Hunting for anime figures and cute art at Australia's biggest anime con | SMASH 2022

Come on an adventure with me to the Sydney Manga and Anime Show - SMASH! In this vlog I take a look at some cool figures, ever cooler art, and show off a range of exciting things that were happening at SMASH this year!
Chapters
00:00 Day 0
00:25 Day 1
01:14 Figures
03:57 Itasha
04:17 Artist Market
06:25 Day 1 Haul
07:30 Day 2
09:19 More Figures & Artist Market
10:40 Day 2 Haul
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[@TheAndoExperience]

Me try not to put Miku in the thumbnail challenge (impossible)

[@15Akiza]

I dare you next amiami recap to not put miku in the thumbnail

[@Solarstormflare]

omy you went to smash!!! i would love to go one day, by the time i thought seriously about it the tickets were all sold out and im interstate. but thanks for video!

[@moonflower1616]

All is fair in love and youtube algorithms.

[@ghostbyun]

Ahhh it's nice to finally see your smash pov!! Glad you had a good weekend overall, it was really amazing to meet you! Hope to see you again next year!!

[@TheAndoExperience]

Likewise! Hopefully I can make it back next year ^_^

[@sibsart2039]

Artists at cons are always insane. I’m often an artists at smaller cons, and I can’t resist buying from the absolute amazing artists that are usually there.

[@sibsart2039]

PS, that artist at 4:39 I was across from once at a con. I bought several of there posters, but whenever people came to my booth it was a major confidence noise that people were checking out my booth while there were masterpieces across the aisle.

[@AkaiYume275]

God, the convention looks really cool for once and with so much cool stuff to see! The video was a nice chance and I'm glad you had fun. 12:00 all genshin stuff, the girl with blue hair with the big sword is Eula and the one after is Ayaka.

[@smashcon]

Thank you for coming Andrew!!! We can't wait to see you again next year!

[@fishpop]

7:42 Seeing a Kamen Rider outfit pleases me greatly. Specifically that's Espada from the 2020 series; Kamen Rider Saber.

[@HotZenny]

5:56 Bird Up!

[@moonflower1616]

This was so fun! Lmao, I love the giant "My life is a mess, pls help" poster. I need one. XDDDDDD

[@PennyQuill]

I like Connor the best too! I also LOVE to watch all the fun stuff happening during a convention I'll most probably never be able to attend. Especially merch :> I adored those 3 prints from Eva!

[@maplebroa]

that dragonball one at 9:24 was actually a good price, basically retail and it's rare :O

[@ShiningBulbasaur]

Great video! The pins you got are super cute!

[@rangercarnage]

This is amazing! I love how this video is different and I can tell you put a lot of effort into this (voiceovers!!). Also, yay another ace attorney fan! Did you pre-order the nendoroids?

[@veronicahejny]

That Kiki print is so pretty! I'm glad you had fun at the event! :)

[@Kenya331]

I really have to go both days next year!! I missed a lot this year just waiting in line to meet Sydney, Connor and Joey! I don’t regret it one bit but oh my god there is so much to see! I purchased too much art!

[@TheAndoExperience]

Even being there both days I feel like I didn't have enough time to really see everything 😅

[@missclawsomecatlm1866]

Great vid! Loved seeing your con experience and hauls, lots of incredible artists too! Will you be going to the Australian Crunchyroll Expo this year?

[@TheAndoExperience]

I'm considering going to CRX but I'm kind of doubting it'll be any more than a glorified Madfest. PAX is a few weeks later and I don't wanna fly to Melb for both so 🤷‍♂️ it's a maybe right now but I'll have a community post up if I'll be at any cons.

[@hermitgrisaia3090]

Great vlog 👑

[@median_max]

Looks like you had a great time! Went to Anime Expo for the first time this year and my favorite part of it was the Artist Alley. Can't wait to go back next year

[@TheAndoExperience]

I'd love to go to AX one day!

[@median_max]

@@TheAndoExperience Yeah it was packed but worth it forsure. I also saw Yueko's art for the first time there. Was amazed at her artwork and searched for her after the convention haha

[@riverravencollects527]

Love your Vlogs man hope we can get a Japan vlog again went the borders open 🤞

[@TheAndoExperience]

Same 😩😩😩

[@liefeon4709]

I volunteered and I’m happy you had a great time I haven’t seen your Chanel before but I like your video Spend most of the time trying to see myself in the background lol

[@TheAndoExperience]

It was really well run as usual! I've been attending since 2017, usually for the Gunpla stuff.

[@eunyounguzun2597]

My fangirl inside me is itching, but at 10:10 I spot danmei art 🥺 Would love to buy those. And all those Genshin art 👁️👁️ One day I wish to visit Australia (during Smash con? XD). I'm from Europe.

[@momo5354]

I can't wait to go to my local con now! I am super excited to see artist alley and go to some pannels!

[@TheAndoExperience]

I hope you enjoy it!

[@Mizuirotsuki]

For the artist "keiuu", this is Keqing (her skin), Yae Miko, Eula and Kamisato Ayaka, all of them from Genshin Impact. The art is pretty !

[@kriskojack444]

Watching this made me miss conventions soo much , the art and figures.

[@tranqkill]

Ah conventions are so much fun and that one looks amazing. I'm not really into dragonball but that figure at 9:28 looks so good!

[@15Akiza]

I went to a small local con near me recently, and I got a bird pin that says Just Keep Meepin. So I get the love of pins. Artist alley is always hit or miss for me though because I am super picky with the art styles I like. Though the selection there looks amazing. May need to see if Yueko ships to the USA. Also if you were curious purple hair girl from KEIU__ is Keqing, blue haired one with the big Sword is Eula, fan Blue Hair is Ayaka.

[@TheAndoExperience]

Thanks for the Genshin names haha. I had a feeling the first one was Keqing but I'm never sure how to pronounce her name.

[@15Akiza]

@@TheAndoExperience I pronounced it Keh-ching personally. Is that right? Who knows

[@El_Ace]

BRO HOW DID I MISS THIS?!

[@coolstraw7682]

th blue hair girl with a sword is called eula

[@Scribdoodle]

I always feel like the coolest part of cons is the art! I think I'll probably grab one of those genshin prints from Keiuu they're very pretty.

[@TheAndoExperience]

It's really good that cons of this size attract a lot of artists. The only biggish local cons I have are all just general pop culture stuff so there isn't too many anime-styled artists to see.

[@erin-xg3td]

epic vid, king

[@akabaneaki]

i spot so many figures i want to get just from your clip alone QwQ

[@Solarstormflare]

omg sugotoys was there???? with estream figu4res?????!! i would love to see those irl

[@HotZenny]

7:49 Yo all those shirts are mad! You should of told me, I would of sent you some money to ship me some!

[@TheAndoExperience]

The store is Kamifox, you should be able to get them online but looks like everything on the shop is marked as OOS (probably because of cons / their break rn)

[@kimmyangel1988]

I love going to cons. But the ones in my country are not this big! I am going to one in Belgium soon hope that is bigger. You got some really cool stuff. How did you not buy a figure, I would not be able to resist.

[@TheAndoExperience]

I have no space at home and not a lot of space in my luggage lol. Did consider getting that Kato figure I talked about though :/

[@Fapnyr]

Sword vendor isn't sad if most of his stock was sold

[@TheAndoExperience]

Haha I just needed to give context about why it looked so empty

[@richie6405]

Anybody know if buying figures off of Amazon Japan is good? Also, how much does DHL shipping cost to Canada from Japan usually cost?

[@RickCZ1]

Damn, I need to look up a list of all the artists, there are so many amazing prints that caught my eyes in the vid Edit: Welp, they are not mentioned or listed on the Smash website so I don't know how to find them xD

[@TheAndoExperience]

They had an app this year which has a map and all of the artists names. I could try to point you to the right people if you let me know some timestamps but it'll be hard if my footage doesn't have the table number.

[@RickCZ1]

@@TheAndoExperience Oh I just downloaded the app and see them now so no need but thanks!

[@7thnausicaa794]

@@TheAndoExperience I am living in Europe but here I am downloading australian app because I absolutely need a dozen of that gorgeous colorful bookmarks prints 😍😁

[@TheAndoExperience]

@@7thnausicaa794 If you didn't catch their name it was BlueTwoDays, not sure if they have an online shop though

[@misumi6312]

I was looking for you all of day two but never saw you :(

[@TheAndoExperience]

:( dang, maybe next time

[@TheFlauschig]

I spend all my "convention fun money" these days in the artist alley.

[@hackerdude5856]

Canned Beans

[@cosplaydevotee]

I love BIBISAMA ❤️

[@TheAndoExperience]

Same! Their Zodiac Bomber jackets are rad

[@absolutemenagerie639]

Anyone have a list of the artist alley? Would love to buy some art

[@TheAndoExperience]

There is a list of all of the artists on the SMASH phone app, might be a bit hard to find who you're looking for though. Let me know if there's a specific timestamp I can try to help with.

[@Cristianrobles2324]

Who is the artist at 4:50?

[@TheAndoExperience]

Guryfrog insta: instagram.com/guryfrog/ twitter: twitter.com/guryfrog store: www.inprnt.com/gallery/guryfrog/

[@Fapnyr]

Oh you're outside

[@TheAndoExperience]

Leaving my house for the first time in 3 years tbh

[@marcusbayley5126]

surely crunchy roll expo is the biggest.

[@TheAndoExperience]

SMASH gets over 22k attendees each year. CRX seems to just be a rebrand of Madman's Anime Festival now that they've been bought out. The ones I've been to have all felt like much smaller events, especially compared to SMASH (4k-5k in Brisbane and Perth, cant find data for Sydney and Melb which would be a bit higher).

[@marcusbayley5126]

I always go to the Melbourne one and it’s super packed there’s hundreds of artists and barley any room to walk.

[@scotchsour]

I am trying to figure out if I am now banned.😒

[@TheAndoExperience]

No? Did your comment disappear? Happens sometimes, probably somehow gets caught by KZbin's generic spam filter or something.

[@jrcat2258]

you need to start playing Genshin Impact bro

[@TheAndoExperience]

I tried 😭 the combat and movement were less than playable so I didn't get far. I'll continue to support all of the Genshin fans because the waifus are top tier even if I don't know their names lmao