ZeonicFreak

I have my review up on Animazement, if you guys care to listen in... http://aoypodcast.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/aoy-podcast-17-the-hangover-cast-2013-animazement-phoenix-comic-con-talkback/

That one guy who sold the retro anime posters (which, I got the Gall Force one for 20 bucks) had all of Gall Force on DVD, including the 'hard as hell to find' Earth Chapter DVD. That dude wanted 150 bucks for all of them. I was ticked off because I have been trying to find that one DVD for a few years now, and it was bundled with the others that dont justify the price. Also, he didn't look like the type who had the friendly personality to barter with, so I was like "screw this."

Well I first went to the con when they had it at the Sheraton hotel in Durham, which before they moved to the convention center, that place was packed out pretty tight. I was in the dealers room a majority of the time helping out my friends booth Agito Video Games (ie the one with all the PC games and was always packed). I cant complain, I came with two boxes and left with one, so people bought my crap. I'd figure they would get like TM Revolution eventually (which I am guessing are still kinda big maybe?) I think what caused the dealers room to be smaller this year was that Anime Boston was happening the same weekend, and I think the bigger east coast vendors (such as Video Games New York) were over there than at this con.

Animazement is so on the fly on about everything, they just make up stuff as they go. They don't put out a schedule till like the very last week (which as you can see, contradicts itself), which is why I can see these issues happening. I heard the panel about the wife of Ishiguro had 5 PEOPLE in there. If I was that guest, I would be very disappointed in the staff to invite me to a con where no one is going to show up. I am surprised NOIZ came back, because when they were there last time, half the people went to their show from the previous year (which was in '09 if im not mistaken) and no one seemed that interested. My brother and I got their autographs when they first came, which 3 of the band members were outside the con off at the corner of the street taking a smoke break. That was pretty cool.

AWA is a con I would love to check out, but I'd hate to go by myself.

I currently live in Greenwood SC for about the past 5 years, but I am from the Raleigh area before I moved here. It's a yearly thing that I get to go to Animazement (last year I couldn't due to finances), but I was able to help a buddy of mine in the dealers room this year. I maybe going to the Escapist Expo this year to help the same friend sell stuff there, so that should be fun.

I am pretty sure you were ahead of me, because I remember someone taking a photo of them signing a poster in line. That is pretty sweet man.

I did not even know about that. That must have been one heck of a piece to be sold for that much. The con staff mentioned he would do autographs and not sketches because of the size of the line.

I probably was, and I might have been the one holding up the line the longest (HEHEHE ). Which... totally worth it.

I actually just signed up for this forum when I was browsing the internet for anything on him from Animazement, since I had him sign some things for me at the con. I had him sign my Gunbuster DVD box and the only version of DYRL we ever got in the states, Macross: Clash of the Bionoids on VHS. When he was signing my Gunbuster DVD, I was telling one of the ladies behind the desk (not sure if it was a translator or his wife) about the Clash of the Bionoids tape that I had, and asked if he had ever seen this before. He looked at it for about a minute and they were conversing back and forth, and the translator told me he never knew about the version we got like 25 years ago. What made it even better was he offered to sign it (which broke the ONE AUTOGRAPH PER PERSON RULE, TAKE THAT ANIMAZEMENT STAFF!!!!) and he, like he did during the line, threw his hand out for a handshake, which I gladly accepted from him. Mikimoto is a bro, and he seems to know that people in America really like his work. There was also a guy in the line ahead of me who had a blue book box item that had a VF-1 inside of it, that for the past couple of years had numerous people sign it like Ichiro Itano who was at the con last year, Ishiguro who was at Otakon a couple of years back, and one or two more over the years. I don't see that guy parting with that anytime soon, neither will I on my items. Mikimoto's stuff is in the second row: I also do a podcast so my convention coverage will be coming out in a couple of weeks found here: www.aoypodcast.wordpress.com I just wanted to share this with you guys, and hopefully you'll check out the podcast.