book fair Leipzig pic spam
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idolizer and I went to the book fair in Leipzig yesterday. It was quite an adventureous journey. Our start was Berlin-Südkreuz and the train was already packed with a lot of cosplayers and other manga fans. We had to sit on the stairs, but at least we could sit. It was wonderful to watch all this otakus fixing the last things on their costumes =D.
We had to change trains at Wittenberg. The train to Leipzig was already waiting and we got lucky to get in. The people coming later really had a problem to get in. We stood at the door for the two hour trip and got some problems with fresh air and things. The people who wanted to take this train on the way to Leipzig mostly couldn't get in, because it was so packed with people. It was awful, but I'm glad it wasn't summer. I'm sure I would have collapsed then.
God, it was so wonderful to breathe fresh air when we finally arrived with delay, so we decided to walk to the fairground. Next task was to get a ticket, but the lines moved fast. Luckily for me I had a voucher for a free ticket, because I participated in a manga contest ^__^.
After all of this was done, we explored the exhibition halls starting with the most interesting, where fantasy, rpg and comic had their place. It was the loudest and fullest hall with all the cosplayers and otakus in it :D. Naruto was really popular, but I saw some FF, Hellsing and other cosplays too. And a lot of girls (and guys) with cat ears and stuff *g*. I couldn't decide where to look first. Didn't take any pictures of them, because they were already a lot of guys photographing them and I wasn't in the mood to line up. The whole thing was like a huge catwalk actually.
After spending a lot of time in there, we went to the other halls. Especially the design and art section was interesting for us. A lot of universities and art schools where there too. I collected a lot of flyers for my design class and bought a magazine made by students. We took a break around noon and went outside to sit in the sun. Grass would have been nice for laying down, but we could get a bench to sit down and eat something. After that we entered Hall 2 again and splitt up. I went straight into the comic corner again in search for the AnimaniA stand, because I wanted to hand in my contest entry in person. And so I did. The one taking it just took a brief look inside and aid it looks quite good. So good for the ego *g*. We had a small, nice chat til I left, because it was so packed at their stand. WISH ME LUCK FOR THE CONTEST!!
I browsed through the market place, took a look at the doujinshi market (too crowded to get in) and left to sit in the glass hall to scribble a bit.
At 4.15 pm we met up again to leave. We planned to stay til they would close, but we already were kind of beat so we took an earlier train home. This one was taking a different route though, so we were NOT home earlier than we had planned in the first place, but the first train was wonderfully empty. We saw the later train arrive already sitting in the one to Berlin and it was so packed with people *urgh*.
Now, here come the pics ^__^
The masses moving around
The logo of the fair
Children's books with cover designs made by children
Fantasy reading corner (no idea who was reading from his book there)
Random people
Magazines
Interesting typo books and postcards
The stand of the Muthesius Hochschule. You really expected to smell food *lol*. It was a great idea.
For fun :D
I would do it again, although it's really tiresome. It was a great event.
idolizer and I went to the book fair in Leipzig yesterday. It was quite an adventureous journey. Our start was Berlin-Südkreuz and the train was already packed with a lot of cosplayers and other manga fans. We had to sit on the stairs, but at least we could sit. It was wonderful to watch all this otakus fixing the last things on their costumes =D. We had to change trains at Wittenberg. The train to Leipzig was already waiting and we got lucky to get in. The people coming later really had a problem to get in. We stood at the door for the two hour trip and got some problems with fresh air and things. The people who wanted to take this train on the way to Leipzig mostly couldn't get in, because it was so packed with people. It was awful, but I'm glad it wasn't summer. I'm sure I would have collapsed then.
God, it was so wonderful to breathe fresh air when we finally arrived with delay, so we decided to walk to the fairground. Next task was to get a ticket, but the lines moved fast. Luckily for me I had a voucher for a free ticket, because I participated in a manga contest ^__^.
After all of this was done, we explored the exhibition halls starting with the most interesting, where fantasy, rpg and comic had their place. It was the loudest and fullest hall with all the cosplayers and otakus in it :D. Naruto was really popular, but I saw some FF, Hellsing and other cosplays too. And a lot of girls (and guys) with cat ears and stuff *g*. I couldn't decide where to look first. Didn't take any pictures of them, because they were already a lot of guys photographing them and I wasn't in the mood to line up. The whole thing was like a huge catwalk actually.
After spending a lot of time in there, we went to the other halls. Especially the design and art section was interesting for us. A lot of universities and art schools where there too. I collected a lot of flyers for my design class and bought a magazine made by students. We took a break around noon and went outside to sit in the sun. Grass would have been nice for laying down, but we could get a bench to sit down and eat something. After that we entered Hall 2 again and splitt up. I went straight into the comic corner again in search for the AnimaniA stand, because I wanted to hand in my contest entry in person. And so I did. The one taking it just took a brief look inside and aid it looks quite good. So good for the ego *g*. We had a small, nice chat til I left, because it was so packed at their stand. WISH ME LUCK FOR THE CONTEST!!
I browsed through the market place, took a look at the doujinshi market (too crowded to get in) and left to sit in the glass hall to scribble a bit.
At 4.15 pm we met up again to leave. We planned to stay til they would close, but we already were kind of beat so we took an earlier train home. This one was taking a different route though, so we were NOT home earlier than we had planned in the first place, but the first train was wonderfully empty. We saw the later train arrive already sitting in the one to Berlin and it was so packed with people *urgh*.
Now, here come the pics ^__^
The masses moving around
The logo of the fair
Children's books with cover designs made by children
Fantasy reading corner (no idea who was reading from his book there)
Random people
Magazines
Interesting typo books and postcards
The stand of the Muthesius Hochschule. You really expected to smell food *lol*. It was a great idea.
For fun :D
I would do it again, although it's really tiresome. It was a great event.
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Date: 2008-03-16 02:20 pm (UTC)Scheint als hättet ihr Spaß gehabt. Hätte mich natürlich über ein paar Otaku-und Fantasyhalle-Bilder gefreut. Und du hast nicht die doujin-Stände gestürmt? ;_; Die hatten bestimmt Snarry-porn. *schnüff*
Naja, ich bin so richtig schön krank, Grippe, Nahtod-Erfahrung etc. und sieche hier so vor mich hin. Jeder braucht n Hobby.
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Date: 2008-03-16 03:15 pm (UTC)So großartig toll sahen die Hallen nicht aus. Ja, ich hätte noch ein paar mehr Cosplayer knipsen sollen, aber die waren alle so mit sich selbst beschäftigt. Bei Doujinshimarkt gab es echt kein Durchkommen. Waren auch alles Hobbyzeichner von hier. Irgendwann möcht ich auch mal da sitzen *g*.
Ach du Schande. Na dann mal gute Besserung. Ich warte noch drauf dass es mich erwischt.
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Date: 2008-03-17 09:33 am (UTC)irgendwann will ich da auch mal hin *sigh*
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Date: 2008-03-17 02:55 pm (UTC)CUPCAKES
Date: 2008-04-22 11:22 am (UTC)warste schonma hier http://www.cupcakeberlin.de/ ?
Hab ich grad auf http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com/
gefunden, da schau ich mir immer die leckeren Bildchen an ^^
Hab glaub ich noch nie nen richtigen Cupcake gegessen und wenn man ma liest wieviel Butter da im Frosting steckt, muss man da wahrscheinlich eh brechen, aber sieht so gut aus, krass wie die Amis da mit den Verzierungen abgehn :P
Musste dich ma opfern und für mich testen gehn, in Hamburg gibts das natürlich nicht :/
Liebe Grüße =)
Re: CUPCAKES
Date: 2008-04-22 11:27 am (UTC)Mmmmhh, sieht lecker aus. Ich weiß auch wo der Laden ist, aber ne Kalorienbombe ist es auf jeden Fall. sollte ich mal wieder in Friedrichshain sein, dann versuch in dran zu denken ^__^.
Re: CUPCAKES
Date: 2008-04-22 11:29 am (UTC)Re: CUPCAKES
Date: 2008-04-22 12:56 pm (UTC)Ich bin Donnerstag zum test eingeladen. Mal wieder. Wenigstens mag ich sowas ja, sonst wäre es grauenvoll. Das Interview hinterher wird das schlimmste.