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Disneyland Resort Hotel and Convention Center in Anaheim, California
June 30th to July 3rd, 2000
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gotten your fill of AX2000 yet?
We still have plenty to show you! And this is just
the teensy, puny mini-report!
Panels and events! Oh, did we have packed
schedule! Here's our super-compressed version of
the best of the best stuff across all four days!
Best of Friday: Opening Ceremonies,
Escaflowne Movie Discussion, Meet the Guests Reception,
Shoujo fan panel, EX Online panel, Anime Clubs panel,
Friday Night Dance, etc.
Best of Saturday: Legend of Galactic
Heroes panel with Mr. Kikukawa, Vandread and Media
Factory industry panel, Blue Submarine No. 6 Focus
panel, Masquerade Contest, etc.
Best of Sunday: Studio Pierrot industry
panel, Escaflowne fan panel, Japanese student voice
dubbing panel with guest celebrity Rica Fukami, Sera Myu
fan panel, 5XL Sunday Night Concert, Music Video
Contest, etc.
Best of Monday: Manga Artist's panel with
Ms. Saito and Mr. Nightow, SPJA Charity Art Auction,
SPJA Awards Ceremony, Closing Ceremonies, etc.
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AX2000
officially opens!
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More
panels than you can shake a stick at! Many
attendees found it difficult to go to all of
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The AX2000 SPJA Art Charity Auction reeled in
over $68,000 for the City of Hope with top winning bids of $5200 for a Creamy
Mami color sketch by Ms. Takada, $2200 for El Hazard's
Ifurita color sketch by Mr. Nakazawa, $3750 for an
Ayashi no Ceres sketch by Ms. Watase, $2500 for a color
sketch of Patlabor's Noa Izumi by Ms. Takada, $2000 for
a color sketch of Trigun's Vash the Stampede by Mr.
Hayama, $2850 for an Ayashi no Ceres sketch by Ms.
Watase, $3500 for a color sketch of Nadesico's Ruri-chan
by Mr. Gotoh, $2800 for a color sketch of Utena by Ms.
Saito, $2000 for the exclusive AX stamps bearing the
image of Kimagure Orange Road's Madoka by Ms. Takada,
and ended with a monstrous winning bid of $16,000 for a
color sketch of Kimagure Orange Road's Madoka by Ms.
Takada (shown right).
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Donations ran aplenty here at AX2000, and with
great cause towards healing the ill-stricken, the Guests
of Honor have all responded in kind with fabulous
donations to the City of Hope with a check totaling
$21,427 shown at Opening Ceremonies. Proceeds will
go towards much-needed research and care provided by the
City of Hope Foundation.
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Exhibit Hall at the busiest time of the
AX four-day weekend. Bigger, better, and
just plain huge. HUGE!!!
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Ms. Takada Akemi at her celebrity guest photo
session with the AX Art Show Staff inside her exclusive
art exhibition showing off her most famous original
artwork including such pieces from Kimagure Orange Road,
Patlabor, and Creamy Mami.
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Don't forget to pick up cool Anime Exposures newsletters that this
guy and his hardworking staff worked on! He'll be
happy! You'll be happy! Wow, even e-pubs'll be
happy! |
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