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I think this system might work better if we sent in apps by email rather than a form. Email servers can withstand a lot more than online forms can. That way we can all fill out apps beforehand and send as soon as the time window is open.

At this time it might be futile to ask for more answers/changes... it's too late in the game to change anything, and it's not a single person's decision, as well as there are so many things to take in account for to give a concise answer. All we can do at this time is wait and hope for the best, or (rather drastically) boycott AA until changes are made (not recommended).

Woops I mispoke in my hurriedness sorry

I think you can apply any time you want, you just need to have it for the con. Here's the info: http://www.boe.ca.gov/info/reg.htm Actually you don't need that one, you'll need a temp one which you can get through the con website... eventually.

Thank you! I've never sold in the states before... but luckily I have friends who went to AX maybe they can help

I think it's just poor planning and not one person can solve it lmao Maybe AA isn't their main priority but if they wanted to solve this they'd have to do it all together properly.

Pulling stuff out of my ass now, but you know how conventions always try to make sure that it's clear AA shouldn't be for profit (admit it tho artists mostly use AA for profit) and it might be due to fear of copyright infringement?? (and yet look at japan and its dj industry) Maybe original art is supposed to pacify that fear? IDK

Honestly if they're going to have an original art quota I might as well just have gone to Otakon jfc What's the deal with original art quotas anyway? (Forget it that's a whole other discussion)

There's news on AA sign ups on Fanime's FB page!
By the way, when do people apply for seller's permits?

If it helps, I was not on the waitlist last year: Signups posted on 4/5 and I received my acceptance on 4/19.

Wow that's actually kind of... long time..... 2 weeks :0

It was pretty fast last year but I am not sure how long it was for people who were waitlisted.

A day? Within an hour?

Wow 15 minutes that makes me really relieved :') How soon can we know if we got a table or not, after applying?

Wow thank you so much for the info!
I just wanted to ask, when you say it sold out fast, how fast is fast? I'm used to Anime North table sign ups and they're crazy competitive. When it used to be half FCFS, it sold out within a second @___@

Tastes in Anime tends to be more mainstream, like big 3, or whatever.

So hows the traffic here? Also, my friends who've gone to AX say that the taste in Anime in the US is more mainstream?

Are you looking at flying into San Jose or San Francisco? There's more (and often better) options for flying into San Francisco. I used to live in Victoria and they had an awesome direct flight there.

I live in Toronto, looking for a flight from Buffalo to San Jose. It's on the other side of the continent and I'd really rather not travel around so much...

If it's going to be 4~5 weeks before artist alley reg.... then it might be hard to find a flight T____T why

My friends and I are from Canada and we were considering coming over to Fanime.
Generally when does artist alley registering start? (I hear it wasn't until a month before that it started last year...) Or maybe if staff is available to answer, is there an estimate this year when it will start? How many tables are available? How competitive is it for tables? Traffic? Any suggestions for print quantities? Etc...

If there are any other out-of-the-country attendees, your input would be very very welcome.