London Comic Con, MCM Expo October 2010 – In pictures
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010I’ve been to MCM Expo for the past 4 years now, and I love it every time. However, this time around it was different.You get 3 days instead of 2 if you purchased a weekend ticket, going on the freebie Friday as well is definitely beneficial. For one there is no queueing, at all. You get given a yellow wristband on the Friday to last the entire weekend and you can just walk right in… a new concept for me since I have queued for 2 hours before.
The best highlights were the Magic the Gathering stand, where I got to meet the guys afterwards at the hotel. Ultimately it led to a big MTG session with them and other people that wandered in and joined us. Going to bed at 3am afterwards was probably not the best idea, but they were kind enough to give me some freebie decks! Also of worthy note was Manga Entertainment, blu-ray boxset of Ghost in the Shell 2.0 and Innocence for £5, no arguments from me. Tecmo/Koei had a lot of games on show; I absolutely loved Fist of the North Star. We went back there twice to play on the consoles.
I also got voice actor autograph signings from Michael Sinterniklaas (‘Satoshi Osugi’ in Eden Of The East, also in Bleach, Naruto) and Stephanie Sheh (‘Orihime Inoue’ in Bleach, also in Eureka Seven, Vampire Knight, Naruto… the list is massive). Totally awesome to meet them and get their autographs and aahhh Eden of the East people! EPIC ANIME! By chance, I also bumped into Eddie McClintock from Warehouse 13. We were all playing Magic the Gathering at the hotel lobby and he just strolls in. I shook his hand and had my pic taken with him, a very cool guy. The entire 3 day event rounds off with the European Cosplay finals which came out with spectacular cosplays. Overall a fantastic event and quite possibly the best one I have ever been to so far.
Pictures speak louder than words, so enjoy the gallery!
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