Well, I finally attended the famed Anime Expo 
this year, and was very disappointed- 
The con was the most poorly organized/run 
convention I have ever attended- lines were hours 
long, then people would cut in line right before 
going in because security was lax- staff did not 
know where events were being held and would say 
"I don't know" instead of "I'll find out."
I was unable to participate in the masquerade 
because one person could not find my paperwork, 
and basically said the person who was supposed to 
be in charge had gone home.  The results of the 
autograph/sketch raffles were suspicious (one guy 
got 3 sketches in a row- from SMJ guest, DHY 
[Hisashi Abe], FY guest Yu Watase)... also an 
autograph from Mikimoto.  Yet out of 6 tickets 
for Yu Watase none of ours got a sketch or 
autograph, and I only got Hisashi Abe's because 
the group was so small. Even though Expo did 
raffles for autographs, people that won sometimes 
didn't get them because they cut off the lines!
I ran into Yu Watase 2 other times and security 
would not let me ask for her autograph.  They 
even cancelled her open autograph session Sunday.
Hisashi Abe's autograph session was a highlight 
of the trip for me though- I wore my Devil Hunter 
Yohko costume for his panel, and he had his 
picture taken with me, he liked it so well.  :)  
I was annoyed because the California humidity 
made my hair super curly/frizzy (it was too long 
to tuck under my yohko wig so I did the loopy 
braids with my actual hair).  He oohed and aaahed 
over the Yohko cel I had him sign.  :) I'll 
update my site with the image soon.
The other cool thing was my Asuka plugsuit was a 
huge success- I got my picture taken over 100 
times, so again, if anyone got my pic please e-
mail me with it-
I missed out on the masquerade, as I said, but I 
did win a hall award.  I had fun on the trip, and 
met some really nice people, but I would 
definitely NOT recommend Expo as a convention!