When going to an anime con, one thing you're gonna need is money -- lots of money. Hotels, travel, food, registration, main event tickets -- they don't come cheap. Plus, you'll want to have some money left over to spend in the dealer's room, right? Well, budgeting may not be a particularly exciting topic, and it may either bore you or make you run screaming for the hills, but it's an absolutely necessary one, if you want to maximize your con-going enjoyment. And it's not that hard to do either. In today's episode, we show you how. Along the way, we dish out a few convention survival tips as well -- Be sure and listen to our full episode on con survival tips too! We also take a look at the upcoming Anime Expo - our favorite con is right around the corner, and we're seriously getting pumped about it.

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Today's Theme: "Blue Field (ブルー・フィールド)" by Trident, ED to the anime Arpeggio of Blue Steek (aka Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio, aka Ars Nova.) Watch it on Crunchyroll. (and if you don't already have one, be sure and get a Crunchyroll Premium Membership!)

Links to stuff we discussed:

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Anime Expo - Thursday through Sunday, July 2-5, 2015, at the Los Angeles Convention Center
Anime Expo Guests of Honor
Register for Anime Expo
AX Hotel Blocks
Wagakkiband's Senbonzakura video (these guys seriously rock)
Episode #0043 – Convention Survival Guide, 2014 Edition
My anime convention budget spreadsheet
LibreOffice (a free, Open Source office suite for Windows, Mac and Linux)
Uber Fare Estimator
Lyft Fare Estimate