NYAF Video, Day 1:
Moritheil‘s liveblog of the New York Anime Festival, Day 0:
- 11:44 Attention New Yorkers: Moritheil walks among you. #nyaf #
- 12:19 @misuzulive Wow, how far are you driving to come to #NYAF? (Cars. NYC. Brave soul!) #
- 12:22 Tonight we dine in . . . Hell’s Kitchen? #nyaf #
- 12:55 Darnit, people in the hotel lobby are talking about plans to meeet with @animevice and I can’t place them! Who are youuuu #nyaf #
- 13:40 @s0nified hahaha, where precisely are you? #nyaf right? #
- 13:41 @hisuiRT I’m sure they were going to! One of them nodded at me and I smiled back but they didn’t say anything. Awkward otaku silence! #
- 13:42 @narutakiRT I’m a little shaky on the chronology involved. Are you going to the preparty as well, or just the movie? #
- 13:46 @animemiz Let me know if you’re about 🙂 #
- 13:47 @omonomono So, we meet again! 😛 #
- 13:48 @s0nified This just goes to show – no place is safe! 😛 #
- 13:48 Ni-pah, Yaan, Au, Fuwa-Fuwa (#NYAF) digg.com/u1D3It #
- 13:55 Nobody draw! RT @petertatara: 40,000 officers on the street because of the UN. I’m running an event filled with kids with swords. #nyaf #
- 13:57 @AA_TheHaisho That’s the spirit! 😛 #
- 14:04 @VamptVo Hey, are you in town today? Going to the preparty or anything? Doing dinner? 😀 #
- 14:07 @VamptVo Understandable. I’ll see you tomorrow, then, probably 🙂 #
- 14:21 @narutakiRT I see. I’m going to the party; I’ll see how tired I am after and decide if I can stay awake for the movie 🙂 #
- 14:33 @omonomono Cool. I’ll look for you when I get there. #
- 14:49 I’m wearing jeans and a shirt with rainbow afterimages. You can talk to me. Really. #nyaf #
- 15:05 Guy in a suit just started chatting me up. nothing to do w/anime. I’m too approachable! #
- 16:08 delicious cake is delicious. #nyaf #
- 16:13 w/ @omonomono, @animemiz, @kransomwastaken. #
- 17:37 Rapid search for Yui Makino merch: failed. Trying the dealer room tomorrow. #nyaf #
- 17:39 Fabled NY bookstores, you have let me down. #
Moritheil‘s liveblog of the New York Anime Festival, Day 1:
- 05:49 #NYAF weather: 63 F now, 41 F tonight. Can you believe that?! #
- 05:54 I heard 6 AM. RT @OutOfTimeProd: The #NYAF autograph ticket line for Yoshiyuki Tomino begun at 7am, maybe earlier. Signing is at 7pm. #
- 06:01 #NYAF #followfriday @princetrunks @ronaldhennessy @petertatara @jlhls @omonomono @debaoki @vamptvo @s0nified @hisuiRT @narutakiRT @PatzPrime #
- 06:14 Bandai’s PR guy is staying at the same hotel as me. Huh. #nyaf #
- 08:44 You will know me by my tachikoma shirt! #
- 08:45 Hanging out w/ @sbrblurb. Come say hi! #
- 09:02 Number of compliments on my @jlist shirt: 3 #nyaf #
- 09:04 Cosplayers! Come forth! My camera is ready! #nyaf #
- 09:22 Just met @Yuricon, who dropped tantalizing hints about the next Yuricon. #
- 09:25 Note @sbrblurb is wearing a pedobear getup. It’s easy to spot us! #nyaf #
- 09:56 Had a hilarious conversation with @animealmanac about the finer points of bathroom photography. #nyaf #
- 09:57 Dealer’s room is setting up. Took video but can’t get in yet. #nyaf #
- 11:00 Just saw an MTV agent try to recruit some cosplay girls. #nyaf #
- 11:29 Shook hands with @mpinto prior to his panel. Ganbatte! #nyaf #
- 11:31 #nyaf @animevice arrived fashionably late – just on time for her own panel. #
- 11:33 Correction: that fine gentleman is @michaelpinto. Ganbatte! #nyaf #
- 12:45 Interesting advice from @animevice. Now for Tokyopop. #nyaf #
- 12:47 @debaoki I’ve heard good things about Chorus. 🙂 #
- 13:03 @edsizemore whoops, just saw your tweet. I guess you know what I look like now 🙂 #
- 13:05 OK, why are we at #nyaf looking at clips from SDCC? Is this a metajoke, Tokyopop? #
- 13:06 www.Tokyopop.com/ramenflavor #nyaf #
- 13:11 Haha, 1 out of 50 ppl recognized the Joss Wheadon film Tokyopop is adapting to manga. #nyaf #
- 13:18 Nice catch by @debaoki as to who published what manga. #
- 13:20 “Not just boobs, MILK coming out of boobs!” Oh, Tokyopop. #nyaf #
- 13:37 Audience member just called out Tokyopop on declining amounts of Japanese content. #
- 13:42 Hey neat, I won a shirt. Full disclosure! #
- 13:44 Tokyopop is now 20% non-Japanese content. #nyaf #
- 14:17 In the giant blogger katamari ball by Tomino. #nyaf #
- 14:23 Tomino moved to bigger room; line chaos ensues. #nyaf #
- 14:25 Tomino has struck a victory pose. The crowd is roaring in approval. #nyaf #
- 15:19 Tomino conducted himself with great dignity and gave a high-level speech. #nyaf #
- 17:07 Tomino is the man. Nodded in approval, posed for a photo. #nyaf #
- 17:09 #nyaf Met the @hinano / @jpmeyer gattai. w/ @vamptvo and 17 other bloggers for Cencoroll. #
- 17:14 Too many bloggers to list them all. @wildarmsheero rocking the Strike Witches gear. @starcreator w/@wootshirt. #nyaf #
- 18:46 Cencoroll was very neat. Very condensed. #nyaf #
- 18:51 @mightyatom That WAS you! I wasn’t sure. #
- 20:52 @mightyatom I was with a ton of bloggers outside Cencoroll, and I was like – that hair! It’s her! I yelled at you but you didn’t respond :/ #
- 20:54 @mightyatom Then I thought, “Maybe I just didn’t get a good look; it could have been someone else.” You were moving pretty quickly. #
- 22:49 #NYAF 2009 Karaoke Showdown! digg.com/u1D8JX #
- 22:58 @mightyatom Holy crap, you missed Tomino? Well, I have some HD video for you. #