Now, Anime Expo is held at the LA Convention Center, which everyone knows as the Staples Center. But the naming rights were bought up by crypto.com, so it is the crypto.com arena. Everyone still calls it the Staples Center. You have seen those pernicious ads with Matt Damon, who reminds us that “Fortune Favors the Brave”. No, it doesn’t. There are a ton of brave explorers who died, so that doesn’t sound like getting favored. I bring this up, as I personally encountered a lot of ‘brave’ people who came under my sphere of influence. (more…)

Learning from the missteps from yesterday, today I was better set up, as I dragged out the umbrella AND we looked at the schedule. Not much was planned during the day, so I was going to take a major swing at the Exhibitor’s Hall. But first, I would have to WAKE UP! (more…)

There is always an anxiousness to get the Expo started, but the actual start time was 10:30 am. This is good, as I was champing at the bit at 7 am (when the buses start running), but I should go out WITH the wife and daughter so we can pretend we’re a family. (more…)

Well, the day has finally arrived, but if I knew it was going to start off like it did, I would have probably stayed hidden under the house. (more…)