{"id":178624,"date":"2015-07-07T17:51:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T00:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=178624"},"modified":"2015-07-07T17:51:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T00:51:03","slug":"anime-expo-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2015\/07\/07\/anime-expo-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Anime Expo 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My son and his fiance visited from Michigan and we spent two days at Anime Expo. I must admit it’s a pretty wild ride.<\/p>\n

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The banner for Anime Expo<\/p><\/div>\n

There were a lot of people there:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The floor of the main exhibition hall<\/p><\/div>\n

A very short video of the Taiko drumming at the start – they had drummers set up on both sides of the entry:<\/p>\n

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You only get this at a convention like this one:<\/p>\n

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A weapons check<\/p><\/div>\n

Lots of interesting costumes:<\/p>\n

\"Wonder <\/a>
Wonder Woman <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"I <\/a>
I hope that’s a bodysuit <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Dan <\/a>
Dan Board <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Cool <\/a>
Cool costumes <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Cool <\/a>
Cool costumes <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Cool <\/a>
Cool costumes <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The headpiece was amazing <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Even <\/a>
Even a cosplayer needs to phone home <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Da <\/a>
Da Bear <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The cosplay corgi <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Rilakkuma\" <\/a>
Rilakkuma <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Cool <\/a>
Cool costumes <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Some <\/a>
Some cool costumes <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Some <\/a>
Some cool costumes <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Bunny <\/a>
Bunny costumes <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Wheelchair <\/a>
Wheelchair Costume <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

On Saturday we went to the concert – IA performed. She’s an animation, the voice is called a vocaloid, a synthetic voice that can be edited and used with music. She ‘performs’ on a transparent screen in front of the band. I had to laugh a few times, it seemed odd to have that animation in front of the band. The music was interesting and good:<\/p>\n

\"The <\/a>
The line, from above, waiting to get into the theater <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A shot of IA <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

A couple short videos of the IA concert:<\/p>\n

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