Almost forgot, some minor AX14 stuff:
-So I got to try out the Occulus Rift with Asuna/SAO. They had four demos running, two SAO related and the other two Miku related. It was luck of the draw which one you actually got to use so I was happy that the SAO one after waiting in line for 20 minutes. Anyway the first one opened up with the Blue Eyed Demon battle and you watch Asuna fight for a little bit. The visuals weren't really that impressive and I was left underwhelmed for the most part. The second one blew my mind. It was really simple, mainly Asuna sleeping under a tree. The thing is though is that when you look around, it's almost like you're in Aincrad. There's just open skies and roads around you. I would be willing to kill for a high production MMO like that. Just exploring wherever I want. The OR visuals as a whole leave a bit to be desired, mainly in that the resolution is still too low. The head tracking was good though and I couldn't detect any latency.
In short, give me a high production SAO MMO and it will destroy any semblance of a life I have.
-I never saw all of the Trigger staff together at once. Even at the KLK panel, Tattun and Wakabayashi weren't on stage. Sort of weird.
-The KLK panel was straight questions from the audience, which I appreciated. I hated some of the other panels such as the Space Dandy one because a bunch of questions were already prepared and just useless filler interview shit. The best panels had a lot of fan interaction.
-My favorite panels were the KLK and Titmouse one. The Titmouse one just because they spoke English and so there wasn't a language barrier between them and the audience. It allowed for people to yell out and the guys upfront to know exactly what they meant. Not having the barrier of a translator really allows a fluidity that was missing from many of the other panels. Also the guys from Titmouse were pretty funny as a bunch. The KLK panel was great for the reason explained above. I also really loved the Trigger panel just due to all the new stuff they showed off. I didn't have a chance to go to as many panels as I wanted to but the good ones were really good.
-The Eir Aoi concert was better than I expected. I really don't most of her OPs but she did a fine job in a live setting.
-Lines were absolutely insane especially for anything noteworthy on the schedule. Thank you god that I had the foresight last year to buy a Premium Pass.
-AX as a whole was really mismanaged this year. I don't blame the volunteers but the higher-ups as basic shit that should have gone smoothly, didn't. Everything seemed to run late and/or be a complete mess.
-Biggest fuckup of the con is a tie between AX staff for autographs on Day 2 and Funimation for the Terror in Resonance premiere. How the fuck do you not check the video file before demonstrating it to a live audience of roughly 500 people?
-Did I mention that Trigger is really popular? Guys all over the place in KLK cosplay.
