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 Ceremonies and AMVs and more!: This year's roster of Guests of Honor and Special Guests was
simply astounding. With more guests than fingers you could count on, fans could only
drool at the
wonderment of it all... and wait! That's just the opening ceremonies! Later on
that night, the extremely
popular Anime Music Videos played for the hotly contested prizes. The next day saw the
Pop Shock
Masquerade, Chibi-Masquerade, and Ragnorok Online Gaming Tournament, voice acting
presentations
by Akira Kamiya and the NEEC crew, and much more.
AX2004 Anime Music Video Contest Winners
Best
in Show: Football
Best Drama: Essence of the Heart
Best Comedy: Disney in D
Best Action/Adv: Rock and a Hard Place
Best AmTV: Personal Jesus
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AX2004 Pop Shock Masquerade Winners
Pop Shock Favorite: Le Ciel Koze
Best Group Performance: Malice Mizer - Beast of Blood
Best Group Costumes: Fun Fun Factory - Pop n Music
Best Individual Performance: Necromancer
Best Individual Presentation: Necromancer
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AX
Tradition: As all
anime convention traditions go, Anime Expo has its own unique tradition to signify
the beginning and ending of another big weekend of anime and manga celebration. With
one daruma,
voice actress Hiromi Hirata drew in the first eye during opening ceremonies, and voice
actor
Seki Tomokazu drew in the remaining eye during closing ceremonies.
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AX Idol Talent
Competition: With more
American talent competitions taking the nation by storm,
it only makes sense to tap into the anime fan talents and getting them involved in the
voicing industry.
With AX Idol, competitors showed off their skills with musical performances, scripted
voices, singing popular
anime songs, and more. Winners were given the opportunity to audition for Bang Zoom!
Entertainment.
AX2004 AX Idol Winners
Best Song Talent: Stephanie Yanez
performing "Ningyo Hime" from Chobits
Best Voice Acting Talent: Sydney Thornton Smith performing a
scene from Rurouni Kenshin
Runner Up: Bennett Cousins performing a monologue
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Karaoke
Contest: Competition was
hot and exciting this year with lots of fresh new entries and
seasoned karaoke veterans dueling it out on stage for prizes and shear vocal talent
showmanship.
This was definitely the place to hear and see the best of the best karaoke performers!
AX2004 Karaoke Contest Winners
Individual
Awards Category:
First Place: Serena El-Farra
Second Place: Kaitlyn Robrock
Third Place: Mandy Andrew
Fourth Place: Randy Bautista
Fifth Place: Bernard Tang
Groups Awards Category:
First Place: Shadowflight (Sharon Mullin, Josh Mullin)
Second Place: Otaku in Crime (Marie Anello, Alie
Gibbons, Trisha Hopkins, Alisha Matheson)
Third Place: Karaoke Without Honor or Humility (Dominic
Nguyen, Danny Suthivarakom, Kimberly Fung)
Fourth Place: Mabudachi (Su Mon Han, Davina Bankole,
Faizah Mohamed Anuar)
Fifth Place: Sabrina Zirakzadeh and Maaya Ogranovitch
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Judge's
Choice Awards:
Catherine St. Onge
Shadowflight
Karaoke Without Honor or Humility
Caitlin Beam
Ultimate Karaoke Fighting Challenge Awards:
Elizabeth Morgan
Write-Your-Own-Lyrics Awards:
Dramatic Category: Cynthia Davila
Humor Category: Plastic Maniacs
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