MC Representatives Anime Expo '09 Adventures

[SacredCultivator]

Dear Readers,

This might be more of a blog unno if it can be stickied or needs to be in another thread/forum...

But here we go...

This is going to BRIEF, DHG might be more specific, Phenom might be brief as well =)

Day One:

Anyway, onto my portion... I think I'll leave the Videos till they are appropriate and they aren't the best, but it's something.

Woke up early as heck... 5AM, went and picked up some guy... I think his name is DHG. And drove at 7, traffic wasn't bad, got there within 30 minutes.

Opening Ceremony was freaking AWESOME!!!, oh wait wait, wait for it... was freaking PHENOMENAL. Takahashi gasmed when the other guest speaker, Toshiyuki Morikawa, who voices Sephiroth, I got footage but then started recording AFTER it. Sorry not posting any pictures/videos of that as even though we were pretty close to the front, my camera is too old and everything came out blurry... DHG might post his though.
(They definitely are SHORTER than they look =P)But ohhhhh so gorgeous, didn't even recognize both Takahashi / Niigaki, and let's just say, for someone that doesn't like Takahashi, seeing her made me like her... just a little bit haha. No joke, Tanaka Reina really looked tired and didn't want to be there.

Afterwards... DHG turned Stalker and so we were supposed to line up for the Exhibit Hall, but the line was long as fack so we went back inside and luckily we snuck a peak at MM leaving the Building (Or something like that, memories bad), and therefore went and stalked Musume.

Don't believe?

Stalking MM Pt 1

Stalking MM Pt 2

(I guess i should note that... There were actually NO OTHER PEOPLE around, it was just DHG and I following them... from the vids take notice, the people in the background aren't even looking.)


So after that, got back in line, but luckily cut and met some random people, they were nice =P

brr brr brr brrr
^What does that mean? Means my memory went wtf?

We went on a quest to search for Phenomenal, but where did we find him!?

Along with him we found...
Hard Gay FU~

So he gamed for countless hours, when he could have been at the Opening Ceremony.

DHG and I just walked around the Exhibit Hall trying to get a Autograph Voucher for MM, failed ><, but DHG got one for Hangry, not to mention, the LAST one. So lucky him.
(What happened during the line?)
Met two girls in line and one loved Sayu... and you know how DHG likes her =) Round 1 Fight! And now enters Phenomenal...
-And one of them needed $2, that's where SC steps in to save her... What was my reward? A hug... That's right, I got one... I'm so pathetic, only time I got hugs => My HS Graduation, yup that's right, I'm a "pimp" =)

Oh right during this time... People actually RECOGNIZED me, and approached me asking if I was SacredCultivator? damn I honestly had a Wish Come True (Have fans recognize me without planning it) So snagged a few pictures with them, posted on Facebook as those users don't know about this site so you probably won't know a few of them.

Oh right, almost forgot about DHG buying a "I'm Looking For A Japanese Girlfriend" t-shirt, behind me (Japanfiles booth) Hangry was there taking pictures with a few people and I yelled out to DHG and he ditched the t-shirt and stalked Hangry...

Maji!?

Stalking Hangry

Yups Maji.

The Q&A section will be taken care of by DHG and maybe Phenom? Lol I was too ecstatic to write about it... But here's what I will mention... DHG told Phenom and I to shut up whenever Sayu talked, and Phenom kept saying Turtle / Kame for Kamei. Good amount of questions asked and most notable ones are:
- Challenging Reina to Jan Ken
- Saying they have the same Birthday as Kusumi, Kusumi wished him a Happy Birthday
- Someone was in a PANDA SUIT!!!
- Getting GakiKame to do the "Art-o" pose
(The crowd was CRAZY... BUT what does DHG do most of the time? Fan himself and look through his goody bag haha, except for when Sayu was speaking)

Line for Autographs, we tried to get in line without a Ticket, and THOUGHT we could get through, in line met some more fans from both mm-bbs and JPHIP, holy crap I met Daigong, my 'enemy' and he gave me a firm 'aggressive' shake... Damn was I scared ><, couldn't snag a pic with him due to the line moving, so gonna need to ninja one with him int he upcoming days.
- Got to wait in a AC'ed room and some people got through 'cheating the system', using Hangry's autograph ticket as MM's and it WORKED for a few people that were ahead of us, so lucky them... We FAILED as the time expired and had to leave, but not everyone (with the ticket) got theirs either... Oh right and the 'volunteer' teased us sooo badly by having someone that got a Takahashi Ai shirt signed ><

I think I'll conclude this and let the others type up some more...

Day 2
Day 3

[kai_guy01]

I want that shirt!!!

I'm surprised you didn't faint from Reina's sheer awesomeness

Thanks for posting. Can't wait to hear more.

Looks like you guys are having fun. Enjoy it!

[DarkHand Guy]

Well I can see that SacredCultivator went to great lengths to make Phenomenal and I look bad lol jk dood. Anyway here's my side of the story of how day 1 went. Just like he said we both woke up really early I got ready and he picked me up we actually made good time getting which sucks for me cause when I went on Day 0 took an hour or so to get to the expo only 30 mins for us.

Anyway we got to the expo and instantly saw a mess of people heading out the side of the building apparently they were all lining up to get in the Opening Ceremony. We saw a bunch of Japanese Wota which was pretty interesting the first one we saw had Eri wallscrolls on his front and back which were pretty cool and apparently when we weren't around they did the Wota dance and those around them that approach them got lanyards and badges from past concerts these guys were the talk of most of the fans that we met that approach SC to get pics with him.

Like SC mentioned the opening ceremony was awesome in fact it was PHENOMENAL!!! The whole Ai going nuts for Sephiroth thing made a lot of us men in the seats rather angry and jealous I for one was one of them lol. After the ceremony ended we got up and went towards the stage and took lots of pics or at least I did. Amazingly SC didn't take many pics at all during the con. Once we left the concert hall we went to apparently where the Q&A was gonna be. We then turned around to get to the exhibit hall and we see the girls leaving the concert hall and so like SC said I turned stackler which I'm not denying. If I wasn't there he wouldn't have done it with me lol.

After that we went to where the exhibit hall was and we noticed a huge line like no joke it went around the entire building. I for one remembered that Phenomenal was actuallly gonna be here so SC called him up and no surprise SC said he's gaming and I'm like Itg and he replies "Yeah". We then had our frist face to face encounter with Phenomenal he was going crazy on that game and he's as good as he says he is. We asked what time did you get here he's like around 9 and we said you didn't see the opening ceremony he was like nah and we said you missed Morning Musume and them coming out of the hall he went nuts getting angry at himself for playing Itg instead of going around the con exploring like SC and I did.

After that convo with Phenomenal we went back to the exhibit hall and made an attempt to get in line I for one ran into a few people I recognize from my myspace and such like these cute girls that are part of a cover group never got their leaders name.....but I will at the party *wink wink*. We went around and saw that the line was too long and in the end not worth it so we went back inside but the security was like you can't cut through this area so we went back outside but went ninja in the crowd and met up with these nice guys that were also fans and they let us roll with them to the booths.

While inside we made a bizarre circular line and I manage to have a long convo with this cute Chinese girl we discuss fav members and such. Out of nowhere Phenomenal comes up behind us and joins us. While making it through the line we then had a chat with these two cute girls and while SC was preoccupied with the one had lent 2 bucks to. I had a rather heated convo with the other one to where she and I went at it and basically made claims that Sayu was mine and such it nearly got physical not really but we made it dramatic. Phenomenal then steps in and is like you can't hit her she's a girl and I'm like......"Damn" lol. In the end we shook hands and said we can both share her lol.

Once we got to the end of the line I ended up buying the Platinum 9 album and their latest single and entered my name in a raffle to win rare posters. We then entered the line next to the Japanfiles booth so we can proceed to buy Hangry & Angry merchandise. I ended up spending $197+ tax on a keychain, the Platinum 9 pb, two complete sets of photocards, Hangry & Angry photocards, Platinum 9 poster, a Morning Musume fan, and my best buy a mystery gift bag that had 4 pbs from the older gens and assorted concerts and two more sets of photocards inside. So yeah I nearly broke the bank on that booth lol. Plus I made out with the last voucher for a "Hangry" autograph the next day.

We were fortunate to make it just as the Q&A was starting they opened up with a lil history vid then the members made it onto the panel. It was interesting to say the least not much to say you would've had to been there really. After it ended we bolted out the room trying to locate what they called "Artist Alley" which apparently the autographs were to be done behind it. We made it but realized we needed a ticket from the Q&A so we just went with line anyway since finding the location was hard enough we were positive most of the people that were at the panel didn't know where to find the location for autographs. So while waiting in line we met up with a few H!O users that were asking SC questions and such then we ran into the top guy from JPH!P Daigong and with him was like his small army. I approached him and he's like DHG what's up so that was pretty cool that the man in charged remembered me from the forum. Anyway once inside we were sidelined in that room with the others and basically wasted time.

Once that was done we then said goodbye to Phenomenal as he wasn't running on much sleep so he went back to his hotel. SC and I went back to the exhibit hall I ended up going to this booth to buy a shirt and like SC said Yossy was right behind me and I didn't know taking pics and shaking hands. I'm sooooooo angry with myself cause meeting her would've been it for me as you all know aside from Sayu; Yossy is my absolute fav member period. I did make another stalker vid but can't show you cause I dropped the f bomb trying to catch up lol (If you're on youtube just look up "Me stalking Yoshizawa Hitomi") The ending is funny lol.

After that we basically roamed around I took pics of a lot of cosplayers mainly the women obviously lol. We bought more stuff or at least I did. By the time the exhibit hall closed we tried to meet up with Daigong and the rest of JPH!P for a party type deal but we lost them in the crowd so we just went back home got some Taco bell and made these blogs about our day. Basically all in all it was a good day we did so many things many fans will never EVER get to do lol *rubs in face*. But yeah this is what we did on Day 1 maybe Phenomenal will tell a dif version of the story who knows all we know is that SC and I were giving him a hard time for missing everything cause he was too busy playing ITG lol.

[Rakkety]

LoL@Phenomenal... how can he be playing at such a big convention and had the chance to meet MM...

Some pictures would be cool

[SacredCultivator]

Mine were just from fans that picked me out of the crowd, so most will hopefulyl come from DHG whenever he ups them all.

[duffmachine]

awesome stories guys~

i wish could've been there to see the spectacle~

[JustD3]

Hahaha I didn't see you guys at all. I had fun at the Q&A but it was insane.

[DancingDodo]

^ Tell us your story, JustD3. What was it like at the Q&A?

[JustD3]

Well my best friend and I got there around 12:30pm and we just waited inside the hall until it was time for the girls. Once some seats were open in the front we snuck to the eleven row of the middle section and we just waited till the girls came in. It was INSANE when they entered; all these guys were just jumping up and down screaming different members names. I cheered along but I wasn’t so loud, haha, the beginning there was a video telling us about the history of Morning Musume and how much they have sold world wide, it was really good. I remember every time the translator translated something for the girls, they would nod and answer quickly. A lot of the people where loud and I couldn’t hear the translator talking, I don’t speak Japanese and I wish I was able to hear what she was saying.

Out of all the girls, I noticed Reina answered the most and so did Kusumi, they both had the crowd cheering when they raised their hands. Reina made this heart with her hands for this guy that asked her a question and another guy played Jan Ken and she won the second round. Linlin was the only one out of all the girls to greet in English and at the end she spoke in English again, Linlin's hello everybody was really. Someone asked if they got enough sleep and Eri counted how many hours she slept, it was seven and half and she said she was still tired, it was really cute. Junjun answered a few questions and some guy was in a panda suit and jumping up and down. Aika, Gaki, Aichan, and Sayumi didn’t speak much well that I noticed. I still can't believe I saw them, they are way prettier in person especially Gaki-san and Eri. Oh yeah and at the beginning the girls said American fans are more hyper than Japanese, I think Junjun said that and Aichan also said Americans have higher pitched voices. and they want to come back to America for more shows, they really seemed to enjoy doing the Q&A even if they seemed lost when fans were speaking in English.

My favorite things where when Gaki-san did her Mayuge beam and when someone asked the girls if they could work with any American artist, who would it be? They all where quiet but Aichan was so cute she went “Ehhh?” then made this really cute face and yelled “BEYONCE!” my friend and I went awwwww, it was super cute. What else? Oh yeah I was like 515 and I was disappointed I didn’t get a ticket for an autograph but I bought a lot of stuff, I’ll take pictures for you guys to see what I was able to buy.

And I took a lot of pictures of people dressed up.

[Dran]

It'll take me weeks to read all this.

Oh well.

*Gets to work! *

[Rakkety]

Disappointed that I can't go there but having you guys share your experiences helps satisfy a little part of of this person's heart

[adventwriter]

awesome updates guys. Thanks SC, DHG, and JustD3.

[SacredCultivator]

Actually can you rename the Thread title to:

"MC Representatives Anime Expo '09 Adventures" =)

@JustD3: definitely need to stal... find you and take a new 'Group Pic' to add to first post.

[Liamers]

thanks for the report guys, very interesting

[phenomenal-KHMAI-boi]

DAY 1

!!...PHENOMENAL....!!

okay, this was yesterday's report from the PHENOMENAL one.
to tell you now, it's going to be really short, as i'm getting ready for the concert.
basically, DHG and SC covered most of it, and JustD3 got the Q&A down, so it's just what i thought of everything.
mang! seeing them in person is surreal! they shine 10x or even more beautiful!
uh.....looking at the time.....i need to get going right now. i'll post about my day later with how it went at the concert.
sorry, guys/gals, this is just too PHENOMENAL and exciting of a moment that i can't even post correctly.

[JustD3]

Its 9am for me right now, I'm steal getting ready. I was going to wear jeans but I figured since we will be seating I'm going to wear comfortable clothes. And I'm try my best and remember the songs they play to tell you guys. I'm ask my best friend if she remembers any other questions so I'll update later!

And @SC @DHG @phenomenal I'm keep my eye out for you guys

[duffmachine]

congrats on your 1st AX day guys~
will be waiting for the next installments of your adventures

[JustD3]

Day Two – Morning Musume Concert ^_^

11:30am – So the staff had everyone wait outside in the sun, there was two lines, one was for people who had bought the ticket already and the other was stand by (Guess which one I was in ^_^). I burn easily and I was hoping we didn’t have to be in the sun for too long but I baked in the song, not fun but it was roughly 60-75 minutes of wait outside. It was worth the sunburn. I spent my whole time talking to this girl about who was the best leader and what sons we were hoping the girls where going to sing, my best friend just played her DS since she only came to keep me company at the anime expo.

12:45pm – We finally get to go inside the West Hall A to set down in our assigned row; I was in section C row 12.

We were close and of course on each side of the stage there were projectors (which I watch most of the show on but I got to see the girls when the people in front of me weren’t jumping and blocking the way). I heard my screen name being called and I saw DHG and SC, we spoke briefly, they sat three rows in front of us.

1:45pm – The AX staff began some video (which didn’t hold my interest but I only looked up when they played 3, 2, 1 BREAKIN’ OUT and I think everyone was singing along), I think the video was about other events going on besides AX and places to visit in L.A. none the less Mario Karts had my attention. After playing for a while, my friend and I took out of glow stick bracelets and cracked them, we only bought yellow, green, orange, pink, blue, red, and purple, it did suck there wasn’t colors for Junjun and Linlin. My best friend is now a Junjun fan, but she did tell me to tell you guys Ai-chan is the prettiest and Reina comes in second. I dragged her along to the AX with me and she is now a Morning Musume fan! ^_^

2:20pm – With only ten minutes left till the show started, the dark hall with full of glow sticks and loads of chants, I was chanting along too, it was fun. Someone in the audience was called out and she won a free trip to Japan from AX, that was awesome (though I bet a lot of people where wishing they were called out like me!).

2:30pm – Let the show begin! The usual introduction video of the girls, in order of appearance Linlin, Junjun, Aika, Kusumi, Reina, Sayumi, Eri, Gaki-san, and Ai-chan.

1. Mikan – I love that song, I don’t care if it wasn’t the best seller, hehe.
2. 3, 2, 1 BREAKIN’ OUT
3. MC – the girls spoke in both Japanese and English, it was too cute, I love hearing them speak in English. Memorable things said (Now don’t get mad if I misquote because it was hard to hear a few times).
Ai-chan “Hello Everybody!”
Gaki-san “Konnichiwa! Nice, okay!”
Eri “Nice to meet you! Sankyuu!”
Reina “Let’s have fun together tonight!”
Sayumi “It’s like a dream to do concert in America.”
Kusumi “I have some cheesecake in morning. This exciting.”
Aika “Do you like anime?”
Junjun “I’m from China!”
Linlin “I’m also from China! I’m here to deliver songs! Sankyuu!”
Ai-chan “I want wonderful memories with you!”
4. Shouganai Yume Oibito
5. HOW DO YOU LIKE JAPAN? ~Nihon wa Donna Kanji Dekka?~
6. Resonant Blue
7. MC Ai-chan spoke to quick in Japanese and there was a real water break, when the girls ran to the back of the stage I was like were did they go? Lol to drink water really quick while Ai was speaking.
8. I WISH/Happy Summer Wedding/Koi no Dance Site/ Souda! We're ALIVE – Great melody! Really! Gaki-san’s “Pa Pa Pala no ACHAA” plus the kick was priceless. There was only one quick outfit change, it was done in a blink of an eye. Sayumi’s “SEXY BIIMU!” cute but Mari still owns that line.
9. The Peace!/ Renai Revolution 21 Kamei did a thumbs up during the song and the guy next to me pointed it out so I had to mention it. Ishikawa talking part is much cuter when Kusumi does it, sorry don’t kill me. The transaction between both the songs is AWESOME! I think my two new favorites are Junjun and Linlin, I really like them live now.
10. MC Memorable things said.
Gaki-san “Okay, okay!” plus an okay sign and “Everyone in L.A. are you having fun?!”
Kamei “Boys and girls? Okay? Exciting?”
11. LOVE Machine
12. Sono Bamen de Bibiccha Ikenai jan!
13. MC Ai-chan spoke in English about Global Warming that played on the projectors as she spoke, I don’t remember it since someone was asking me a question.
14. Ame no Furanai Hoshi dewa Aisenai Darou? This song made my love for Junjun and Linlin grow more, I have two new favorites! Haha.

3:27pm – Girls walked off the stage and I was thinking this wasn’t the end because Sayumi was left all alone on the stage, talking about the myspace contest. Then some guy came out along with the translator from the Q&A and Sayumi was gone. The special guest was Yossie! She was asked why she came to the Anime Expo and of course she spoke in Japanese and it was translated for us “Morning Musume was coming to America and she wanted to tag along.” I thought it was cute. Five minutes later the girls came back and Tsunku came out right after, the translator also said there were 485 submissions from around the world for the OPV contest. There were three prizes, one winner was picked by the girls, another was picked by Tsunku, and the other was picked by the girls, Tsunku along with close staff members.

click here to watch the video

The girls are silly, really, from the twenty-five nominees they picked there video based on which OPV made them look the cutest! After the video was played (I remembered this because we all know how much I adore the reaction queen) she was speaking in Japanese and Junjun grabbed her arm and she said something back to her and Junjun’s face was priceless she looked kinda upset with what was being said. It was translated that Gaki-san was stating she was the cutest in the PV then Yossie had to say “No! I number one!” Kinda reminded me of our current Knockout Round Gaki-san VS. Yossie by the way Gaki-san number one!

click here to watch the video

Jasmine from Hong Kong was Tsunku pick, since I have already seen that OPV I was distracted by Kamei and Gaki-san talking and jumping while it was playing and Junjun clapping along. My friend and I were like they love watching fan made videos. She won a DS and that game he made for it (I forget the name) and I think he was going to autograph it for her.

click here to watch the video

This was the winner chosen by the girls, Tsunku along with close staff members. Kamei and Gaki-san thought the winner was in the crowd and their reactions were funny as they were trying to look in the crowd, but he/or she wasn’t there. Tsunku said this OPV won because it fit prefect with the Anime Expo, the quality was good and they enjoyed the animation. After everything was said and done the guests left, Yossie did the little dance from The Peace! The HO~ hora yukouze PEACE! PEACE! Part, it was quick but cute. My friend asked me to explain it to her when she did it.

3:50pm – Morning Musume did 3,2, 1 BREAKIN’ OUT again and it was just as good as the first one. I heard a lot of “See you later!” “Sankyuu!” “Bye, bye!” from the girls. There you go guys the best report I can give and the best time of my life, even if my face is brunt and my arms hurt now as I bend them.

Sankyuu!!
-Sandra

P.S. I'm glad I met DHG, SC, and phenomenal. You guys are cool ^_^

[Rakkety]

You are awesome JustD3

I hope someone on H!O or somewhere got the recording for this concert... it would be awesome to hear it as well...

[JustD3]

Originally Posted by rakkety

You are awesome JustD3

I hope someone on H!O or somewhere got the recording for this concert... it would be awesome to hear it as well...

Sankyuu! I tried to take pictures but it was hard. I skipped the H!O party. MC is my home

[SacredCultivator]

Expect Day 2 from Me soon... tired and busy ><

[DarkHand Guy]

Likewise I'm tired and dead from today but yeah JustD3 did us the solid of rememberinh the order of the song list cause I got lost during the melody and with all that talk about the opv contest but yeah it was amazing I swear I jumped like a maniac as much as the jap wotas doing the dancing and using their high tech glowsticks lol. I swear after seeing that concert it's not enough I want more soooooo much more now that I seen them live.

[SacredCultivator]

Day 2

My memory is jogged and won't go into details about the Concert.

Woke up early and took my sister along with DHG to Expo. Waited for a long time for Pheon to arrive, but he lagged his butt and not only that... When he did finally arrive.. guess where he was? yup... Gaming already (Well waiting to at least). So we went to grab Lunch.

Waited in line for the Concert... Met up with a JPHIP Buddy, JFC.

(Only thing I'll mention about the Concert)
Damn, MM looks freaking PHENOMENAL and Grats to the OPV Winners, they deserve it, that China one was GREAT, she not only wins but she and her friends are int he OPV so that is just wow.

After the concert, rushed to get Hangry's autograph for DHG. That was interesting...
Notes:
-Some guy that I met the previous day, this is what's funny, thought that I WORKED at the Expo and was asking me a question that I obviously didn't know... So being the crazy guy I am, because my Glasses seems to turn me into people I'm not, got a picture with him.

-If you thought that was funny... While I was 'stalking' Yossie again from her signing:

Stalking Yoshizawa Hitomi (Hangry) Part 2

Stalking Yoshizawa Hitomi (Hangry) Part 3

Stalking Yoshizawa Hitomi (Hangry) Part 4

To my surprise found two Yossie Stalking Accomplices:

^Should have been there to see just how 'scared' they were to do what I did. The picture of the guy that thought I worked there, he did the same, but 'sneaky', yet hilarious. He put his cell toward his Signed CD and made it look like he was examining the CD =P

Memory goes foggy after this...

Anyway... We ended up going to Denny's to Eat Dinner and this is the GRAND LOL for you M-C'ers
Not much needs to be said except for you to just watch what goes on between DHG + Phenom, got bored and filled up my Camera with these videos; enjoy.

Phenomenal and his Nonsense

click here to watch the video

click here to watch the video

During the Hello!Party at night... I took part in one of their games, "Guess that Song", I got 2, woo... Sadly my 'intro' was cut short, and didn't get many 'woo's' cept from M-C =) as I couldn't represent for H!F or .. Bah I shoulda used my Alias.
DHG has a video of it I think..
BUT it was on LIVE STREAM and you can see it
Here
^10 Minutes in, you know it's me as I'm the only one in 'White', everyone else was like JPM people.

Also met some awesome people there, including a Potential H!F Staff member, and damn he is TALL!!!


Oh right near the end-ish, someone that was in charge of doing... "Wota-gei"? I am slow and realized... Dude he's in one of my pictures from Day 1 and wanted to help out in H!F, too bad I don't remember his name ><

Yups, again brief, tired, and DHG will comment and possibly Phenom.

Overall FUN and TIRING day... and today is most likely my last due to still got tons of hw + other stuff.

[adventwriter]

I'll have to watch the vids of Phenom and DHG later....Thanks for the detailed updates!!

[DarkHand Guy]

Well I'm gonna do a recap of both Day 2 and 3 when I get back from Six Flags and dood seriously wtf with the Denny's videos lol.

[SacredCultivator]

D-d-d-day 3!

So not too much went on today, went kinda late due to oversleeping.

Waited in line with Phenom for a possible MM Signing... Waited for a long time, did some homework in line with DHG's laptop.

Was unfortunate and didn't even get any autographs, but love JunJun + Mitsui a bit more due to them wanting to sign for everyone but sadly the entire group didn't agree.

During the wait time, met up with a buddy, pinoy, and he gave me a t-shirt:


Afterwards we went into the Exhibit and came across a Youtuber that I met the first day but didn't get a chance to snag a picture with:


So in the afternoon we went to see the second signing and did some ninja'in of getting footage of them... Fail, and I beleiveboth H!O + a few others began singing Happy Birthday to both Sayu + Kusumi, and to our surprise Eri was the FIRST to notice and sort of openeded the Curtain to show us her expressiona long with Sayu's. I got footage but it was too shaky to post, and even added a slow-mo filter and still isn't anything so decided not to post that...

The least I got was:

Stalking Morning Musume Part 3

Because some of us didn't get to get autographs the least we can do is hijack the Booth MM was in...

Weren't able to get Autographs so we raided the booth they were in and sat in their seats!!!

Started to hang out with a new crew:


We went around the Exhibit and checked out a few things, but nothing too big, had friends by a "Ai" wall scroll.

Phenomenal is hilarious, we went to Subway to eat Lunch and returned to enter the Power Ranger Panel and lol, Phenomenal FREAKS after a while because he LEFT his Poster at Subway... FAIL!

After that we just hung out and talked along with taking a few pictures, but Phenom didn't feel well and took off to rest at his Hotel.

Then we were about to leave to catch Dinner together, at Denny's again, and ran into a new friend that was selling off a few MM cards.

(I'm probably missing some parts, but DHG will hopefully catch it)

During our hour-ish get to know each other portion, the new buddy started to show his collection of photo cards and profitted from selling some to both Terry + DHG.

Stupid Addicted got us doing that Wota-style chants but we used different words and well... It's stuck with us and we used it at Denny's which was hilarious.

Before we exited to grab dinner, we took pictures with these cute cosplayers... This is the WOW part...


And haha on our way out we saw thsi girl that everyone took pictures of and Addicted was on his phone and I told him to dance by her... Results?

Addicted freaking out a Cosplayer

Day 3 was sort of bleh as there wasn't much going on but we did enjoy it to the fullest...

And that's the end of my adventure as I won't be attending the final day.

I might not have gotten MM's autographs, but I'm still very satisfied about ATTENDING the event due to how things turned out between myself and others and honestly even though I already paid for it, was having second thoughts as to whether I should continue to go or not... Sooo happy I did.

As I was able to meet a LOT of new people from different communities (M-C, H!F, mm-bbs, H!O, JPH!P, International Wota and YouTubers), and not only that, had one of my dreams come true...
"Walking by, minding my own business, and having fans approach me and ask, "Are you SacredCultivator?", woo! Goooo YouTube Videos haha, sadly woulda got more recognition if I were able to represent as H!F during the Hello!Party, but bleh. Another highlight was actually getting to meet the staff of International Wota

So overall, so worth going and I'm glad I didn't decide to not attend... And now got to snap out of it and returnt o reality and face all the HW I have piled on top of me along with back to subbing.

To end this 'blog', all I and maybe even DHG and Phenom got to say...

P-p-p-PHENOMENAL!
(Most of you won't get this unless:
1. You know how wotagei works
2. You HEARD us using this style during the Expo as this entire day we used it wherever we went
^Phrases we used and got attention from:
- "P-p-p-PRETTY girl!"
- "C-c-c-COUPLE!"
- "A-a-a-AI CHAN!"
There were many others but the first was most commonly used.

[duffmachine]

thanks for sharing your great experiences~
full of great stuff and lols

[DarkHand Guy]

Ok I can finally do my recaps. I'll do both Day 2 and 3 cause like SC said not much happened on our last day there.

Day 2 was pretty much an epic day for myself. On day 1 I got a ticket to get a Hangry autograph so I was looking forward to that a lot. Sacred picked me up and we proceeded to the con again this time bringing along his cute sis Stacey. We get to the con and well we immediately headed to the food court area in near Hall K which was where the exhibit hall was. Sacred then calls up Phenomenal to see where he was at apparently still sleeping. We sat at the tables there for about an hour talking and for me if I saw a cute cosplayer I would get a pic. During the time talking we run into one of SC's friends from H!O I believe once that introduction ended we learn Phenom was on his way. Time goes by and we wait I get to know Stacey more and during the long period of just sitting there I decide to go look for Phenom. I didn't find him.

I go back to where SC and Stacey were and SC tells me Phenom saw me and I passed by him and to SC's surprised he was in the gaming room where I was just at lol. We get there and he's in line waiting to use the ITG machine. We asked him if he wanted to join us for lunch but it seems he already ate so SC, Stacey, and I went back to grab lunch. Afterwards we then proceeded back to the main hall cause it was near concert time. We get there we see the intro vid of Musume in the distance and apparently they were going through sound test. We then proceeded outside to where the line was for both the people that have tickets and those last min leeches that wanted to get in our concert so they had a standby line. While outside we caught up with the higher ups from JPH!P those guys were smart rather then wait in a line for a concert we're already in sit in the shade talk and pass around glow sticks. Phenom then enters the picture and then moments later..................SHOW TIME!!!

Not gonna go too much into detail on the concert cause JustD3 already posted the song set and what not. We got awesome seats idk about Phenom. I sat next to this guy he shared his experience with Musume and such cause I complimented him on his Sexy 8 beat concert t shirt. He attended Yossy's graduation and the recent Elder Club graduation concert. Never got his name but was a nice guy to talk to. The Jap wotas were sitting in the section next to us they were stretching and handing each other their fancy better than ours electronic glowsticks. Anyway the concert starts and all in all it was awesome I was very impress considering it wasn't the length of a normal concert and not to mention they had an awesome song set. The fact I saw Love Machine live was enough for me and for them playing Koi no Dance Site since that was the song that got me into Morning Musume.

Once the concert ended I bolted out the doors going straight to have my destined encounter with my Yossy lol. I was one of the first ones in that line to get her autograph I was rather disappointed since alot of people around me had alot of awesome things to get signed like fans, her pbs, trading cards, etc. While waiting in line I see Daigong with a very sexy looking cat girl. My jaw dropped it was Jade Starr. I'd go into detail about what she does but yeah not gonna you have to look her up if you're interested but yeah I got to meet her and get a pic with her I was like sweet!!! Anyway the line started moving and my turn came around I was soooooo nervous. I enter the tent area. I see her looking sooooooo beautiful. She wasn't in character which was good as much as I like her Hangry character she was Yossy for us. My turn comes I tell her translator that she's my fav member period and that I think she's amazing. She says Thanks and signs my H&A Album and I got to shake her hand she has somewhat tiny hands but a firm grim I nearly fainted I couldn't believe what just happened. I got to meet Yossy omg she was sooooo beautiful meeting her and shaking her hand made my trip.

After the signing I waited for Yossy to end and leave I manage to get a blurry pic of her leaving but whatever it's something lol. While waiting I met a girl she was really cool I spotted her cause of her otani type hair lol. SC was like trying your luck again I'm like yeah but she's not into guys. Stacey begins to laugh. Once we were done with the con all 4 of us go exploring the area around the con and we get dinner at Denny's. Afterwards we proceeded to the Hello! party. We got our lil labels so that it would be easy to mingle they did it by our fave members. So I had a Sayu nametag, SC had Reina, both Phenom and Stacey had Eri. We took our seats and the party started off really bad. That Senkai no Melody was bad no offense to them but they were totally not in sync and I could barely hear them sing so yeah def not impressed. Now Happy! Project they were good I actually befriended the leader Melissa awhile back so yeah I was looking forward to them perform. Once that was done we had a short time to mingle and get drinks once that was done we proceeded to the games. SC was in one which was pretty entertaining to see him on stage. The party kinda got boring for awhile once the wota dance started then it picked up but since it was getting late we all headed back to the con. Once there we all said our goodbyes for the day.

Day 3 was a complete bust tbh. SC and I both overslept and we got lost trying to find the autograph line. We found it and we were somewhat relieved that the standby line wasn't that bad. But it didn't matter cause about a few hours later the autographs stopped. That was pretty much our last chance right there. Ugh I swear that con was completely sloppy with the way they handle Musume's first time in America. They oversold on tickets for the autographs and pretty much made a scene since they never expected long lines for them I mean wtf they're freaking awesome and love worldwide of course it's gonna get like this. Once the session ended we explored the con and pretty much were bored since there wasn't much to do. We made new friends with the guys that were in our standby line Terry and Charlie which Charlie is Addicted Asian idk Terry's handle. Charlie with SC Phenom and myself left to get some subway once that was done we went back to the con cause I didn't want to miss the Power Rangers panel. The panel was awesome I know I know I'm a nerd but all of us enjoyed the questions and answers and the fact that most of the rangers not to mention Lord Zed and Rita were there and they all were acting in character which was awesome.

SC told me that the last autograph session was gonna start so we left the panel early so we can get one last look at the girls. Not surprising we weren't the only ones to have that same idea. Once there we basically waited around talked to a couple people. I decided to roam around there area I noticed that JPH!P crew were the last ones in line lucky them huh. Like SC said someone proceeded to sing Happy Birthday that was nice we saw the shadows behind the current going nuts with waving lol. Once it was over we all decided to ninja and try to get pics I didn't but SC got some nice shots i believe and Phenom got nothing as well. Anyway that was that Musume had left the building for the last time *sniff sniff*. We all regrouped and started to act like idiots but storming into the tent there were in and we all acted stupid finding our fave members chairs and then sitting in them going nuts lol. We decided to do some last min shopping I came out with some more stuff nothing too big. We then left and roam around the con again we ran into this guy upstairs. I ended up buying some of his Musume trading cards got pretty much nothing but Yossy cards, one Takahashi AI card, and one Yasuda Kei card.

We all left the con and went to have dinner at Denny's but before then we were just sitting around and Charlie basically got us all doing that bizarre chant and then we took it up a notch and made just about any word into a chant. Basically I used the pretty girl chant that was fun and then to really annoy people just blurt out random stuff lol. We were able to get some more cosplayer pics. SC actually took one which he posted already not surprising those two Jap girls very very nice lol. We had our dinner passed by the Micheal Jackson Memorial thing in front of the Nokia Theater. All in all nice ending to the con we made new friends had fun goofing off. Would've been nice to get Musume autographs but we did things no one else might never get a chance to do. Plus I got Yossy's autograph and shook her hand I'm already satisfied with that. Hopefully they come back to the US if not then well at least we had this experience.

I'll post pics when I get the chance I'm still quite tired from everything.

[DancingDodo]

^ Nice work getting Yossie's autograph, DHG.

It's a pity though, that you and SC didn't get Momusu's autograph.
Those con staff don't know nuffin' about long lines.

[duffmachine]

but at least he got yossie's