Results of Anime Weekend Atlanta 2014!

Fair warning: I wasn't as trigger happy with my camera as I usually am, but I still got some good cosplay pics.

Not a whole lot to say about this one. Not that it was bad, because it wasn't. I just personally didn't do a whole lot there.

First off, on Friday, got off work at 7am and decided to stay up until that night to force myself to adjust to a normal sleep schedule for the con. When I got there, I spent some time perusing the dealer's room and artist alley to see what jumped out at me, the result being a couple of figurines, a plush, and a number of art prints. I noticed that the Japanese voice actor for Dandy from SPace Dandy was there and, knowing how huge a fan of Dandy my friend was, I told her about it. She got really bummed because she wasn't going to attend AWA this year, so I offered to swing by her place to take something of hers she wanted signed. She drew up a picture of Dandy's head and gave it to me to get signed, so I did that. The VA was even dressed up as Dandy. It was great. I also noticed a Space Dandy art print in the artist alley and got that for her as well. After that was done, I went to a screening of One Piece: Film Z, but at that point, my lack of sleep was really catching up to me. I was nodding off every 20 seconds or so, so I couldn't follow the movie much at all. All I knew from the movie is that child Nami is adorable beyond words (her age was regressed by one of the antagonists' Devil Fruit powers).

Spoiler: Look at her. LOOK

After that, I was concerned about how much my fatigue was getting to me, so I decided to head on the perilous journey home before it got worse. Perilous because I was shaking off sleep every 10 seconds driving on the freeway for 40 minutes. x_x

Saturday, I picked up a few more figurines and a plush from the dealer's room, went to a screening of the first two episodes of Kill La Kill (awesome anime if you like crazy things), and attended a Q&A panel for Vic Mignogna, a highly talented and well-known voice actor. I had planned to go to his autograph session after his panel, but a series of unfortunate events saw me locked out of that opportunity. I got there 20 minutes early (2:40), but the line was full and the staff member said to come back in half an hour or so, to give the line time to die down. So I came back at 3:10 and the line was even longer, with people waiting outside the line to get a chance to get in. A different staff member said to come back in 20-30 minutes. So I came back at around 3:40 and was informed that the line was halfway dwindled. Feeling hopeful, I approached yet a different staff member only to be informed that the line was regretfully closed off and not admitting any more people. I was so irritated that after looking at my schedule and noticing the only other thing I wanted to do for the rest of the day was still 2 and a half hours away, I said screw it and went home.

Sunday, today, was a bit of a hassle. I had planned to go to two things today: The voice actor round table at noon, and another screening of One Piece: Film Z at 1:00, fully awake this time. Unfortunately, the Vic Mignogna autograph session today was at 1:30, so I had to miss both the things I wanted to attend in order to make it to the autograph session. The first thing I had to miss because I didn't want to get screwed again by not being early enough, and the second because the autographs happened at the same time. But I suppose it was worth it, since I got a pic with him and something autographed. It was a good day, all things considered. Unfortunately, I got out of the autograph signing at 2:30, and the only other thing I wanted to go to, a screening of Lupin III: Castle Cogliostro, had started at 2:00. So I just kinda shrugged and called it a day. I got another figurine and an autograph, so it was a successful day, I'd say.

Apparently, though, some crap went down (in one case, literally) Saturday night after I left. There was an attempted date rape, I presume after the AWA mixer. It was foiled by an guy cosplaying as Maes Hughes from Fullmetal Alchemist. I heard the girl said "I was saved by a state alchemist!" My inner nerd said "He's not an alchemist, just a soldier." I also hear someone pulled the fire alarm and that caused a stink. Even more, one couple apparently had sex on the stairwell during said alarm. This baffles me because they presumably had a hotel room. Go figure. I also heard that a group of Homestuck cosplayers went around and graffitied a bunch of the bathrooms, in one case smearing poop on the wall in the shape of a smiley face. What the actual ****, AWA. Oh well, at least I wasn't there for all that.

Anyway, enough rambling on. Time for pics!

Junichi Suwabe dressed as Dandy - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73613383/Conventions/AWA 2014/IMG_8327.JPG

Spoiler: Nami and Luffy from One Piece

Spoiler: EXTERMINATE

Spoiler: The whole Regular Show crew

Spoiler: Zelda and Hilda from Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

Spoiler: Attack on Pocky

Spoiler: Sasami and Tsunami from Tenchi Muyo!

Spoiler: Eevee, Vaporeon, and Umbreon from Pokemon

Spoiler: Me and Vic Mignogna doing Edward Elric's transmutation clap

Spoiler: The crap I bought

Spoiler: Perona, KOS-MOS, Caimie + Pappagu, Don Quixote Doflamingo, Chopper figurines and Usopp bobblehead

Spoiler: Fake Chopper and Lapras plushies

Spoiler: One Piece Strawhat crew fanart signed by Vic Mignogna, who sang the Funimation English versions of "We Are" and "To the Light", two of One Piece's openings

Spoiler: One Piece fanart (MASSIVE SPOILERS IF YOU'RE NOT CAUGHT UP WITH THE SERIES)

Spoiler: Disgaea fanart featuring Pleinair, Flonne, Laharl, Etna, Hanako, and prinnies

TF2 fanart featuring a spy being burned by a pyro - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73613383/Conventions/AWA 2014/IMG_8366.JPG

The signed drawing and art print I got for my friend - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73613383/Conventions/AWA 2014/IMG_8368.JPG