Anime Expo 2014

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Anime Expo is an annual event held in Los Angeles, California State, US. In 2014, Kyoto Animation attended as an exhibitor for the first time. In addition to selling merchandise from several franchises, Kyoani displayed CELs taken from season 1 of Free! and hand painted them in the traditional animation manner. This method served Kyoani well from its inception until 2004 when digital painting began to be used. Lucky attendees who filled out a particular survey received a hand-painted petit CEL of the Free! logo.