Day 3 | Saturday (2009.07.04)Got up and took off to the Tsunku panel ASAP, with Ping, Flyp, boy, ten, arun, KT (? think he slept in) JFC, etc. and ran into aisasami again, and sat with her in the middle front rows-ish. BOOM. The Man. The Legend. Tsunku walked in and we went wild. Ping set up the JPH!P mic with my recorder and we managed to get most of the Q&A. Dude was so hilarious, I think he looked into my soul cuz we was all WOO HOO!!
This is my *rough* run at the Tsunku Q&A. The sound is messed up in the beginning and towards the end. And you can hear me, Ping, and aisa very clearly
It's a bit muffled, could hardly hear the translator. :/
....how do you like Japan.Tsunku: I could tell the audience was pretty excited. (muffled couldn't make out)
Yaz: So Tsunku, this was like your first time in LA?
Tsunku: This is actually my first time in LA. (applause)
Yaz: How was it?
Tsunku: Such a beautiful weather you get a great view of all around I was thinking that
equivalent to Japan it would be a few degrees celsius
Yaz asks how many know he did Rhyhm Whatever for DS (applause) How many of you have it? (applause)
Tsunku: Originally the game was for a Japanese release
Yaz asks is he producing other groups?
Tsunku: Yeah I produce Berryz and Cute. (something Hello! Project can't make it out)
Yaz: Do not run. (mad rush to the mic to start the Q&A.)
Q1: (Blab about thank you for coming) Other than Morning Musume debut, what was your happiest moment of your career?
Tsunku: Coming here to AX
Q2: (Josh from NY, thanks your music saved my life) Seeing clips on Youtube, of 27,000 girls of auditions what do you see in a young Aya Matsuura when she's 13. A Koharu. What do you see when you choose them? (applause for good question lol)
Tsunku: When you look at people, whether it be 1 year old or 10 year old, they have some personal energy for someone like me in the industry where you have to where you have to work with someones' chi or aura feel of the energy intuitive sense whether that person has the kind of energy and um, if I fail to - that's how I go about it.
Q3: I would like to call an idol producer (blah blah laughter) what advice do you have for aspiring song writer/producer? (Yaz: What is your question!?)
Tsunku: You may be surrounded by cute girls, but you must keep your calm, your cool, then you wouldn't be able to produce songs. (Loud Whoops from our section)
Q4: Tsunku-san, my name is Yohan. I came all the way from Sydney, Australia. I really respect all his work in H!P Buono, Cute, everything he has done. My question is "Will there be a reunion of <????> near future?"
Tsunku: I don't know will be this year, there will be auditions for Morning musume.
Q5: I go to 50 Hello! Project concerts once a year. (applause, impressed whoops) As a Japanese person, influenced by world music, Michael Jackson. How's it like to sending off Japanese music to the world? For example, non-music Japanese like Brazillian, Latin pop enjoyed by older people. We saw a lot of young people. That's not something we see in Japan.
Tsunku: I think the people who come to Anime Expo, degrees in aspirations what is Japanese, different from mainstream you have this little sensitivity <???> main speaking audience i am talking to people w lyriccs in japanese they find enjoyable to listen to value my Japanes my song writing english element s better reach to the global audience <????>I'm impressed you understood what I said. (laughter)
Yaz: Do you? (YEAH!) SO DEEP HUH
Q6: You are a genius for writing over 100 H!P Songs. Would other Hello Project groups like Berryz and Cute be coming to America anytime soon?
Tsunku: Well, the first phase rest of Asia, H!P audition in Taiwan - and so uh, Berryz, Cute, and of course Morning Musume will be going overseas. Hawaii. special base for <???> will have the other oportunity to go to US and Europe. In order to make that possible, we really need the support from you guys, we need the budget to be possible. Everyday support from fans like you.
Q7: (Terri!?) I came from the H!P Berryz FC in Taiwan, if you look at what are the aspects in the songs you achieve
Tsunku: As you saw MM yest. they have many members, members for the past 2 years, the first members weren't so great but they worked hard to catch up with the other members...great right now. <???> and Berryz there are high level performance their best aspect they are so uneven. and MM berryz girls - most athletic in H!P, believe to be their strong points. <???> and um, as for constructive criticsm to the members, as they mature and become women and get better curves and their sex appeal will increase and I hope that they will be the seductive <hope they??> will be sex appeal to the <public??> Japanese <blabla> cool (laughter)
Q8: New members in the States?
Tsunku: US will be a very demanding lesson. (Yaz: Who wants to be a member of morning musume? We cheer)
Q9: Official blog reving Tanpopo and Mini Moni, what's your direction of that? Reviving the group instead of giving them their own group?
Tsunku: Starting this summer in Japan, remake / revival of Tanpopo, New Tanpopo, etc. Don't want to let my better songs go dormant.
Q10: Alex from SF. We're very honoured (blblbl) Historic time. In terms of your marriage, how has this affected your creative process and creative style?
Tsunku: I have working on babies, a girl. (applause) I see market, there are other kids, babies. some are more popular than other .. I pick up the language. <???> For example, one of the parts in the lyrics in the little shop, department store. Food floor in Japan, my wife insists on going to get her sweets, I hate going there.
Q11: Hey Tsunku, I came just to see you. Nintendo gamer as myself, I wanted to ask your relation to Nintendo. How working with the <game producer??>
Audio disappears lol.
Tsunku: Starting very competititve, seems to be a very good way. Some of them very hard. the ones that try hard, give up their personality and character. or feeling on their own. be a musume, um that's the two step process that differentiates the process.
Yaz babble.
Tsunku: The audience has increased, I will also have the chance to see you as one of the judges for AX Idol. I do find english <???> appearances Morning Musume and Hello! Project here and I do want lend your support
I know it's hard to understand lol, so use this source at your own discretion. Here's the audio:
Soonk.mp3 http://www.twitter.com/?d=H2ECF4E3After that, met up with Linna2040 again and she said she was taking off and we took photos and said g'bye. Met up with Slack and ckd. ten and Ping had to split to finish the scrapbook, me, boy, ckd and Flyp took off to the autograph session "Last Chance Yellow Ticket Bonanza" - well, we ran into Jupibell who was really cute and rdmnweird OMGASS was rocking the logo on her army backpack so we took a pic. Chatted it up.
Saw Dinny with Mika and Sevii and told em about Tsunku, showed em the TsunkuFlowers.GIF I was gonna give him and Mika was like "daigong, daigong, daigong" *slap* Saw Jab and Jay all lined up and they were pimping pimping. We didn't make it in. Weird how they shuffled the lines but oh well. There was these douchebags who were pushing from the side to get to the front, and a guy in the back was "HEY! You in the hat! Get back!" except there was a tough dude too. And they were like "Who what?" The doche slithered back and they were playing "I'm on a boat!" and we were mildly amused until they were like "No more!" and we was "Fuck this, let's go!" but we couldn't until Morning Musume was escorted out lol but CKD slammed the door and left. Never saw him the rest of the day. Dejected, me, boy, Flyp had to kill time until the guys finished the scrapbook and the last "Guaranteed" autograph session rolled around. Ran into Kimi and Stephanie (and their friends I forget the names lol) from Sakura Con and we did the same Double JPH!P Pose. Saw Kreamer and Friend at the Japanfiles booth area and copped me two Angry dolls, then saw Kream's mom and booked it ROFL. Was carrying a shitload of crap I was gonna give MM like hockey gloves for Risa, and random Oilers and Lakers shit.
FINALLY met up with Dinny, aewen, Jab, jay, a_P, arun, Sev, Slack, limit, Moog, and all. Ping and ten came around with the giant scrapbook and gift basket. We had worked our asses off and squeezed it until the last hour. We sat there, page after page gawking at its monstrosity. There is HD Video so stay tuned for the DOKYU. A sample page:
tenkei: "For some reason, Mugen's page is all sticky"It was so beautiful. That's just a sample. Then things began moving at lightning speed, they were already down to the last half hour or something. So I was given the duty of handing them the book!! But when we went in, shit was on. Handlers to the left and to the right. They made us drop off gifts to the side but I fucking refused. Here the whole time, the girls were in their routine. *sign sign* HERE YOU GOOOO!!~ Reina took fucking forever but she was all enthusiastic. Then at Ai-chan's table, I was like I GOTTA GIFT FOR YOU!! But I was trying to pull the scrapbook outta the bag but fuck it was stuck and I was getting handled by the staff all at the same time. I was like "Ai-chan, I got something for you ***urrgghh**" she was all laying that surprised look at me:
...and the closer I got, the more I checked out her abs. Finally they pulled me away, and I was like all up in Risa's face "my homie marimari repping from up above!! He is a big FAN!!" and then Eri, I did the sneaky Dinny tip "Put the PB under the pic, she signed her own ass!" but handlers were having none of that. So I went to Eri "My BAD!!" and slapped my face and she was all mimicking it! ROFL. Aika was all grins. Jun Jun, Sayu and Koharu were kinda all stiffed out, so I don't really remember. LOL then I said something to Lin Lin until I was tossed out. LOL but i still haven't given them the scrapbook or any gifts, so I reasoned with the AX Staff to let me go back and toss em to them. Ducked BACK into the curtain and holy shit, the handlers were pissed but I was like let me gimme them this. Saw tenkei and aewen dejectedly put the gift basket to the side. And I kinda waved the scrapbook at em until they tossed me out for good. LMAO WOW the abuse I took, I do it for JPHiPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
Sat down front and centre with DS12 and sis, and got a great view. Did the whole bday shit for Sayu, but were yelled at to MOVE BACK! MOVE BACK! until we were at the halls. DHG suddenly was like MAKE WAY MAKE WAY parting the red sea and was like "she wants to know 'bout the scrapbook" or smth. And HOLYSHIT! it was Shirley, the one who drew all these nice pics:
AWESOME!! And we got shuffled around, think we got to say "BYE!" to Morning Musume but I think they took the underground exit lol. Fenrir then shoved us outta there, as we shuffled to the exit wen WHOA! ran into none other than, Kuno of Hello! Online and we was like DAMN! me and KT took a pic with him. "There's no beef?" and I'm like "Psssh, we all bonded by the music man!" It was a beautiful thang, the unifications of websites and communities all for a common cause.
Finally, we all was hungry. MISSION FUCKING ACCOMPLISHED. It was time to party like we never partied before. JPH!P STYLE!! We all was gonna meet up in Little Tokyo for some Izakaya!! We went back to the Mayfair to fucking get clean up and drop shit off or get shit or whatever. Sev even had time to drop a KT-esque speech :sob: and record some tama-comfessions. Zoomed off to the Honda Izakaya and met up with Fen, Din, aewen, limit, rokun, Jay, a_P, Rick, Sevii. Embarassed Fen TMZ-style.
FOOOOOOOOOOOOO~ Like Wu-Tang Clan we stormed the joint grabbing a whole half of the back, and whaddya know - they started busting Morning Musume over the speakers and we all sang along. DS12, sister, and friends joined us. We ordered shitloads of food and when the Beers came, I busted out a fucking speech and chugged a pint. Aarita and Masato came in, and we all went apeshit. Commie and ebc came in, and madness ensued. Everytime a group came in, I made another speech. Ragging on my pronounciation of Musume
Tossed out pieces of Canadiana to 3 special ladies. Gave a special shout out to a KoolKat. Discovered a Canadian whom I thought was Australian or New Zealander. Found out "I.C." won the 3,2,1 Breakin Out PV Contest and I was all "differentstory12's sister GIVE IT UP!" not knowing I.C. was the name of both of em
I think I chugged 3 pints. Drank a whole lot more. KT made a speech for me, and I deflected it and chugged AGAIN. The fuck, I was so blasted. Dinny chugged. Got everyone around to sign cards for the July bday girls shirenu and Rei-chan. The manager wanted to talk to me and said he liked our shirts and wanted one. Me and T-back nearly crashed into each other going to the washroom. I grabbed Terrie by the shoes area (who appeared to say hi) and just babbled her ear off in straight up Cantonese, I was so fucking high. Something about being a Rika Fan
Everyone posing for pix and lots of great footage, to be seen in JPH!P WORLD TOUR DOKYU! A teaser from my best buddy KT
Karaoke time downstairs. We all piled in, everyone busting into classic Morning Musume, old school beats, arun wanted us to do Meth's Bring The Pain lol, they ended up doing Beastie Boys Intergalactic and we all went WILD!! Flyp went all OAD when rokun was blasting Miki. KT and JFC, Jab and Sev, did some duets. I didn't really karaoke much, or was in there. I was out and about greeting, thanking everyone for dropping on by. LOL ebc had totally fell asleep. So I was hugging and kissing everyone, sniffing dinny's knuckles lol. Some fools from Houston tried to crash the party but I gave em a little Honger Hospitality while KT asked em to intro themselves. They left shortly thereafter. Lily busted out shabadonna or Mr. Moonlight!! Finally, as shit was winding down. We got into some Beat It and the QUEEN BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY finale!!!!! Props to Ricker for lending the card, cuz fuck they blocked my card so I gave him cash after.
Drenched in sweat and tears, we manhugged KT, JFC, and rokun as they had to pack and head home. Sev and Jay had to book it to their place in Hollywood so said bye to them. rokun came by to get his tin of experiments and drop a speech, malebonding ftw. HiPstaz stay together. Chilled in the Mayfair then passed out.
Day 4 | Sunday (2009.07.05)Got the call from Dinny to meet in the airport around 10 am and we just busted outta there, in the limo we went.
Fucking got there just in time to see Eri packing her bags and the rest of Morning Musume at the counter. We were like snapping and shit when one of their handlers was like "Hey!" and I filmed the ceiling and kept walking while Flyp was like "Fuck that! You can't take my camera." Poor Dinny left her camera and had to go back and missed most of it
until they headed to the gate. There we met up with Mika and aewen, limit and other Japanese fans. Another group took the 2nd floor to yell and scream.
THEN BAM!! Before you knew it they were walking in front of us and as they went buy we were like THANK YOU!! BYE!! JPHiPPPPPPPPPPP!!!! They huddled at the side for a while and we got more stalker footage, LOL it was fucking hilarious we were like RIGHT THERE. Then they winded into the gates and more scream and waves, I think Lin Lin or Jun Jun waved back. Terrie was like "Let's go rush to the other gate and see if Yossie was there and we ran" but found out she left yesterday LOL. We said bye to the Japanese friends, and we took a pic. Awesome they were, we knew no Japanese yet were bonded by the music of Morning Musume.
Decided to get some grub and head back to the LACC. Cheered Dinny up with the beaver she forgot at Karaoke! LMFAO!! We tried "live" twittering but we kept forgetting cuz we was always on the run. When I got Ping to twitter that Jab, Flyp, arun saw Tsunku - aewen alerted us that Soonk was here!! And we got up in a mad rush until we found out she read the twat Ping just twatted.
There we met Rammo - dude I had met briefly from Seattle and Sakura Con - and this tiny dude, who had met Reina! We talked shit and they took a taxi with us back to The Con.
Met up with tenkei and boykun, and FUCK YEAH they got the T-shirts back. Fen was also there, but she had to work so we said BYE FEN! and went to check out this charity auction. Ran into Kuno again and we surveyed the goods. There was a giant Morning Musume poster on poster board and a hANGRY & ANGRY poster, ALL AUTOGRAPHED!! Met up with Big Freaky and canongirl, we blabbled.
Thanks to everyone putting cash down my shirt, chipping in for the meals, selling T-shirts, glowsticks - we had like a thick ass wad, so I left it with tenkei. Told him to go for it!! But fuck, Flyp had to go take his flight so me and Jab walked him back to the Mayfair. Took some pix and filmed a good segment and his truck took off. Me and Jab walked around a bit, the crowd in front of Staples was huge, it was WNBA's Sparks gameday. ten txt'd me earlier that WE HAD WON THE HANGRY & ANGRY POSTER!!! Shit was so baller, we came back and Jab sat down to keep Commie company as I went to check the goods.
HILARIOUS!!! IT WAS LIKE. The whole weekend, not only did we do EVERYTHING. Pimped JPH!P and met the girls, got into the brains, and all the HiPstaz bonded, we scored like a giant trophy to mark the occasion. Everyone had a piece of the action. We took braggdocious pictures and ran into this one guy who said he was a reporter. Old dude, with a giant 2L Coke bottle talking non stop. LOL all our camera batteries and memory got used up on him.
Hungry, we was gonna meet up at the usual eats area. Limit and T-Back had to go home (aewen had already vanished lol) so gave em the manhugs. Jab being the stand up guy he is, offered to take the poster back to the hotel and we'd wait for him at the restuarant. But during the trip back, the Limo guy asked him about the poster and he was paranoid That Limo Guy would come up and steal it, so he offered to stay and guard it. I was like, shit Jab forget it, but he insisted, y'all go on ahead. I promised to grab some grub for him on our way back.
We made it to this Rock'nfish Co or whatever and chowed down. Made Commie eat the Salsa, punk'd tenkei with ice cream cake for his "birthday" lol. The ebc, Fen, Commie had to leave so we headed out. Started taking lotsa pix around the street with Dinny. Got to the iHop where she was parked and gave her the goodbye hugs and we framed it, framed dat dinbutt good. LOL I dunno I was so high yelling at random women. Found the 7-11 as we promised ckd and BLAM we all got ourselves some slurpees, big bites, and other snacks.
Back to the Mayfair, ten and Ping had to take off. Jab had been coughing non-stop. He barely ate the hot dogs. Still, we all did I wild pose with the H&A Poster and went to the lobby for some speeches, pix and hugs. We had DONE IT. Brainwashed the GIRLS. Converted people to the Pink Ass Cause
and of course, hung out with the best people around.
Big Freaky stayed overnite and he just passed out in a closet lol. In the morning, got up and sent Jab off at the lobby. We talked of how hard we pimped it, and 'new members are gonna be through the roof!' There was one helluva brother, he had helped pay for the car park and fridge too. Couldn't ask for a better friend. D'oh when I went back up, noticed he left his glasses and I txt'd him and he said "keep it"
arun, Big Freak, Moog, ckd, and me were left. We did the check in, and hung at the airport, getting breakfast. lol poor Mugen's flight was till the evening so he had so much time to kill. Me, arun and ckd had our planes to catch and we fist bumped, hugged, etc. and as I was walking away, I heard ckd yell out "JPHIPPPPPP!!" Atta boy.
daigong's thoughts...It's just surreal replaying these moments back. Thinking back. Was there anything we coulda did for Jab? Why did it happen to him? It's just how life is, unfair but you have to deal with it. But I know he's like smiling from ear to ear from the results that has resulted from Anime Expo 2009 in Los Angeles. Not only was JPH!P Front and Centre, but we all bonded tighter than ever. Peoples renewed H!P Fandoms. New people joined the fray. The community has grown beyond our wildest dreams. BY BEING OURSELVES, we proved again that JPH!P is the tightest group that is open to anyone. I don't really need to explain it, nor shove it down your throats. The JPHiP satisfaction speaks for itself.
So I say to guys who felt they were shy or not part of "the circle" or haven't been active on the forum - nonsense. I knew Ricker708, Linna2040, Za_Wolf like DAY of Sakura Con. We never knew what we looked like, I just said HEY EVERYONE I'M WEARING PINK! HOLLA! rev2hd aka Dinny delurked and has become one of the most prolific HiPstaz like she's been around since Day 1! I will tease you about lurking (ask Linna2040
) but it's no big deal. Just having some fun, good times soaking it up and being stalkers with THE biggest girl group in all of Japan. Taking a look back, it blows the fucking mind what a little positivity and kindness can do. It's da fucking pink ass movement. Going all over the place, people was asking where'd u get the T-shirt. WHERE'S THE JPH!P BOOTH? I remember SITS friend totally laughing her ass off at the quality of the design.
To
invisname,
e-girl,
Daisukirika,
meowchi and others we didn't get to meet or hang with, just do what DHG did - MAKE WAY! MAKE WAY!! He cracked me up, just parted the seas of HiPstaz to get to where I was and introduced a friend of his or someone lookng for us. Mad props!! And hehe, looking at some of the video we shot, found e-girl.
When I was at the Hello! Party and I think it was KT or SITS who was like "We saw e-girl" and I'm like WHERE!? So yeah, I know you and (for others) wanting the JPH!P MM AX T-shirts, so sorry. Seems that it really is Limited Edition.
And to those who couldn't make the journey, hoped everyones recaps put y'all in our shoes for a weekend. The internet was so wack or we were so beat, it was hard to keep up to date in real time. Best believe we will do this up all again!! Until NEXT TIME!!
NEVER BEFORE had I did so many hustling, pimping, underground deals. It was hilarious. I love the Japanese fans. Dinny and Terrie making it all like a combat mission. Admittedly I am was not a follower of new MM and learned a lot about GAKIMEI etc. from the fellow HiPstaz. Nothing but mad respects for the professionalism and enthusiasm they gave, Eri really stood out as one of the best showmans in the game. My intentions was to lay low and just go along for the ride, start a riot. I did my bidness in Seattle, it was the others time to shine. Done and done. We did what was most important. SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED THE SCRAPBOOK OF MESSAGES AND GIFT BASKET. GOT INTO THEIR BRAINS. No doubt they will know us for the
and the wild enthusiasm overseas fans gave them. It opens up the door for future overseas adventures so keep pushing your money to Tsunku and Friends.
There has been lessons to be learned on how we organize shit, get a phone with more battery life!! It was hectic gathering everyone as we did, big ups TO EVERYONE who hung out and said hi. Again, I grew as a leader, to see the fruits of our labour pay off with all the pimping, the new bonds made in real life. All thanks to One Giant Pink Ass. Doing this is a collaborative effort, the HiPstaz make
I too will copy tenkei's shoutouts style.
Jab You were like the one that set me straight as I went wild. Mad props for all the help pimping and being a model HiPster. miss ya everyday.
tenkei Bringing the swag, fucking JPH!P Booth on your back. Bow down to the scrapbooking and gift basketing and interviewing. Like no other.
KT We The Pioneers, I don't think I'll ever forget our liquor store run and that extra pinoy flava every World Tour needs.
JFC You crack me up with the acting, A World Tour needs your wit.
boykun omgass. great seein ya, too bad u didn't get to see the girls. scrapbook designs was boss.
Flyp thx for putting up with my snoring, missed out on '08, glad u got here.
Mugen my fucking honger, some used oilers socks for ya. hope I made up to u with the beers.
Sev fucking pimp, why u got used snus with ur snus, we snus it out with the Finns next time. thx for letting me sniff ur elbow
Slack props for being so helpful, and trying to get me smth to sign..Lakers baby!
limit loved how u suddenly appeared at in-n-out, so in the shadows
SITS lol so stoned, you had the best reaction to seeing KT. too bad didn't see more u and ur friend
Rickker708 we did it again Rick! props for having my back at the karaoke, and helping with the gift basket
Tris my sista! to have you wrapped up in my arms, you gotta get better shoes!! let's do some freestyling in Frisco!
Za_Wolf fuuuck, so glad u made it out homie. Back to back! yo yo check it out. here's to more H&A adventures.
alohellofan great meeting u again
aisasami haha cute bag. thanks for sitting on me.
cool_kickin_dude we did it homeboy, remember what I said at LA LIVE and 7-11
chibilolli & crew kept buming into you, T-shirt delievered. a pleasure interviewing your crew LOL!
DHG MAKE WAY! thanks for making me feel like a BAWS lol
rokun great talking to one of the fanfics peeps. totally fucking awesome karaoke job, hope ur stuff in our fridge didn't meld with the nachos
Yo Jimbo He was with another Calgarian ripkirby!
sevii u was so cute too with the giant camera, fun meeting u
kanki great chilling with u and ur friend, nice insight of mm-bbs lol
rdnmweird you so ROCKING!! totally random finding you in the lines and on the street. wish we hung out more
Jupibell totally sweeeet running into you
T-Back mad fucking pimp, getting Eri to do the jphip gang sign. so funny
Dinny I love you. I dunno what we woulda done without your planning and stalking skills, you helped us all turn into crazy fans to nth degree. Best. SendOff. Vid. Ever.
aewen Making you smile was a challenge, thanks for bridging that gap and taking the initiative with Hello! Online. A true HiPster is born.
sayah & canon u two rock! sorry we didn't get to hangout more but thanks so much for chilling, the stripper glowsticks went straight down Ping's throat lol
Jade Starr You were so down to earth and HONOURED to meet a Rika Fangirl in the flesh
You are the icing on the CAKE of JPH!P Great Achievements
ebc my Aussie homeboy, sorry if I hurt your back, hand, arm, etc. I FLIPPED OUT when u wore the Evil Super Villain shirt too good.
Fen Getting kicked in the butt and smacked around makes me so hot and bothered, like getting trunk'd - you know how to make a guy feel special <333
Commie it is so great to have u back active on the forum again, like you never left. My Canadadar may be broken cuz my heart has no borders for you <333
Aarita & Masato Always an honour to meet Japanese fans, but someone so down to earth like you two
Mika ISHIYOSHI! 4!! LIFE!! YEAAAAH!
Linna Thank you so much for the hook up and the special Yossi moments. Until the next H&A Meetup!
Japanese dude who sold me Eri PB big ups to your whole crew. sorry I didn't get to talk to them more.
Terrie my hero in the fandom game, thanks for all the help and insight. hope u understood all my canto.
Big Freaky HOMIE your two cameras was incredible, props for all the great photos and a pleasure to meet ya.
Ops AW our press passes didn't get much but Sakura Con Team Baby!!
arun keep it GREEEZY!! so glad u came out and chillin, that's the pure hipster tradition. too bad u didn't teabag moog
jaysonnj keep it tight! a great addition to the jphip roster. keep on dancing.
a_P aka aim for the groin! fucker GJ getting all the autographs, please post ur autographs of everyone. That was awesome. I don't remember what I wrote hahaha.
differentstory12, ivet, & chubar my latinas <333 props for unsausaging the fest, ur buddies was funny too. Claud omgass, thx for the Yossi heads up. here's to H&A going to Miami!
strawb3rrykream you is awesome, ur parents is awesome. srsly I was kinda nervous about parent-teacher nite.
tama I just had to put you in my drunken speech cuz I wouldn't be who I am today without you. You complete me.
shirenu we did the H!P Section proud, all EYES on us this summer, and around the world. YOU make The PIEHOLE special with letters like this:
and
finally to the random women I yelled at, harassed and possibly groped, I was caught up in the moment. I mean you no harm.
If I forgot anyone, my bad. It has been six months lol, and I shoulda written this when it was fresh in my head. Big Ups to everyone who came out, who followed the thread, and keep supporting JPH!P. We are all BONDED by THE MUSIC. It don't matter if what site we from, what country or race. This historical moment truly opened the floodgates for more H!P Expansion, keep on supporting your PIEHOLE!! Finally done Sakura Con / Anime Expo Reports. And I swear, when I go on another event slash jphip world tour, I'm gonna whip up a report in one day tops. NO MORE PROCRASTIANTION. This I promise, homie!
JPHIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP