AWA vs. ANIME EXPO!!

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Postby Scintilla » Mon Oct 27, 2003 4:53 pm

GodDAMN it...

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Postby The Wired Knight » Tue Oct 28, 2003 4:56 pm

I agree with Vlad. If what you want is panels, japanese guests, cosplay and a lot more to see and do...then you should go to Anime Expo. AX generally has a lot more to keep you busy than does AWA (and especially if you expect to buy a lot of stuff, AX has the larger dealer room).

Of course if you are going for AMVs, a smaller con and fan feel then I recomend AWA. AWA has a lot more to do with AMVs than any other con out there and a lot more AMV creators tend to go to it. Vlad is right, it has more of a fan feel to it, mostly I would say this is because AWA distances itself from the corporations forom Anime moreso than AX does (which is how AX gets a lot of its guests).

In the end I would seriously recomend AWA. Which I skipped a huge exam for and had to take it the exam a few hours after I got back home if that says anything.
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Tue Oct 28, 2003 7:30 pm

The Wired Knight wrote:In the end I would seriously recomend AWA. Which I skipped a huge exam for and had to take it the exam a few hours after I got back home if that says anything.


So, did you pass? :wink:

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Postby Farmboybob » Mon Nov 03, 2003 4:26 pm

AWA. I personally have never been to it (I stick with Aniazement, it's in my home state), but I hear good things about it and plan on going next year. I would have gone this year, but my friend wanted me to go to Nekocon, which I'm going to this Friday. :)
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Postby Nightowl » Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:17 pm

Farmboybob wrote:(I stick with Aniazement, it's in my home state)


Animazement ROCKS! : )

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Postby MCWagner » Tue Nov 04, 2003 10:22 am

Gotta agree with the other posters. For all that AWA gets a lot of praise on these boards, we are only a middling-sized con. If you're looking for the big-con experience with long lists of guests and 10,000 hyperactive teens running around, that's not us. If you're looking for a smaller, more personal con that's used as a common gathering point for AMVers and long-time congoers, an opportunity for parties, and a minimum of stupid people stunts, but which only tops out attendance around 5,000, then come down and give us a shot.

We also seem to get repeat business from Canada, if that's any indication...
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Postby Kusoyaro » Tue Nov 04, 2003 10:42 am

MCWagner wrote:We also seem to get repeat business from Canada, if that's any indication...


And England :D
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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:18 pm

MCWagner wrote:We also seem to get repeat business from Canada, if that's any indication...


Yea.. go figure.. I wonder who those saps are that would go down to Atlanta every year and pay those rediculious prices due to a weak Canadian dollar... :wink:

Well, at the rate our dollar is climbing, it may become chaper to have AWA in Canada... just rename it to AWA Alberta :P

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Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:20 pm

Kusoyaro wrote:
MCWagner wrote:We also seem to get repeat business from Canada, if that's any indication...


And England :D


Personally, I think its the start of another British Invasion :wink:

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Postby LivItUp » Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:18 am

Well-

I was born and raised in Los Angeles. It's a great place to live. Beaches. Mountains. You can surf and snowboard in the same season (and the same day in most cases). Amusement parks. Hollywood. Little Tokyo. KROQ-FM.
Then I moved to Atlanta.
Let me tell you this......
Go to AWA.

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Postby Nappy » Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:51 pm

AX

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Postby Scintilla » Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:29 pm

Nappy wrote:AX

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Says he who won Creators' Favorite, Special Judge's Favorite, Fan Favorite, Best Amtv, Best Comedy, and Best of Show at AX 2003. :)
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Postby Castor Troy » Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:40 pm

Scintilla wrote:
Nappy wrote:AX

>_>
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Says he who won Creators' Favorite, Special Judge's Favorite, Fan Favorite, Best Amtv, Best Comedy, and Best of Show at AX 2003. :)


He can come over to AWA and win all of those. :P
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Postby Nappy » Wed Nov 05, 2003 10:35 pm

>:P

Well besides all that, I think if your gonna drive cross country, AX might have more to offer. Unless AMV's are your main reason for cons, I'd say AX. AWA has many contests, AMV panels, and AMV creators, but everything else is much smaller compared to AX :P Huge dealers room, lots of swag (free stuff), Japanese guests (also alot of English VAs), concerts, and hawt cosplayers :O

Plus, it's in the summer, if your students.
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Postby LivItUp » Thu Nov 06, 2003 7:21 am

Hey-

You can drive from LA to ATL in 48 hours straight. With a six-hour sleep stop in the middle.
Best to take I-15 to I-40 (you'll have less time in Texas). Then cut through Memphis on US78 to Birmingham.

I did it.
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Once in a U-Haul


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