More stuff than you can shake a stick at!  This page show all the additional sights and features that Anime Expo had to offer like the humungous Exhibit Hall (oh how can you miss that), Art Show, Awards, and even a little bit of staff culture.

Exhibit Hall: AX96 attendees enjoyed a packed hall that year, with a long list of Exhibitors bringing in items mostly related to Tenchi Muyou, You're Under Arrest!, Memories, Ghost in the Shell, and much more.  Exhibit Hall for AX96 included: Pioneer Entertainment, A.M. Works, Nichibei Anime, Anime Wink, Production I.G., Banzai Comics and Animation, Image Trading Company, Doki Doki Media Arts, Viz Communications, Manga Express, Kuri Anime, Books Nippan, Anti-Ballistic Pixelations, Anime Plus, Paradigm Enterprises, Laser Perceptions, Running Ink Animation Productions, AD Vision, Legends Toys and Hobbies, Harry's Hobbies and Supply, TYME Comics, Foreign Expressions, Black Dog Enterprises, AnimEigo, Adventures Distributing, Ed Noonchester and Company, Software Sculptors, Vans Dolls and Gifts, Laserdisc Fan Club, Japanimation Superstore, Masters of Tokyo, Mikado Laser Japan, Beaman Company, Kimono My House, Binbo Club, UCI Bookstore Anime Project, Image Plus Screen Printing, Central Park Media Corporation, NewType Toys and Hobbies, Nikaku Animart, Manga Entertainment, and Planet Anime.

Souvenirs!  What's a vacation weekend without the cool collectibles to stash into your bags?   The AX Merchandising Desk had in stock numerous items like the new "I Survived 5 Years of Anime Expo!" (a sold-out favorite), AX92-95 shirts, caps, and even that big "Mega-Poster", better known as the AX96 Fifth Year Anniversary Poster.

AWARDS!  Following are the official lists of AX96 awards given out for outstanding entries for their respective areas during the convention.

Anime Expo 1996 Modeling Contest Awards Prizes provided by NewType Toys and Hobbies and Verotik Best Mecha (stock): Tom Terrones for "Zaku II" Best Mecha (scratch): Albert Truong for "Junkyard" Best Miscellaneous: Chros Monteleon for "Thunderbolt" Best Ashtray: Brian Athey for "Guyver Unit" Best Figure (stock): John Hoffman for "Battle Angel" Best Figure (scratch): Mark (Nemicron) Alamares for "Speed Tribes Nosferati" Judges' Favorite: Wayne Haarbye for "Ry-oh-ki" Best of Show: Shawn Larson for "Rei Ayanami"

Protoculture Addicts!  Hooked on Macross, Tenchi Muyou, and everything that is anime and manga under the sun, staff seems to have a culture of their own involving intense deadlines, technical issues, special projects, breakneck speed publishing, updates on premieres and Guest schedules, and lots (and we do mean LOTS) more.
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Special Projects: team members Scanner and Jeff reviewing the timelapse archives.	Auction: Ken Tsai's feet have a life of their own with Animaniacs slippers.

Our little archive of timelapse captures:

Camera 1:  Guest autograph session

Camera 2:  Exhibit Hall traffic

Camera 3:  Hotel hallway traffic

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