chick hearn st. Also the budget and manpower for side projects like that is probably gone after the fires.
You can look at the proposal and see that the convention center will not close while they add additional space. It will be a huge pain in the ass and a tremendous eyesore for every convention for the next probably 5 years though. Because of that it will be cheaper meaning ax will stay.

>>10955422
>>10955425
You are responding to bait

>>10955427
nah a lot of people repeat the "move ax" "anaheim/vegas/mybumfucknowheretown is better" mantra every year. they're just trying to fallaciously validate their desire.

>>10955428
I think they should do it anyway because LA sucks!

Anime expo barely sells out on Saturday and all other days are still available during the expo and yet every year screams to move this shit to bigger vegas keep popping up.

If anything Fucking San Diego comic con needs to move to Vegas.

>>10955435
it feels less crowded because they spread out to the convention but every year has been attendance growth when other cons are shrinking or getting cancelled. the size of ax is irrelevant anyway as to why it needs to stay in la.
same with comic con. no one is going to a comic con in vegas. not families, not celebrities, not people with a one day, and certainly not hollywood. there's no point transferring a 300k con only to end up with 20k attendees.

>>10955441
nta but AX needs a bigger space because its line con and needs a venue that can handle the attendees

>>10955443
if you include peacock theater and the novo and the courtyard of la live. lacc is basically equivalent to tokyo big sight but comiket is twice the number of people as anime expo. any problems you have are not about the size, but just about management and people following rules. Which is just a cultural problem that you'll never solve no matter how spread out things get.

>>10955364
No I like to have sex with her once a week then ignore her

>>10955373
Neither yall answerin me, what do you even do at these conventions. Go to a maid cafe and buy $14 boba? Watch anime concerts? See idols?

If there aren't any specific authors or artists I want to meet is there really any point in going?

>>10955445
When I went there last year for my first time I mainly checked out some panels (they're of wildly varying quality), saw performances, took photos with cosplayers, and hung out with friends. I'm a poorfag who isn't even really into most anime nowadays but I like to see what's up and I'd like to put myself out there. I cosplayed as a character from an old, irrelevant anime and still got recognized quite a bit so that was cool. I think this year I wanna try hitting on some cosplayers just for the fuck of it.


>If there aren't any specific authors or artists I want to meet is there really any point in going?
aside from all the consoomer shit there's still stuff to see and do, some of which you already mentioned, if none of that sparks any curiosity in you then I suppose there isn't a point

AX needs to be a bi-annual con like Star Wars Celebration and D23.

>>10955448
nah, they could afford to do two ax a year. there's a lot of anime and fan art trends that go unpromoted and get cycled out over the course of a year.
there's so many world premieres at ax because there isn't even events in japan to promote them either.
ax chibi should cannibalize all the tiny la cons that don't even have a reason to exist and form winter ax.

>>10955445
you know you could just watch any number of youtube or tiktok videos about what people do at cons yeah

>>10955448
>AX Lite
Also SoCal has an anime con every other weekend.

>>10955443
Just one more lane bro

>>10955465
we hate californian infrastructure

>>10955448
AX should just make the entire weekend 21+, $500 tickets, all rooms clear, all autos $50 extra pre-paid online after random que.

>>10955471
They should just cap ticket sales earlier

>AX announces the annual panel rooms won't clear in between panels
>People throw a hissy fit
Every fucking year

>>10955495
In a ideal world they would be, but there isnt enough space at any con center in the world to have separate lines for every panel for each room.
At least they have been planning things somewhat better, where multiple big panels over lap making people choose.

last year the security did a ok job of stopping cutting, but It would be nice if people found cutting in line were immediately removed of their badges and forced to leave.

>There is still Vtumor shit at ANIME Expo
Fuck off! Get your own con

>>10955441
Nah, it's because they started capping since last year

>>10955495
they should break a leg and get an ADA sticker then

>>10955441
>>10955508

They had to spreas it out or else they would be getting a visit from the fire marshall every day

Can you imagine if ICE raided Anime Expo or some shit

That would go insane. They already tried to infiltrate the Dodger Stadium during a game or some shit.

>>10955518
I can imagine a world where ICE was allowed to do their jobs and it looks allot like 1950s. would be nice.

>>10955401
Man $25 really is the dark ages

I run a Matrix room at #los-angeles:matrix.netho.tk if anyone wants to meet people here.

You guys ready for the walk of a thousand blistering hours?

Also spoiler first banner.

>qt Japanese cosplayer friend hit me up to ask if I'm going to AX
>had to tell her I'm not since I moved out of state this year
>replied saying how lonely she'd be without me
FUCK

>>10955624
Ya royally blew it bud.

>>10955626
shikata ga nai
I haven't seen her in a few years and I got fat in between so maybe it's for the best anyway, I wanted to get back in shape before I saw her again since it'd suck to get cockblocked my my own beer gut

>>10955624
boowomp

>>10955559
b-but everyone keeps saying its fine now, thats its not bad anymore... am I being lied to?

>>10955630
I still remember, squares around squares around all of Exhibition Hall. Even the modest things like ArcSystem Works subjects you to Square lines..

>>10955628
protip: women dont actually care if your fat as long as you take some hygiene and dress well. and have confidence, stick your gut out with pride.
t. fat fuck who gets laid

>>10955633
By and large yeah and I'm not outrageously fat or anything but it's different with Japanese people, by their standards I may as well be a gigantic landwhale mart sharter.

Damn, funny enough she just messaged me while I was typing that last sentence.

>>10955646
>japanese
she probably has reverse yellow fever, or a fat bastard fetish, go for it.

>>10955648
I know she's pretty down, she's basically a femcel in Japan despite being pretty attractive (she's tall for a Japanese girl, about 5'7", tomboyish, and over 30 so I guess Japanese guys don't want her) and last time she was here she actually admitted to our other friend that she was planning on hooking up (she forgot how much Japanese I understand and said it within earshot) but we got cockblocked by her period starting. She's also a westaboo who really wants to move to the US and I've suspected she might see me as a ticket. All that said I was in a lot better shape last time she saw me IRL and it's all moot because even if I had a couple of grand to blow on an AX trip it's too late to get a room at this point.

>>10955624
>>10955628
>>10955646
>>10955649
LARP

>>10955649
>over 30
gross dude. those will fuck anything.

>>10955435
Anime Expo is getting similar to SDCC and also I'm hearing AX might get a deal to heading into Florida for 2027.

>>10955668
That seems highly unlikely as AX needs to stay on the pacific coast to keep their Japanese roots. Not to mention its already a bitch and a half for famous Japanese manga creator and voice actors to fly 11.5 hours across the pacific to LA but LA has enough attractions and hollywood star power to get these famous Japanese to come here. All Florida has is Disneyworld, oranges and mosquitos. Now if AX was moved to New York that could be possible.

Anyone selling a 4-Day Badge?

>>10955671
>>10955668
AX brought over 100 million last year in revenue to LA county. They will build a new center before letting it leave.

>>10955671
AX should move to Philly. Flights are cheap, they have the space, good public transit, and it's in a central area along the east coast where everyone from maine to virginia can easily drive.

>>10955668
Florida AX would be awesome, so long as its not also in July because people would actually bake and die.

>>10955560
>Giving the worst Gundam show of all time the South Hall banner
KWAB

>>10955668
>Runs AX out of California
Based

anyone have space for 2 at their hotel?

>>10955701
>protest planned on the 4th
another year where japanese guests show up then decide never to come back to the 3rd world country of california. anyone remember the hotel bitchers protesting? kek.
the funniest part last year were the cd niggers forcing unsuspecting zoomies to buy their cds. had flashbacks to 2007. hope they are back.

>>10955706
Dem dumbasses will be concentrated around City Hall. I doubt they march down on Figueroa acting like the brainwashed fools they are.

>>10955706
>>10955707

I just know you're from some fuckass flyover state that takes their police beatings like a good boy and idolizes japan like some kind of conservative dreamland lmao

>>10955706
What are they even protesting, can these californians ever quiet down

>>10955715
The president is quite literally having completely legal citizens detained and abducted for the crime of being brown and deporting them into countries they have nothing to do with bro you're acting like people should just take this sitting down. This is probably rage-bait to get the thread to be bumped though or you've really just never had to care for a cause and live in some ass-crack hillbilly town.

>>10955716
please keep these ramblings to bluesky

can't believe this same schizo has been at in these threads since 2020.

>>10955687
Doubt it, AX Florida(Miami or Orlando) can bring much revenue than LA County. I still see a strong possibility that it comes to Florida and becomes a very successful event. Also there's a strong Japanese community that growing in Florida and Georgia county areas.

>>10955715
>What are they even protesting
They are protesting to get paid and start shit.

>>10955656
It's different in Japan and I'm pushing 39 myself so the domestic alternatives are a lot worse. She's in shape, dresses in a way I find appealing, doesn't have kids, and actually shares a lot of interests with me (Not just weeb shit, she's into cars, bikes, guns, etc.) and we generally get along decently well. Hard to ask for much more these days.

>>10955723
when are you two getting married?

>>10955691
>>10955719
These are the types of arguments you see begging for people to bring relevant things to their shithole.
Please come to florida, there's 5 japanese people here. We're not all red necks and geezers.
There's so much to do in philly trust me, like... and...
Stop wasting people's time with this drivel.

>>10955435
Honestly, as somebody who's been going to AX since 2001, Vegas sounds pretty good to me. It's driving distance or a cheap flight from LA, it's a decently popular destination for Japanese people and has nonstop flights that aren't much longer, it's got a con center that's more than big enough, it's got absolute fucktons of hotel capacity and you can get something that's cheap, nice, and easy to get to the con center from, way more food options, a much better culture for the nightlife side of AX, and it's way less sketchy than DTLA is these days. I really don't see many downsides.

>>10955727
Only one, the average 115 degree weather in July. I've had the same argument as to why San Diego comic con should move to Vegas and its always about the fucking weather as their rebuttal.

Mofos don't realize Las Vegas convention center Has both the monorail and hyperloop so the grand total of 100+ weather exposure for cosplayers is like 30 sec max.

>>10955727
Vegas would for sure make it alot less trouble, would support them going there too

>>10955728
Yeah, the transit options basically make it a non-issue. I guess the only real issue is cosplay photo locations but the LACC isn't very good for that either. Not like LA's climate in July is super mild either, this year looks like a lucky one (around 80) but I've been at plenty of AXs where it was 100+ and even the closest hotels are a 10+ minute walk away there.

>>10955731
>I guess the only real issue is cosplay photo locations
It'll hurt "Professional" photographers because most places want licenses, but fans would go crazy having literally infinite locations for casino shots and gambling/unlucky-themed characters could spend an entire weekend just at the various locations on the strip. As long as everything is done indoors, you've got a /lot/ of options, especially when compared to DTLA where the only surrounding structures are numerous hotels, numerous office buildings, one of the filthiest city downtowns in a 1st world country, and a long stretch away Little Tokyo. I'd honestly love the move for many reasons, most especially to escape the rapidly rising price of hotels in Los Angeles(said hotels which never undergo any form of renovation and only the minimum upkeep).

>>10955733
Yeah, the hotels are the top thing for me as well. This is the first AX I'm missing in 20+ years but I was only at the last decade or so because I lived 20-30 mins away, now I'm flying distance and I just can't justify what a room costs, nor am I in a place in my life where I can handle sleeping on a floor and sharing a bathroom with 5 other guys. It sucks because all my friends are gonna be there, including ones from out of the country etc., and while I really like the place I live now I also don't really have any friends here yet or anything so I'm gonna be sitting alone on my ass at my computer looking at everybody's posts about the con, and if it were in Vegas instead where rooms are cheap and plentiful I could be there.

110+ degree heat is no joke, some dedicated retard in genshin cosplay would definitely die of heatstroke

>>10955736
Vegas hot weather killing genshin retard cosplayers?

I fail to see the downside here.

>>10955736
Oh no, hot cosplay girls would have to dress even sluttier to handle the heat, what a tragedy

>>10955735
I haven't booked a room yet and I'm just eating the cost cuz I got the dough; you recommend any specific hotels? I'm looking for something near an A line metro station.

>>10955740
Man I dunno, I was local for so long I don't really know specific hotels. Maybe you can get something in Little Tokyo if it's still available but otherwise I wouldn't really feel safe staying anywhere along the A line that's closer than Pasadena, everywhere south of the con center and everything between LT and Pasadena is pretty sketch. I'd see if ANY of the official con hotels still have space, at least they've got shuttles.

>>10955740
You sound like a rich trust fund mofo if that's the case then the Ritz Carlton is right across the Expo if that's too pricey for your lawyer or programmer ass then there's the JW Marriott next door.

>>10955742
No way in hell he's getting a Marriott room at this point unless he gets crazy lucky with a cancellation.

>>10955744
>>10955742
Not rich, just got 100,000 Marriott points saved up from business trips.

>>10955633
does this go for men with fat women

>>10955752
You might actually be able to get a Ritz room then. That's how I got to stay there the one time, at least back then it was surprisingly not that much more in points than the JW, certainly nothing like the difference in regular prices. (Maybe 2x the points when the actual price is like 5-10x.)

Here's the old ancient /cgl/ AX discord. But theres a handful floating around.
https://discord.gg/fNZXDy6

>>10955785
offboard faggotry should be banned. Fuck you for trying to kill the site

>>10955789
cgl is already dead and you cant post shit all without getting your post deleted anyway.

first AX but I arrive day1 around 9am. how are registration lines around then?
wondering if there's still a shot at dealer's hall goodies or just grab food instead and come back when the line's better

>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dAGOXAnFNGW5Qav6HjkHvAH3eW6x0KpIxcNxLRoUmbk/edit?gid=873883530#gid=873883530
>Hey you still have that AmiAmi card, right anon?

>>10955797
>cgl is already dead
yeah, might as well kill it more.

>>10955807
Unironically yes

>>10955806
I've saved all of mine. They're kinda nice to collect.

>>10955809
why? What do you get out of it?

just landed at the jw marriott, what should i get to eat

Whatever city AX moves to I will support MY GOD this entire area is a trashy wreck and needs a clean slate purge

Meetups tn?

Just a heads up they're walking around with dogs. Don't be a dumbass

>>10955823
/cgl/ meetup at little tokyo right now

>>10955825
When and where

cant wait to have hot sex with 4'9" 3/10 Asian woman

>>10955813
Go to Inglewood and visit trinistyle cuisine. They got good fry bake

Almost time lads

>>10955816
welcome to mexico, maybe one day it will be made great again.

I might drive by the area so see what's shakin and see the peeps having fun, I'm bummed I couldn't go this year but if they have another chibi this year then maybe I'll go to that..

>>10955855
November 8-9 anon.

Would (You) stay until 8 for a 3view?

>swore I wouldn't go back after abysmal experience last year
>Schedule drops
>Shit I care for in my part of the industry is here
Every fucking time

Anyway if you're in line by the kisegi gate and feel like being autistic for a few hours I'm around there

Apparently a fire broke out in south hall.

>>10955872
its been negative 3 hours to open

>>10955872
Is it too late to pawn off a Friday ticket?

>>10955872
https://x.com/AnimeExpo/status/1940789856256311326?t=ToIeipWbUkid-7FO2TeMFQ&s=19

We're good lads

>a bunch of vendors still outside
kek

Anyone know any good booths or artists selling Hololive happi coats?

Biggest con in the country and the thread is dead as fuck /cgl/ is kill.

>>10955898
Blame sekrit clubing and Discord.

>>10955898
To be fair it’s pretty dead inside too

I knew going to these cons would make me feel like shit lmao. I hope ya'll are enjoying yourselves.

Is the Westin still poppin?

I fell sick a day before it started and debating whether or not I should still go at this hour.

>>10955911
Don't get me sick nigger

>>10955906
Pool party is banned forever thanks to retards.

>>10955914
According to reddit it’s still going on

According to the jarty said it's over

Someone ODed in the south parking lot, can I get a HELL YEAH

I went to the 18+ section and GOD DAMN the prices were borderline robberry.
25 bucks for less than 25ish pages of smut.
>>10955921
HELL YEAH.

>>10955921
HELL YEAH

>>10955914
?

new bread tomorrow

>>10955898
blame mods removing every other post.

AX today or AX 10 years ago?

>>10955931
Outside the fiasco with the AMV contest this year has been pretty decent compared to recent years. It's not standing room only for once and they actually blocked off the street that runs under the concourse hall.

>>10955933
> 2007 flashbacks
Oh no, what happened now?

>>10955940
It wasn't listed as a ticketed event, I went to the info booth and they confirmed that it was not a ticketed event and was a first come first serve line-up like most events. I planned my whole day around lining up for it an hour early and when I did they told me that "all the tickets are sold out", somehow.

>>10955973
Did you mix up the peacock and novo or something the only ticketed/paid things I know are the fan meet ups for having voice actors signs things or anything into the peacock theater in particular though maybe the gundam screening for first day was free there no idea

>>10956005
As it was always just a security check going into the novo for me the amv competition

>>10955931
AX 20 years ago

I wish I knew how to pick up all these zoomer cosplay girls and fuck the shit out of them.

First day was pretty good. I got some fun merch. Apparently mahjong at midnight still exists just in the lot so that's cool

>>10956044
EZ, just stop being a sperg. It's not hard.

>>10956044
Ask them to pull on whatever gatcha banner you have. Surely you can sacrifice some Gems for this

Is the P&S premiere tonight ticketed?

>>10956048
I don't think so but they are clearing the room for it so it won't just be clogged up by people that have been squatting since noon.
Personally, depending on how tired I get, I might skip it. It's going to be posted on twitter anyways.

>$50 for parking
What happened? Last year it was $30

>>10956048
>>10956049
I'm not attending AX this year.
If you can please sneak some pics, or at least tell us how it went.
Also pics of this events trigger dollars if they give them out would be cool.

>>10955898
have sex incel.

>>10956044
Add them on socials so you can keep talking to them

>>10956048
>>10956049
I'm not attending AX this year.
If you can please sneak some pics, or at least tell us how it went.
Also pics of this events trigger dollars if they give them out would be cool.

>>10956005
No, I was at the Novo. I was in a line of people waiting outside when staff came out to tell us that there were no more tickets.

>>10956044
They don’t want us, and they are always with like 3 orbiters. The best ones are the trannies because they are wanting that ego boost of being thirsted over.

>>10956044
wingman.live

>heading to petree hall line
>things are restricted movement wise
>They're filing in the cyberpunk people
>Get outside ask what's up
>security threat that is being dealt with
>Eta of clearance unknown
Kek did one of those retards get in a fight over the line cap

>>10956089
bomb threat got called in apparently

>>10956048
you need an 18+ wristband

I'm just going to point this out. Don't go to the Beyblade World Championship tournament inside the entertainment hall. It is poorly managed by corporate pencil pushers who hire incompetent judges and third party companies who don't know what they're doing.

>>10956094
>>10956089
Yeah we are not getting another AX at this rate.

>>10956093
>>10956094
>>10956096
Bomb threat aside I think it's funny that it's coincidentally at the cyberpunk line. Very fitting

>Ran out of stuff to do already

No friends gang where we at

>>10956098
I'm in the guilty gear panel and prepping to go for the wayforward panel then busting my ass to the panty and stocking premiere so I know if I can write it off or jot
I'm autistic about game development. Join if you're bored

Where the femboys at

Also can’t decide between Dadadance or Cyber Sakura tonight. What’s the move? I heard Westin root is over

>>10956047
I don't play those retarded phone games

>>10956094
kek imagine if it was full of used loli onaholes

WHO /ASANAGI/ HERE

>>10956120
Checking in

I want to ask him if he’s interested in making more otokonoko doujins like danke dankei revolution

>>10956124
Im just wanna ask if they’re going to make more second axe figures

I'm at the Westin and lost motivation to walk or take the shuttle back for night stuff

>>10956128
is it packed?

I wanna meet up with some channers tonight

Who wants to party?

>>10956140
Come to Waifu wars. I'm the d00d in the boatlights get-up

I must consooom

Asanagi panel was hilarious

>>10956149
I assume they didn't give out trigger dollars and that only for the q&a tomorrow, right?

Where does a gay go at night to party with other gay cosplayers

>>10956159
No trigger dollars only this, not sure about tomorrow

Where were the TRIGGER dollars? Boxing my monitor that I didn't get one.

>>10956163
I’m not sure if they gave out any, there was none at the panty and stocking premier, hoping there’s some at the Q&A.

>>10956163
if their twitter is anything to go off of, it's tomorrow at their Q&A, just like last year. Might be that, you have to line up and ask a question to even get one like last year. Design is the same as last year too, just in color.
https://x.com/trigger_inc/status/1941374017631629658

Holy shit, I just found out the Pantry Cafe is permanently closed because of bureaucratic faggotry.

https://discord.gg/UC8X24Z4
fun discord for meetups

Waifu Wars had this retarded rule that you couldn't argue for minor characters. It's like they forgot this is an anime convention, where 85% of the characters anyone gives a shit about are "minors". Why do zoomers act like white hysterical moms? Total moralfag extinction

>>10956166
fym

>>10956170
Growing up around other zoomers taught them to hate children.

I'm having a lot of fun at AX but I can't stop thinking about how much more fun it'd be with friends. Fortunately the grapes aren't that sour- it's my first con and I'm having a blast! A bunch of girls even recognized my cosplay yesterday!

>>10956170
>minor characters
as in side characters or younger than 18 characters?

>>10956198
Let's link up. I'm in the rin kokonoe costume

>>10956170
Normies invaded anime conventions en masse, thus ruining everything with their attempts to be the most 'normal'

>>10956205
I'm dressed as Keiji Shinogi and currently omw back to AX- first stop, getting my wig fixed, but I'll keep an eye out!

>>10956140
>>10956142
wish i saw this but i dipped out early once i saw the line to panty and stocking
hell im even skipping today entirely because im not gonna waste my time with parking unless i get there at 5am
you might have seen me walking around though, i was that guy in a black hoodie with sunglasses on

>>10956166
https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2025-02-21/the-original-pantry-cafe-owner-threatens-to-close-historic-diner-over-union-contract-dispute
Los Angeles gets worse every year.

Anyone going to the Hololive Night at Dodgers today?

>>10956219
fwiw I have to imagine that it was just the last straw, the state of DTLA since covid is probably the real issue since I have a hard time imagining many people wanting to go there late at night anymore and that was a lot of The Pantry's business.

>>10956222
>>10956219
i look forward to when we hosty the olympics. youre gonna see a lot of people documenting how bad it is, or see an effort to clean it up as fast as possible

>>10956217
It was worth it bwo, you missed out.

>>10956224
i stood no chance of gettingin my dude, i showed up way too late to get in, and the line was a disaster, no idea where the end was and didnt want to fuck anyone over
its what it is though. if i went today id probably get the re-showing chance but i opted to stay home and relax

>>10956227
I got there 3 hours early and it was so fucked, there were 3 separate lines from what I heard. I was on of the first to get there and we got pushed to the back of the line.

>>10956227
>>10956228
They had 13 years to figure this shit out.

>>10956228
yeah what you heard was true. i asked for the back of the line and even that wasnt clear for anyone
i decided fuck it ill just go back today and catch the re-showing if theres enough time to get there but given how many people went for it last night i doubt im getting that too

>>10956227
I showed up 10 minutes before, joined a random line, and I got in. The theater was HUGE.

>>10956232
If you’re fine waiting in line con it’s definitely possible to get in even if the lines bigger than yesterday’s, the theater is fucking huge.

>>10956233
Pisses me off

>>10956234
I would but Im a game dev and those panels took priority. I was super fucked yesterday schedule wise. By the way was the one they showed censored or uncensored? The fat elf screening last year got boos for showing the extra censored one
I'm here now at least so if you see some dickhead with sunglasses on and a black hoodie just call me out. I'm solo this year and dont have much to do so if you want a random in your group I'm game.

>>10956239
It was uncensored entirely. If I spot you I’ll grab you, I’m wearing 5-7 Gigi Murin pins at any given time.

>>10956227
The first episode kind of blew. You aren't missing out

>>10956253
I'm getting into the censored screening now actually. When I get out I'll be wandering around the third floor by that room. Wanna meet up there?

>>10956205
>>10956216
Idk WYA but I've been prowling artists alley the whole time. I'm prolly going to head out to the food trucks.

>>10956239
>>10956253
I hope I didn't waste my time with this

So glad I went to Tahoe instead

>>10956270
This ended up better than expected, not bad

whoever the teto was at the vocaloid orgy on friday PLEASE dm me back, i have a rash now

If anyone is going to the fakku panel at 10pm gimme a (You)

I'm sitting across from a table of basedteens at the Denny's

Same dude here >>10956239 Lingering around the LA Live/JW Marriott area while waiting for waifu wars, then the Q&A with Shiwasu no Okina
If you're bored and wanna join feel free. Same outfit. Black jacket with hoodie up and sunglasses on

If anyone is at the trigger q&a panel and doesn't want their trigger dollar, I'll buy it off you

Is that vocaloid orgy at the Resident real

is there anything going on night 3? it's been pretty meh so far

Can someone help me take a photo at the classroom cosplay set?

>>10956286
Mega64, masquerade, axdance, fujo panel, and Street Mahjong

Waifu wars starting off hard

>>10956289
Oh, so that's the better waifu wars

Guy dressed as Harry du Bois here

I want to hang with channers

Add maintenancetunnels on discord if ur down

It's amazing that they got Todd Howard to host the masquerade

>>10956301
Post Todd now

>>10956302
Can't. No filming policy

>>10956304
Policies are meant to be broken!

>>10956304
See >>10956306

Show me the short man

>>10956307
We are weak people

Anyone got a move tn? 6ft2 chill skinny guy and tryna rez my party and we're like a block away from venue

Can I get a situation report?

>>10956099
guilty gear panel was ass

>>10956319
yeah i know, i ended up leaving early

still didnt get to kiss a femboy this year.
Is it over for me?

>>10956313
Hoodie guy here, I'm surprised how social people were. I got 3 girls discords just being me.

>>10956319
I could have told you that and I didn’t even go
>look at the list of items being sold at the GG booth
>it’s all gay shit with nothing for SOL

>>10956324
Honestly I hate what it's become. I would have asked them about the security breach they had and what kind of impact it had, but it became very clear very quick that they were just here to shill Lucy dlc. I was going to ask "do you like Rebecca" but even that wouldn't have mattered given the direction it was going

>>10956319
>>10956321
>>10956324
>>10956325
When I got in there I went out of my way to sit way in the back away from most people and despite all that effort a troon decided to sit right next to me. Picked my bag up and went even further to the back row. Like nah dude I'm not putting up with that in this fairly empty room

Anyone going day 4? Other than artist alley is there any reason to?

>another fire near the convention just started
Well at least it's not IN the convention like 3 days back

>>10956325
I did the survey and basically told them to make more Sol stuff
It’s crazy the main characters gets ignored for some gay ass meme character

>>10956324
Poor Sol and Ky, based characters with great designs. Not to mention literally the MCs and get so little merch. Meanwhile Bridget
>>10956321
>>10956325
I fucking hate Lucy is included. A random anime waifu before a BB character is wild.

>>10956313
No

>>10956333
>>10956334
One of the guys asked why they haven't done a BlazBlue crossover yet

>>10956328
not much afaik. there might be some "sales" from the vendors in exhibit hall but it's really primarily an artist alley day

>>10956328
This year kind of sucked for me so I'm trying to make the most of it.

>Dude shows up to volunteer
>Hes here one day
>Gets all the merch and panels he wanted and bounces
>Doesn't show up again

Lmao. I should've let you all know what I was wearing. Could've definitely let you skip in line for the panty stocking showing since volunteers don't have to wait

>>10956343
Did P&S even fill up all the way? I heard people showing up 10 minutes before it started getting in just fine.

>Last day
>officially closes at 3pm
>still procrastinating
wtf is wrong with me

>>10956345
As far as I know there were enough seats for everyone. I wouldn't know I wasn't on the clock then. Just walked past the line to the front and went inside first with another dudr

>>10956343
Is there any consequence to doing that?

>>10956354
You won't be able to volunteer ever again, but other than that no not really

>In line for P&S premier
>people keep coming up and ask what it’s for
>”oh that’s too long, why would anyone wait in line”
I’m tired of normies and casuals clogging up con space because it’s a fun thing to do on the weekend reeeeee

If anyone wants to chill and relax in lounge 21 I got table with 3 open seats

>>10956356
>saw the line
>there were like 3 lines weaving around each other
>No clear idea where the end of the line is
>Even staff didn't know
If it wasn't for the fact that the theater was huge which I wasn't certain of for seating I still probably wouldn't have made it in
At best I missed pussy and uncensored subs, but I'll still check it out on release anyway like the pirate I am

>>10956357
What you dressed as?

>>10956359
Black hoodie on with sunglasses
2 seats filled up but you're welcome to join too, they're gonna leave soon

>>10956357
>>10956360
3 spots open again I'll be chilling here for like another hour or so then probably bailing for some food and a last run at merch

>>10956279
Said teens

>>10956364
WOULD

Post spreads

>>10956363
Saw him too

Shout outs to the guy that met up with me in lounge 21, hope you enjoyed the cool air, king
Also nice hat

>>10956363
Saving for posterity

>>10956368
It ain't much but I got some neat stuff
>Valorant poster (2x)
>Wayforward card (holographic)
>Panty and stocking cards
>Blue archive fan, microfiber cloth, postcard, pen, lanyard, bag, and code card (unused)
The blue archive stuff is goin to my buddy, he wanted to be there to ask "when will we get micro bikini ibuki" but sadly due to rothchilds interference he could not get this question answered. He's gonna pay shilling for it but otherwise totally free for him even if cunny stuff sells for big bucks

The one item I didn't expect to get was the metal slab on the poster there. That's a riot dev only launch day gift for their card game and are apparently rare even by riot dev standards. Honestly huge win there on its own.

Also met some girls, got their info, gave one some unreleased enamel pins I didn't want because she seemed more into them than I would ever be so that made her day

Overall significantly more enjoyment last year, I even smiled this time, dare I say, had fun

>>10956377
Good shit, this is one of the better years for me too.

I had 10 girls recognize me, and six asked for photos. My ego is through the roof; I didn't think a simple, crappy cosplay of a niche character would make me feel so proud!

I also spent WAY too much money- a solid $400 on doujin albums and another $400 on artbooks...

>>10956380
>a solid $400 on doujin albums and another $400 on artbooks
if i had things my way i would casually drop 5 digits on doujins in a single day, because all the stuff i want is rare and old. i spent some time in the 18+ section just chatting about old shit because of how painful it is to get certain stuff. seller was telling me about his personal collection and white whale hes hunting down. hes been looking for 20 years and hasnt been able to get any hint of a copy
>>10956379
i should add that the pins i gave that girl are from games i worked on, only devs had those and while i had a pair in my personal colleciton i just dont care for pins so i like to pass out some dev-only stuff once in a while. if the IP is popular enough they get to flex it a little. in this case it was pic related, overwatch dating sim from valentines day, and the dead by daylight dating sim skull cup. if you ever see these in the wild snag them, because they definitely werent for sale

>>10956382
slightly clearer image since i never really took good photos of these little bastards

Hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Its time to go home

>>10956368
Hey it's me, that one guy that was cosplaying Shaka.
Anyway, kind of a light haul this year but I figured I'd spent enough money.

Rock on niggas, Maybe I'll see you in at AX chibi.

>>10956388
i debate going every year, i fucking hated 2024 so much i swore it off from there forward, but this year they had more game dev shit and it sold me so i caved. the people definitely made up for it this year
maybe we'll meet. maybe if we had actual interest in that and a thread for meeting up for fun it'd be nice

>>10956389
I was on the fence cuz ever post I saw of chibi was so depressing and kinda empty, but I decided to go this year cuz yolo, it'll be a first for me, plus I am LA tard so it's wont be a huge pain, but then again, the tickets are a 2 day deal and then again, if I don't get a hotel I'll have to make a 40+ mins drives 4 times lmao

>>10956390
im local to LA and i just take the hit and drive myself there. get there at 5am if i can, chill in line, do some shit, leave at like 11pm, sleep for 2 hours, repeat until the con is over
it may be brutal but on the other hand a hotel is way more convenient and thats what my roommate does despite having the option to drive him. i respect it though depending on your planning its way cheaper

Can we get pictures. I saw some nice Metaphor ones but couldn't catch up to them.

>>10956391
Comfort or Money saved with slight discomfort, Yeah I'll lean more into the drives
I just did the math and I'll tank $33~$38 bucks on the 4 trips by car.
Well, hotels have those sweet pools that lots take photoshoots...eh my lust for hot cosplayers isn't enough to blow 150-160 on a hotel.

>>10956388
>Ontario
That shit might as well be on the moon

>>10956392
how bad do you want photos? at best i have some cosplayer pics and theyre not even that good

>>10956397
Post ones you like or find interesting.

>>10956396
I miss ALA being at Ontario. It was maximum comfy.

Looks like both AX subreddit and this thread is dying down, I'll see all you sexy motherfuckers next year.

>>10956368
sauce on the Teto?

for the ffxiv autists, i did some wol sticker trades in the artist alley, while it feels weird to have stickers of characters you don’t even know it’s so fucking awesome to have artists you’ve admired for years tell you your art is cute!!! Between that and P&S premier, I had a really good time this year! A few hiccups now and then but honestly who doesn’t. For me this AX was the best in years, at least better than last year for sure.

>The only convention where you have to pay to watch the Masquerade
>Can't take photos and videos
Holy shit! That's bad.

The best part of the weekend for me was street mahjong. Just a great time all around.

>>10956375
It was nice talking to you. I'm sorry if I sounded odd but your repeated attempts to touch my hair and kiss me made things slightly awkward. Good luck with the job search; dog fighting trainers have it rough these days

>>10956427
You got it bro, always trying to make people feel appreciated for being themselves. Just a shame it was only you. I also hope you enjoyed my cosplay of pic related. I probably wont do it again though it was way too hot and sweaty

All jokes aside, when I left the con I got stuck in traffic because of the way they directed the flow being the wrong way, and got to drive by a freeway accident that somehow sent a car over the rail onto the street below, burst into flames and charred while still somehow not blocking any lanes while on my way to get my roommate's stuff from his hotel. I then saw a group of black dudes at the same intersection trying to wash people's windshields and causing a greater traffic jam. LA is fuckin great

See you fuckers at Otakon next month.

Can't wait.

>>10956432
ill be there in spirit, i cant affort to escape LA for another con

To whoever was the guy that was passing out Miku Juice that shit got me fucked up to the point where I woke up underneath the under pass of a freeway at 4am
10/10 will drink again

>>10956421
>they weren't joking
Man that is a load of horse shit.

What were your highlights, if any, of anime expo?
I got some exclusive footage of some reveals that im pretty sure im the only person to successfully record the full length of
I wish someone snagged a recording of panty and stocking's uncensored shit though, im curious if they unironically showed uncensored oussy in it or not

>>10956454
I was there, they showed it but it's literally like a 2 pixel wide pink line. It was also a cube detached from her body and they stopped showing it once it was re-attached.

>>10956454
Oh yeah highlights. Panty and Stocking premier was pretty good (minus the line), same for Call of the NIght. Found a couple figures I've been unable to get at local cons and a couple nice stickers and prints from the artist alley.

florida anon here
how was ax everyone?
i went there years ago and was wondering how was it this year? was it a nightmare of long lines and such? any fun panels and such?
i was wondering if i can go next year but idk
im trying to expand my con adventures out here

>>10956455
>>10956457
yeah i figured that was the case, but its still sad nobody got a pic or anything. at least it'll release soon
heres what i got, not anime but still probably okay footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kump4pO2rU

>>10956451
>>10956421
wasn't it streamed? or was that just a small part of it?

I'll upload my "haul" tomorrow but here's a cool photo in the meantime

I shook this man's hand and we discussed the importance of rib bones for a while

>>10956477
this guy was based as fuck

what was your favorite year? for me it was 2017.

>Tried to upload my photos to an imgur album
>70% of them failed to upload
Well rip guess that's it then. Take this instead I guess, always nice to see an FLCL cosplay

>>10956460
It's so fucking stupid. If my best friend got accepted and was able to perform on the largest stage of their

>>10956485
That Canti is awesome

Did anyone else go to the comedy night? The enby judge was too annoying with the nonbinary jokes, can we please have animu jokes at an animu convention

>>10956504
>guilty or not guilty/heaven or hell
>everyone just saying theyre racist or a pedo
>waifu wars
>cant defend the cunny as a formal rule
>the cooler waifu wars let you go shirtless on camera in front of everyone
>the kinky shit panel was just a black guy teaching morality of getting laid, while funny at the start got old after 5 minutes
stop letting these normalfags in and let it go off the walls. the fact a black guy couldnt even say the n word in front of an 18+ audience is really telling

i dont remember what year it was or what the panel was about but it was some date the audience thing and i had to compete with 2 others, one not super into it but having fun, the other trying to put on the most posh persona possible with long drawn out replies and got boo'd a ton, and in the end i won. the woman picking the contestants asked why i should be picked and i intended to say "i know the secret to a man's heart" but i accidentally said "i know men better than you do" and as pissed as she was she let me be on stage for it. i won with "i got a copy of topgun on bluray and im ordering hot wings tonight, you get to pick the flavor and dip bro" and the room cheered and i bridal carried the guy down the aisle. it was fun as fuck and i wish i could have that much fun again. no homo

>>10956504
the judges running the comedy show are absolute morons. Every joke they made was "Naruto, amiright?" or "Maid Cafe prostitutes cost too much" or "Im a lesbain trans woman" but said in the manliest voice ever. Might as well be fucking Chris chan up there

Fuck out of here with that bullshit, be funny. I thought they we're supposed to be comedians

>>10956511
its a shame nobody called them out as a comedy bit
>we stood out there in a hot line-
>or sat, some of you motherfuckers are fatter than choji, on god, but dw i fuck with that-
>for a comedy night that would give us a laugh
>but instead im here thinking i entered the anime expo feedback panel with how dead the air is in here
>because as far as i can tell your humor is so dead, kabuto couldnt even give you a sense of humor with edo tensei
im not good at comedy but you get the idea

>>10956512
Yeah, I wouldn't be able to make fun of anyone on the fly if it had to involve zoomerisms

>>10956512 #
Yeah, I wouldn't be able to make fun of anyone on the fly if it had to involve fresh/shonentard references or, God forbid, zoomerisms.

>>10956505
>cant defend the cunny as a formal rule
It wasn't just cunny, which I begrudgingly have to admit would be normal at a large normalfag-fest like this one, but all /minors/. That includes all the highschool and middle school characters that make up most anime. The worst part is that these fuckheads advertise themselves as "gooners" or whatever the word for pervert is now, but get all anal saying that "THE DRAWINGS MUST LOOK LIKE ADULTS >:((((". Fake fans, I tell you what.
>>10956515
Likewise; I wouldn't be able to do that without calling someone a tard or fag or some other out-of-fashion word. If it was on Sunday and getting kicked out would mean not much at all, then I'd totally do it.

>>10956515
>>10956516
i suppose its an improv talent to do so and if you can do it then you know more power to you, but realistically in comedy you should be able to take a joke, so even if its to criticize the quality of the panel it should be allowed
the best improv work you can probably do is to make fun of yourself too.
realistically the fact theres an anime expo feedback panel could be a useful avenue to get this dealt with, but by then who cares, they'll be back next year and unless enough people complained it wont mean much or change

one thing these dickheads need to get right is the lines, just make them fucking wider holy shit we have more than enough real estate on the venue to deal with this, and then whatever the fuck line mess happened at LA Live needs to be handled too

>>10956505
I was deeply disappointed at AX not having CWF and the Gachimuchi panel this year. Can't believe garbage like Waifu Wars made it in again

>>10956523
I opted to watch fat elf last year and documented the events unfolding for /a/ and it was a mistake. I genuinely wish I went to the gamaguchi panel instead but it was one or the other and I chose fat elf

>>10956528
I went to both gachimuchi panels and the first one was the best. The second time around I really got the feeling that Danny was more-or-less forced into this role as internet microcelebrity and that a group of retarded YTPMVers are trying to make him the next Aniki. It's probably fun for him but the awkwardness hasn't fully gone away because the guy was trying to live a normal life for a long time, unlike Van who was and is still into gay shit and works well with the attention.

any one go to the sukeban match? how was it? was thinking about it but didn't want to buy a ticket. Heard good things about it though

>>10956505
I remember a roommate telling me about a dating game panel and there was this lady who asked "Would you rather be in the front or end of a human centipede?" We were far more fucked up back then weren't we?

>>10956535
no see i understand this question. your answer definitely explains what kind of person you are. no matter what you choose youre fucked but at the very least your answer would indicate if you thought ahead in life or not
its all in good fun, and that fun has been taken away so now you cant even ask something dumb

>>10956535
>>10956545
Isn't that just basically asking if you're a dom, sub, or switch?

>>10956621
youll understand its importance when you find out youre both bottoms

Post con reflection/stories thread when? I want to learn what happened to the Westin fags on night one.

Here is the shit I bought. The haguhagu manga is, as expected, sad and bleak. But the standee is cool

>>10956534
/pw/ here, first time watching Sukebon. They wrestled safely without doing any ridiculous over the top indie style spots but did enough to keep the crowd entertained and into the match. The pacing for each match was great too. I recommend AX to bring them back next year.

>>10956769
Two cosplayers brought a stripper pole and did some pole dancing. Spanked some girl with a video of it on reddit. Some people got roofied. Westin stepped in and shut the place down at ten the other days after. It seems like its over from now on

>>10956789
>Two cosplayers brought a stripper pole and did some pole dancing.
Ah, those two. They were at ALA earlier this year.

>>10956789
>>10956790
tell me more, you have my attention

>>10956777
>rustle
based
>anything with nanako in it
not so based
also nice trips, pick up some Maeshima Ryou next time

>>10956794
>Not so based
Explain yourself

Did anyone go to the Fashion District Cloth Buying panel? Can I get a QRD?

>>10956534
>>10956785
Agreed although they really did some cool spots. I don't quite recall everything but I particularly enjoyed the heavyset girl and I thought a few tagteam matches. The yoyo was surprisingly over with me. I could have done without this kpop performance in the middle. The girls were cute too which was nice.

If I had any real feedback
1) they need a commentator even if it's just some guy screaming in Japanese
2) lower the music probably
3) need alcohol
Overall 10/10 experience though would definitely recommend they bring it back.

I don't think all the weebs knew how to behave during this kinda stuff. Lots of people were patiently watching while I'm over here as a wrestling fan screaming and hollering kek. Good time.

>>10956808
A good announcer/host usually riles up the weebs enough to start yelling and playing along. Without a host the weebs stay quiet because they are shy.

Any good panel or show at a con is improved 100x by the host

AAAAAAAAAA I MISSED THE PEACH PIT SPECIAL EXHIBIT, PANEL, AND AUTOGRAPH SESSION AT THE ANIME EXPO IN LA
AAAAAAAAAAAAA
Can anyone supply me some good photos and explanations of the exhibit so I can cope?

>>10956909
The exhibit was no photos and the panel was no recording. The exhibit had some artwork of the characters you know and the panel was PEACH PIT in black Japanese theatre get-ups talking about their creative process. It was nice but you didn't miss anything crazy.

>>10957202
Darn, no one could sneak in any photos huh, sad.
>implying seeing peach-pit irl isn't crazy

>>10957281
Here are the shitty photos I took.
https://files.catbox.moe/r7m5bt.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/yom11u.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/mcupxz.jpg
https://files.catbox.moe/2y5mxu.webm
>implying seeing peach-pit irl isn't crazy
That's the thing: their get-ups covered their faces and bodies. They had cute voices.

>>10957299
Good photos, thank you. Yeah I was surprised when I saw the ninja costumes that peach-pit wore on the official twitter, they looked so silly and, i didn't know that's how japanese artists maintain anonymity at events.
Hope you had fun.

>>10957330
>Hope you had fun.
I did. The woman in the back took a photo of my suiseiseki costume but, rightfully so, didn't upload it to their Twitter after offering it. The panel itself talked about how peach-pit started working together (school friends turned dojinshi mangaka), how wuickly they had to transition from real art to digital, and how their work schedule from 2000-2005 was ass

jiiiiiiiiii

I see, he isn't going to post it anywhere else.

>>10957331
that panel sounds 100000x greater than any english interview with them that I've ever seen.