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You see some strange and different things at an anime con. Here's the killer paint job on the House of Anime's truck. |
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Welcome to the Pre-con Staff Guest Reception! Here's my friend Lorraine Reyes (right) and further on the table, Daiken Yoko-o. |
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More of the Guest Reception. Daiken Yoko-o, Hirotaka Okuma and Tsukasa Kotobuki sketching away. |
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See what guests do in their off time? American guests chilling and frolicking at the Guest Reception. |
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Tsukasa Kotobuki working on my sketch. |
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Yuji Moriyama and Kenichi Sonoda on the opposite end of the sketching tables. |
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Opening Ceremonies! It's Part One of our Japanese Guests, (L-R) Tsukasa Kotobuki, Kenichi Sonoda and Yuji Moriyama. At the mike? That's Emcee of Emcees, Carl Horn. |
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Japanese Guests: Part Two. (L-R) Scott Frazier, Hirotaka Okuma and Daiken Yoko-o. |
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Here's Jason Lee, Doug Smith and Amanda Winn Lee from A.D.Vision. |
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Check it out! It's Zelgadis and Misty...er.. Crispin Freeman and Rachael Lillis. |
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Here we have Leah Applebaum, voice of Nanami from Revolutionary Girl Utena, and Lisa Ortiz, the voice for Lina Inverse of Slayers and Deedlit from Lodoss War. |
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Ready for some artists? Here's ACen's resident Odd Couple, comic book artists Robert DeJesus and Lorraine Reyes. |
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Last of the guest crew... Here's Shawn the Touched and Viz's very own Toshi Yoshida. |
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Words of wisdom or Spam attack? Here's ACen Co-Chair and MAPS President, Maria Rider. |
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Definately Spam. Here's ACen Co-Chair and MAPS Secretary, Roderick "Agitator" Lee. |
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Translations abound! Here's Tsukasa Kotobuki, translator/Sonoda-san's "love toy" Dan Kanemitsu, Kenichi Sonoda, and Yuji Moriyama. |
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Robert DeJesus with this opening remarks. |
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The Prelude: Amanda Winn Lee address the group. |
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I couldn't seem to get a shot of Jason Lee with his eyes open... So much for 400 speed film. |
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Crispin Freeman says a few words. |
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The ever-smiling Rachael Lillis. |
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Here comes Lina! It's Lisa Ortiz. |
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Of course they can speak! Don't everybody? It's VA Leah Applebaum. |
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Welcome to the Meet the Guest Reception. It's Amanda Winn Lee and Scott Frazier. In'it CUUUUUTE? |
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Kenichi Sonoda enjoys the catering while Yuji Moriyama and Toshi Yoshida enjoy a good laugh. |
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Jason, Amanda and Scott kickin' back at the reception. |
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Had a question about Fushigi Yuugi? Here's where to get the answer. The "personalities" of the FY push on the internet! |
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This is the Fushigi Yuugi group pict after the FYML panel.
From L-R (IRC Nicks): Kouji, Agitator, Tekaneda, Miakachan, Bar-san, Yasha, Puu-chan and Thea. |
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Here's a Coke! Here's a Coke! I wonder what else is in there... Here's the infamous Guest Cooler making an appearance at the Masquerade! |
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Masquerade Judge and Internet Personality, Scott Frazier. |
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The Costume o' Costumes. It's the bigger-than-life Pen-Pen. |
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Amanda Winn Lee and Crispin Freeman getting into the Pen-Pen extravaganza! |
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And here's Amanda getting WAY into the Pen-Pen extravaganza. This is the pinnicle of abstract photography. |
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And here's the far side... It's the Masquerade contestants, Part 1. |
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And this is what it looks like when it's all over. It's the Masquerade contestants, Part 2. |
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Want to see how long it takes to clear a hotel? Well, a false fire alarm will do it! And it did it to the tune of 2 Ambulances and 3 Fire Trucks. |
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Here's a nice cute pict. It's Momiji and Kusanagi from Blue Seed, AKA Amanda Winn Lee and Jason Lee. |
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And finally, here's the reason why I don't get outr as much as the rest of the world. This is a shot of the empty Newsroom where the at-con publications happen. Just a bit nicer than my hotelroom/newsroom from last year. |