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Fan Expo 2008 Day 3

Saku — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:30:11 +0000

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 ^^.

Line up for exhibitors room

I was in such a hurry this morning that I almost forgot to bring my SD card for my camera >.> . Luckily, I checked my at the subway station so I was still close enough to where I live and went back quickly to grab my SD card.

More line ups

Anime wise, there weren’t a lot of things to do at Fan Expo in comparison to Anime North 2008 but I still had fun regardless ^^ especially at Anime that tune game show. The staffs were really generous because they gave away free stuff to everyone such as DVDs and Tshirt which I got one ^^.

and even more line ups

One of star fighter in Star Wars. Can’t remember what it is exactly called.

There is no convention without caramel dancing >.>

Renee O’Connor (Gabrielle in Xena Warrior Princess TV series)

Micheal Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor in Smallvile). He looks different ^^;;

Sean Astin (Samwise ‘Sam’ Gamgee in Lord of the Ring trilogy)

Board gaming area

Not sure how someone can play WoW standing but these people did it ^^

Soul Calibur 4 section is never empty

A pic that I took while taking a break.

ACG NA is in Fan Expo 2008

Kaze-Hime’s booth from ACG NA is always packed ^^

R2D2 from Star Wars series

Anime that tune game show

First group of contestants. The third guy from left won this round. He is pretty good.

Second group of contestants. The third guy from left won this round.

Custom ‘Gears of War’ Xbox 360

Cosplays of The Day

Sakura Kinomoto from Card Captor Sakura.

Mikuru and Haruhi from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier.

Tsukasa from .Hack//Sign

Princess Leila ( I think? )

Lavi from D.Gray-man

Mew Lettuce from Tokyo Mew Mew

Chii from Chobits

Amane Misa from Death Note

Shiouin Yoruichi

Lockon from Gundam OO.

Our ACG NA mascot ^^

Not sure from what anime/character she was cosplaying for. Cookies to anyone who knows ^^

D.Grayman Group (Millenium Earl was drinking slush lol)

Ranka Lee(Macross Frontier) and Kero (CCS)

Coke-man. 10/10 for creativity ^^

Why so serious?

No idea from what series or characters. Cookies to anyone who knows ^^ Gintama group (Thx momo ^^)

Cloud vs Haseo

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My Loot for today:

No noobs are allowed in my room >.>

Free tshirt from Anime that tune game show

Sakura and Mokona keychains and Naruto cellphone strap for my friend.

Pictures below are NSFW (Not Safe for Work)

More coverage on Rin’s Blog.

Fan Expo 2008 Day 2

Saku — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:30:04 +0000

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.

Anime that tune game qualification round

Once I arrived, I went straight to “Anime that Tune” game session where you have to guess which anime the song played comes from and met up with Rin. It’s a really fun game and Rin and I just couldn’t believe how the contestants didn’t manage to guess quite well known anime openings/endings (OP of Tsubasa Chronicles season 2 and Clannad for example). I had problems guessing songs from old anime and anime that I haven’t watched yet (like X and Magical Shopping arcade Abenobashi). The girl who won the game today was really good and I think she knows approximately 60-70% songs played.

Anime that tune game final round. The girl in the middle won it.

Anime Xtreme Booth

It was quite a challenge to take pictures of cosplayers today due to too many people especially in the exhibitor room so as the result some pictures are little bit blurry T.T

Cosplays of the Day

Darth Vader and Little Darth Vader

Resident Evil

Allen Walker Clown from from Dgrayman (100% synchronization with innocence)

Lacus Clyne from Gundam Seed

Kingdom Hearts

Yagami Taichi(Tai Kamiya) from Digimon, Riku, Yuna and Lulu from FFX/FFX-2

Star War

Mario and Yoshi ^^

Mew Ichigo from Tokyo Mew Mew

Queen Amidala

Mixed of cosplayers ^^

no idea what she was cosplaying for but she looks nice so I took a pic ^^ Blood Elves from World of Warcraft

FInally found a Batman cosplayer along with The Penguin and The Joker. I saw a lot villains from Batman series but not many Batman cosplayers.

Cloud from FF7 Advent Children

Maka, Shinigami and from Soul Eater

General Cross from D.Grayman. He is in a lot of debts which is why he is selling anime merchandise ^^;;

Haseo from .Hack//Roots and .Hack//GU

Mitsuru Kirijo from Persona 3

Umi and Hikaru from Magic Knight Rayearth.

Venom with 2 unknown characters Justina from Magna Carta: Tears of Blood (Thanks Lareine) ^^;;

Black Star

I didn’t buy much today and waiting for tomorrow for more good deals from the dealers (hopefully). I got a free tshirt and bought another tshirt for $20.

Update: Check out Rin’s coverage of Day 2 Fan Expo 2008.

Fan Expo 2008 Day 1

Saku — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:00:15 +0000

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.

Walking in the Sky Walk which connects Union Station, CN Tower and Metro Convention Centre where the Fan Expo is held

I think day 1 is pretty quiet as usual since most people usually go on Saturday , although, there are a lot of people still and there will be even more people tomorrow I bet. Sad thing is not a lot of cosplayers that caught my attention and I am really picky in term of taking pictures of cosplayers. A lot of Bleach and Naruto as usual ^^.

Skywalk

Rails view from the Sky Walk. Union train station is a major train hub in Toronto.

Little kid and her mom said hi to Storm Trooper and Darth Vader. I was surprised she didn’t even cry.

Exhibitors room as busy as always

Artist Alley

World of Warcraft Booth. You can play WoW here if you have an account.

Soul Calibur IV booth. My only chance to try on Soul Calibur IV. I got to stage 7 before got beaten by Knightmare using Sophitia.

Nintendo Booth. You can play Super Smash Bros and other games here.

G4 Tech TV Booth. If you enter your name + other info on the laptop, you have a chance to win a Rolly.

MLG (Major League Gaming). Rainbox Six: Vegas, Gears of War and can’t remember the last game are the games that were played in this tournament.

Hellboy Statue

One of the retailers which sell a lot of gunplas

Brent Spiner who well known as Data in Star Trek The Next Generation. Great day for a Trekkie fan ^^.

Cosplays of the Day

A character from Sailor Moon and Miyuki from Lucky Star

Jango Fett

Storm Trooper and Darth Vader

Bleach

Sakura Kinomoto from Card Captor Sakura. This is one of her battle dress but I couldn’t remember from which episode T.T. Dark Magician Girl from Yugioh.

Miyuki from Lucky Star

Sisters from Trinity Blood

From Tsubasa Chronicles I believe.

The Joker

Yuki Cross from Vampire Knight. She has a nice smile ^^.

Listerine guy ^^

Kagamine Len

Yoko from Gurren Lagan

Radit, Kakarot and Vegetta from DBZ. It’s over 9000 >.>

Toronto at Night

I told myself before I went to fan expo that I am not going into shopping free mode, but, impulse buying beats it. I have absolutely no self control lol so my loot of the day :

Type-Moon art book ($42), Elis Hossen 1/8 PVC from Canvas 2 ($60) and Fate/Tiger ($42).

Stay tune for Fan Expo Day 2 tomorrow and hope you guys enjoy all the pics ^^.

Update: Check out Rin’s coverage of Fan Expo Day 1