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Hello! Project supremo and all-around enigma Tsunku♂ is in Los Angeles to take part in Anime Expo. To celebrate, we bring you a special look inside the inner workings of a madman’s mind in the form of his official blog entries covering his time in LA

Hello! Project supremo and all-around enigma Tsunku♂ is in Los Angeles to take part in Anime Expo. To celebrate, we bring you a special look inside the inner workings of a madman’s mind in the form of his official blog entries covering his time in LA. For now, he discusses his arrival, and his thoughts on day one of the con – more entries will be added as they’re posted. Enjoy!

2009-07-03
LA.

After 10 hours’ flying, I arrived safe in Los Angeles.

“The streets of LA”

I only got one meal on the plane. I was so tired, I slept through breakfast.

I thought I’d watch a bunch of movies, but I only saw one.

The seat and my ass didn’t get along, and now it’s hurting.

2009-07-03
Breakfast.

It was after 11 when I got to LA. By the time we drove to town, it was 12. Whew. I was starved. So we went straight to a Japanese restaurant. I wanted to eat a tonkatsu set, which I wouldn’t normally choose in Japan, so I ordered.

“The tonkatsu set I ate!”

“It was delicious pork!”

The rest of the staff had mixed udon an teriyaki chicken sets. Ginger fried pork sets.

“Mixed udon!”

“Teriyaki chicken!”

“Ginger fried pork set!”

Whew, the white rice was good. I wonder if they ship it in from Japan.

2009-07-03
Morning Musume.

Morning Musume are appearing at Anime Expo, so I’ve come to LA to supervise.

Today the members had a Q&A session, so they got to have a panel discussion with the American fans.

“The fans put their hands up to ask questions!”

It was just like with the Korean fans, everybody understood Japanese pretty well.

Amazing.

When the members were talking, the fans would react before the interpreter could speak.

2009-07-03
Cosplay.

So there were a lot of anime fans doing a lot of cosplay in the hall.

“A photo outside Anime Expo!”

“Anime Expo is full of cosplay!”

There was even a No Face.

“No Face”

“Naruto” is really popular. And Pokemon.

Also, Astro Boy and Gatchaman both really handsomely affected American animation.

“It sort of looks like Taisei in there…”

Morning Musume had a booth too, and it was really bustling!

“There was a Morning Musume sales corner too.”

“There were people everywhere!”

It’s still a weekday here, but the weekend starts tomorrow, so things are going to heat up. And it’s the American Independance Day, so the country is in a cheerful mood.

And I heard that there was a dance unit here that came from Japan. They like cosplay too, so they came all the way to LA just for this.

“They came all the way from Japan!”

That’s great.

More entries to come over the next few days. Stay tuned…

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