hopeful_monster
Thousand Master
Ohh First post, yay.
Difficult to know where to start, so will try starting at the beginning. Got there at about 10.45 and after seeing the queue splashed out the extra £2 for a fast track ticket. Got in and failed to get one of the goodie bags, already all gone. Damn. But really wished they had put deodorant in the bags cause already the place had the smell of the bottom of my laundry basket at the end of the month. Quick wander round and anything anime was packed. be it shops selling dvd's, posters, or pocky there was a 2 deep scrum around it, yet the rest was fairly easy to get round.
The Distributors had a fairly good presence, with the possible exception of Manga, which seemed to have very little on offer. Beez, ADV and Revelations all had good special offers with ADV (who were really pushing Guyver) sellling things like the entire Rahxephon series and movie for about £25, all of Hellsing for £35, got all of Escaflowne for £45, and Revalation had Gunslinger Girls for £30 and a somewhat complicated FMA deal so on. Other shops had usual tonnage of Manga, but there wasn't that much in the way of imported DVD's or CD's. Lots of art books and 'toys' though.
The Cosplay was in full effect, and although there was a great range (in both subject and quality) most common were FMA, Naruto and Bleach, and while there was a fair amount of Final Fantasy there weren't the hordes of Cloud's and Sephiroth's that i'm used too seeing. My favourites were the Battle Royale girls (3 girls in the school uniforms covered in blood with their 'weapons'), the Gundam (card board box with Gundam written on it) and 4chan's Anonymous (complete with Pool's closed sign).
Didn't see much of the free anime screening (FMA, Conquerer of Shalaba was completely packed out), but did manage to seen Highlander which was ... bloodier than Elfen Lied and while fairly true to the mythos kinda meh.
Didn't do any of the signings, but the Dude from FMA had a queue round the anime stage, and the dude from Eva was almost empty... possibly. Since he was opposite the ADV stall, which was tucked in a corner and always packed, it was difficult to tell.
Best find was the Rahxephon Art Book or Kasugai Sumiyaki Coffee Candy (an espresso in a boiled sweet). Aslo got all of Escaflowne and Guyver (new one) Vol 1, and frissbee, t-shirt and bag, and a poseable and transformable VF-1A Fighter
Difficult to know where to start, so will try starting at the beginning. Got there at about 10.45 and after seeing the queue splashed out the extra £2 for a fast track ticket. Got in and failed to get one of the goodie bags, already all gone. Damn. But really wished they had put deodorant in the bags cause already the place had the smell of the bottom of my laundry basket at the end of the month. Quick wander round and anything anime was packed. be it shops selling dvd's, posters, or pocky there was a 2 deep scrum around it, yet the rest was fairly easy to get round.
The Distributors had a fairly good presence, with the possible exception of Manga, which seemed to have very little on offer. Beez, ADV and Revelations all had good special offers with ADV (who were really pushing Guyver) sellling things like the entire Rahxephon series and movie for about £25, all of Hellsing for £35, got all of Escaflowne for £45, and Revalation had Gunslinger Girls for £30 and a somewhat complicated FMA deal so on. Other shops had usual tonnage of Manga, but there wasn't that much in the way of imported DVD's or CD's. Lots of art books and 'toys' though.
The Cosplay was in full effect, and although there was a great range (in both subject and quality) most common were FMA, Naruto and Bleach, and while there was a fair amount of Final Fantasy there weren't the hordes of Cloud's and Sephiroth's that i'm used too seeing. My favourites were the Battle Royale girls (3 girls in the school uniforms covered in blood with their 'weapons'), the Gundam (card board box with Gundam written on it) and 4chan's Anonymous (complete with Pool's closed sign).
Didn't see much of the free anime screening (FMA, Conquerer of Shalaba was completely packed out), but did manage to seen Highlander which was ... bloodier than Elfen Lied and while fairly true to the mythos kinda meh.
Didn't do any of the signings, but the Dude from FMA had a queue round the anime stage, and the dude from Eva was almost empty... possibly. Since he was opposite the ADV stall, which was tucked in a corner and always packed, it was difficult to tell.
Best find was the Rahxephon Art Book or Kasugai Sumiyaki Coffee Candy (an espresso in a boiled sweet). Aslo got all of Escaflowne and Guyver (new one) Vol 1, and frissbee, t-shirt and bag, and a poseable and transformable VF-1A Fighter
I totally squee'd over the Haruhi Bunny Figure at one of the stores but alas could not afford it. £35 was waaaay too much. Got some ribbons instead.
