Day 2: Saturday, August 20


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Scott talks as much as Duo ^.^

I woke up at 8:30am, watched some tv and ate some ramen. ^.^ After putting on my Chun Hyang outfit, my father took some pictures of me in the front lobby of the hotel. I went to the fanfiction panel and got some tips about the preferred length of chapters, story, readme files and how to NOT make Marysues. I wandered around for a bit, and headed to the dealers room for a quick spin. I headed back upstairs to the voice actors signing. I found out that Richard Ian Cox and Scott Mcneil was signing together and headed there first. After the first 3 hours (literally <-<) I found out that Mr. McNeil is a very sweet person who is very into his fans...and devotes about 5mins. to each person including pictures, hugs and random quotes from various animes. While I was waiting, I was able to sneak a picture of the two of them. Richard looked up and got Scott's attention. They put on a surprised face for my picture. ^.^

Richard (left) Scott (right)

Since it was getting close to Fullmetal Fantasy, I decided to skip out and return for the morning signing the next day.

FMA part 1: Is there a techie in the house?

Fullmetal Fantasy was at 2:30pm. Of course there was a line outside...but I somehow was able to get in through another door. ^^; I didn't know about the line until I tried to get out for the restroom. Oh wellz.... ^^; There were so many delays: first, the voice actors, Vic and co. was told the wrong time to be there, the staff misplaced the dvd and another dvd machine was needed since the first one didn�t work.... >-< Mike MacFarland and some Hellcon fans tried to stall for time. Someone had translated �Brajta?and a girl sang it acapella. O.O It was totally awesome. (I met her later outside after I finally made it to the toilet. ^.^) Another surprise was when a 'spoiler' (last episode Dante) appeared and walked down the aisle (towards the Hellcon ppl.)

The room exploded when the movie finally started. This was the second time I was Fullmetal Fantasy, and it was as awesome as I remembered. The movie was not going to be placed online (since its only shown at cons) but Vic said that they sent a copy to the Japanese company and if they get the approval, the movie will be placed as an extra feature on the next dvd. *screams erupted* I soooo hope that it'll be on the dvd. I'll buy the dvd just so I can have that movie. (I wasn't thinking about getting it since I already have the whole thing in Japanese with eng. sub. ^.^)

FMA part 2: ROY MUSTANG IS DEAD SEXY IN A MINISKIRT!

The panel after the movie was the voice actors panel. After everyone moved up and around, I got a seat closer to the front. Glancing around, I discovered that Mr. Toshifumi had settled in behind me again. We struck up another convo and I even talked with his friend (after mistaking her for being 'Mrs. Toshifumi.' ^^;) I�ll never forget what he did next: Mr. Toshifumi took my camera and went up and took pictures of the seated voice actors on the stage. It was so funny seeing my flash blind each actor. ^^; (Thanks to Toshifumi-san, I got some awesome shots. ^-^) Of course, I thanked him profusively. Since there was still some time before the panel began (and following the other fans ^^;) I went up to get Mary Elizabeth McGlynn to sign the Motoko picture, Michelle Ruff to sign my Chi picture and Toshifumi-san signed my Inuyasha pic. ^.^ The panel was also filled with hilarity (as expected. ^-^) Since the panel extended from 5 to 6pm, several of the panelists had to take bathroom breaks. Every time someone left, Mike McFarland would hold up his hands with the fingers forming a letter �P,?which cracked us up every time. At a fan�s request, Vic stated, �Roy Mustang is dead sexy�in a miniskirt!?*explosion* ^.^ They also screened ep. 29, where we finally met a new character, Wrath. (After watching that, I want to rewatch the entire series again. ^.^) When the panel ended, some of the voice actors stepped to the side for the enjoyment of the fans. I was able to get Justin Cook to sign the Russell side of the FMA pic and get Mike�s autograph. ^.^ After the extended panel, I headed back to the hotel for dinner (more pizza and ramen.)

Cosplay: the Musical

I made it back to the con in time for Masquerade. One of my fav moments from the show were an Evangelion duet with Rei on the violin and Asuka on the cello playing the music from �the End of Evangelion.?They even had the penguin which just flapped her wings to the melodies. It was just so cool. ^.^



The other highlights are listed as so?


- Smexy Ash and Pikachu answer questions about pokemon?


- Naruto dancing to Michael Jackson


- Fullmetal team doing the scene from �The Cry of the Chimera?(really, really sad -.-)


- Naruto crossover with Monty Python (night of the singing ninjas)


- Kawaii Akamaru jumping through a hoop. ^.^

Yaoiness Rated: X^3

After the performances and the cosplay groups, I skipped out as the awards were being given. I headed upstairs to check out the Japanese group �The Indigo.?Unfortunately, there was a scheduling change and the show was switched with something else�so I missed it. <.< However, I decided to head over to the yaoi panel (which I was planning to go to later anyway,) but the yaoi line was too long and I didn�t make the cut. (I was the 4th person in line when they decided to cut the line. ^^;) But it wasn�t too bad since the rest of us crazed yaoi fans decided to hold our own yaoi panel (�Yaoi Panel 2?^.^) and anyone who didn�t make it to the other panel could attend ours. ^-^ It was pretty awesome and some people got some yaoi action. 0.0

Some words that would describe the evening would be: kissing, fanart, yaoi paddles and handcuffs. ^.^

I got more pictures so you can get an idea about what went down? The con staff made us leave, but I left happy. ^.^ Since it was still early (in comparison to when I said I�ll be back ^^;) I checked out the dance. There was trance music blasting and it was so awesome seeing people rave in so many different styles. If I wasn�t so tired, I would have gone back to the hotel to change and come back? But as it was, I just went back to the hotel and sleep. ^.^

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