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*Eats devil fruit, turns out it was the kami kami fruit*

*throws the moon towards the earth*

I've been down to LA using all 3 methods and for going to a convention, and if you're not flying.. i feel Amtrak would be the safest way.

Greyhound is around just around $20 cheaper, but you're NOT guaranteed seating even if you purchased your tickets in advance, buses can arrive hours behind schedule, and they don't really check who takes the luggage so it's possible you can loose your precious cosplays. The train does take a little longer to reach LA (around 10 hours) but overall is much safer, and staff there will help you in case anything goes wrong. Much more can be said about the characters you encounter on the buses too, but i won't freak you out. For a safe trip down to LA, knowing that everything (including yourself) will get there in one piece comfortably, definitely take amtrak.

Gas is that expensive?

When I drive down and up, it's only like... $60/way for me. o.o (A tank and a half, and I come from 1 1/2 hr south of LA)
Unless you drive like an SUV or something. o.o

i drive a pick up :D, not the most effcient of vehicles D; and 300 is a bit overkill but you never know, i always like to be safe and double up the cost just in case of who knows what. it's actually around $170 for a 1000 miles at 25 miles per gallon ($4.25 a gallon). at 20 miles per gallon it's around $220. better to have extra then have to walk back to nor cal right D;

Hey, I'm a friend of heroblade.  We're going to go down early and try to get an extra cot from the hotel.  If the group can agree on sleeping arrangements, I would be happy to welcome you into our room.

sweet ty! we're sorting it out at the moment.

Are you guys all heading down separately and meeting up in LA?

holy crap bro, $300?  :o bus is way less, but u get crazies. I would recomend plane. My friend just bought a round trip ticket at $200 and he'll only be in the air for an hour and not have to wrory about dying in a fiery inferno of LA traffic

yea i looked at flights just now and it's around 200 for round trip, and train is alot less then that. But i still need people to go with cos i don't wanna eat the hotel cost :D tnx for the tip!

I actually have a group hitting Ax as a group. If I may recomend, driving may not be the best plan. Gas is costly as well as the cost to park( worse parking than fanime imo). The only plus would be u get ur choice of food considering the convention center is surrounded by restaurants(more costly tahn fast food is my problem with it) and an endless number of subways anda Famamia market. My group plans to train or plane there. The tram from certain hotels is a great way to get in and out of Ax. May I ask have you booked a hotel room yet?

No i haven't, and thank you so much for your suggestion!! im still trying to figure out what to do exactly. Cos i know gas alone will be like 300 minimum.

Hey guys i live in the bay area and I'm planning a road trip down to LA for the Kalafina concert and signing during anime expo, which is coming up during July 4th weekend. I'm a total noob to cons and last fanime was my first convention, but i do NOT want to miss this opportunity to see them live D; So i was wondering if anyone in the bay area would care to join me? I plan to drive down there Or take train and stay 4 days 3 nights, and head back up to nor-cal Monday. We can get into more details about the costs and things like once i see how many people are interested. I'm hoping for 3 others so we can share a hotel room!

little about me: I'm 23, Asian male. Love music and singing, no smoking, no alcohol (maybe a little ^^). Don't really have a preference for the people interested as long as they're clean, friendly, don't smoke, and love Kalafina (and anime conventions of course). so whos up for it :)))?

awww man this sounds so fun but clashes with the karaoke event :(

Edit: wait nevermind i just see that it's on for all 3 days. but are the matches announced after the end of each day or at the end of the 3 days?

Question question!
For the first song, since we are limited to 2:30, can we edit the karaoke version of the song with some kind of audio program, like Adobe Soundbooth, and cut parts of the song out so that it ends before 2:30? I'm asking this because my song would fade out in the middle of a fast verse, and that's super embarrassing if that happens, not to mention horrible sounding. So I'm just wondering if I can prematurely end the song? Thanks!

i think someone asked a similar question and the answer was it's ok to cut intros but not mid song, but don't take my word for it better wait for an official answer  :-X what i can suggest though is prepare beforehand so that you know exactly when the song reaches 2:30. so that for songs that would end at a strange place, stop singing a phrase early so it wouldn't be so embarassing, or if you know you are about to be cut off, sing through confidently till the end of the phrase so as to avoid looking silly :)).

so sorry to hear that.... it must've been so frustrating going through the list but not seeing your name on there. but no fear! you still have sign-ups at con, so don't give up yet. and who knows someone might drop out or not show up.

dunno about posting my real name here but Im gonna be a sebastian from kuroshitsuji.

Signups are now closed.

As I mentioned before, only the first valid 40 entries are assured of a spot in the contest. There were well over 40. We'll sort this out and post the list of confirmed singers by Monday.

yaaaaaaaa tnx for the hardwork! :-*

I like singing in Japanese because no one else understands what I'm saying. :D

YES!! exactly! :p gotta love it :D
same wit chinese and korean XD

The cars next to you just give you dirty looks cuz they don't know what the hell you are singing

actually when i pull up next to car i usually stop singing and act normal because Im afraid of their scarey rap songs or whatever :(

oh wow so im not the only one that likes to genderbend

Problem is that there are very few male anime songs and most are super super high like T.M. Revolution's.

i agree, this is why i had inquired about the pitch change issue. However, i didn't want to take chances so my final choices were male.

oh wow so im not the only one that likes to genderbend

u mean male singing female or female singing male?
of course not. its so much fun! :D

hehehe maybe im male singing female version of a male song  :o
wait and see~~ lalala

oh wow so im not the only one that likes to genderbend

it's my first time too. i feel the same way.

Gah, everyone seems like they have lots of experience with karaoke.

This will be my first contest. Aaahh the nervousness.

better kill those butterflies!!! or else those high notes will become squeak notes

Do you remember me or just talking about the song?  I didn't make semi-finals.  I was so sad. :b

i do believe i saw that on the youtubes.

this is wat i think
when the list is posted of who is in the contest, we should all kinda sound off on our real names
and meet up in person for the contest and cheer for each other!
moral support!!
because i kno for a fact that none of my friends are goin friday night so ill need all the support i can get :D

oo i love this idea, and we should all introduce ourselves in a sing songy way :D