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Located in the middle of
Ikebukuro, Sunshine City 60, AX Tokyo 2004 held all of its events and attractions inside the
World Import Mart and Bunka Kaikan buildings with a multitude of floors and exhibition halls
all hosting ongoing events and activities. For those who are used to American-style
anime conventions, AX Tokyo was an eye-opener for how Japanese hold conventions (mostly
sci-fi) in a land surrounded by anime and manga. No need for a dealers room when right
across the street was Animate and K-Book with 8 floors of anime and manga and gaming pleasures
no dealers room in America could ever beat. Located around the Sunshine City 60 mall
area below the convention center was the NamjaTown gaming plaza, Sega Gaming building, Sakura
Taisen cafe, Gamers and Broccoli anime goods stores, and a dizzying array of hundreds of
stores the likes of which would make any American anime fan gush tears of joy in the middle of
the street. And did we mention that a few minutes train ride away are Tokyo realms of
Akihabara hobbyists dream city, Shibuya fashion central, and the fantastic Shinjuku? |
Anime
Expo Tokyo 2004 |
