Otaku Blue

Well here it is. My Japan Ex “coverage” starts today. Reason why It’s late is due to a number of reasons. One being I’ve been to damn tired these last few days. But anyway, Japan Ex London, was on Saturday and Sunday as you all know. It was a with out a doubt the best expo I have ever been too. Although It was a lot smaller than London Ex and a lot less crowded, that, in a way made it more enjoyable as i didn’t have to waste all my energy trying to push past people. But, since It’s the first one, no doubt It will be a lot more crowded next year.

There were a fair few events going on at Japan Ex. I managed to get to a few of them ( which I shall be writing about over the next couple of days), but unfortunatley I missed the one event i was looking forward to the most. The Taiko Drumming. Since I’m going to Tokyo at the end of August, I picked up loads of brochures and Leaflets that all the Japanese Travel Companies were giving out. Companies such as JNTO ( Youkoso Japan) and Into Japan were on site happily helping anyone who wanted information about Japan. Merchandise wise Japan Ex beat London Ex by a mile. As well as having a wider selection of Figures, Japan Centre was thier selling Tankouban and Japanese Magazines so I picked up Lucky Star vol.1 and a Limited Edition Version of Negima vol.19 ( Which came with a nice Dust Cover and some funny looking Pactio Cards).

I can definatley say that Japan Ex is the one event any anime fan or fan of Japan living in the UK should go to and I’m sure over the years it can only get bigger. Keep checking back for detailed coverage of the key events I attended on the Saturday.

* Sorry for the Picture Quality, I have the most primitive 4.0 Mega Pixel Digital Camera in existance. ^ ^;