Japan Expo 2007 - Report
Remember, few days ago I wrote a post about this Convention. Mmm… You don’t remember, well I say it again.
Japan Expo is a convention on all things Japanese, taking place in Paris, France. It is held yearly in the beginning of July, for three days. The 8th Japan Expo will be taking place on 6-8 July 2007.
Let’s see a little preview commented in French :
You couldn’t be there, don’t worry, i will sum up this 3 marvelous days because i was there, so let’s started.
PS : There was so many events on this convention, i couldn’t assist to all of them that why i had to choose between all this events.
Friday, 6 July 2007 :
This day was the most exiting for me, see why bellow ^^.
I came around 10.30am and as you know the opening was at 10.00am but what i saw ?! more than 200 people waiting in front of the gate to enter, I never could imagine before that could have so many people for a Japanese Culture Convention.
After 40min of waiting, I finally entered. what’s my 1st impression ? it was very big, colored and crowded! A lot of mangas store, big screen showing animes, the perfect Otaku’s world!
Well it was around 12am now and i moved to see Sakaguchi’s Conference about Blue Dragon & Lost Odyssey Game. There was a funny moment when a guys asked during the interview why he make his game on Xbox 360 and not on PS3, the anwser was obvious, he anwsered “May be it’s too expensive” ~laught~ .To finish the conference, they showed us the 1st episode of Blue Dragon Anime.
After the conference, I stayed in the amphitheater waiting for Ichirô MIZUKI Live. When he came on the stage there were many applause and the show started. Many fans were regroup near the stage doing his choreography, that was funny! Unfortunately this singer wasn’t of my generation, so i was a little bored.
13.00pm, I lunched quicky because in 1 hour I will get my dedication of OLIVIA! I bought OLIVIA Album “The Lost Lolli” to get the dedication ticket, yes only those who have this ticket can get the dedication. Finally, she came in a reproduction of NANA’s Room, waiting for all her fans, me included. She was dressed with a little kimono, that was very very cute, i never could imagine she was so cute!
What next ? Well… nothing very extraordinary, I think the journey is over now. Next There was the results of Japan Expo Awards (Special mention to Death Note) following by a live by Shuudan’ Stars a french band who sing French Anime Opening/Ending.
Note : One more thing, During this day i met for the 1st time a french girl fan of laruku when i filled a contest form. Tanoshikatta desu !
Saturday, 7 July 2007 :
As Friday, i had to wait for a while to enter.
I went directly to the amphitheater to watch Gari’s Live. The show was amazing! All people jumped with the singer, that was so hot! Many people ran to the stage when the show started.
I stayed here to watch the next show : LAFORET HARAJUKU - Collection in Paris.
I never saw a real fashion show before but now i have to admit it’s very cool!
During the Fashion Show, Nana Kitade came to do a little live. 2 unknow song (for me of course :p) and the last one : KESENAI TSUMI !!! (we can’t escape it) ^^
After that I watched a part of the Individual Cosplay show and next I walked in the convention to see all the stand.
Sunday, 8 July 2007 :
Last day and again, as the last 2 days, I had to wait before enter in the convention, but this time i have to wait more because there was much more people, why? may be it’s sunday.
I went to watch Dio’s Live and that was very noisy, i don’t very like Visual Kei band…but it’s roxx!
I stayed to watch the Cosplay Group show, many Naruto’s Cosplay but the best one was Bioman, so nostalgic!
I visited each stand trying to find some good stuffs. Around 15.00pm I went to the Projection Room for L’Arc~en~Ciel 15th Anniversary which was showed. I didn’t stay a long time because i have already watched this live 10 times at home. ( ;p to Laruku.fr members)
It’s Yoshiki’s Conference soon so I pressed myselft to participate to the Yoshiki and Sakaguchi drawing of lots where we could get a dedication. I played only for Sakaguchi and i losed.
Note : The guys just before won just after tightened my hand to give us some luck but not luck at all for me!
There was some Catch but I didn’t have enough time to see it.
At th end there was Hacali’s Live.
To conclude some many funny guys walking in the convention with their sign “Free Huge” & “Free Slap” :
It was 3 fabulous days, I could bring back some stuffs and many many unforgettable memories!
The 8th Japan Expo announced 83.000 visitors for this 3 days. (Source)
To see more about the event please visit this links :
http://www.mimu-net.net/blog/2007/07/10/week-end-musical-a-japan-expo/ (Sum Up in French)
http://annaetolivia.canalblog.com/archives/2007/07/12/5591676.html (OLIVIA Live in Paris Report in French)
http://www.mimu-net.net/article_view.php?articleid=24(Gari Report in French)
http://www.mimu-net.net/article_view.php?articleid=25 (Halcali Report in French)
http://www.orient-extreme.net/index.php?menu=musique⊂=actu&article=988 (Gari & Dio Interview in French)
http://www.orient-extreme.net/index.php?menu=musique⊂=artistes&article=992 (HALCALI Interview in French)
http://www.orient-extreme.net/index.php?menu=musique⊂=artistes&article=977 (Nana Kitade Conferance Report in French)
http://www.orient-extreme.net/index.php?menu=musique⊂=actu&article=989 (Yoshiki interview in French)
http://www.orient-extreme.net/index.php?menu=musique⊂=artistes&article=1004 (Ichiro Mizuki Report in French)
http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/japan-expo-2007-evenement-videos-article-76362-1.html (Video Game Report in French)
http://www.p-nintendo.com/news/N-1064067265.html (Videos Game Report in French)
http://www.nautiljon.com/conventions/japan-expo-2007.php (Pictures)
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=japan+expo&search= (Videos)
http://www.dailymotion.com/videos/relevance/search/japan+expo/1 (Videos)
http://thesoldatryan.free.fr/site.php?d=Stuffs (Report Video)
Special Thanks to All Japan Expo staffs, all guest who came especially in France, guys who film this event and upload it and all of Japan Fans!
See you next for a new live report!
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