personal fandom records

Talking aloud to myself, reminders, bookmarks, and personal record of my fandom progression. Please do not perceive me.     ---CURRENT ACTIVE FANDOMS: Project Hail Mary, JayVik (Arcane); Ranma 1/2 remake, figure collecting (Nendoroid, Figma), cats.  ---SEMI ACTIVE FANDOMS:  Claude/Dimitri (FE3H); AkiRyu (Persona 5); Natsume's Book of Friends, Kingdom Hearts, Rumiko Takahashi (Ranma 1/2, Mermaid Saga), dragons. ---DORMANT FANDOMS: DateSana (Sengoku Basara), Claymore, Touken Ranbu (MitsuKuri, DateGumi), latter Heisei Kamen Riders (Gaim, Fourze, W, OOO), Code Geass (Lelouch x C.C.), Ambrosius/Bal (Netflix Nimona 2023), Dramatical Murder (RenAo), Slayers (ZelLina), Bleach (IchiRuki), Hetalia (USUK).   #tagindexreminders

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Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera for a long time. Or else, I'd have old AX pics, like everyone seems to be sharing right now.

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[Kinioto] Special Feature! Exclusive Interview with Dave Grohl! Interview by Original Author Sumiko Arai by Aniplex Channel

【きにおと】スペシャル企画！デイヴ・グロール突撃インタビュー！Interview by 原作・新井すみこ

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The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All | Official Teaser | Cr... by Crunchyroll

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Shirahama-sensei taking the best photos at the LACMA Urban Light sculpture. Sorry to everyone taking pics there, but vacationing Fudemushi in a Hawaiian shirt can't be beat.🌺

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The adventures of Fudemushi and Shirahama-sensei continue!

Source: https://x.com/i/status/2073772429193929119

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Honestly, there was cloud cover for almost half the time that I was there. Still warm, but not humid. Enough breezes to make a vendor need to keep prints from flying.

Several people had parasols. I wore a hat. Saw a vendor who sold hats.

Outdoor vendors had air and breezes. Heard a vendor say it was easier to breathe than the usual AX Artist Alley space.

There was some shade beside the indoor vendors' building and in/at the vendors' tents.

Could have used some seating, but there was a short curb to sut at and some space set aside for an empty table, when i needed to recuperate or get away from people.

You could buy iced matcha and $1 cookies. Though I think they sold out early.

Compared to how packed AX artist alley gets, the outdoor aisles were mostly room. Traffic cleared up if you came by the same booths again. And the only real lines and traffic were at the indoor space. But they started making entry lines for that area, and the indoor area stopped reminding me of AX.

Surprisingly, for such a relatively small space, there was so much to see. And not being as massive as AX Artist Alley turned out to be a blessing. I wasn't left with that regret of not seeing everything. Each and every artist had ao much, and I actually had the time to see it all, cone back to see things I'd missed, and take time deciding on my purchases.

I hope they do this event next year too. I was considering returning to AX, but maybe I'll just keep attending this event instead. It's free, I can go in/out at my leisure (if I need to go to Little Tokyo too), and all my budget can go to artists instead. Love it. Going again for day 2. Highly recommend. 💖

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Street ads in Los Angeles during Anime Expo 2026

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Discovering that hanging out in Little Tokyo during AX can be almost as fun and even more relaxing. 💖

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By the way here's Deltarune… by Ragged Knowledge

I don't know anything about Deltarune, but I love watching everyone lose their minds, as soon as they get a glimpse of that mascot Toby Fox dog <3 LOL

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Witch Hat Atelier Season 2 | Official Trailer | Crunchyroll by Crunchyroll

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I love seeing all these Tweets from mangaka and voice actors, excited to do stuff in Los Angeles, while they're here for Anime Expo <3

Just saw the mangaka for The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't A Guy At All interviewing the front man for Foo Fighters.

Earlier saw the mangaka for Witch Hat Atelier taking toy photos with her plushie brushbuddy, at the Kodansha House pop up in Little Tokyo.

And the dub voice actor for Qifrey at a Witch Hat Atelier cosplay gathering in Anime Expo.

So much fun!

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Watching Tokon videos talking about the team rosters, and remembering how weird it is when comic book supervillains call themselves "evil". Like, "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants". Don't they think of themselves as in the "right"?

...But then I remembered that the real life, historical person Oda Nobunaga called himself "The Devil King of the Sixth Heaven"…just to throw Takeda Shingen's religiousness in his face. lol

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My brother sending me the best pics from AX2026 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 (Bubble Bobble plushies at the Taito booth)