What happens when you place Ed, Al and Winry in the same room....
As mentioned before, Theresa-neechan wanted to give Grandia III to VA Jennifer Sekiguchi. Since she only had one copy of the dvds, I transfered the files to my laptop while getting dressed in my kimono. I wanted to head to the Dealer's room for an hour before the 'Elric Brothers' panel. However, the autograph line was closed (happened alot this weekend,) so I headed to my next panel early, which was the Ryuhei Kitamura-san panel. I got to saw clips from movies he did (all live action) as well as a short movie, 'The Messenger.' His genre is mostly supernatural, horror and action. 'The Messenger' was nice...kinda predictable, but very well done. ^.^
 Vic and Aaron stepped up to the stage and Caitlin joined them. The panel opened with them throwing milky way pieces into the audience. ^.^ Karaoke time hit the panel when (as requested) Caitlin started singing the tv edit of 'Motherland' (FMA ending song with Winry clips) and Vic sang a bit from 'Brothers.' (Vic tried singing 'Melissa'-the first FMA opening-but couldn't after a couple lines. ^.^) When we asked Aaron to sing something, he said 'I don't sing.' Vic told a short story about when he was recording 'Brothers' in english, he asked Aaron to sing Alphonse's parts. But Aaron said exactly that: 'I don't sing.' ^^; Another Aaron moment was when someone asked 'What do you want to do when you grow up?' Aaron stated, 'I'm only in middle school.' Awww! *hugs Alphonse plushie* Vic started asking Aaron about his studies. Vic: 'Favorite class?' Aaron: 'I'm good in English....' Vic: 'How about science?' Aaron: 'That's the class I got a D in.' Fans: 'ooooo.' Vic: 'Everyone, write to Aaron's teacher. "You must pass Aaron!"' Fans: lol At a later time.... Vic: 'If you play your cards right, you can get your fangirls to do your homework for you.' Fans: *screams* Vic: 'Reply if you know how to do math. I need this by 8am.' *raises hand* ^.^
Someone noted that Aaron is taller than Vic. (Really? I must get a pic!) As a follow-up question, someone asked Vic how tall Ed was. Vic told the 'how I figured out Ed's height' story which he deducted by thinking of his own height at that age, 4'11". Turns out, a fan at another convention got the official height from one of Arakawa-sensei's books and the height of Edward was indeed 4'11" (when converted from cm. ^.^) Someone of course asked Vic to say the 'donut story' (again) as well as the 'miniskirt' phrase. Vic refused to say the 'donut story' (again) and Caitlin added that he will get nightmares about being hungry and seeing nothing but powdered donuts if he tells the story any more. lol ^^; *pats Edward plushie* The 'miniskirt' request prompted opposite phrases with 'Roy Mustang is dead sexy, Gluttany is anorexic' and some others. ^^; At another request, Vic did 'Kamehameha!' complete with hand motions. (FYI, Broly-Vic's character in DBZ-does not do 'kamehameha.')
A person asked 'Is it true that you don't wear pants when you record? Because that is my fantasy...' Me: O.o Vic: 'The only time I don't wear pants is when I'm on a panel with Steve Blum.' Me: O.O Vic: *points at person asking original question* 'Steve Blum, everybody!' lol
One completely new thing...Caitlin mentioned that Funimation got the license for Ouran! *fangirl squeal* The dream that Tamaki wll be played by Vic is something all fangirls want...even Vic himself. That'll be sooo funny. ^.^ Also, Caitlin is directing One Piece. Sugoi! At the end of the panel, I got Caitlin to sign one of the cards (that came with the LE movie dvd set) and I gave her pocky. ^.^
dealer's room, Eminence, dealer's room
I tried to get on the Vic and Aaron autograph line (again) at the Funimation booth. My attempts lasted up until the room closed at 3pm. Alas, it was no good. >.<; Oh well, at least I got Aaron's autograph on Friday, (thx to a staff. ^-^) Even though they'll never read this, I truly appreciate the staff members at the Funimation booth since they were so nice to me. They even told me to come back at a later time and they would have let me on the line. Just that I was too late. Arigato, minna! *bows* I was able to buy two Loveless clips set (5 each for SD Ritsuka and SD Soubi.) ^.^ Kawaii!
 A dance started up in the Dealer's room. I don't know if these girls were a team, but they danced to Lucky Star as well as the Haruhi ending. O.O youtube link - Haruhi and youtube link - Lucky Star The only reason why I think they were a team was beause they had a music player looping the two songs again and again and they just kept on dancing. It went on for a long time. I kept on walking by and they were still at it.... ^-^
In between trying to get on the line, I made it to the end of the Eminence concert. The MC was Piano Squall who made a funny comparison between Australia (Emienence's country of origin) and an RPG game. ^.^ The music was wonderful to say the least.
Such a beautiful concert. *applauds*
FMA movie, laughter still included
As my last event, I went to the FMA movie showing, Conquerer of Shambala. Even though it was already 3pm, the movie just started. (I guess the previous showing ran late?) It was fun getting to watch the movie AGAIN on the big screen with a crowd of fans. ^.^ The atmosphere was much more subdued then the previous showings. I'm assuming it's because most of us had watched it already. However, we still cheered, awwed and laughed at the high points. ^.^ It was a wonderful end to the convention.
Tadaima! I'm home!
I met up with oneechans and okaasan at the pool area of the Sheraton. Oneechan x2 and I took some last pics on the patio. I changed out of my kimono and we headed to the car. Okaasan had already checked us out of the hotel. It was a long ride home, though I was asleep a good portion of the way. Fried chicken and ice cream became my dinner. ^.^ We dropped off both oneechans and I spent an hour burning Theresa-neechan's Grandia III files onto 2 dvds before heading home. By the time I got to LI, it was close to 1am. I had already called the office to leave a message to my supervisor to take monday off. Sleep is very important. Also, my shoulders ached. *yawns* Oyasumi! -.-Zzz
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