Re: AX '99
Jennifer Mukai (nocturne@UCLA.EDU)
Sun, 25 Jul 1999 14:28:27 -0700
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Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 14:28:27 -0700
From: Jennifer Mukai <nocturne@UCLA.EDU>
Subject: Re: AX '99
At 10:28 AM 7/24/99 -0700, terrence huey wrote:
>Hajimemashite. Kono ML e youkouso.
Yoroshiku ne. ^_^
>Sakura huh? I saw two Sakura's at the con. I saw a caucasian Sakura
>Friday night at the karaoke contest and an asian Sakura at Tokyopop's
>booth on Sunday around 11-12.
Atashi ga nihonjin no Sakura deshita. You may have also seen Oogami
hovering around nearby. I finally found a picture of the other Sakura at
fansview.com this morning. I wish I'd been able to catch her in person to
take a pic together. Did she sing anything Friday night?
>But as for my thoughts of AX... I loved it. Despite the horrible lines,
>despite the questionable security, despite the terrible organization, it
>was a very memorable and enjoyable first anime con for me. Hearing Kanno
>Yoko's piano recital(and panel) brings tears to my eyes even now. *sniff*
>
>I'm working on a AX Memories webpage if anyone's interested, but first I
>gotta find a way to scan my pics.
Can't wait to see it, myself.
>What were your thoughts, Jennifer?
Aside from the 3.5-hour wait for registration, the 2-hour wait for the
Masquerade, and the fact that I missed the Kanno concert... I loved it!
This was my third AX, and the first one in which I'd dressed up. Geeky or
not, cosplay made it sooo much more fun this time around. I also thought
the masquerade skits were much more entertaining this year than last. I
almost died laughing when Gendo Ikari started getting down with Pen Pen
onstage... And the soy sauce vs. ramen fight was, um... original. ;)
Oh, and getting stopped for a picture by a Red Co. rep was pretty cool too. :)
>> Incidentally, while there I found an American magazine featuring Sakura
>> Taisen on the cover. The article inside was apparently written by our very
>> own Ming. I was wondering if he talked about it at all on this list?
>> Sorry if this is redundant for older list members.
>
>Really? What magazine is this? I haven't seen Sakura Taisen get any
>exposure in the US(aside from maybe a 1 pg article on ST 2 in Mixxine a
>while back)
I don't remember, though I'm sure Ming could tell us. Since the article
seemed to be just an overview of why every Saturn owner should buy ST and
ST2, I didn't think it was worth the $7.00 or so that this booth wanted for
the magazine.
John wrote:
>I saw *A* girl dressed as Sakura. Last year they had a whole group of
>Japanese
>girls dressed like characters from video games, including Sakura and Kanna.
>
>I have a picture of them. Not very good. But I'll try to put it up back up
>sometime (stupid page crash).
Please do. I somehow missed them completely last year.
>Actually, they had some mailing list meetings posted on the bulitan boards
>(such as the FanFic Mailing List Dinner) in the hotel lobby. You could have
>a Sakura Taisen mailing list and #sakurataisen channel
>metting/party/luncheon/dinner
>or whatever next year if you're going. :)
Yeah, I couldn't believe how many IRC meeting flyers were posted. The
times they are a-changin'.
>It was infinately more insane all the time last year when it was *IN* the
>hotel. This year they were kinda smart to move it into the convention
>center.
Yes! I thought it was odd they had this big convention center next door
and didn't really make use of it. The dealers' room was so congested and
hot last year.
Brian wrote:
>(I personally like having staff custom badges. I just stick a nice picture
>of Sakura on it =)
I think I may have seen you around, then. Were you one of the staffers
herding the Masquerade ticket line around?
-jennifer
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