My day 2 at Dot Con started with a cup of coffee and 2 fruit explosion muffins from Tim Hortons. Tim Hortons is a great way to start your day ^^. I arrived at the Holiday Inn around 10am and just as I expected, it was still empty and not many cosplayers were there yet. The dealer was supposed to open at 9 am according to the schedule  I got but it was delayed until 11am.

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Dot Con is a small anime convention run by a group of dedicated anime fans through volunteer basis. The con attendees was approximately around 150-200 on Day 1 based on my estimation ^^. Despite of being a fan run anime convention, it’s severely lacking in term of organization and management.

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A couple friends of mine organized a gaming party last night, although, it’s more like just people gathering together and have fun ^^. The theme for this gaming party is N00b Party and if you don’t know what noob is, Google is your friend ^^. In addition to gaming, there are also food and drinks available for us to buy and the best thing is that all the food is Indonesian food and $1 Starbucks coffee ^^ (Best pricing ever for a Starbucks coffee).

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On my way to Fan Expo 2008

Today is the last day of Fan Expo 2008. It’s not as crowded as yesterday but there were still a lot of people and most of them were looking to get autographs. As usual and what I always do in every convention is wondering around looking for cosplayers and things to buy ^^.

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Day 2 of Fan Expo is totally packed. There was a long line up at the registration and barely enough room to move around in the exhibitor room and outside the exhibitor room. I arrived around 1:10 pm which was little bit late than I originally planned as I was stucked at my dentist.

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I just got back home from Fan Expo which started today. It was fun and I met Rin (pretty easy to find him ^^), one of the bloggers in my comrade list. We were just chit-chatting and mostly talking about his recent vacation in Japan and summer comiket. Check out his coverage of Comiket Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3. I am really looking forward to his loot post honestly lol and makes me really jealous when he told me how much figures cost in Japan compare to here XD.

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ACG NA (Anime Comic Gaming North America) is a Toronto-based group who shares interest in anime, comic and gaming. The whole purpose of this community is to promote anime, comic and gaming to everyone, hence, the name is ACG. They currently work on expanding their activities through out North America and they look really promising so far. I was aware of their presence at Anime North last May at the artist alley where I bought a lot of prints from one of ACG NA artist.

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South Side of TCC on Day 3

Empty Parking on the north side of TCC on Day 3

Last of day Anime North, I wish it didn’t have to end so quickly but I had an amazing this year. I woke up around 9am and took a shower and all that crap then left to TCC. I got a nice parking spot this time, it was just right by entrance. Last day of Anime North is always much less crowded compare to Day 1 or 2. Parking area was pretty much empty.

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Line up for registration

I arrived at Toronto Congress Centre around 10 am and saw a long line up for registration. It’s kinda expected since it’s Saturday and I had to park far away from the entrance because all the lots near the entrance were all occupied.

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This is my 5^th anime north and I have been attending it religiously every year since 2004. Each year the attendance is increasing. Last year, there were 13,500 attendees so we can expect the number goes up to 15,000. Anime North in Toronto is one of the largest anime convention in North America in term of total attendance according to 2007 statistic (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_convention ).

Double Tree Hotel

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