The AX Report 2001

by Xoth, Master of Black Magic

Miscellaneous: Much Ado About Nothing

    Once again, here is my section of extraneous stuff.  This year, I've expanded it into actual sections!  <pause for various sounds expressive of awe>  Yes, rather than just a bunch of best/worst categories, I have even more pointless yakking on subjects of no consequence! And best of all, I even have photos!  Yay! <pause for various sounds of approval>

    The first section is my Best/Worst Of for AX 2001.  Right after that is a special section, the Best/Worst Of for all three FFML/AX meetings.  I figured since AX was celebrating their tenth anniversary by looking back, I would go ahead and celebrate this third meeting of FFMLers (and others) at AX by looking back and ranking stuff.  Yes, you finally get to hear me speak out about AX ’99!  Isn’t that keen? *ahem*  Anyways, next is AX ’01 photos, both traditional (mine) and digital.  See what witty commentary I can come up with!  Then the final section is a links section, basically a list of websites that are important, useful, and/or just fun, all somehow related to FFML/AX.  Once again, all decisions are my call and my call alone; the opinions and judgements expressed herein may not jive with those of the rest of the group.  And to the rest of the group, if you have a problem with my judgements, then write your own report to correct me. ;D

Quotation of the Expo: Homer’s “ocean sounds”
    One of the things on Arty’s computer was an extensive collection of Simpsons soundbites.  And of those, the unquestionable favorite was this one, in which Homer tries to help Marge fall asleep:

(Tim: Not sure about the exactness of these quotes, but oh well.  Brackets indicate my own commentary)

Believe me, it’s funnier with the voices. :D  Anyhow, Homer easily became the most quoted person among those in our group.
 
 

Favorite game: Dance Dance Revolution (again).
    Winner for two years in a row now.  Catchy tunes, unique gameplay, lack of any narrative element—what’s not to like about this game?  Well, the annoying announcer making bizarre comments, perhaps, but that can be tuned out.  Daran got hooked on Para Para Paradise, sure, but both Pokey and Bahamut X were all but monopolizing Arty’s PSOne for DDR.  Yes, despite that barely readable screen, they dance-dance-revolted the rest of us with their nonstop sessions.  But heck if I'm gonna argue with two guys tall enough to step on me. (And Lord knows they’ve had enough practice stepping... ;D)

Tim: I exaggerate, of course.  And besides, there are worse games than DDR to be addicted to.  I mean, think about it.  If your parents/friends/significant others ever bug you about playing too many violent video games and not getting enough exercise, get the game, a DDR pad, and play it for an hour or so in front of them, long enough to work up a good sweat.  Then, between exaggerated gasps for breath (well, those gasps may be genuine, depending on your current fitness level and which songs you chose), tell whoever is spoiling your fun that there is absolutely no reason for them to object to this game on ANY grounds.  Well, that’s stretching things, but...

Favorite anime: Love Hina
    We didn’t actually see all that much anime this time (thank you very much, stupid black box on the back of the TV!).  But this was the anime that seemed to be on most people’s lips.  Arty went to a panel featuring the director and character designer for the series and got their autographs—and that wasn’t all the Love Hina stuff he got this year.  Heck, AX even chose Love Hina as the anime name to be printed on the badge neckband this year.  I may have to get my hands on some just to see what the fuss is about...
 
 

Most valuable person: Chibi Arty
    He brought a computer.  He brought a CF card reader for our digital cameras.  He brought a computer, loaded with anime and various other media.  He brought a PSOne.  He brought a car.  He brought a bokken.  And, of course, he brought an actual freaking computer.  How could I not recognize his contributions to this year’s AX meeting?  And the amazing thing is he hooked up with us only a few weeks prior to the con.  List member or not, he still had the greatest impact on our experience by his presence (and presents ^_^).
 
 

Biggest individual disappointment: Open karaoke—wasn’t.
   As good as this year’s AX was, it wasn’t without a few mistakes.  Not being able to find the Terrace Theater to see the X movie on Thursday night was annoying, but that was our fault.  Open karaoke was just as disappointing without any miscalculations on our part.  The only possible mistakes we made were 1) not anticipating the overwhelming demand for slots to perform, and 2) actually sitting through some of those performances.  Again, no offense to anyone with the guts to get up in front of people and sing their hearts out; then again, maybe you know just as well as we do why you chose non-competitive karaoke.  But enough otaku-bashing; the main thing was Arty expected that open karaoke was, well, open.  And it wasn’t—not to him or anyone who got there after him.  After that, can you blame us for expecting a little quality out of those who did get in?
 
 

Biggest overall disappointment: Surprising lack of actually watching anime
   If you’re attending a convention called “Anime Expo,” you’d think you might end up watching quite a bit of anime.  This year, we didn’t actually see all that much.  Again, chalk that up in part to the Hyatt’s blasted rigged televisions.  We did get to watch several episodes of Gate Keepers on Arty’s computer (among other things), but that’s about it.  Of course, we could have gone to AX’s numerous anime showings; however, between hitting the dealers’ room, events like karaoke and the Masquerade, and finding time to eat, there just wasn’t much time to squeeze those in.  With the sole exception of the 5-minute Vampire Hunter D extravaganza, we didn’t watch a single thing in the film/video rooms.
 
 

Biggest accomplishment: Getting into the Masquerade
    The Masquerade is, without a doubt, the most in-demand ticket at AX.  Of course, with people lining up the night before for tickets this year, there was little chance slackers like us would stand a chance of snagging any.  Well, Arty did manage to get a couple, but two is hard to divide among eight.  Even so, Daran and I decided to wait it out in the reserve line.  Then, an unwanted Masquerade ticket and an unused music video contest ticket provided our way in.  Sure, there were a number of empty seats even after we got in, but if we had given up (like I admittedly had wanted), how would we have known that?  Okay, maybe that doesn’t make sense.  Just let me keep on believing that getting into this event was something to brag about, and I won’t bring up your ridiculous beliefs.  And don’t tell me you don’t have any; everyone believes in something that another person finds absurd.  So leave me alone. XD
 
 

Best event: Music Video Contest
    In case I didn’t emphasize it enough, the music video contest was really good.  It was pure and simple the most fun I had at a programmed event at AX.  And then, I missed most of the action videos segment; who knows how much I missed?  I don’t even want to think about it, because the videos that I did see were that amazing.  I was truly amazed what some fans could accomplish with some video clips, a song, digital editing software, and their imagination, devotion, and perseverance.  I suppose your favorite event all comes down to what kind of art you prefer.  For those fans who love musical performance, there’s Karaoke.  For those who love other performing arts or fashion/costume design, there’s the Masquerade.  For me, a former graphic design and current art history major, there’s the Music Video Contest.
 
 

Coolest music video: “Right Now” and “Tainted Donuts” (tie)
    In case I didn’t emphasize it enough, the music video contest was really really good.  Perhaps this was because so many of the music videos were really really REALLY good.  Well, maybe I exaggerate a little. :)  But anyhow, two of the sw33t3st, 133t3st music videos were in the comedy category.  The first was a parody of the video for Van Halen’s “Right Now” dealing with anime, the fans, and many other things.  Now I don’t know much about editing or “capture quality,” which apparently count for quite a bit in the world of anime music videos.  The quality of the video was at least decent, since I have no technical objections I can think of.  Besides, it was the concept that really made this video.  And, boy, did this one go all out, down to the “Right now...” blurbs.

    But anyways the one that won Best Comedy Video (and ultimately the whole cartload o’ rutabegas) was “Tainted Donuts,” a video that pitted the bounty hunters of Cowboy Bebop against “the humanoid typhoon,” Vash the Stampede, the star of Trigun.  Even if you’ve never seen a single episode of either one, allow me to make a confession—neither have I.  Still, the humor of the video was so broad that I still got it, even with only minimal understanding of the two series.  And my God, the editing.  Mabis (who also had not seen either series) said she couldn’t tell they were seperate animes.  I won’t spoil it by explaining what happens, how it ends, or the significance of the title, but I will say that, if you’re a fan of either or both series, you’ll absolutely love it.  Bahamut X did.  (And no, “Tainted Donuts” does not refer to “Tainted Love,” which is what I thought when I first heard the title. ^_^)
 
 

Best music video: “Memories Dance”
    There’s a difference between “coolest” and “best.”  And this was, for me, the best.  I’m glad it won Best Drama Video and disappointed it did not win Best Video.  Call me a blatantly biased Miyazaki/Ghibli fanboy (because I am >:D), but the video was excellent.  Combining effective use of digital effects and juxtaposed visuals with a strong central idea (the works of Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli) underscored by the music (Loreena McKennitt’s “Mummers’ Dance”), this video has a solid technical and conceptual base.  And, just as important, it really stirred up my emotions as a fan; the music and images really blended to strike a chord within me.  I can understand why “Tainted Donuts” beat this one out for Best Video, but I still feel that “Memories Dance” got shortchanged by only winning the drama category.
 
 

Coolest music: The entire Music Video Contest
    Yeah, yeah, I know.  But where else can you hear orchestral music and Van Halen in the same place?  The music videos had such variety that perhaps only country music fans would have been left out (and who cares about country music anyhow? j/k XD).  Just to show off, I'll list all the musicians/bands/etc. that I have been able to identify, remember, and/or otherwise ascertain: Van Halen, Loreena McKennitt,  Lou Bega, Weird Al Yankovic, Stabbing Westward, Elissa, the Les Misérables soundtrack, Nine Days, some funky remix of Tori Amos’ “Precious Things,” the Offspring, and Carumba.  Also, the winner of the Action category, an Eva video called “Soul of an Angel” featured some sort of electronica/dance track, while “Tainted Donuts” had what sounded like Japanese hip-hop (yes, apparently, there is such a thing).  So there really is something for everyone at the music video contest—except maybe Garth Brooks fans. ^_^
 
 

Coolest costume: The “Mooglechick”
    I give credit to inventive costumes.  Accurate and/or highly detailed costumes are fine and, in most cases, amazing in their own way, but I like the idea of a costume which, though not necessarily totally accurate, captures the spirit or “feel” in a creative manner.  And certainly, Pyxie’s Mooglechick costume does that.  But don’t take my word for it, check out this picture, and see what I mean.  And in case that one wasn’t enough, check out this brigade of Mooglechick cosplayers.  I swear, Pyxie ought to be a costume or fashion designer; after all, you just gotta get others to wear what you thought up, right?
 
 

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Best Memory from AX ’99: Watching anime together on the last night
    On Sunday night, just after the convention ended, those of us who hadn’t left already checked out of the Anaheim Hilton and moved to a much cheaper motel for the last night.  After getting settled in our new room (which, BTW, wasn’t much smaller than the one we’d had at the Hilton :P), the first thing we did was break out the anime videotapes and pop them in the VCR.  And so began a delightful evening of yaoi, “naked fun” (I am referring to something different here, trust me), and pizza (and they didn’t screw up our order in that instance).  Looking back on it, that was probably the most fun I had as “part of the group.”  Of course, many things about AX ’99 stand out in my mind, it being both my first anime convention and my first time meeting other FFMLers.  And it’s not like we didn’t watch anime on previous nights.  However, this brought the experience to a perfect close.  If you’re looking for a memorable way to conclude your first anime convention, meeting with a bunch of people you only knew from online, you can’t get much better than Kodocha and Papa John’s.
 
 

Worst Memory from AX ’99: Getting registered
    Of course, not all of the memorable moments of AX ’99 were pleasant ones.  It was the one where we had most people we’ve ever had to cram into a single room (at least a dozen, at one point).  And we were quite impatient with the ludicrously long delay in the start of the Masquerade (in which Jaana participated).  But take it from me—one of the worst feelings in the world is when you find out you’ve been waiting in the wrong place at the wrong time.  After our sushi dinner, a bunch of us set out to pick up our con registration badges in the hotel lobby.  Once we got there, we found a long line already forming and got in it.  We waited there for quite a while, until someone overheard that this was the line for those who wanted to register.  Problem was, all of us had already registered; we needed to be in the pre-registered line.  And when we got there, we discovered that said line was already filling a large room.  So we got in the vastly longer line, and we waited.  And waited.  And waited.  And waited.  And some of us went to the bathrooms.  And we came back and waited some more.  And some more.  And some more.  And the line moved forward a little.  And then it moved back.  And we waited some more, now further back than when we had started.  And we waited.  And waited. And....  Well, the point of the story is that “AX ’99 prereg” is now my synonym for “line from Hell.”  Thank God the prereg lines were much faster at AX ’00 and nonexistant at AX ’01.

Tim: Remember that I have the tendency to exaggerate.  The wait was horrendous though, and the lines at ’00 and ’01 were practically nil in comparison.

Best Memory from AX ’00: The second AX sushi dinner
    Ah, yes; good friends + good food = good times.  If there’s one positive thing I can say about the Disneyland resort, it’s that occasionally you feel like you’re getting your money’s worth.  The Japanese restaurant we went to Thursday night was quite expensive, but then again, so was the one we went to the year before. (Plus, it was Disneyland’s Japanese restaurant, after all.)  Still, it was a very nice place, with traditional Japanese interior design and decor.  And the food was excellent.  Of course, because each of us had things we wanted to do, we tended to drift off on our own during the actual convention; dinner was one of the few times we would get together and share the day’s experiences with each other.  And since this was one of the best dinners we had, I had to choose it.  We sat, talked, sampled each other’s orders, and got plastered on sake.  Yes, a fun time was had by all.

Tim: Okay, no one got plastered.  Only those who were 21+ ordered sake, so it was all legal.  And they drank responsibly.  We didn’t call a cab, but that was because our hotel was within walking distance.  So remember, people, if you’re going to drink foreign liquor, drink responsibly.  This message brought to you by the American Beer Council.  Beer: it’s not just for high schoolers and college students anymore.

Worst Memory from AX ’00: Being at Disneyland
    I can think of worse places to be than Disneyland in Anaheim, CA: the bottom of the Marinas Trench, the ninth circle of Hell, and Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, just to name a few.  However, none of those places are as wallet-, checkbook-, and credit card-numbingly expensive.  Okay, I’ll admit I can be a cheapass bastard.  Perhaps what upsets me more than the fact that they charge so damn much for everything is the fact that they get away with it.  Good Lord, you dumb tourists, do you really think you need to pay $8 for a burger and fries?  Huh? Did I pay $8 for a burger and fries?....  Well, yeah, but—see, the thing is...... I was hungry, and they ripped me off, dammit!
 
 

Best Memory from AX ’01: Music Video Contest (what else?)
    As you might have guessed from above, the AX ’01 Music Video Contest left a huge impression on me.  Of course, I had never seen an actual music video contest before.  We did get to see some of the prize-winning videos at AX ’99, while they were scrambling to get the Masquerade underway.  However, I think I can honestly say that watching videos on the hotel’s TV public access channel and watching them on the big screen in a huge theater are worlds apart.  Some of the videos were mind-blowing, some were pleasant, some were hilarious, and some were beautiful.  I know that I left the theater a changed person, if no one else did.  Even if we didn’t get to watch much anime this time around, the music videos provided some relief in that department.
 
 

Worst Memory from AX ’01: Open karaoke
    Well, what more can I say about this that I haven’t already said?  This seems to be the karaoke for people who are well aware they have absolutely no shot at winning the competition.  I probably wouldn’t be so hard on them if Arty had just gotten his chance or if he hadn’t seemed to care so much about being denied.  I like to think I can tolerate all kinds of music, but in some cases I’m not so sure that what certain people were doing qualifies as “music.”  Sadly, the most memorable performance for me was also probably the most ridiculous: a bunch of guys throwing themselves around in some horribly mangled attempt at dancing.  I don’t even remember how bad the singing was; all I could think was, “I wish I could be that unconcerned with my self-image.”
 
 

Favorite anime: Kodomo no Omocha
    This anime will always hold a special place in my bizarre imagination.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything—Japanese or otherwise, animated or not—that captures the wackiness of childhood (and gives it a triple dose of that wonderful stimulant called sugar).  And yet for all its hilarity, it also deals with dramatic themes, too: family, love, growing up, and the pains and heartaches that accompany these things.  But there’s always that off-the-wall humor that keeps the show from becoming too saccharine or too morose.  In terms of the FFML/AX experience, we watched this one at AX ’99, again at AX ’00, and we probably would have been able to watch it yet again at AX ’01, had we been allowed to hook up a VCR to those goddamned televisions.  If you ask me (and obviously you are, since you’re reading MY report), that makes Kodocha the clear favorite out of all the anime we’ve seen.
 
 

Favorite game: What else?
    At AX ’99, we really didn’t do much gaming.  I remember that someone (I’d guess probably Faris) was playing Final Fantasy V on a Playstation when Jaana, Kat, and I finally arrived at the room, but I don’t remember much else in the way of games.  AX ’00 was the one where the Dance Dance Revolution phenomenon took off for us.  I mean, none of us had probably ever seen anything like it before.  A game where you use your feet?  Dancing to music?  No hand-eye coordination required?  That’s the most amazing invention known to humankind! </hyperbole>  But seriously, the music is catchy, and some of the players we saw were unbelievable.  And things only got worse when DDR came into our hotel room, via Playstation and DDR pads.  We actually played other games at AX ’00—Street Fighter, Xenogears, Legend of Mana, to name a few.  But despite a tiny, barely readable LCD screen, DDR got very little competition the next year.  Really, there’s absolutely nothing that can compare to it in terms of FFML/AX.
 
 

Best FFML/AX: 2001
    Okay, so we didn’t watch anime.  We were forced to sit through Open Karaoke.  And even the Japanese restaurant wasn’t that great.  Even so, if I had to pick a best FFML/AX get-together, it would be this last one.  This time we actually went to events like the Karaoke competition and the Masquerade.  Because there was so little anime to watch, there was perhaps more of a sense that we were going out and doing things together rather than staying in our room and doing things together.  I can also safely say that everyone enjoyed themselves.  Perhaps not all of us got what we had come for (if no one else, I didn’t), but that wasn’t too disappointing (for me, anyhow).  It’s difficult to say which one was best, but as far as group chemistry, I think this was the most enjoyable one.  And on a final note, three words: Music Video Contest. :D
 
 

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(Tim: In case you need the hint, yes, click on the pictures to get the large version; all pics by me, Arty, or Pyxie, as far as I know, so rip off at your own risk)

Pyxie modeling her latest cosplay costume,  the Mooglechick.  (Note: no Moogles were  harmed in the making of this costume)	Of course, we had to have a group photo.  From left to  right, it’s purple-haired Daran, with matching Mabis  beside him, Pyxie can-canning, me looking oh so otaku  in my Princess Mononoke tee, Tenshi with Bahamut X  behind her, Pokey standing next to the only person  taller than him, Locke—um, just standing there, and Crouching Tiger, Chibi Arty with his bokken.	Crazy Daran has time to grin maniacally at the  camera while playing “Whack the Moogle Ball”  with Locke; Bahamut X finds his fellow Iowan’s  plight hilarious.
Honest-to-God actual quote from Locke: “Daran,  what is your obssession with my tail?” (Heads cut  off to protect the guilty and provide a more  sinister quality)	Yes, yes, now give me “otaku!” *click*  Flash those V-for-victory signs! *click*  That’s it! *click*	Otaku Generation’s first-round performance at the  AX 2001 Karaoke Competition.  Check out Golbez  posing on the far right!
Another group picture, this time with anime costumes,  the two tallest guys wisely having a seat, and Arty still threatening bodily harm with his bokken.	What’s everyone (except me and Tenshi) so intently  observing? Why it’s...	...Dance Dance Revolution on a PS One!
Our room, first thing Friday morning.  That’s me with  the funky hair over by the window.  As for what Daran  and Locke are doing in bed together... XD	Yes, the infamous “Weather Channel DDR” pic.  What  more can I say?	Double vision: Sign #6 you’ve been hitting the bottle  a little too hard.
It’s also Sign #12 you’ve been spending too much  time at the frat house.	Yeah, this is what we do with extraneous cosplayers!  Eat mallet, you furry-tailed punk!	“Imperial troops have entered the con!  Imperial  troops have entered the—”*static*  (This would not  be the last time the Empire invaded AX; see below.)
In case you need photographic proof of how cute Pyxie  and Pokey are together, here you go.	Pyxie’s glad she wasn’t the only one craz—err,  dedicated enough to cosplay this year.	One big-ass cake for one big-ass anniversary.  (All right, I’m uninspired, leave me alone)
Nothing brings out the fans like the promise of free  food.  (Barely visible: Daran’s purple mop and  Pokey, whose head and shoulder can be seen over  by the middle tree)	One more group pic, shortly after cleaning out the  banquet tables (Heh, “banquet”)	Wandering around “backstage” at the conven- tion center.  Whoever took this picture was  probably thinking, “This is the last time I trust  the directional sense of Midwesterners.”
And here’s Otaku Generation’s semifinal perform- ance.  Golbez is again at the far right, in the cute little  red number.	Last but not least, the triumphal, skin-baring finals  appearance.  Enjoy, ladies and men of that certain  persuasion!	AAAAAA!!!  Run away, before you get dragged into a 22- episode fight!
Doing a little room cleaning, because I felt sorry for the  housekeeping staff (see other pics for examples of why)	Golbez was not ready for his close-up.  His friend, the  otaku with half a face (not Mel Gibson), was a little  more prepared.	I have to deal with the clutter of 8 other people, the  awkward angling of the room, AND the sun turning  blue....  The life of a Black Mage is never easy.
All I’ll say is I would’ve absolutely hated to be tbe maid.	I’ll never forget the time Bahamut X looked out the  window and said, “Hey!  There’s a beach!”  Heh.  Iowans. ^-^	Me getting stuffed in the back of Pyxie’s car, with all the  rest of the useless junk. ;)
Only hardcore otaku gamers could find the humor in this.	Gay guys get all the women....  And an unidentified guy  in red looks on in envy.	Darth Vader’s newest plot: hire an army of crazed otaku  to crush the Rebel Alliance once and for all!
Of course, the big bad Sith Lord proved to be no match  for the wholesome cuteness of Pyxie. ^-^	Pyxie, Pokey, and Daran love Yaoi Beard—err, Clean- Shaven Man.  (Yes, that’s actually him; for those not in  the know, he MCed the AX ’99 Masquerade sporting a Lance-Ito-esque beard, which made him the object of  much fun in FFML circles)	For some reason, this picture turned out vaguely sinister.  Meanwhile, I confirm the rumor that Japanese people  just can’t keep their eyes open when a picture is being  taken.

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Yahoo!Groups: The Final Fantasy Mailing List <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ffml>
Yes, FFML.  Not the FanFiction, not the Family Feud, not the Ferret Fetish, but the Final Fantasy Mailing List.  Fans of RPGs, raunchy humor, and Ragu always welcome.  Flamers welcome only if you're a well-established current or returning former member.
 
 

Anime Expo <http://www.anime-expo.org>
Website of the other half of the equation.  The SPJA’s annual Southern-California convention on anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture in all its forms.  They’ll help you get info, get registered, and get your ass to the Los Angeles metropolitan area this summer.  A very helpful, informative site.
 
 

Yahoo!Groups: The FFML-AX list <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ffml-ax>
Put the above two together, force them to have dirty, immoral premarital intercourse and produce offspring, and what do you get?  An informative site on ferret fetishes and Ragu?  NO!  The FFML-AX list!  Dedicated to the prospect of an annual FFML get-together at Anime Expo.  However, it's open to anyone interested in attending AX—provided you are good-natured, prepared to share one room with up to 12 strangers, and observant of the rules of daily hygiene.
 
 

FFML.org <http://www.ffml.org>
The FFML’s “official” website.  Back and better than ever after a long, long hiatus. ^_^ Now hosting the AX Reports!
 
 

Pyxie’s web-wide network <http://www.geocities.com/jaymiemay/index.html>
Heh, not an actual “network” as such, but I just noticed that that she has sites on several different web hosts.  Anyhow, this seems to be the “index page,” so to speak.  Some of the FFML/AX-related highlights: of course, Pyxie’s “unofficial” FFML site at quiknet, her AX 2000 photojournal/report at Geocities (picax.html), and her personal website Jaymiemay.com, which has a cosplay page.
 
 

The Way In <http://thewayin.etherealvoid.net>
Once again, let’s hear it for the man with no shame, Zack Knowles! ^_^  His website is chock-full of offensive goodness.  It’s the kind of website where you will laugh your ass off AND get insulted—possibly all in the same article!  Featuring reports on Anime Expos ’99-’01: check out his take on anime conventions, otaku, and, of course, Disneyland©™®.
 
 

The Webcenter <http://www.htiwebcenter.com/>
Piro’s site, and former host of this very report.  Dunno what to say about it, other than thanks to its webmaster for temporarily hosting my report while FFML.org was undergoing a facelift. :)
 
 

Anime Music Videos.org <http://www.animemusicvideos.org>
An incredible site, dedicated to fan-produced anime music videos.  Here, you can find a place to promote your videos, FAQs on production, review sections, etc. etc.  And, of course, links to most (if not all) of AX 2001’s videos, and many, many, MANY others.
 
 

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