Okie dokie! Yuka here updating for Day 2 of Anime Los Angeles 2009!
Sorry that we didn't get to this sooner, but we were dead tired afterward.
Starting day 2, as soon as we walked out of the elevator, there were of course tons more people in the lobby and the main floor. More panels, costumes, concerts, etc. First, I'd like to get a couple complaints out of the way. x.x
The one problem with the hotel that we started to notice: the bottom 2 floors, including the main floor, had absolutely no cell phone service. Extremely inconvenient. Especially because the three of us were separated half the time.
Another problem that I noticed: even though I've noticed that the hygiene problems at cons has gone down ever so slightly, A LOT of people chose to wear the same costume/cosplay they wore the day before, and as much as I don't want to say this, a couple of those people were masquerade participants. Unless you've made 3 of the same costume, please don't wear the same thing every day. ._.
Enough ranting about that... on to the panel, and then the...
>.> <.< MASQUERADE!!!!!!!!! :DDDDDD
Panel:
The one panel that Aki, Miki, and I did go to was about the translation from Japanese to English when dubbing anime/manga/music. The panelists: A Japanese teacher from a local college, a woman who majored in Japanese literature, a man who has connections in the dubbing industry, and a long-time anime fan. Not the biggest source of credibility, but I guess this could go either way. I don't know for now.
They did stay on topic (and thankfully did not stray onto the oh-so-famous subs vs. dubs). Everyone was respectful, there were laughs, known and unknown anime, visual & audio aides, explained accurately and clearly for those who weren't familiar with the subjects they were talking about. Overall, Aki says this panel gets an A-, because an actual translator would have been great! :D
Masquerade:
We all like to try and be the first ones in line for the masquerade, right? Right. So Miki, Aki, and I go to sit in the (at the time very short) masquerade line at around 3:30 or 4, since seating was at 6 and it began at 7. They moved our group of about maybe 8 or 9 people about 4 times in the span of about an hour or so. Finally they had us in the right spot, gave us 'Sorry' ribbons, and let us in the front of the regular masquerade line. But, the crew was having techical difficulties and instead let us in at around 8:30-ish.
The toastmaster Tadao Tomomatsu was as funny as ever. :] I think ALA has found their MC match.
The actual masquerade: There were some costumes that I didn't expect to be show. Most of this year's entries surpassed my expectations. Tons of brownie points go out to the participants! :]
But because of the 2 1/2 hour technical difficulties and moving the line so many times, this year's masquerade, we give a ............-drumroll please- *crash!* B+
I'll be uploading pictures very soon! Even though there's not that many this year. D:
I suppose that's it for day 2 of ALA 2009!
-Yuka
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
DADADAAA!!! ALA: Day 1
What are your first impressions of the con? :D
Miki: It's fun, but.... um.... NaruBleachNotoTards will DIE.
Yuka: COSTUME SATIN = NOOOOOO! WIG CAPS = YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!
Okay.... because... wow... right... so, chat time about everything! :D
Miki: We should just do a podcast. >.>
Aki: SHUT UP. Dx Our internet at the Mariott is too shitty to do a podcast, and you know it.
Miki: I felt so bad. They sent TWO tecs to "FIX" it. >.>
Yuka: GET ON WITH THE POST. Dx
Aki: WELL.... Maybe.... -sighs- V.V NO EXCUSE!!! OBJECTION!!!! -points to wall- D:<
Aki: ...... -goes and sits in her corner- T-T
Miki: -sighs- I mean, there's a lot of nice stuff at this con, but... it's very.... very.... It NEEDS tits, first of all. Very... I don't know... Mainstream!
Aki: -from her corner- I AGREE! Dx
Miki: YEAR 3 ROCKED.
Aki: -still in corner- AGREED! Now, WHERE ARE MY FAIL COOKIES?!!?!? -looks in her bag-
Yuka: O_O >.> -throws chocolate chip cookies into the bag of junk food-
Aki: NOOOOOOOOOOO! -long dragged out, DBZ style- THAT IS NOT OVER 9000!!!! DX
Miki: We are TOTALLY ditching this con for Little Tokyo.
Aki: -comes into the light- AGH! LIGHT! EYES, BURNING! >< -covers them- But we still need to watch the Masquerade, guys! :o
Miki: Well, some panels look good though.
Yuka: Okay. On with the REAL review...
Aki: YAOI! YAOI! YAOI! O_O -spazzes uncontrollably- ANYWAY.
Day 1 Review (4:24 PM)
Well, the Green Room has really nice food for the staff and people involved directly with the con. Thanks to our magical chopping skills.... DAMN YOU AND YOUR CHEESE KNIFE, Yuka!
...
Anyway, to the seriousness! (Miki: O_o Seriousness? Aki?)
Day 1 is pretty mellow, as most first days of cons tend to be. We didn't have any problems checking in at this Mariott, which is MUCH more than we can say about LAST year's Mariott.
Hotel Overall Ranking: A-
We only had minimal problems with the hotel (internet and one of the keys.). Checking into the hotel was easy and dandy. The con is ALL on one floor, which was AMAZING. :D
To the con con stuff:
Miki's Complaint: WTF. ONE anime room? O_o THIS IS AN ANIME CON. HALF of the anime is dubbed. They show less than Conjecture does! (Which, by the way is a nice SCI-FI/Fantasy con that happens in San Diego once a year, look forward to us in 2010!)
Aki's Complaint: I have to agree. And, the panels are great, but all of it is so mainstream... I mean... there's TWO costuming panels that I saw. The rest are like, "Voice Acting 101, What is ALA?" I mean, those are REALLY nice, but it would be cool to have a yaoi panel... or a MANGA panel O_o
Miki's 2nd Complaint: They're giving away Twilight Posters.
Aki: -sarcastically- LET'S GO TO TWICON!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!! x3
Yuka's Complaint: That we give this entry a PROPER layout so people don't hate us.
Aki: People shouldn't hate us for our opinions... that's just rude. Dx And plus, Aki just doesn't DO proper layouts. >.>
Miki: Let's go check out Dealer's Room.
Aki: OKAY! :D
For now, we're signing out. :D
(Our future posts might just be podcasts... the internet just SUCKS at the moment.)
Con Whores: Who are we?
So... this is Kakkoi Gakuen's Official Blog! It's not like that actually matters. xD
This is from the four of us (even though our FOURTH MEMBER should be here too. >.>):
Aki: The oldest and craziest, Leader-sama of Kakkoi Gakuen! (She even came up with the name... while doing lots of drugs, and is mentally the youngest. :D WOOOOO!!!!) She is the spastic weirdo who always gets the group into trouble. :D You need to READ those Masquerade slips before signing them, Aki! :D Leader-sama, OUT!
Miki: The second to youngest, known the most to keep the rest of us in line during costume time @_@ She keeps Aki's ass in gear and makes sure Leader-sama doesn't pull her Haruhism out of her ass. The most responsible out of the group, she makes sure we don't get over charged for internet at the LAX Marriot. ALSO the only one that gives a shit about Google Earth. (Aki: WTF. That's what Google Maps is for. Dx) Mi-chan, OUT! :D
Yuka: Moe. (No, really. She's fucking hott. :D) THIS little girl is the second oldest, but she is the most adorable. Aki and Miki aspire to kidnap her and sell pictures of her at Akihabara to pay for Rewrite. No, seriously. We wish we could do that. And she IS that hot. End of commentary. (Miki: She's a pineapple. That's why it's all her fault.) Yu-chan, Bai! :S
Akio: Is not present at the current time. IS SHE EVER?! (Miki: It's cuz she goes to that fancy rich school.) -sighs- This little spaz case is the youngest of the group and never seems to show up. One day we shall extract her from her disease laced coma of myspace. Akio.... WHERE ART THOU!? (Aki: No, seriously. WTF man? XD)
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