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Good points, all. But what about my recommendation of a separate entrance line for autograph seekers so we could get to the autograph area without having to deal with the massive mob entering the dealers' room?

Seconded. I was so looking forward to getting my first ever autograph from a Japanese seiyuu and it didn't pan out. Perhaps Otakon could only afford to have Inoue in town for just that one day, but IMO, her schedule was far too tightly compressed. I just wish they hadn't scheduled her autograph session to start so soon after the dealers' room first opened, considering how ridiculously long the lines are just to get into that place on the first day. Maybe Otakon should should have separate entrance lines just for the autograph sessions.

Oh man, I missed out on some neat stuff! Events like this really make me wish I could clone myself. I only got to attend three panels in their entirety, but one of them was a big 'un: The Q&A session by voice-acting legend Kikuko Inoue. I'd had my heart set on this panel, and she made it well worth the wait. Pity I couldn't get her autograph, though. I also had fun at Daryl Surat's Anime's Craziest Deaths panel (that's become a yearly tradition for me) and at the Anime Openings & Endings The Man Doesn't Want You To See panel; this veteran otaku enjoyed seeing the original openings for Zeta Gundam and Kodocha one last time.

Otakon's schedule has been available to view for the past couple of weeks. But if you're too lazy to look things up yourself, then there is a Studio Ghibli film (From Up on Poppy Hill) playing at 12:30pm on Friday.

Got mine today! Whoopee!

I see we got us a MegaloBox fan here.

Well folks, Otakon has announced a whole slew of new guests on their Facebook page over the past week. I'm just wondering when these announced guests will show up on Otakon's main website.

Ain't gonna happen. Sorry.

I'm one of her biggest fans and I'd love to see her, but given that Miyukichin just gave birth a couple of months ago, I'm afraid she's looking rather doubtful for the next two years or so.

I just got my badge today, yay! I'd been at the Red Cross donating blood platelets, and I got back home just in time to catch the mailman as he was driving past so I could sign for it.