CNAnime / Sci-Fi Expo / Comic Expo this weekend!

[JLunar]

Anyone else going? I'll be there all weekend almost. Check the alley for me, or at the UDON or Sunscript booths!

http://www.hobbystar.com/torontoconventions.html

Jen

[spike-spiegel]

Sorry J, but I'm not going. :?

$40 is alright, but the guests suck this year. Only Kia is interesting.

Maybe next year. :shock:

[joshmxpx]

i've gone every year for the last three, mainly for the sci-fi expo, met lots of celebs! this year i can't go though.

[JLunar]

hehehe.. yeah, I get dibs on Kia. My editor, who's mastermind of UDON, is pals with Kia... BWHAHAHahahah!!!

Jen

[spike-spiegel]

hehehe.. yeah, I get dibs on Kia. My editor, who's mastermind of UDON, is pals with Kia... BWHAHAHahahah!!!

Jen

:P What are you planning on getting him to autograph?

Silent Mobius DVD/Manga?

[JLunar]

Heck no, I just got him to draw on the Massive Jam pic that I was passing around. Got M. Turner, D. Keown, FJM and other TC/UDON people too!
I'll post a pic of it later. :)

I drew so much on Sunday. @_@

Jen

[reflex]

Where is it held at? Btw..this should be in the Entertainment section.

[kilarney]

Where is it held at? Btw..this should be in the Entertainment section.

At the MTCC, I'm not going because I don't like anime in the first place. Sorry

[NG]

http://www.hobbystar.com/torontoconventions.html


I'm getting: The page cannot be found

$40 - wow - does Toronto ever have any cheaper admission ones? Seems alot considering unless they have somebody from Star Trek I wouldn't be interested in any of the speakers.

[D-Sisive]

Where is it held at? Btw..this should be in the Entertainment section.


btw this should not have been resurrected...and its at the cne this year

the mtcc one past already

[NG]

btw this should not have been resurrected...and its at the cne this year

the mtcc one past already

WTF? He replied to a 3 year old thread wondering where it's being held at?

[iNFiNiTe]

oO.... erica durance... linda park... semi-hot sci-fi chicks... :cheesygri
I'd be there if grace park (galactica) was a guest... :D :D :cheesygri

[iNFiNiTe]

WTF? He replied to a 3 year old thread wondering where it's being held at?


HOOOLLLLY... i just noticed this thread dates from 2002... talk about blast from the past.. but still relevant, at least for this year's event.. :D

[tinlunlau]

yeah...i stopped going to the CNAnime since 2 years ago because the guest list was just boring. same old people too. they had the same 2 manga artists from "Slayers" for 3 consecutive years. boring....i don't plan to come this year. not even Elijah Wood is going to change it.

[coriolis]

I'm just going to get angela's(atsuko and katsu) signature then leaving, after checking out the stores.

$45 is a rip, you can only buy the 3 day pass for the anime one, the others lets you buy single days :(

[Paksis]

WTF? He replied to a 3 year old thread wondering where it's being held at?

Must be on Daylight savings.

[Headhunter]

Canadian National Expo homepage (http://www.hobbystar.com/ComicConTorontoV2/CC_Main.asp).


Was at my local comic store last week, he said it's $20 for everything except the anime movie showings. Apparently the comic side is just all the local retailers hawking their leftovers/undesirables, hoping to sell some stock. Gee, that sounds enticing.

Do the celebs charge to meet them? If not, I may consider it; there's enough Canuck content that my interest is mildly piqued.

[reflex]

whooooa..my bad lol..damnnnn haha i was thinking about CNanime today and did a search here, not wanting to duplicate a thread. lol...wow i was waaaay out of it when i posted here hahaha. anyways..we can still talk about it here =P

[Headhunter]

Note that comic writers/artists are free, TV/movie celebs cost extra.

That's a decent chunk of change to wander around and either line up to meet someone, or look at all the comic book stock that I could normally buy without an entrance fee.

Any compelling reason to go?

[guest10586]

geeks unite? :lol:

I've been to an anime get together...its really creepy...and you realize just how normal you are.

EDIT: WTF? This thing thread is sooooo old...this is before I even joined RFD.

[MrDisco]

Anyone else going? I'll be there all weekend almost. Check the alley for me, or at the UDON or Sunscript booths!


sorry i wont. i refuse to goto conventions.

edit - wtf. this thread is ancient! i just saw the aug.22 and missed the 2002 creation date.

[coriolis]

geeks unite? :lol:

I've been to an anime get together...its really creepy...and you realize just how normal you are.

Amen.

[Emancipated]

yeah...i stopped going to the CNAnime since 2 years ago because the guest list was just boring. same old people too. they had the same 2 manga artists from "Slayers" for 3 consecutive years. boring....i don't plan to come this year. not even Elijah Wood is going to change it.


I thought long and hard on paying $8.50 to see him in Lord of the Rings; why would anyone pay $40 to see Elijah Wood?!!!

[cmge]

im goin again this year but only for one day... -_- ... id really like to know what the iteninary is for each section but the site doesnt really help.... id like to get Clive Barkers autograph tho...

[Headhunter]

I'm probably gonna buy a sketchpad and disposable camera, then rock and roll my way over after work.

Wouldn't mind meeting some of the Canadian actors, but it isn't worth the extra scratch; I'll just get sketches/signings from the real stars. :)


BTW, Toronto comic publisher Udon Comics (http://www.udoncomics.com/) is going to be there, they do some good stuff.

[Headhunter]

Not much interest, eh...?

I'm leaning towards going after work.

[coriolis]

I'm gonna go tomorow..

Such a rip, $45 for only 1 day(since I have work sunday and today...oh crap, right now!).


Bah, I'm going anyways, but I'm not expecting as much, AN should be much better

[MizTEcK]

lol this thread is haliarious :lol:

[Headhunter]

Such a rip, $45 for only 1 day(since I have work sunday and today...oh crap, right now!).
WHAAA? How'd you come up with $45?

Are you paying extra for the anime related screenings and such?

[duckdown]

geeks unite!

[Headhunter]

geeks unite!
Shall you be joining in the weekend's festivities?

[Fantaz]

Hmm, I think I might check it out tomorrow since I've never been to an expo convention before. Does anyone know if there will be any good video games at the event? Anime and movies can only keep me entertained for so long.

I'll be wearing my DreamCatcher t-shirt there tomorrow if anyone wants to come up and say hello to me. :)

[Received:]

hahaha, i read about this... "30 000 Fans" in one place...haha. I believe it's $20 for basic admission. I've got some friends going, I'll be downtown tomorrow...but I'm still not sure if I'll check in or not...the only thing I really want to see is this:


What is a Masquerade?
This is one of the most popular events of the Expo. Fans get there chance to show off their fantastic costume creations in front of a live audience for prizes. Most costumes are related to what our fans love most, Comics, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Anime. The effort put forth by the contestants in this event is incredible! This event should not be missed! Click on our "Features" link for rules and regulations.

Hahaha, only problem is it looks like you gotta get an extra ticket on top of the basic admission to see this freak show......

[Hulkster]

JLunar you work at Dreamwave also? Everyone that's into computer gfx works there. I have so many friends that work there.

[coriolis]

The Anime Pass is 3 days only, and $45..

I want to go to the AMV competition, Those were often good.

And received: The Masquerade is indeed a freakshow...

You'll watch it, and be speechless for the next few days, going what the HELL did I just watch..

I'm pretty sure angela's concert and her autograph sessions will nee dthe anime pass..

[duckdown]

Shall you be joining in the weekend's festivities?

you couldn't pay me to go.

[JLunar]

hahaha.. I'll be at the Udon booth until about 1pm, then I have to duck out for a wedding. Then I'll be back for a few and then out again.

wow, thread soooo old!

If it weren't free, I wouldn't be going either. *g* but if you're there tomorrow or sunday before 1pm, come by the Udon booth and say hi! We're right around the corner from the Aspen booth near the front-ish.

I should be hawking Streetfighter and my own doujin or something.

[Headhunter]

Edit: Here's the official con website (http://www.hobbystar.com/ComicConTorontoV2/CC_Main.asp) again.

http://www.hobbystar.com/ComicConTorontoV2/imagesInterface/ComicConTO_BotBanner_Comic.gif

Went to the con, a snapshot:


http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif: Jen! Steve McNiven and Josh Middleton were also genuinely good people. I wanted to get something from Skottie Young too, but got there a bit too late. Ian Churchill seems like a decent fellow, but his line was way too long for me to get in...

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/images/icons/icon2.gif: WAY too commercial. It was depressing to see most talent turn their heads away from fans unless they approached with dollar bills. Sci-fi celebs were charging some insane amount extra; one package for James Marsters hit nearly $700!! I overheard a few Canadian talents mutter something about the American work ethic, no argument here.

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/images/icons/icon13.gif: Greg Land, who gave the worst sketch in the history of history. Neal Adams, who ignored me and kept arguing with his wife on his cell. Both guys had really short lines by the the end, while the friendlier Canadian content still had good traffic at their booths.


Had never been to a con before, didn't realize that most vendors would be hawking their crap. I'd never been around so many unwanted back issues, critically panned collections and general tchotches in my entire life. Udon and the studio wedged between Neal Adams and ACTOR had good stuff, but otherwise it was less than their A (or B or C) games. Some of the talent on Artists' Row also had interesting stuff, but the $$$ is insane.

My recommendation: buy the cheaper $20 pass, skip all the comic vendors, buy some of the nicer items from small press/Canadian talent. I'm not a rabid patriot (alright, I am), but the Americans I met or whose booth I dropped by reacted like scalded dogs at my audacity in looking instead of begging to buy.

There's apparently a rule now that no pay, no sketch, but the Canadians all stepped up for me.

[Received:]

Hehe, I walked by on the way to my sister's work...I think I would have died of laughter had I made it inside the doors. There were so many nerds...wow.....hahaha, incredible. I can't imagine how much worse things were inside....

Anyone go? How was the action inside today?:lol:

[coriolis]

It was bland - AnimeNorth was better heh...

There were lots of free stuff though, so that wasn't bad.

Giving out Nintendo DS's, Pokemon stuff(yea, POKEMON! :o), DVDs, CDs at the panels, but not much.

Meh....

[nkn1983]

It was such a long day, I found some good deals though so it wasn't too bad, the angela concert was good, but it was obvious that the theater wasn't built for concerts so the sound quality had a lot to be desired. I'm totally exhauted and don't know if I will go there again tomorrow, if someone wants to go you could get my anime pass for 10 bucks, which is only half price of a one-day pass, PM for details ;)

[coriolis]

The angela show was pretty entertaining. I was a fan since Stellvia, and I was pretty excited. I waited for a long time, I was in the front row :D

They didn't have a full band neither - but hey, if there was, they would need a whole symphony band + bass + drummer + keyboards, and I doubt that'd happen heh.


Their engrish was pretty good, Moooooee-suuu!!!

[Fantaz]

I'm not even going to talk about the horrible experience I had at this expo.

[cmge]

i like last year's setup for the con instead of this years.... this year's was a mess... the nintendo booth was weak and the artist alley seem to have shrunk down... >_< ...

indeed animenorth was much better than the SFX... and is it me or did the Udon booth shrink too??... i really wanted the Street Fighter poster/scroll/banner they were auctioning... man it was sooo nice!!!...

[doraemi]

CN kinda was a dissappointment this year...i remember 3 years ago when i went, i had so much fun...now its just BLEH!


i agree, AN was better in the vendor section, but entertainment-wise, CN was still better....

[JLunar]

hahah.. Udon booth was bigger this year, but we have an end cap usually, so this time we didn't have as much space "in back"

However, if you'd have come earlier, you could have bought a paper version of that horizontal poster for $20.

and DAMMIT. I forgot to take comics from them, though I did manage to buy my Oxide 2 book, which was SEKSI BEYOND BELIEF! <3 HTK.