Anime Express 5

Daytona Beach, Florida
March 23, 2002

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After the cosplay photo-shoot, we take some time to check out the dealers room. True, there are only two vendors, but they each carry an enormous variety of anime goods.

Now this is what I call a Pokemon fan. The bug belongs to PikaBelle who we will see later in the cosplay contest. Below, just across from the Pikachu bug...

This year, the anime video room theme appeared to be all Gundam, all the time. Three video rooms and they were ALL playing a different Gundam marathon. The explanation was that the video coordinator really liked Gundam.

In frustration, we set up our laptop in the upstairs hall and watched several Vandread DVDs that we happened to bring with us. We ended up with a larger audience in the hall then they had in the huge stadium seating auditorium.

Conventions Morning Cosplay Dealer's Room Cosplay Contest 1 Cosplay Contest 2 Cosplay Contest 3 Contest Results