Recap! Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix NA Launch Event
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- Published on December 2, 2014 @ 06:04 pm
- Written by Sign
Yesterday's Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix launch event at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California was chock full of pleasant surprises for fans of all ages. Although you must have heard about the bulk of the festivities already, we hope this wrap-up detailing the entire theater panel from start to finish will prove useful for everyone, whether it's to relive the magic or indirectly experience it for themselves.
We start off with an introduction from Drew Hayashida, Employee Development Coordinator / Human Resources at the Walt Disney Company, who talked about his start with the Walt Disney Company as an ice cream scooper at the Carnation Plaza Gardens (which closed down in April 2012). He couldn't believe that he could stand before all the passionate fans and celebrate the long-awaited release of Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix with everyone.
Drew first brings out Shinji Hashimoto, who we all know as the Executive Producer at Square Enix for the Kingdom Hearts series. Hashimoto greets the audience and, for the first time, introduces Emiko Yamamoto, the Executive Producer at Disney Interactive Japan for Kingdom Hearts. This is noteworthy to mention because Yamamoto was the Disney representative from the legendary elevator story that had first set the gears in motion for the series. She spoke to us about that fateful day, and joked about the rumors that Disney and Square Enix don't particularly get along, when in fact they have a strong working relationship with each other.
After meeting the two producers, we were shown footage from the North American and European Casting Call events, of the fans talking about all their favorite music in the series. Some notable mentions were L'Oscurità dell'Ignot, a powerful and also quite difficult song to pronounce, and Friends In My Heart, which always seems to play when something special and comforting happens.
When the video ended, we were immediately greeted by the soothing melody of Kairi - Andante Sostenuto, played by the very talented Livan. You may not be familiar with his name, but you're certainly familiar with his work as the Video Game Orchestra's pianist. Most recently, he worked on the Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII soundtrack and the Final Fantasy XV theme that debuted in the Tokyo Game Show 2014 trailer. After Kairi, Livan played Hand in Hand, 1st Mov. Sora: Allegro con brio, Finale - Working together: Allegro vivace, Missing You - Namine, and Scherzo di Notte.
We were then showed the pre-recorded interview with Yoko Shimomura that played during Square Enix Presents at E3 2014. Drew spoke afterwards about how it always sounded like she was speaking from a very harmonious place, and then announced that they had kept everyone waiting long enough and introduced none other than Yoko Shimomura herself! She and Livan then proceeded to play a duet of The Other Promise and Dearly Beloved, to which the audience gave a standing ovation.
After the brief but unforgettable performance, we went straight to a Q&A panel with Hashimoto, hosted by the North American Kingdom Hearts Brand Manager, Kaori Takasue. At first, there appeared to be a problem; there were only 3 seats set up, presumably one for Kaori, the translator, and Hashimoto. However, Kaori insisted that they needed one more for the other "guest". It was with that note that Drew finally said the words that everyone was waiting for, that Director Tetsuya Nomura was here! The room erupted into mad chaos as he took his seat next to Hashimoto.
Nomura was first asked about how he felt being in front of all the fans, to which he said that everyone was very enthusiastic, which is a rare sight to see in Japan as the fans there are much more reserved. He could feel the energy radiating directly from the audience.
The next question was, how did he get into the gaming industry? See, as Nomura was about to graduate from design school, he saw an ad in the job listings for a position at SquareSoft with Yoshitaka Amano's artwork on it. He recognized the art immediately since he greatly admires Amano and his work, and decided to apply.
Hashimoto then elaborated about the legendary elevator story. As we all know, Square Soft and Disney used to share the same office building, and it was starting around 1997 that the two companies began having talks about a collaboration, originally in the form of a movie. However, the project was not able to progress any further with so many staff coming and going over the years, until that day when he and Yamamoto discussed it in the elevator. Coincidentally at the same time, Nomura was discussing with Hironobu Sakaguchi about his desires to start a new project. When the two groups met, Nomura took the opportunity and volunteered to lead this new collaboration.
Next, Nomura was asked about what his favorite scenes from each game in HD 2.5 ReMix are. Although we've seen the topic of his favorite Disney film, character and favorite music track come up many times, we've never been able to find out what his favorite scenes are, so this was a real treat. The scenes in question were shown on the screen behind the panel for everyone to watch.
Starting with Kingdom Hearts 2, His favorite scene is actually shown during the credits sequence, of Sora walking through the secret place and discovering Kairi's added graffiti sharing a paopu fruit with him. Nomura said that since we had the original Kingdom Hearts when we saw Kairi discover the updated drawing in the ending, he had wanted to incorporate a response from Sora to Kairi that would replicate her original actions. They took special care to ensure that the movements and camera angles would be as similar as possible to recreate that feeling.
Next is Birth by Sleep. After that touching moment with Sora and Kairi, everyone in the audience expected that the next scene would be something along the same lines. Instead, we were greeted with Master Xehanort stabbing himself in glorious HD, depicting the moment before the final battle in Terra's scenario. The reason for this stems from the secret boss battle with the Lingering Will in KH2FM, which fans worldwide continue to talk about even to this day. Nomura feels that he and all the players who have faced the Lingering Will experience strong emotions resonating within them when they witness that final stand. And because he likes the scene so much, we actually had the opportunity to watch it in its entirety.
Finally is Re:coded. This is the scene when Data Roxas confronts Data Sora for the final time before granting him the final card in Castle Oblivion. In this scene, Roxas baits Sora and tries to lead him into succumbing to the intense hurt he keeps experiencing as he progresses through each floor. However, Sora stands firm and takes all the hurt, proving to Roxas that he just can do it. Above all the other scenes in the game, this was the one that Nomura wanted to see remade the most. It's rare for Roxas and Sora to communicate with each other, and with such raw emotion.
Continuing on with the questions, Nomura was asked about his motivation for creating Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix. Ultimately the goal, with both 1.5 and 2.5, was to collect all the titles in an easy to digest format and set things up for the next installment, so that new players and old would be ready to witness the end of the Dark Seeker Saga.
The next question was about the new content available in HD 2.5 ReMix. Of course there are many new additions with the Final Mixes and cinematic theater, but some noteworthy features are the Garden of Assemblage and Organization XIII data battles, as well as the Lingering Will battle for KH2FM, Secret Episode in BBSFM, and the new scenes written for Re:coded HD. He hopes the fans will look forward to them try all the new features out.
And now, probably one question that has concerned many players over the course of the last decade; the complicated story. How does Nomura feel about all the twists and turns? He has noticed that in typical RPGs, players would just start it, play through to the end, and then will probably have forgotten the entire experience a week later. He believes that it's good to provide something for players to continue debating and sharing with their friends even after finishing the game. It's a good experience to exchange opinions with each other and see how each player interprets the different characters and events.
The next question was for both Nomura and Hashimoto, asking about their experiences visiting New York and San Diego Comic Con, and about their public appearances. When Nomura is too busy with overseeing development and can't leave the office, Hashimoto will go and represent the team. On the other side, Hidemi Matzusuka, General Manager of the Square Enix Merchandising Division, kept telling Nomura that he should go out and interact with the fans more often. After SDCC, he began to consider attending more events. The two of them did notice how enthusiastic the fans at Comic Con were, and that some of them were also quite big and brawny with strong handshakes! The experience of meeting so many different people united under the same interest is one that resonates very deeply.
Disney is a big element in the Kingdom Hearts equation, and so everyone must be curious how Nomura feels to be one of the few people in the entire world to be allowed to draw Disney characters. Of course he feels pressure from all the fans worldwide to uphold the Disney legacy, and feels that it's a great honor to be able to depict characters to represent them. He's grown very familiar and comfortable with the Disney characters in the Kingdom Hearts franchise.
And no doubt everyone is wondering where he takes his inspiration for Kingdom Hearts from. The answer to that is, quite literally, everywhere. Even something like a short 10-second commercial can impact him in some way, so he likes to keep an open mind.
As for Nomura's day-to-day as a director and designer, he explained that he not only looks over the scenario written by the writing staff, but that he will also pitch ideas to the development team for gameplay elements, work with them to improve and develop the idea, and later ensure the gameplay system works. Of course, he also supervises and approves everything related to Kingdom Hearts.
Now, while his day-to-day at work is very interesting, everybody has always wondered about Nomura's private life. Laughing softly, Nomura explained that his private life is rather boring and is something of a homebody. He will go grocery shopping or stay at home browsing the internet. Recently, though, he's started to raise two Scottish Folds. A lot has happened in Nomura's life this past year and he felt that he needed something to help him recover, so he decided that raising cats might be the exact kind of healing he needed.
With the Q&A panel concluded, it was time to show Nomura and the entire audience the special trailer made for Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX's launch featuring all of the fans who attended the casting calls back in September for North America and October in Europe. The video was beautifully edited, the passion & love from the fans radiated as they talked about their favorite characters & moments, and seeing the development team in Osaka respond to the fan's heartfelt emotions was just as touching to see.
Following the video, winners for a raffle were chosen with some amazing prizes including Play Arts Kai figures, Avengers: Age of Ultron posters, and even a PlayStation 3! Hashimoto and Nomura gave the prizes to the lucky fans. After the raffle, we were treated to an outtakes reel from the casting calls which was just as enjoyable to watch as the special trailer.
The special guests were called back to the stage for one last round of applause before the event ended.
However, before departing, Nomura gave Drew a strange slip of paper. It said that he'd like to leave the fans with a final parting gift, and although it's still a work-in-progress, he's excited to show everyone the progress that the development team has made. There was also a note at the bottom with an asterisk - "please no photos or video".
The audience rushed to sit back down as the lights dimmed and the words "KINGDOM HEARTS III" appeared on the screen. We were first shown some concept artwork of three different types of Heartless. The first is one that appears like a burst of fire with a core of darkness. Another was an archer Heartless that appeared quite small, but donned an oversized hat and was lugging around a bow and quiver that was obviously too big for itself. The final Heartless was very large and looked to be inspired by Greek Gladiators, complete with helm, armor, shield and sword. Models for the two final Heartless were also shown with a default waiting animation. While the models themselves looked fine, the textures were clearly a work-in-progress and appeared to just be glossy, single-colored shaders attached to different parts of the body and did not possess much detail. These models were presented in a blank white space.
The next segment was of Sora and his new Keyblade that seems to have an angel-wing theme. We saw him transform his Keyblade into the dual-guns and suddenly switch to his Valor form outfit, and then combined the guns together into a cannon while switching into his Wisdom form outfit. This demonstration was also shown in a blank white space.
We then saw concept art of a grand city built on three hills, with the one in the center being slightly taller. The city seemed to be built in tiers leading up to the top, and a tower that was curiously almost identical in shape to that of the Daybreak Town tower topped the center hill. Chains connected the top corners of the center tower to the two surrounding hills, a motif that we have seen replicated in the structure of the castle in the Land of Departure. The concept art had the letters "C.T," beneath the center tower.
The camera zoomed into the tower and made the transition into 3D, and we saw just how vast and condensed the city was. We entered the tower into a library/office and immediately noticed Master Eraqus's symbol plastered on the overhead arch, and the χ symbol written on a chalkboard in the room. An upper loft could be seen in the study that lead to a row of books. The room was bathed in such soft and glowing light as wind flowed gently in from the windows, ruffling the curtains and passing over Sora's hair and clothes. Sora began to approach the window and his shadow began to spread across the checkered tile floor. The camera zoomed into a cluster of chess pieces topped with various symbols seen throughout the series, such as the heart and crown.
The footage ended with the message "More Kingdom Hearts III news coming 2015".
COMMENTS
I was there too, omg! I was there at the 2:30 slot. When Hayashida and Takasue said "we need one more seat for the director", I literally almost fell unconscious (as did pretty much everyone around me hahaha). If you were sitting in the middle towards the back you might have seen me falling over out of my seat (I was middle-center) and my friend had to grab me and hold me up when everyone got up to clap pfffttt It was one of the coolest moments of my life... I WAS BREATHING THE SAME AIR AS NOMURA YOU GUYS
P.S. I was the "crystarius" user that asked the question "what was the inspiration for the cover art" aw yeah
Here is your lovely staff~ From right to left, Zephy, Sign, everybody's favorite mouse, and me, Ethy!
This is Shimomura's own photo she had taken. ;~; she is really awesome
I was there too, omg! I was there at the 2:30 slot. When Hayashida and Takasue said "we need one more seat for the director", I literally almost fell unconscious (as did pretty much everyone around me hahaha). If you were sitting in the middle towards the back you might have seen me falling over out of my seat (I was middle-center) and my friend had to grab me and hold me up when everyone got up to clap pfffttt It was one of the coolest moments of my life... I WAS BREATHING THE SAME AIR AS NOMURA YOU GUYS
P.S. I was the "crystarius" user that asked the question "what was the inspiration for the cover art" aw yeah
xD Aw! It's great you enjoyed it all! We attended both sessions and it was really amazing to see everybody freak out over Nomura being there. This one guy in our row shot out of his chair and went nuts.
We were in the second row during the first session trying not to awkwardly stare at Nomura. I settled for staring at the back of Hashimoto's head haha
I was there as well. I was one of the 25 VIP's that had a photo. (I'm the one wearing red at the very left, doing a thumbs up.)
We also recieved goodie bags for being VIPs, and my god, that was a real treat.
Here are the following things we get:
1. A Playarts figure (Either Sora or Roxas)
2. A Mickey Mouse Neff beanie
3. A Mickey Mouse "Tsum Tsum"
4. A Shadow Heartless Cap.
5. A Baymax Pop! Figure only found at Disney Studios
6. A framed lithographed signed by Tetsuya Nomura, Yoko Shimomura, and Shinji Hashimoto themselves!
Plus all of the stuff the regular guests recieved!!! Too awesome to behold.
Can you imagine Nomura ending up doing the Sora throne pose for the picture? That'd have been EPIC. You three look great. I hope for one day there would be an event in South Beach or in DownTown Disney again.
Awww, lucky! Sounds like it was a total blast, jealous!
Looking forward to hearing any new KH news, when we get some.:redface:
Here is your lovely staff~ From right to left, Zephy, Sign, everybody's favorite mouse, and me, Ethy!
This is Shimomura's own photo she had taken. ;~; she is really awesome
Look how adorable you all are~ :3
Thank you so much for writing your experience out for us all to read! A lot of the descriptions helped to make it feel like I experienced the event myself. ;~;
I'm so depressed for Nomura, I knew he would have been heart broken over XV. I hope the kitties are helping him heal. <3 I'm really glad he seems to be enjoying coming to NA more and is hopefully thriving off of the energy the American fans are exuding.
Ugh, the room Sora is in sounds amazing. ERAQUS SYMBOL. CHI X. CHESS.
6. A framed lithographed signed by Tetsuya Nomura, Yoko Shimomura, and Shinji Hashimoto themselves!
MY...LORD....it's not even Nomura's autograph, it's Shimomoura's!!!! AND NOMURA'S!!! TOGETHER...ON A PIECE OF PAPER...THAT IS GIFTED!!!! Well guys, my life goal starts now, I'm gonna find 1 of these 25 and touch it with my right pointer finger...preferably over the top right corner of the frame. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN!
Ugh. This recap...Oh how I wish I could just magic myself to California on demand, but I couldnt pull it off. I wish id been there, but this is a pretty darn good filler!
One day I'll make it to one of these... :/
....buuuuttt until then, that was awesome guys! I'm so jealous! :wink:
Some notable mentions were L'Oscurità dell'Ignot, a powerful and also quite difficult song to pronounce... |
Oh goodness, that was me butchering the name XD
Anyways, thanks for the recap! Helps me remember the events that took place. I think I hit my friend a little too many times freaking out over everything.
And love the photo of the awesome KHI staff!
This is amazing! Thanks for the recap, it was very interesting to read. This must have been an amazing event, especially since you got so many special guests. I thought only one guest would appear, like Tai for example. But Nomura AND Yoko? Unbelievable.
Oh goodness, that was me butchering the name XD
Anyways, thanks for the recap! Helps me remember the events that took place. I think I hit my friend a little too many times freaking out over everything.
And love the photo of the awesome KHI staff!
Seriously!? Your scene was super cute so~
Thank you!
Seriously!? Your scene was super cute so~
Thank you!
D'aww, you make me blush :redface:
And now I just read about you guys being in the second row. How did you guys not faint being so close to so many Kingdom Hearts legends?!?
I hope this leaks online soon or gets officially posted!!
My words cannot comprehend how awesome this sounds! To be able to be in the same room as Nomura and Shimomura, and to here all those musical performances and the KHIII thing. Epic! I was hoping that the reaction movie/trailer were The Osaka Team reacts to the fans would have been released for the public, but it seems this will not be the case. Shame, it sounded awesome.
Thank you for the recap! For a small moment I thought I was there. :)
So uhhh...will we get any Vids of the event?(minus the teaser of course)i wanna Hear the Dearly beloved duet + all the Fans react to Nomura-San:p
edited for smartphone shenanigens
So uhhh...will we get any Vids of the event?(minus the teaser of course)i wanna Hear the Dearly beloved duet + all the Fans react to Nomura-San:p
edited for smartphone shenanigens
Probably not unless it's official. We were specifically told not to record anything because it's supposed to be ~*~cool and exclusive~*~, to be honest I think it's quite rude if someone were to record after all that they did for us (and the tickets were absolutely free all we had to do was get there).
But they did have staff running around with cameras the entire time, of course they won't let those videos just sit, they'll probably post it some time soon.
(P.S. If they upload it and you hear a girl scream "Roxas" it was me. I think I screamed it at least 5 times and I don't even remember why whoops L O L)
I'm glad you guys got to go to an amazing event. Wish I could go, but knowing the fact that we have you guys to enjoy it for us and talk about it really makes me happy. Thank you so much! Ugh, I just can't wait for the footage to get spammed all over youtube. Damn, I can see the hype train all over Tumblr right now...
If anybody leaks videos of the event, then they truly have no respect. This entire event was free, done to honor fans and it would be a sick move to betray that by leaking anything. A photo or two from earlier in the event? Whatever. Full out video guys? Don't ask that of people. I know you guys want to see what happened but this is one of those things where you just don't do that.
Nomura especially didn't want people filming or taking photos.
I'm happy with the few images we got, and also knowing how much the staff really cares for their fans. You gotta think: it's wonderful to have something you create being enjoyed by others, no matter how many! It's like baking cupcakes for a party. The smile you bring to others' faces is well worth the cost of your cupcake, free or no.
I can imagine what it's like being them and having so many people clamoring about to show their love and appreciation for something they created. It's a simple thing, but it just makes you smile. You can't help it. Pretty sure everyone has felt that way before! But getting to experience that on a massive scale is what sets it apart.
I'll be happy if it remains elusive until they do something with the video and images on their own time. I don't need a leak, I'm just incredibly happy for both sides that got to experience that. It really DOES become some kind of 'mob mentality,' but in a good, collective way.
Congrats to those attendees!
One things that was bugging me though is that during certain times they would play music from the games reaaally low in the background, and during the time when Nomura was talking about one of his favorite scenes, a song was playing and it was really pretty but I couldn't tell what it was! I'd never heard it before but it sounded like some parts of some of the girls' themes (as in either Namine, Kairi, Xion or Aqua's)?? I asked the people around me but they either couldnt pinpoint the name or couldn't hear it at all...
I want to email them to see if they still have a list of the songs they used on the slides but idk if I should, but otherwise I'm going to spend the next 8 years of my life on Youtube trying to find this freaking song
Oh goodness, that was me butchering the name XD
Anyways, thanks for the recap! Helps me remember the events that took place. I think I hit my friend a little too many times freaking out over everything.
And love the photo of the awesome KHI staff!
Really? That was you?? You were amazing iLeen. I'm glad you find the recap awesome. xD
How did you guys not faint being so close to so many Kingdom Hearts legends?!?
Well Ethy already said she was dead so yeah.
Also glad y'all had fun. I'd imagine that room is the one that conversation between Eraqus and Xehanort we heard at E3 took place in. Makes sense to me at least.
I was also one of the 25 VIP. Best experience ever! A live performance by Shimomura! Kingdom hearts three! When he took his seat I sat literally a chair away from Nomura(2 from hashimoto) and i even got to shake shimomura, hashimoto, and nomuras hand on my way out! The gift bag was amazing and i was floored when i saw the signed lithograph. Cant wait till the official group photo is released by square/disney. Was funny getting odd looks by the other guests on the far left of the front row(I believe they were with square)when i man screamed after hearing nomura announced, probably thought i was dieng haha.
In your photo in third from the left, I truly wish i knew the KHI team was right there by me. Would have loved to thank you all for your efforts and geek out. This is my go to site for kingdom hearts news but have always been a fly on the wall just watching and never posting. glad this can be my first!
I never Said i want leaks 0.0
since they filmed it themselves i just Hope They Show it to us.and its not like i just could have Flied there from Germany(Damn how i would have Loved Doing that, tho XD)
But,just to clarify this,since i didn't Quite get it.Nomura just said not to Film the teaser,didnt he?so were People allowed to Film the Rest or no?
I never Said i want leaks 0.0
since they filmed it themselves i just Hope They Show it to us.and its not like i just could have Flied there from Germany(Damn how i would have Loved Doing that, tho XD)
But,just to clarify this,since i didn't Quite get it.Nomura just said not to Film the teaser,didnt he?so were People allowed to Film the Rest or no?
We were told not to record anything by Drew Hayashida (and signs on the reception table on the way in); Nomura just specifically stressed it a second time (through the "note" to Hayashida) before KH3 came on. Don't worry, their team had cameras on the whole time, I'm sure they have everything.
you just reminded me, one guy had flown in from greece for the event
that's some dedication
I don't mind the exclusive KH3 footage for the event, but I think they should have released either a condensed version or thirty seconds of different footage for everyone else. Despite the ReMixes, there are still plenty of people mad about the lack of KH3. Maybe they are planning to reveal something major in Febuary, but I doubt that. I'm a little disappointed in Square.
I don't mind the exclusive KH3 footage for the event, but I think they should have released either a condensed version or thirty seconds of different footage for everyone else. Despite the ReMixes, there are still plenty of people mad about the lack of KH3. Maybe they are planning to reveal something major in Febuary, but I doubt that. I'm a little disappointed in Square.
Is anything even happening in February?
Maybe you should try PSX or Jump Festa first.
GameXplain also has an interesting recap from the event, if anyone is interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdSl8afuMg0
They should release the artwork of the "Land of Departure"-like world as present for the holiday season, I'm really in need of a new wallpaper.:wink:
you just reminded me, one guy had flown in from greece for the event
that's some dedication
Hello guys and girls. I have been following khinsider for a loooong time, but I just registered. Better late than never I guess...
I just wanted to write that I was the crazy Greek guy, who took a week off his work so I could come and see the event up close. I flew literally from the other side of the Earth. Of course once I came to Los Angeles, I did many more things (like visiting the city, or going to Universal and Warner Bros tours, etc) but the prime reason I decided to make the trip, was this event.
Living in a small country in Europe, you rarely have opportunities like these. Being invited to a private event on the central Walt Disney studios, about one of the most loved videogame series of mine. I had written a question on the Square Enix blog, but I did it mainly out of curiosity. I didn't expect to be one of the 25 (I thinkg) chosen blog winners. So, you can imagine my face when I received a personal invitation to my e-mail.
Long story short, I made the decision and spent the 3 days I had ahead of me, searching the way to the Disney offices, arranging tickets and hotels / hostels to stay, making the papers needed to travel to another continent, and many more things.
The next days I will try to make a detailed post about my full experience regarding the event. Right now, I am on the airport, waiting to go back to Greece and I have to say that I regret nothing. Actually, I regret not talking with you more during the event but... oh well, there is always the next time :P
By the way, I was on the 2nd group.
Hello guys and girls. I have been following khinsider for a loooong time, but I just registered. Better late than never I guess...
I just wanted to write that I was the crazy Greek guy, who took a week off his work so I could come and see the event up close. I flew literally from the other side of the Earth. Of course once I came to Los Angeles, I did many more things (like visiting the city, or going to Universal and Warner Bros tours, etc) but the prime reason I decided to make the trip, was this event.
Living in a small country in Europe, you rarely have opportunities like these. Being invited to a private event on the central Walt Disney studios, about one of the most loved videogame series of mine. I had written a question on the Square Enix blog, but I did it mainly out of curiosity. I didn't expect to be one of the 25 (I thinkg) chosen blog winners. So, you can imagine my face when I received a personal invitation to my e-mail.
Long story short, I made the decision and spent the 3 days I had ahead of me, searching the way to the Disney offices, arranging tickets and hotels / hostels to stay, making the papers needed to travel to another continent, and many more things.
The next days I will try to make a detailed post about my full experience regarding the event. Right now, I am on the airport, waiting to go back to Greece and I have to say that I regret nothing. Actually, I regret not talking with you more during the event but... oh well, there is always the next time :P
By the way, I was on the 2nd group.
That was you!? We were in the lobby when you were talking to Kaori about how fantastic the event was and we were like "Wow, he is really dedicated!"
I hope you got to meet Hashimoto. I saw you talking to Drew after the event too but then we all went our separate ways so there was no time to say hello and "wow you are my hero" because really, you must have a lot of love for this series to come here for it. I'm glad you were able to attend and see the sights of the city!
Please do write about your experience! I'd certainly love to read them.
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December 2, 2014 @ 11:52 pmOffline