London MCM - Day 2

    I found myself rushing about a lot during Day 2. While waiting for a particular panel to start later that afternoon, I spent most of the morning shopping for gifts and taking photos of other cosplayers with my friend, something that we did not have the chance to do the day before due to our costumes getting in the way. Again, it was near impossible trying to see everything, and I was sure that I might have completely missed a few areas (I honestly tried finding a map myself that I could carry around but to no avail) despite how I was practically running around. 

   I was once again an absolutely nervous wreck, but for considerably different reasons this time around... or not.The first time was when I had something signed and a photo taken with the unbelievably kind Nolan North (I absolutely envied others that could so casually converse with him), who allowed me to come back to the front once I got my ticket.

   I was fortunate to chance upon The Line studio's booth while I was on my way to LeSean's signing session later that afternoon. Getting a chance to meet with one of the studio's directors Wesley Louis there, I purchased the art book to his project Super Turbo Atomic Ninja (Which I will write more about in future blog post) with a moment's hesitation. It was also here where I started to get terribly shy and nervous. While I know it was absolutely silly of me to behave this way, I was tongue tied when I attempted to carry out a conversation with him. In all honesty, I have never had the chance to speak with folks whose work I admired this much, especially face to face (HOW DO YOU NETWORK).

   He turned out to be a really friendly and humble fellow (Even asking me have a photo taken with him in front of their booth when I myself was too nervous to ask in the first place), and seeing all the amazing work that he and the rest of the studio produced made me feel all the more compelled to visit them someday (Which I am really hoping to do so this Easter break... as soon as I stop staring at this email draft that I have yet to send to them...). I was especially appealed by the fact that he held a particularly deep love for more traditional 2D animations, very much like my hero, LeSean Thomas.

   Speaking of which, one thing lead to another, and I soon enough found myself following another LeSean Thomas admirer she shrieked her way over to another section of the hall. I absolutely struggled to introduce myself to him, and I cannot describe how I felt over how it took him only a second to recognize who it was that had been bothering him most of the time through Tumblr. I had worked on a little gift the night before setting off for London, and thinking back now, seeing his response to receiving it just made my entire day, no, month. Alright, this is getting surprisingly difficult to write about seeing as I am returning to my gushing mode, so to conclude, I feel like crying tears of joy that I finally had the chance to meet the man that inspired me to animate in the first place. 

   And before I start sounding like a serious creeper, I think it's time to move onto the Cannonbusters panel itself. Some new previews were shown of the series as well as some interesting discussions about him getting to work with others and how the new character designs have been developed over that period. I have to put four clips together (The second and third one don't show anything seeing as we were not allowed to record the character designs that were being shown on the screens), so hopefully you will be able to hear most of what he said during this panel.

   The trip back to Leeds was made much easier thanks to my buddy. Seeing as I had to make about 5-6 stops before I was able to take a train directly back to Leeds in my original route, they were kind enough to drop me off at the 4th stop which helped so, so much, especially with my stupidly heavy luggage (Again, this was my fault for not knowing how to pack) and lack of escalators at some of these underground tubes. I was exhausted by the time I reached my place, but I also still could not get over the fact about how amazing that short trip had been... it saddens me that Singapore does not have a Comic Con of its own. And so, I am really hoping to attend a few more in other parts of the UK if possible.

I still got this for keepsake, seeing that it's plastic
it's not going to get moldy like those paper bracelets.