July 3, 2005

  • I went and did my one afternoon at the Anime Expo for 2005.  They
    still have that "dealer's room only" pass, so me, my girlfriend, her
    sister, and their cousin, all went for that.  Upon entry I can
    already tell that this year is busier than last year and the whole
    dealer's room was pretty darn packed.  The vendors are more or
    less the same, and I was able to get that courier bag that I've been
    wanting for quite awhile now. Although I didn't plan to purchase many
    things I did notice that Japanese Manga were being sold at 20 - 25 percent
    off! That wasn't the case last year, so I unfortunately did not get any
    because of the fact that I didn't bring any money with me, nor did I
    really want to spend much at all.

    As for the people attending, once again, unlike the stereotype with
    "geeky" conventions, it was a good approximate percentage of 50 percent
    each between guys and girls.  I'll also have to say that there are
    a lot of pretty, cute, and some hot girls that showed up, and several
    in costume no less. As for the costumes themselves, this year I made a
    good attempt in avoiding taking pictures of characters that I already
    have an abundance of from past years (Sailor Moon, Ranma, Naruto,
    etc).  Although I ignored that rule for some of them that looks
    too good to ignore. I'll have to say though, that the costumed folks this year isn't up to par from what I saw last year.

    This year was also the year of coincidences and old acquaintance. 
    I saw two of the members of the Anime club
    I was once the
    President to in college, at the Anime Expo. I also happen to see one of
    the people who also held
    Presidency to that same anime club in attendance as well.  I even
    saw one of the owners of an anime store that I used to deal with
    before when I was President.  All these people are people I
    haven't seen for at least
    seven years! Ofcourse, I didn't say "hi" at all. Not only that, but apparently, I found out that one of my friend's and my
    girlfriend's friend actually dressed up in costume for Anime Expo 2003.
    Chances are that I actually met her then, and probably took a picture
    of her, all before I even knew her.
    Unfortunately, I believe I accidentally deleted the folder in my
    harddrive that has my Anime Expo pics from 2003, so I can't confirm it.

    Anyways, here are some pictures that I took.  I actually have a
    lot more but I'd rather not have them all displayed here.  I'm
    sure you will be able to google some pics from other attendees, and
    they'll probably have a more extensive collection as well.


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    Well, that's all for now. I'll re-edit this to add any links to other sites that has more Anime Expo 2005 pics.