John Hokanson Jr. (isamu@USAGI.COM)
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:10:04 -0700
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Message-ID: <000301bed735$e2b05cc0$975b443f@isamu> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:10:04 -0700 From: "John Hokanson Jr." <isamu@USAGI.COM> Subject: Re: AX '99> -----Original Message----- > From: Sakura Taisen Mailing List > [mailto:SAKURATAISEN-LIST@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU]On Behalf Of Brian > Mao > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 9:33 PM > To: SAKURATAISEN-LIST@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU > Subject: Re: AX '99 > > > Actually, I did see you two looking at stuff at Trade Winds International > > >> You may have also seen Oogami hovering around nearby. > > > >I don't believe I saw any Oogami at the con, unfortunately. > > Interestingly enough, that was never supposed to happen. The video rooms > guys just got bored from waiting for the masquerade and set it up =) > > > > >Heh, well I missed the masquerade myself but i did manage to > catch most of > >it in LP3 where they showed the broadcast on a big screen. > > That skit was strangely...disturbing... > > > > >> 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. ;) > > > >Didn't see the soy vs ramen, but yeah! That Pen Pen thing was absolutely > >hilarious. I need to get a video cam... > > > > Mizoguchi's appearance was rather sudden. I didn't hear about it until an > hour before the panel where the panel head, Egan, told me he might make a > surprise visit. I guess Bandai just brought him along for fun, or maybe > Kanno asked him, but he wasn't an official guest. > > Speaking of Egan, he recently went to Japan and went to the Sakura Taisen > store over there and brought me back some interesting "collectors" items. > Egan Loo? Hell of a nice guy in person. Kinda busy all the time though, which is ashame when you want to pick his brain. It was nice to meet him though along with Neil Nadelman at the Macross pannel. Both guys I've chatted with or read posts from on the Internet. It's always neat to meet people in person who you've known off the net. Kinda sorry I made a dork out of myself and called him by his first name at the pannel. Oh well, he thought it was cool I guess. :) I was also surprised that some people like Egan drew attention to my name on the badge. I guess I'm pretty well circulated on the 'net. :) > > > >Mizoguchi Hajime was at AX? how come these things aren't > mentioned in the > >pamphlets? I didn't see any mention of Lisa Ortiz until I read about it > >on fansview.com... not like i care for her but still. Just wondered why > >AX doesn't publicize all people who come. > > Well there was this man who always carried around a big video camera and > microphone, trying to talk to Kanno. At the meet the Guest Reception he > first said how much he loved the Mac + OST, and how he had waited for 3 > years to meet her. Then he, kinda jokingly, but not enough, stated how he > had a ring in his car if she would accept it. Kanno kinda nervously > laughed it off. The next day, he was hanging around the Kanno autograph > area, trying to buy an autograph ticket off people, and also hoping he > could ask her for one (still had the camera). Later, he showed up at the > Esca panel (still has the camera) and tried to talk to Kanno about how > wonderful he thought she was. On the day of the recital, he was > sitting in > the staff section, doing what looked like recording the audio for the > concert on, ta da, his camera, even though he wasn't supposed to. If this > is you, mp, I'm spooked =) > > Wow. I'm kinda glad I missed that. And I'm kinda sorry for Kanno-san and the AX staff that they *DIDN'T*. "^_^" Incidently, this guy wasn't a tall African American guy, was he? There was a guy that did something similar with the camera and recording at the Mari Iijima pannel on Sunday (minus the drooling).