anime expo 2008 moves to da hood

[otakuapprentice]

Fanime > AX

BTW, what was the real reason AX left Anaheim?

What I've been told is that Anaheim told them they had to limit their attendees to 30,000 or so, AX refuses to put a cap on total attendees. From what I see, despite being a "non-profit" convention, they sure love bringing in money.

there are many stories to why its not at anaheim anymore such as Shriners bought them out of the usage of the center, They got kicked out, Shriners using it for a couple of years ect

who knows

they did not renew their contract with the anaheim con center in time, so someone else got the contract  for the time AX originally had....thats what ive heard.

[PyronIkari]

Fanime > AX

BTW, what was the real reason AX left Anaheim?

What I've been told is that Anaheim told them they had to limit their attendees to 30,000 or so, AX refuses to put a cap on total attendees. From what I see, despite being a "non-profit" convention, they sure love bringing in money.

there are many stories to why its not at anaheim anymore such as Shriners bought them out of the usage of the center, They got kicked out, Shriners using it for a couple of years ect

who knows

And the real answer is...

Because it got to big. Anaheim convention center doesn't support the size of the con. There were having trouble catering to 20k people. If it got bigger, it wouldn't work out... so they went to Long Beach. They moved from Long Beach to the LACC because once more... Long Beach wasn't big enough. They had to go somewhere bigger.

That's it... that's the reason.

[Mizuki]

Mobb'n Thru Da Hood, 6 Deep, Hoo Ridin' Up To No Good

[protocol7]

Mobb'n Thru Da Hood, 6 Deep, Hoo Ridin' Up To No Good

English please?  ;D

[Kazuko]

Mobb'n Thru Da Hood, 6 Deep, Hoo Ridin' Up To No Good

Dr. House Where u at, Rollin' with dem bitches and ho's hustling everyday

In the ciiityyyyy City of Compton

[rude32]

16 in the clip and one in the hole

[G.I.R]

Mobb'n Thru Da Hood, 6 Deep, Hoo Ridin' Up To No Good

Dr. House Where u at, Rollin' with dem bitches and ho's hustling everyday

In the ciiityyyyy City of Compton

FYI, Compton is about eleven miles away from downtown L.A.

[Kazuko]

Mobb'n Thru Da Hood, 6 Deep, Hoo Ridin' Up To No Good

Dr. House Where u at, Rollin' with dem bitches and ho's hustling everyday

In the ciiityyyyy City of Compton

FYI, Compton is about eleven miles away from downtown L.A.

Apparently someone hasent listened to California Love by 2Pac and Dr Dre

[lyricaldanichan]

This song says it all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk0pjzmHs3Y

LOLOLOLOLOL


original video is ever funnier

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMlPVpXtkJY

[neko ewen]

The blogger here seems to (1) have a vendetta against AX, and (2) be mired in 4chan speak. Neither of which makes me confident that they're being unbiased.

I'm just reminded of my families reaction when I told them about where Fanime was.  Have I mentioned that my family is from San Jose (Campbell specifically) and I was raised there till I was about 8?  Yeah, well when I told them where Fanime was held they ALL flipped out and told me it was a bad area and suggested I make sure I was secure and bring pepper spray.  I've been to Fanime for 3 years now and I've never felt less than safe.

Jeez. I grew up in downtown San Jose. I can't see how you'd find much in the way of trouble around here unless you make a serious effort to find it. There are some weirdos around the Paseo de San Antonio light rail station at night, but in my experience you have to get a lot higher in the numbered streets before you reach anywhere questionable. Immediately around the convention center is like a dead zone where only businessmen tread under normal circumstances.

[Rhornez]

i am soo glad san jose is wayy better to host fanime ....heres a mini story of me and my cousin and his friend

well it was 2 am when we left the con we tried to flay a cab but no luck so we decided to walk around (this was on saturday outside the convention center) so we kept trying to call a cab...we almost got one we saw him on the bluetooth!!!!  >:( we were pissed and we kept walking and kept calling ....no luck so we decided to walk it....being how far our motel was well 2 miles away from the con or 1 mile? howard johnson hotel ...so i noticed san jose is quite better than oakland as where ever we walked there was no one and it was silent till we passed by a police pulling over a SUV they noticed us and asked our ages and told us to get home safely (i was sooo glad  :)) and so two more blocks and were at our hotel


so compare this location to AX and tell me which is better  ;D :P

[BrightHeart76]

I'm just reminded of my families reaction when I told them about where Fanime was.  Have I mentioned that my family is from San Jose (Campbell specifically) and I was raised there till I was about 8?  Yeah, well when I told them where Fanime was held they ALL flipped out and told me it was a bad area and suggested I make sure I was secure and bring pepper spray.  I've been to Fanime for 3 years now and I've never felt less than safe.

Jeez. I grew up in downtown San Jose. I can't see how you'd find much in the way of trouble around here unless you make a serious effort to find it. There are some weirdos around the Paseo de San Antonio light rail station at night, but in my experience you have to get a lot higher in the numbered streets before you reach anywhere questionable. Immediately around the convention center is like a dead zone where only businessmen tread under normal circumstances.
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Keep in mind my immediate family left the bay more than 20 years ago.  I'm sure things have changed since then.

I mentioned that story because I don't want people to avoid AX because someone said that it's in a scary place.  If people act carefully and protect themselves everything should be fine.

[G.I.R]

It's not that the areas really that "bad",  (in fact there's a lot of redevelopment going on in that area),  but there is a real lack (at this time) or restaurants, hotels and services in the immediate area.

[xxxplizit (pogi1kenobi)]

The reason why AX is moved to L.A. is due to how much the convention center can hold (60,000+ people).  With the increase of attendees (or so they say) going around 10-25%, perhaps the claimed 40,000+ in 2007 should be good enough for LACC?

Either way, I can't make it for work-related reasons, though some people are borrowing my cosplay(s).  If I do go, I wonder if wearing a Celtics Jersey is gonna cause some controversy. ::)  At least this will be a good wait-and-see basis to whether or not to go next year.  heh.

The blogger here seems to (1) have a vendetta against AX, and (2) be mired in 4chan speak. Neither of which makes me confident that they're being unbiased.

1 is most likely the case due to potential bad experience with 2007's AX and the quick decision to move it to LA (it was announced immediately after AX 2007 ended).
2 is half and half, since 4chan is known for drama.  Some think it's actually ghetto while other argue about "this goes to any other place".

[Super No 1]

Either way, I can't make it for work-related reasons, though some people are borrowing my cosplay(s).  If I do go, I wonder if wearing a Celtics Jersey is gonna cause some controversy. ::)  At least this will be a good wait-and-see basis to whether or not to go next year.  heh.

Not a good idea.  During the NBA Championship, the Staples Center was open for locals to watch the away games.  During game 2, some poor guy wearing a Celtics jersey got the bejeezus beat out of him by a mob of Lakers fans, which resulted in the Staples Center being closed for game 6.

Good news for AX is that the Lakers lost, which means everything within a few blocks of the Staples Center and LACC didn't get looted and burned to the ground.