Folks, this may have the been the best one yet. Lots of great panels, fabulous guests, and great fun was had by many (if not all). I apologize in advance for the ones that came out blurry (stupid lens), but enjoy our pictures anyway. Pic comments are coming later when work is not so much.

The Pictures

Kate's Report

Con highs:

• Anime Hell- Three words: "Der Fuhrer's Face." Truely animated hell indeed.
• Aya Hisakawa and Chika Sakamoto- Both very wonderful and gracious guests, who answered our questions (probably ones they've heard millions of times before) with great enthusiasim and politeness. As a bonus, Chika Sakamoto made us hit ourselves over the head with imaginary chopsticks and sing in Japanese at the top of our lungs. Can't say that was a boring panel... ^_^
• Cosplay- I'm always amazed by the diversity of cosplay and cosplayers I see at Animazement. New anime and old, young and old, black and white...it's just so much fun to see what new and amazing everyone can come up with.
• Old faces, new faces- To all you guys from last year, nice to see you again and I hope to catch you next year. To you new folks, it was nice to meet you, and perhaps we will meet again.
• The new room organization - I love that the video games are now in the more spacious bar. I love that the Art Room and Video Room 1 traded places. Keep them there, please?
• The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Panel- Scoff if you will, anime purists, but a viewing of Godzilla vs. Megalon was just what this old soul needed at 11 pm on Saturday evening, not some techno-poppy dance. Bravo to the gentleman who put it on, and may I suggest Gamera vs. Guiron for next year? Also, the Bots were amazing and sadly the closest thing to a celebrity encounter I've ever had.
• The Comfort Suites - Due to my own stupidity, I didn't make reservations for the Sheraton in time. However, if you are forced to stay elsewhere, I can fully recommend this wonderful place; great rooms, wonderful (understanding) staff, contenental breakfast, and plenty of regular folks to give you strange looks.
• The Sign Ban- To the organizers: Thank you for not allowing signs this year. It made things more fun and much less uncomfortable for those of us who don't like attention whores.
• Playing 1000 Blank White Cards at 2 am in the morning in the lobby- This is always fun. Even better when people are forced to make a One Ring out of paper and flush it down the toliet...er, drop it in Mt. Doom. ^_^

Con lows:

• Video Contest- Oh look...another Naruto video. To be honest, things were a little more diverse this year, but there were still too many angsty rock videos. Will someone please make a video with some rhythm?
• Eva: The Musical starting late- Dammit, I missed it due to a dinner date. And I really wanted to see it, too.
• No Jaek - Due to circumstances, no trauma for Jaek this year. He doesn't know what he missed.

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