Pacific Media Expo 2012 concluded on Sunday at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton. The final day of the annual Asian pop culture convention still had a wide range of programming for attendees to enjoy.
For the past several years, this convention has hosted a Filipino martial arts tournament on it’s final day. This year included a Brazilian jiu jitsu tournament for the first time.
Gourmet food trucks once again were included as part of this convention. On Sunday, attendees could get a bite to eat from Truck Norris, a gourmet food truck specializing in Hawaiian and Filipino food.
Guest of honor and industry guest panels continued throughout the morning and early afternoon. Sunday’s programming included panels by anime guest of honor, Momoru Yokota. Panels by industry guests included a panel with some cast members of Power Rangers Samurai and another panel featured some of the US voice actors from the series Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Actor Dante Basco turned out to be the most popular guest at this year’s convention. His panel was the only guest panel to be hosted in the convention’s main events hall and it was completely full.
The Pacific Media Expo fashion show is traditionally on the final day of the convention. This year’s fashion show featured designs from several brands including dolldelight, h.NAOTO, and Baby the Stars Shine Bright. Tomo and Satsuki, music guests of honor from the band Moon Stream, also participated in the show by modelling designs from the Alice and the Pirates line.
The convention ended with closing ceremonies with guests of honor Masumi Kanoh, Mamoru Yokota, and Moon Stream in attendance. The daruma was completed with Mamoru Yokota filling in the left eye, signifying a successful convention for 2012.
Pacific Media Expo returns to the Los Angeles Airport Hilton for next year’s convention, which will run November 8-10.