/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

NO ANIME AT ALL!

HNNNNGG

What are your thoughts for the Best in Show group?

I wonder why the con decided not to open up the windows in the AA.

>>7581588
do you have a picture of them? i didn't go to the masq and really didn't see very many impressive costumes walking around this weekend, which was really disappointing.

God everybody looks like shit lol

>>7581662
Lol I'm hoping that there are no pics or vids of me . Purposefully attempted to avoid all cameras.

>>7581670
I already failed at doing that. The last thread's picture has me on it.

>>7581674
:s that sucks

>>7581670
>>7581674
>cosplay
>trying to avoid photos

>>7581572
their big announcement included that one girl with a really good saber cosplay was coming.
Think that says all you need to know about that con.

>>7581681
I didnt cosplay this year

A lot of the photographers I know don't even want to touch their cameras right now because they shot so much stuff. If I didn't have to use mine for work I would be the same. With that in mind a lot of the photos you might see are by people who don't edit and/or don't really know what they are doing. Not necessarily a bad thing because it gives something to fill the void.

>>7581572
Should have called it "SoCal Gamecon" or something else.

>>7581707
So true, if a photographer dumps their photos the day after the con, they suck ass. Avoid those scum like the plague.

I am sooooo fucking bummed that there were no transistor cosplayers

nor was there any good prints in the AA

so fucking salty.

>>7581588
>>7581643 again
just watched the video on ACP. it was....okay? i don't know utapri, but the dancing seemed okay i guess. costumes looked too simple for a BiS group....clearly fanime needs to start making CLEAR distinctions between craftsmanship and performance awards. when ACP gets everything uploaded i'll have a look at some of the craftsmanship winners, but it REALLY seemed like fanime was begging to get ANYONE to enter the masq this year. you couldn't pay me enough to enter again though.

>>7581535
>Guys holding up pokeballs and claiming its a pokemon trainer cosplay

>>7581727
Best in show usually has to be competing in both I think? I imagine the Sailor Moon Burlesque was up there but the tie breaker was probably the UtaPri one was more family friendly.

>>7581707
Most of the pics OP posted looks like its from a shitty Iphone or something.

They kept locking/unlocking the balcony on different days for who knows what the fuck why.

Saturday: open during the day, closed at night
Sunday: open all day and night
Monday: not open at all

why
just leave it open

I got kicked out on sunday night for my club penguin cosplay

Pretty good Fanime in terms of just pure fun. The guests weren't so great though and I didn't like the panels being moved to Fairmont, made it more hectic to plan things, especially when the rooms didn't seem to be THAT much bigger.

My highlights of the actual con activities were dropping major spaghetti at a cosplayer working at the Anime Books booth doing Utena, Penguindrum, and Daiya from JoJo part 8, tons of Jolynes and some Foo Fighters around the con, TWO Punpun cosplayers and lots of Punpun stuff in the AA, having a Drive cosplayer threaten to knock my friend's teeth down his throat, seeing a Skull Knight with light up eyes, getting a Princess of the Crystal statue for 20 bucks, Fanimadlibs, and talking with the Cel dealer about Berserk and Hunter x Hunter. He was probably my favorite vendor since he had so much interesting shit and pretty good taste. Hope he's there next year for me to bother some more.

Also, having the best non-smoking room in the Hilton leading to us having our room placard ripped off the wall and stolen by somebody.

I'm really sad I missed Yume Nikki, Crest of the Stars, and Haibane Renmei cosplay I heard were around the con. Also that I missed a full Student Coucil group from Utena after I left today.

>>7581771
Cuz they be shaddie as niggaz u feel meh

No but seriously, security didn't give a fuck. People were doing drugs in front of them and they ask kindly that they stop

HMK 1 big family
Either than that everything else about the con sucked.

I was really surprised how open some people were about their cgl use.

>>7581781
There was Crest of the Stars Cosplay at the con? Which day? I did pick up one of the posters of Lafiel from the dealers hall though.

>>7581810
I think it was on /cgl/ that somebody said they were doing it. I saw that poster as well but was out of cash by then sadly. I'd have loved to see the cosplay.

>>7581808
Yeah, I am pretty shocked at how many people in my circle of friends use /cgl. Thankfully they just go here to keep track of the creepy photographers or con drama, not really the type to instigate cosplay drama.

>>7581804
YES! the HMK concert, AA, and the toku meetups were the only reasons i went. all were totally worth it.

>>7581820
That poster was so boss. It was huge too; if you fold it out you can see Kufadis and Ekuryua.
I think at Sacanime I saw a Lafiel cosplayer. Not sure if I actually have the picture. Did you know which character the person on /cgl/ was going as?

>>7581820
I think i'd get heatstroke in that hat and trenchcoat.

>>7581849
https://archive.rebeccablacktech.com/cgl/thread/S7551238#p7558699
Looks like Lafiel. Seems they were planning to do it Friday or Saturday night but I just didn't get lucky enough to see them.

Liked some of the monster hunters, though made me wish I brought my Kirin cosplay.

>>7581869
Since there is no badge, wig, or belt it's a little hard to tell which character it would be. Usually you can figure it out that way... Actually I think I'm showing my power level a little too much here.

was it me, or was the level of cosplay underwhelming this year? 1 gundam, a few armored people, but overall no huge standouts for me. was i just missing the good stuff?

>>7581753
I think he's the fat kid from X/Y.

>>7581883
everybody was in Attack on Titan gear this year. like... everybody. had to be 50% of the cosplays.

>>7581879
Well that one is pretty base level for a lot of outfits from the series, I still assume it was going to be Lafiel though since she's the most recognizable character from the series. Nothing wrong with showing some power level on 4chan though.
>>7581900
SnK is the Death Note/Homestuck/Hetalia of the year I guess. I remember 2007/2008 was all closet L's. Lots of Kill la Kill this year too of course.

>>7581753
To be fair the fat guy in the front is actually cosplaying a character from x/y.

Shitty phone camera picture dump go!

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Given how Fanime fixed the reg system, put the AA in a bigger room in the con center, had panels run on time, give panelists much larger rooms: does that mean people will be coming back next year?

>>7581953
hard to say. if they improve their organizational practices, maybe.....like getting info out earlier, and getting some relevant guests. but it's only a maybe for me. i'll probably just show up on saturday and ghost.

>>7581946

These two really won something? From a wig company no less? Nui's looks like it's oozing over her shoulder.

Anyone else saw the "YOUR FAVOURITE ANIME IS SHIT" T-shirts in the artist alley?
To the girl in the booth, if you're here, I want to marry you.

>>7581958
I saw that Ryuko cosplay up and close, and holy shit was that one a goddamn mess and a half. The paint job was bleeding out everywhere and I thought she made the entire costume out of play-doh.

>>7581905
Yeah thats true I suppose. Still cool to know at least 3 of us still like Crest of the Stars.

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>>7581977
>character covered in blood in scene
>cosplay looks like it's bleeding
I thought that was great because of that fact.
I actually talk to her about how she made it. It was fabric with foam around it.

>>7581936
That girl is from the Fire Emblem series, can't remember her name though.

>>7581988
>>7581936
Tiki
You people suck.

>>7581922
>black mokou
EY MY FRIEND.

Did anyone catch the new con chair during closing ceremonies?

>>7581989
Okay, anon.
No need to be rood.

>>7581983

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>>7582003

I really loved all the JoJo. A lot of part 4 which is my favorite. I'm pretty sure this was taken at Fanime since I did see that Akira there...

>>7582005

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>>7582019
>macross

shiiiiiiiiiiiiit we going oldschool

>>7582019

>>7582023
I can never tell which is which.

>>7582020
You have no idea how happy I was to see several Ranma 1/2 characters running around this year.

Trigger warning, this cosplay was too spooky for me

>>7582025

THIS SILENCE
IS MINE

>>7582026
I don't get it.

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>>7582025
dude yeah I ran into that Ranma 1/2 gathering in front of the con center

and a Lum on Sunday

I was like shiiiiiiiiiiiiit

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>>7582036
I think I shall be joining them next year as Genma. Whether or not it will be in panda form will depend on whether or not I can convince myself that it doesn't count as being a furry.

>>7582042
Speaking of Ranma...

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>>7582058
what is it with girls and Ryoga?

>>7582075
Hayabusa? HAYABUSA!!!

>>7581957
GODDAMIT THAT'S NOT EVEN COSPLAY, THAT'S JUST THEMEING A BIKINI

>>7581955
They didn't get the info out because they BARELY finished the AA setup 3 days before the con.

>>7581535
>mfw I lurk these threads to see if I, or anybody I know shows up in the background
>mfw I won't post a pic of my face because I don't want to bring down the file limit

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>>7582094
i know how you feel. i don't know what this is. pool party ahri?

>>7582098
same girl with some other bitches

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>>7582091
You got me. I'm more of a Mousse guy myself.

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>>7582094
What, you expected them to put some effort into it?

>>7582102
ha ha oh wow.
how do you fuck up a bandanna?

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>>7582107
Same way you fuck up an L costume, I suppose.

If any photographers on Cgl in the bay need an assistant to help with whatever, I'm down to help

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>>7582111
.... you can fuck up an L costume?!

Does anyone have pics of the White Mushroom Heartless that was walking around on Saturday?

>>7582096
Speaking of, I saw a couple of friends in the Nidhogg photo last thread.

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>>7582118
Haven't been cosplaying long, have you?

>>7582118
Yeah, by doing one in the first place.

>>7582121
I've never cosplayed. I've wanted to, but I never have the money for it.

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>>7582127
Hentai Woody is best costume of Fanime ever. Of all time.

>>7582124
Don't do it. It's a dark spiral you will never, ever be able to recover from. It is a fabulous spiral, though.

>>7582130
Last one I got. Did anyone get a picture of the Bugs and Lola Bunny wearing Tune Squad jerseys walking around? My phone crapped out on me and didn't save the picture I took of them.

>>7582135
you mean these two?

>>7582140
Yes, that's them! Thank you kindly - Space Jam cosplay isn't something you see often.

Got home not long ago. Fanime was funtimes, got to see a lot of people. Got two photoshoots, so I will finally have some good pics of my cosplay.
>>7582006
Yes, its from fanime. several people in the pic are from here.

>>7582149
yeah that's the bridge to the children's discovery museum.

>>7581535
recurring cosplayer GO!

>>7582167
Ahh, I was wondering if Jesus was at Fanime this year. I did notice a severe lack of protesters this year - anyone know why?

>>7582175
I saw them. They were over at that park across the street with the snake statue.

>>7582130
The guy in there is my friend's boss and a higher up at Namco USA.

>>7582175
The front part of the convention center is no longer public property

>>7582036
Seeing a lum cosplayer made me so happy as well. was only able to snap a quick shitty photo between rushing off somewhere in a hurry

>>7581970
Ahah, she's a buddy of mine! she's p cool yo

Godzilla was cool

>>7582005
Fuck that Satsuki cosplay. Far too tanned and didn't even bother taking out her eyebrow piercing.

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>>7581608
That is awesome.

Did anyone get a picture of black Satsuki with the sign that said "Linen is Sinnin'"?

In return, have the three-ish pics I took.

An absolutely Bitchin' red ranger from Super Sentai Gokaiger

I swore I took more pictures from backstage than this.

>>7582805
It always feels that way, brother.

>>7581617
i didn't know quentin tarantino watched dangan ronpa

>>7582814
No I mean I had a pic of a gathering from backstage that must have not saved or something. Oh well. Apparently I took whatever this is instead.

>>7582797
was it this guy?

>>7582825
Yes, but he was in like stage-one Junketsu and he had a sign. But that's just as awesome.

All the pictures I have left are the Stage Zero After Dark schedules, and those aren't really cosplays.

did anyone go to the steampunk side and get a picture of that TARDIS used in filming?

Anyone else saw the b-boys Friday night but fanime con staff had to be a party pooper and ruined everything.

>>7582825
>JUNKetsu

>>7582508
wait... it's a sidewalk. Nobody can own the sidewalk. how did they make it private?

>>7582888
I don't think they made it private, but they can control who can and can't be on it if they're renting it out. And since they had the civic center across the street as well, they had to move to the park.

Either that or the con finally filed some form of restraining order against the protesters and forced them down the street.

>>7582896
I honestly don't understand why they come. Sometimes it seems like the protesters they send don't even really care or enjoy being around the silly costumes. One year I just saw one of them standing around quietly smiling and watching cosplayers walk by. I saw some people trying to just talk and be reasonable with them this year which is a welcome change from those just screaming at them or trying to be obnoxious. I guess they do often end up being a hilarious prop of sorts for people to take pictures and pose by.

>>7582906
I was a volunteer in 2008 and from what I remember they saw cosplaying as a form of idol-worship, thus it was a commandment-breaking sin. So basically just protesting for attention.

I think I interviewed Jesus that year. That was a good year.

>>7582906
They have a YouTube channel called Cry to God, and they basically go to any popular gathering in the Bay Area - they were protesting at concerts and markets and the like. It's incredibly clear the guy in charge wants attention, he has this smug-ass grin on his face.

I actually wish he was closer to the con. It's just not the same, man.

>>7582922
They're also protesting against teh gays in animu and the skimpy cosplays.

>>7582896
Fire Hazard issue, probably. That's why they were farther from us last year.

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>>7582830
I think he was that for Friday? I can't remember, honestly, but he did have the sign.

Those guys are the Pokemon Men, by the way.

>>7582906
You know the WBC tactic where they be obnoxious and bait people into attacking them, and then suing the shit out of them? That's pretty much what they're trying to do here. That's why they have a camera always recording, so that they have evidence for a court case.

>>7582776
Knowing that area and how dumb downtown gets during the weekend, I'm surprised some fucking cholo or drunk asshole from Santa Clara street didn't try fucking with the car.

>>7581535
How was Masquerade, anyway? I left during intermission because I couldn't take most of the singing skits.

Also, the guy yelling unfunny stuff during skit changes should become an hero.

Gonna copypasta my shit on the masq from the last thread

Prizes awards
Best Original - Sailor Moon Burlesque by Princess Squib Cosplay & The Burlesque Royalty
Best in Novice Class - Let it Go by CSGW Cosplay
Best in Journeyman Class - Satski of Kill La Kill by Veronica Luna
Best in Open Class - Priestess Rao by Ashley Montgomery
Best Craftsmanship - Azure Flame Kite by Paul Esquer
Best in Show - Maji Love 2000% Thrusting by Sweatish

Judges Awards:
* Judge Lauren - Claymore by Lisa Macdonald
* Judge Wayne - Taming the Beast by Con Amigos
* Judge Lindsay Tallman - Harley by Camille Elladan cosplay
* Judge Katie - Accelrator from Level 6 Shift by Yuuhabin Cosplay

Industry Winners:
Epic Cosplay:
* Yasuo the Unforgiven by Heinrich Stohner
* Fashion Fight by Miku Hall, KoKo
* Sailor Moon Burlesque by Princess Squib Cosplay & The Burlesque Royalty

Twindom:
* Yasuo the Unforgiven by Heinrich Stohner
* Satsuki of Kill la Kill by Veronica Luna
* Harley by Camille Elladan cosplay

Youth Awards:
Best Youth Performance - Young NAtsu & Erza by BroSis Cosplay
Best Youth Craftsmanship - Alice by Alexandra Altschuler
Fan Favorite - Epic Rap Battles of Anime by OtakuFTW

They need to make a distinction between skit and costume awards. The Final Form Ryuko only got the Epic Cosplay Wig award because she and Nui had ridiculous wigs but the Nui didn't look that great. Ryuko's wig looked like the only well constructed part. Regardless there's no way they won for that skit.

>>7581410
The UtaPri group? Fuck yeah. I didn't' really get to see the costume up close but every one seemed legit except he pink one. Too much wrinkling in the gold trim. They actually knew how to dance and picked something with something hugely entertaining compared to the usual shlock. The people in the background though with the letters were totally unnecessary and was like something out of an elementary school play. They should have tried to maybe put EL wire in a sign and have someone behind it flipping switches for each letter cue.

I liked the Rap Battle group and appreciated the captions on the jumbo screens, but then I wasn't paying much attention to the cosplayers themselves.

The Satsuki's suit seemed great but that katana was fail. For Satsuki you need to have a long enough katana to make the pose work. You can't just modify something from the toy store.

I guess I like the Let it Go Skit more because it was Novice. The tear away costume was terrible (tearable?) and seemed to be slipping off her partway through. Also it was pretty easy to predict it was going to be a tear-away since you could see a couple blue sequin peeking through The "snowflakes" were just standing there during parts of the song where they could have at least been dancing or swaying around and their costumes were just white dresses. Also cutting up a super well known song like that was super jarring.

I thought I would hate the other Elsa skit but it turned out to be one of the funnier ones.

Sailor Moon Burlesque was solid but goddamn aren't there any family-friendly restrictions on what they can do? Also isn't Sailor Moon a fucking magical girl anime? Like I loved the HG and Mai Shiranui solos because those are both heavily sexualized characters so I guess I don't care as much that they're shaking their asses. When did we decide that our childhood icons needed to be re-imagined as sexually charged burlesque dancers? This is basically how I felt about the Nintendo burlesque last year.

Kite was one of the few that didn't look like it was going to fall apart on stage. Just wish he did a couple more cool poses.

Not exactly sure what Accelerator won for? The costume is parts, shirt and a wig and their skit was one of the most confusing.

Yasuo seemed solid though the wig color was pretty off. Out of the three I saw that weekend his armor seemed the best.

>>7582006
What a beautiful Duwang. I think this might be my first time getting posted on /cgl/.

Does anyone have a picture of the Inferno Cop cosplayer on Friday?

Overall a good year for the masq. The intermission entertainment was pretty good and seems like better placement than a preshow. The cringe-worthy skits were lower in number than normal. Though some of the best performances ended up in the beginning. Don't really like how walk-ons got mixed in. Or maybe keep them mixed in, but at least indicate that it will be a walk-on?

But please get rid of that emcee. He doesn't seem like he wants to keep there and wouldn't stop apologizing for last year. You're allowed to say they've been working hard to make improvements but move the fuck on.

>>7583070
The Burlesque was super-tame, even for a burlesque - no real stripping. Heck, the sexy costumes didn't show much skin.

What was the other Frozen one?

>>7583076
Really? I thought most of the singing skits were kinda cringey.

>>7583076
Yeah, we DEFINITELY need a better MC. Why can't we bring back the guest MC from 2011?

>>7582986
FYI the masq was a mess, from a contestant's POV. They didn't give the contestants a dry practice run on the stage. For most of them, it was their first time on the stage that day. They were actually in line for their practice run, but the doormen started letting the crowd in.

>>7583088
Wonder if they organize anything with the stage manager.

>>7583088
Our group dropped out shortly before it started once we noticed that they hadn't given out any decent emails with info. Some contestants barely got updates until the forum posters complained about it.

We were there last year and were in this year to give it the benefit of the doubt, but noticing that they weren't doing updates wasn't a good foreshadowing. The schedule didn't even pop up as an email until Friday evening.

Maybe we will try next year and see, but this year all I keep hearing was that it was lackluster and not even the pocket schedule bothered to mention what time it was happening.

>>7583110
holy shit, masq is still a mess? Why did the entire fucking masq staff from 2012 leave when the head left? Jesus.

>>7583110
Fanime really, really, REALLY needs to fix that. They advertised it heavily at 2011, then, poof, nothing, I had to ask when it was three years in a row.

>>7583110
this makes me very glad that i avoided the masq like the plague this year.

fo anyone who entered, how was craftsmanship judging? waynekaa was a fucking dick last year which was a big part of why i won't enter again at fanime until he's gone.

>>7583123
Who is Waynekaa?

>>7583145
waaaaaaay back in the day he used to run sailor JAMboree (a sera myu cosplay dance group). he makes costumes, so he does know construction. he's the head judge at fanime, and has been for quite a while i think.

the fact that you had to ask who wayne was says something....he's no longer relevant to the community. i don't understand why they didn't ask yaya to be a guest judge (since she was there and all)....i don't particularly like her attitude towards a lot of things, but she is a good construction. judge and actually inspects your work.

looks like there were 4 judges this year (last year there were only 2, one of whom never spoke/asked anything the entire time, and they were both really hands off IMO).....can any entrants comment on judging this year?

Maybe /cgl/ might like these.

>>7583162
because that would've caused so much shitstorm. When people think 'cosplay construction', they don't think of Yaya 'I have my boy toy paint my armor' Han

>>7583175
I wear the comfortsoft hanes too.

Stupid Mexican ice cream bitch.

>>7583162
He didn't run Sailor Jamboree, he ran USA Musume, that used to do all the Morning Musume stuff. He's also co-founder of ACParadise.

Full BOSS

>>7583198
WHOOPS sorry, i get those 2 mixed up a lot.

polite sage for my brain death

I think she might look really pretty if photo shopped a little.

>>7583179
look, i don't really care for her newfound media persona either....but she'd do a better job than the judges in 2013 did is all i can say (have been in a few contests that she was a guest judge for)...sewing-wise she knows her shit.

ishygddt

Did anybody get any pics of the rather buff Finn walking around?

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>>7583225
im suprized at how much that looks like the character.

There was this pretty decent Kurousagi that I was unable to get a picture of. Did anyone else manage or at least get to see it too?

>>7582818
nigga wha?

Did anyone actually go to clockwork alchemy to do anything besides pick up tickets? I don't know a single person who went over there since it seemed rather small.

And how did that whole thing start anyway? I remember there used to be a single steampunk booth in artist alley for a couple years and all of a sudden there was an entire side convention.

First fanime this year, it was great.I thougth it was gonna be something like this:

http://youtu.be/9T9--u_VeRo

>>7582005
Would have relations with the Inumuta, especially since that's real hair and not a wig. I'd just block out his face and pretend his my TOP-oppa.

>>7583338
I was at there, since my friend was renting out a room. It's pretty small-scale, it seems.

>>7581781

There was Haibane cosplay?

>>7583355
it doesn't even look vaguely like inmuta's hair tho

>>7583339
>implying anime
Replace that with Homestuck, League of Legends, Ponies and it will be very accurate depiction of Fanime.
Also beer and weed and some weird pills. It made what was supposedly the worst weekend void of anime into something AMAZING!

>>7583338
I feel like they should rent out some place closer to the SJCC and have big signs redirecting to it. Then again I have no idea where it is, and I would check it out but it seems not worth the time to go over

>>7583399
lol exactly. without beer, i don't know how i would of got through 4 days

>>7583399
Replace ponies with Attack on Titan. Also with league you have variety, so it isnt a bad thing.

>>7581923
This guy was fucking amazing! He looks just like the art for Balrog from the older games! It's too good!!

>>7581953
I know a lot of people who are gonna go back because of this years' fixes, which makes me happy. I'm really glad with what happened~

>>7581958
What could this have possibly won?? Nevermind, I found the answer in the thread....

>>7581987
It's very lumpy, saggy, and dilapidated. :/ it's the first one i've seen so kudos for giving it your all. But the foam doesn't look that great...

>>7582025
This B. Rose was amazing!! One of the best I've seen to date~

>>7581958
And this is why you don't try to cosplay out of your skill level.

>>7583431
>it's the first one i've seen so kudos for giving it your all.
>your
This wasn't me. Oh yeah, Maguma did you go to fanime? I was trying to find you but I had no idea what you were dressed as.

>>7581922
My "friend"'s friend was completely fucking obsessed with that Remilia... and it felt like we had way less 2hu than this year - and they were super-scattered, too. I ran into a Momiji and Flandre who missed the meet-up when I was staffing PC.

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No idea who she is cosplaying as, but she is super adorable.

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>>7583467
And that dress is beautiful. Wish the shots showed it off a little better.

>>7583455
I didn't mean your as you directly, I was saying it like "Hey man, if that's what someone's gotta do then give it your all." And yeah I was at Fanime this weekend. I was like 1 of 3 Tsumugu's not in nudist beach thongs, I did my Zangoose gijinka on Monday for a bit, and I wore Enrico Pucci on Saturday and Sunday for shoots.

>>7583474
Ah, I think I did see you in passing then; neat!

Can't find the picture rn, but does anyone know who that Adachi with the cabbage was (Saturday I think)? Guy was fine as hell.

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>>7583162
plus she'd probably charge and be a demanding little bitch.

>>7583256
TALES OF XILLIA, BLESS.

>>7583110
Sorry but you were part of the problem - the volunteers were delayed and confused even further due to wasting time for contestants who just "dropped out" and left without telling anyone.

>>7583338
I actually worked with the guy who ran that original fanime steampunk booth this year. I'm friends with his daughter and since she couldn't make it to help out this year, I volunteered. I'm normally a fanime guy, but I didn't have a big group to hang out with this year, so I figured I may as well earn some money to splurge on closing day. Clockwork seems pretty mellow and filled with plenty of nice people, and there was always a steady flow from the fanime crowd as well so it seems like it's not COMPLETELY unknown and worth checking out next year if you'd like.

The downside was there were some guys working on a documentary on conventions and our table was one of a few chosen for filming, which means my nervous habits will now be out there in the general public. Fuck.

>>7583123
What did Wayne do?

>>7583591
This. It doesn't matter if you can't participate, it doesn't matter if you have to change a major portion of your performance or outfit. Don't walk away from an organized event without telling anyone because then the organizers have to figure out what the fuck to do about people who don't show up without warning.

as someone who runs events based off of sign ups, this is so fucking annoying when people don't show and they don't tell you in advance.

>>7583591
This x100

I'm a entertainment technician and I can say from experience that dropping suddenly is the leading problem for live events. It just screws everyone over, from the host/mc to the next contestant/guest, and Im not just exaggerating, it really does impact everyone.

>>7583431
The major fuck up was to the AA this year. They weren't even done signing the artists in when they had to open the AA to the crowd. I was in line for an hour.

>>7583638
basically just didn't give a shit during judging, then gave me the side eye "oh really? no you didn't" look when i said i hand beaded everything and made my wig (i compete as a master, OF COURSE i'm making my own shit). heard similar stories from several other folks in the contest as well.

polite sage for old news

Did anyone visit raemz?

>>7583695
Really? AA seemed smooth, aside from opening - nothing works on Day One, after all.

>>7583747
It's new to me. Never heard it before till now, so call me skeptic.

>>7583822
I'm guessing it's just Wayne's natural Wayneness. I've known him forever and he always comes off a bit like a used car salesman.

>>7583504
Oh shit what that was me
I don't really have any public pages to follow, but my skype is in the email field if you ever feel like bugging me.

>>7583747
>>7583123

I was a contestant (I won best Journeyman) and even though it was my first year(so I don't remember the judges names), I found the judges to be decent - they asked good questions and listened to my explanations of how I made everything. They were even okay with me only having progress pictures on my phone due to the hotel printer running out of color ink. My only iffy thing was the girl judge didn't seem to be happy to be judgeing at all - it might have been because I showed up in the second half of the judging time nd she was tired but she spent most of her time on her phone and only the male judge seemed to be enthusiastic/care about what I was saying. Totally could just be me being self conscious though.

Dont have a lot on my phone, I'll grab some from my sisters in a few.

>>7583747
>>7583123

I was a contestant (I won best Journeyman) and even though it was my first year(so I don't remember the judges names), I found the judges to be decent - they asked good questions and listened to my explanations of how I made everything. They were even okay with me only having progress pictures on my phone due to the hotel printer running out of color ink. My only iffy thing was the girl judge didn't seem to be happy to be judgeing at all - it might have been because I showed up in the second half of the judging time nd she was tired but she spent most of her time on her phone and only the male judge seemed to be enthusiastic/care about what I was saying. Totally could just be me being self conscious though.

>>7583067
oh the Satsuki was me~ The reason my sword was so short actually was I made the two broken Bakuzan swords not the full long one. I only brought the long one on stage because the short one got misplaced super last second back stage and I had to improvise with poses.
But yeah I totally agree I shouldn't have gone for the sword in front stance because the sword just isn't long enough.
I'm glad you liked my costume though! It's too bad the lighting on stage ended up drowning out my lights with the impromptu spotlight they gave me.

>>7583695
Aside from signing artists in, I thought everything in AA went pretty smoothly. But yeah, shit man, that took a while.... I think they know better, though, and the general management of the AA was pretty solid. Next year they'll most likely have more booths open to check people in and will streamline the process more!

I hope you mentioned the reg thing in the feedback survey, though. It slipped my mind because I was literally first in line and didn't have to wait to sign in at all.

>>7583331
dat chin on the kirigiri

>>7581810
>>7581820
I think this is the cosplayer you are talking about unless there was another. I follow her on tumblr, she says she wasn't very happy with the costume but said alot of people recognized her. Good to know there's fans of the anime still.

>>7583909
This guy was too cool. He was always in character.

>>7583932
none of these are sideways in the folder...

>>7583932
Idk why these are turning out sideways, they arent like that in the folder.

>>7583949

>>7583591
Actually we corresponded with the head quite before the contest about us dropping. It was an amicable thing, and we let him know ahead of time privately while also letting him know that we expressed our interest in coming back next year.

I can't speak for the other groups that dropped though.

>>7583232
kyoani likes making their characters white people

>>7583273
who is her character?

>>7583822
>>7583837
maybe, but it's a pretty crappy way to come off during judging (it was my first time at fanime). i've competed a lot elsewhere in the US, so i have a high tolerance for bad judging in general, but this was just over the line for me. anyhow, it was enough to put me off competing at fanime again.

>>7583912
i had the same experience with the girl....she was really just not involved at all. i was judged pretty early on sunday, so i'm not sure what was up with her. at least they looked at your pictures....i handed mine over and they just put them down and didn't bother to even look.

ugh SORRY ALL for my sandy-ness about this...it just really bothered me to have such a bad experience at a con that supposedly had great masq judging. can anyone report on how things went this year? i'm hoping they improved...adding 2 judges must have helped a lot.

>>7583960

>>7583408
My friend and I forgot to buy liquor and we kinda regret not doing so. But we had fun nonetheless.

>>7582098

Neat, I can see my friend in this pic

>>7583996
deer lord.

I did think all the Ravio's this year were neat.

>>7582098
Oh look! I'm the joker in the background!

>>7583110
Ummm, nope! It definitely says when the Cosplay Spectacular was in the pocket guide.

If anyone couldn't find it they obviously didn't look very hard. It's even near the front, dang.

>>7583355
I want TOP to tuck me in and tell me goodnight every night

isn't the masq always on the third day? at least, it has been in the four years i've been going to fanime. concert on second day, masq on third

>>7584036
Not that kind of schedule. Masquerade entrants have a masquerade schedule that isn't published for check in, preliminary judging, rehearsal, and when they have to be backstage ready to perform.

>>7583920
That is super cute. It most likely was the person we were talking about.

>>7583986
I don't blame you. Wayne has been doing this for so long he only looks out for his own interests anymore - newbies he can recruit for ACP, or any personal friends he can throw a prize towards to encourage them to do ACP. Katie has dealt with so much bullshit running the AX masquerade for years, no wonder she's bitter and jaded. Lindsay just runs ALA masquerade so she shouldn't be so jaded yet, but she only judged performance. Lauren I have no idea about, but judging by her onstage "shyness" maybe she's more concerned about her cute image than doing any judging work.

This year's masquerade wasn't a disaster like last year, but it wasn't good either. They must be hard up for entries since they allowed non-Asian stuff in (Frozen, LoL, Harley Quinn). Wayne even announced some prizes have money (although no info on how much or where the winners can get it, lol). Fanime masquerade's heyday (good performances, competant judging) ended a few years ago. Now it's all last-minute lack of organization, lazy judging, and the MC even worse than the kung fu GoH who looks like a wizard.

>>7584027
I don't have any decent pictures of my own cosplay.

hey next time im coming with a sign that says hikkikomori. and also im just gonna be a dumb ass and write some J chars on my face. if you see me please let me hang out with you

>>7584112
I thought we had left this kind of post in the old thread. Goddamn, I'm not sure whether I should feel bad for you or want to punch you.

>>7583977
>not recognizing the hoodie

>>7583209

For those who didn't go to Cosplay Wrestling Federation, you missed out on a pretty hyped panel?

Case in point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqVPuP6eyyg

>>7584112
1/10 put in more effort

>>7584135
I watch a lot of anime but I haven't seen everything.

Who is >>7583273

>>7584193
it's a vocaloid design for matroshka??

>>7584141
what game/series is this from?

>>7584201
Ahhh no wonder I couldn't recognize. I don't dabble with vocaloids.

>>7583876

Awesome! I'll add you in a bit. Great cosplay by the way!

>>7584096
If you're so "knowledgeable" about AX, then you'd be more familiar with Lauren's actual work

>>7584163

yawn

>>7584096

The only thing funny about the entire thing was the lover's cam pre-show, and a girl and a guy figured it was too late to kiss, so they just licked each other's tongues. :V

>>7583822

A lot of things are new to you, including being not a douchebag.

>>7582180
There was one point where the protestor guy was singing badly while people ignored him. It was pretty sad actually.
>>7582508
Supposedly they showed up at one point and a bunch of cops were surrounding them. I was still getting ready etc at that point tho so i missed it.
>>7583338
Supposedly the powers that be for fanime now are super into steampunk so the run that as a pet project
>>7583411
Yeah ponies seems to have become just a regular fandom. Fucking infinite AOT and Kill La Kill though.
>>7584000
Never forget liquor at fanime, the social aspect of that con is like half of its game
>>7584101
Oh damn I saw you in the artist alley. Was that mask a custom sculpt?
>>7584163
Diovolo who used to be very active here flew all the way out from China, he ended up winning the championship in the panel.

>>7584224
It's easy to be a douchebag when the people you're dealing with aren't worth ones pleasantries. But that nor this were either the case. Now run along and finish your homework,or you'll have summer school for sure!

>>7583338
>>7584248
Clockwork alchemy has been a thing for a while as far as I can recall.

>>7584248
Yup, I made both parts myself! It was actually a rush to get the muscles done for the con, I literally pulled the piece from the mold and painted it on Saturday. I had to use the teeth from my zombie makeup too instead of the custom joker teeth I wanted to make.

>>7584208
Looks like Yasuga no Sora, the twincest anime from a few years back, probably based on some other media though

>>7584265
Oh wow you did underneath too. Thats really cool.

>tfw you pass by people playing Gangnam Style on Just Dance and you use an app on your phone to turn off the TV

holy shit I don't even want to touch the hundreds of photos I took and process them
but people are expecting them

fuck

>Paid $20 bucks for a commission
>Artist says he's been busy during the con and couldn't get it done, but promises to email me Tuesday the picture
>It's Tuesday and there's no email

Man, I really hope I didn't get scammed at the Artist Alley. That would just really suck. Especially because a big part of the reason why I even asked that artist for a commission in the first place was because their booth was isolated and needed business.

>>7584367
Prob just lots of things piled up. In this business, a bad review or accusation would kill him and it's not like theyre in it for purely the money

>>7584372

I'm going to keep waiting until the end of the week. I trusted him though, I mean he has a blog/tumblr/artist website and everything so I doubt he'd just take the money and forget about the drawing.

Also, to be honest this commission was probably the most wanted thing I was hoping for at this Fanime.

Any pictures of cute lolitas walking around and from the fashion show panel?

>>7584376
Shoot em a friendly email about progress. fanime is exhausting.

>>7584372
>In this business, a bad review or accusation would kill him
Don't they usually just call you a shit head and have a group of whiteknight/fanfags back them up as the internet drama you incurred raise their popularity?

>>7584359

thats exactly how i feel, and that's why i just end up leaving them raw on a hard drive somewhere with a sticker that says "fanime '14" and i forget about them for about a year.

i'm not getting paid to give people free uploads and edits, fuck it, plenty of other people already got most of the con anyways.

i'm just too grumpy and tired to even start sorting them. ugh.

>anyone else manage to get any nipslips and accidental upskirts? i count 3 so far.

>>7584359
Just do what I do and don't bother processing them.

>>7584385

I would but I"m afraid of coming off as annoying. I think I'll wait at least one week, that should be enough. It's a shame though, because I relaly liked his art style

>>7584348
Thanks! Here's a pic of me and a friend.

>>7584397
MY HONOR DEMANDS PROCESSING TO THE NTH DEGREE FOR MAXIMUM GOODNESS

>>7584391
Would you kindly upload those ones?

>>7584391
I have to get through it so I can favorably shoot with them at AX

vicious cycle. "what's the next con you're going to?" "(con name here)" "oh, let's shoot again!" "sure!"

I only get a break with SDCC because almost no one going to anime cons is going to SDCC except for me

>>7584415
ugh, I want to go to AX So badly, but I'll be so out of money after my trip to the east coast in June. I wanted to go to SDCC too, but this trip came up. oh well, Family.

>>7584391
>>7584397

I don't understand, why bother taking pictures if you're not going to post them? Some of us work really hard on our cosplay and we can't exactly take pictures of ourselves, so we depend on photographers to take good pictures and post them online so we can see how well we did at the con. That's just how it was for years, but recently I have been finding less and less pictures available after a con, and it's frustrating that I can't have a decent set of pictures of my hard work almost anywhere!

You should feel bad for hoarding those pictures for yourselves. You're ruining the cosplay community.

>>7584424
sometimes I give out cards and no one contacts me

I have begun just taking facebook names and sending them directly

>>7584407

Wait, someone dressed up as that blue monstergirl succubus? Do you have more pics anon?

>>7584424

If you want pictures of yourselves so badly, schedule a photoshoot. I treat my pictures like vacation photos and toss them into a friends-only album. If I feel like it, I'll post them on /cgl/ as well. Beyond that, you're SOL if I'm the only one who took your picture.

>>7584441
that's astaroth from shinrabansho

i think they were posing Japanese ritual suicide.

>>7584447

I didn't know anyone dressed up as her. I'm disappointed I didn't see her at Fanime!

>>7584447
>>7584441
Thats it, not from monster girl quest, but Shinrabansho

>>7584424
>it's frustrating that I can't have a decent set of pictures of my hard work almost anywhere!

what a special fucking snowflake you are huh.

>>7584452
they were dressed up as them on Saturday and sunday, all day if I remember. I actually only ran into them a bit during the con, they're usually all over the place

Does anyone here play Risk of Rain? I was wondering of maybe cosplaying as the Commando next year. Would be cool if I knew how to make an armored space suit

>>7584453
Neat.

>>7584456
>not knowing what to fix or improve or any sort of feedback
I'm not asking for a one hour shoot, just one or two photos to see how I turned out

>>7584446
>>7584424
I'd second this
if you don't know any you can usually find the dedicated photographer types because we flock together in large groups. or we're carrying shitloads of gear (although some of us have begun gearing down on purpose because we've tired of it)

at the end of Fanime there was a dozen or two of us near the treeline hanging out and then we went and got food and hung out some more. we didn't start splitting til at least 5pm

now usually it's the photographers who ask cosplayers to shoot but I'm totally open to cosplayers approaching me and asking. hell, I even setup a blind shoot on /cgl/ of all places.

>>7584474
Do you have any more of them?

>>7584449
Looks more like they're rocking out

>>7583920
Very nice! Wish I did see her during the con, I think the costume looks pretty good.
>>7583391
Saw it in some random person's list of cosplay on the Fanime forums. I was hoping to run into them. Pretty sure they were doing Reki.

>>7584473

Fanime's hilariously filled with "pro" cosplay photographers. They're all using far more equipment than they need to and I can't imagine the poses are that interesting when the subjects are stuck in their portable studio against a wall.

Is it just because they're all engineers who can afford the camera and light setups?

I've done all my good shots by taking people elsewhere away from the con, and on the east coast I've only got minor competition from other photogs. Especially since in the Southeast they all seem to be creeps lol.

>>7584509
Fanime's actually great locationwise because there's a lot of options around. Some guys anchor their gear to the tree area and never move for the whole day and they are losing out. I usually go around between the various hotels, parks, church, and even down the river depending on if the cosplayer wants to walk. Even if you want to stay in the convention center you have some variety to work with. If you want pure volume then sticking to the walls is the smartest thing to do but I prefer lower volume with some different locations.

The tree area, convention center lobby, and outside front entrance are a decent gathering ground with which to find people to shoot and/or be shot by.

Now AX on the other hand sucks. Being stuck in the middle of metropolitan downtown in the heat does not make for good options. Even without the heat there isn't much to quickly walk to.

>>7583175
>>7583182
>>7583189
hahahahahaha

>>7584524
>even down the river depending on if the cosplayer wants to walk.
I'm still fucking salty about the hobo hut and the creek drying up.

>>7584542
And the hobo peeing into the creek?

>>7584524
okay, so this was my second time at fanime, wearing some great looking costumes, albeit from older series and not AOT/dangan ronpa/KLK. and i barely got asked for any photos (last year i just chalked this phenomenon up to my being new to the norcal scene). i hang out in front of the con center by the photogs, i'm not super mean-looking or ugly or something....so what gives? this was the case saturday and sunday in several different costumes. am i doing something wrong? (note: i have cosplayed mostly on the east coast, where you don't just approach a photog and say "let's do a shoot"....they approach you)

Does anyone have photos from Fanime Saturday of an Attack on Titan cosplaying couple (Colossal Titan & soldier)?

>>7584548
What costumes were you in?

>>7584486
>any more of them?
3 shots that seem the least shitty of the 7 pics i took of them

>>7584560

>>7584561

>>7584548
It's the same here. They usually approach, especially if it's first contact. If you've worked with them before and you liked the results then yeah, cosplayer might contact first. I don't think being new or not really matters here. Personally I don't even know 99% of the people I ask for shoots and grade solely on a "do I like what I see?" basis but maybe I'm an outlier.

What characters were you?

>>7584560
>>7584561
>>7584566
Thanks! I'm sure They'll love to see them!

>>7584548
Thirding 'what costumes were you in'. Really obscure cosplay/older stuff often doesn't get noticed - a guy in a (cheap) Payday costume and a guy cosplaying Inferno Cop told me they had very little attention.

Also, same rule applies here.

>>7584524
Apparently, the Japanese Friendship Garden is a really popular cosplay spot.

Also, do people really go to Japantown to continue after the con? I overheard it, but it might just be overexaggeration.

>>7584467
Played it. To be honest, you might not get any recognition, since the pixels are really undetailed.

>>7584547
ESPECIALLY THAT FUCKER

>>7584559
>>7584568
well last year i was wearing a scarlet claw costume with a giant wig (hard not to notice...pic related). this year the notable costumes were kendappa-ou (sat) and a giant red gown on sunday from rose of versailles. went through this at the norcal spring gathering too (dressed as relena peacecraft then).

both years i've been approached by one guy who's really nice (forgetting his handle right now), but not many others. just want to make sure i'm not missing something or putting off bad vibes or something.

>>7584385
>>7584399
Do the email once - I texted a woman I comissioned for a Bioshock cosplay, since I hadn't received a text, and it was thirty minutes to final closure on Monday. Be SUPER polite and supportive.

>>7584587
>a giant red gown on sunday from rose of versailles
Damn, really wish I would have seen that. I mistook somebody for an Oscar cosplayer at one point and got embarrassed.

>>7583932
Holy shit, I think this guy was at Big Wow.

>>7584587
going to be honest, I had to google half of your costumes and the ones I didn't was Relena Peacecraft because who didn't watch Gundam Wing and I only kind of know Rose of Versailles

>>7584594
so only mainstream/recent stuff gets shot? well that's disappointing...i'm not really into recent series.

>>7584600
The best advice to give you is to be social with others, interact and make friends. It's getting to know people that's the hardest part but once you do, you'll pretty much start knowing the entire west coast.

Also, post a selfie of your Versailles cos cause I heard about it from a few friends but didn't get to see it myself.

New thread: >>7584607

>>7584604
the social bit has been hard, as i'm located in an area without many cosplayers (salinas/monterey area) and i travel a lot for work, but i'm slowly getting a few friends in the CA community.

pic isn't from fanime, but it's the RoV dress.

>>7584600
It definitely doesn't hurt. Stuff that people know and people like will get shot no matter what part of the world you're in. Stuff that they don't know may not. Good craftsmanship has its place but it can only make up so much if it isn't known.

For your particular situation you might be best off going on the offensive since waiting isn't doing you any good. Get to know some of the photographers, ask them at the next convention.

>>7584587
The trick is to sit down and get comfortable and take off your shoes. I was sitting in the hilton lobby trying to recover from heat with my shoes off in a not so popular old school RPG costume and had three people come up to me for photos.

Also it sounds like you're used to being the big fish in a little pond before you moved here. Most cosplayers arrange their photoshoots well before fanime, so it can be hard to get camera time if you're just hoping for it at the con. Network a bit, get your name out there, and show appreciation for the people that shoot you, then photographers will pay more attention to you.

>>7584631
>big fish in a little pond
lol yeah not so much...most people didn't know who i was back east outside of my group of friends, but i did have cosplay friends who were into photo stuff, so i knew i could get a few pics even if no one else took any.

looks like i have some work to do to get my name out there on the west coast...i've tried to follow a few of the photogs on FB, but it's less clear out here who the main players are in the con scene.

>>7584637
you just need a solid photographer and not so much a main player. you'll see a lot of the same photographers over and over at events out here. pop summit, fanime, cherry blossom festival, ax, sakuracon, ala.

>>7584637
>it's less clear out here who the main players are in the con scene.
Now I'm wondering if you want to do this for cosfame or figuring out which photogs aren't shitty creepers.
I'm hoping it's the latter since there's a shitton of photogs that are good/decent/not-shit and they go to every con. After a few events you'll start to recognize them.

>>7584655
> figuring out which photogs aren't shitty creepers
this exactly. i have a real job that i love a lot and don't need/want cosfame or whatever. i only just made an FB page like 2 months ago to keep my costumes separate from my work life. i'm an oldfag, so i think the whole fame bit is overrated.

>>7584661
to elaborate, it's more "if i want to do a certain kind of shoot, who do i approach to get the kind of photos (scenic, closeup/detail, artistic, etc) i'm seeking.

>>7584661
>>7584664
Don't worry too much and make friends with others. The NorCal gatherings would be your best bet since they're not a con and it's a nice time to relax. Friendships go both ways though, and you need to take an interest in what other people are cosplaying from.

>>7584664
I like this viewpoint quite a bit. I like it enough to almost disregard my rule of only shooting things I like since unpreparedness is one of my petpeeves.
Sadly, the photogs who do have a certain style or look that you might want are some of the most jaded because of either their backlog, want to start taking it easier, or just don't want to do much due to the shitty drama that arose from all the cosfame in recent years.

>>7584684
hey, thanks for the advice....i've kind of been floundering since i moved out here and the scene is so different from what i'm used to that it's been a little bit of a struggle to adjust. i wish i could do more cons/events out here, but so many are in the summer when i'm usually out of the country for work. i've pretty much cut back to attending fanime and dragoncon at this point. anyhow, thanks for all the help and i'll keep what everyone's said in mind.

>>7584449
sudoku

that Gamagori cosplayer is a friend of my childhood buddy. As soon as they left for college, that guy became a total ass. Some people man.

>>7584269
thank you anon!
yeah, it does have a resemblance. Maybe it's like those Eva figurines dressed as race queens and stuff.

>>7584774
lol wow buttmad bait how rare

Hey did anyone get pictures of that Male bullet cosplay walking around on Friday? My friends told me about it but I couldn't find him. was it any good?

>>7583162
No, he ran usa musume. Wrong group

I went as Mai Valentine, Tango Evelynn, C.C. from code geass and Maid-Deadpool (for day 0)
I'm having a hard time finding pictures.

>>7585661
Were you with a Bandit Keith? I might have one of you, but I'd have to finish sorting through my photos.

>>7585848
yeah my cosplay partner was Bandit Keith, Shaco, and Tango TF.

>>7585911
You guys were so cool! It's just a quick snapshot I grabbed outside Johnny Rockets, but I'll try and dig it up later tonight.

>>7585955
Aw thank you very much.

>>7583932
>>7584591
I think hes a bay area local. hes always at the NorCal gatherings that happen here every season. and always as jack.

>>7584774
The Gamagori who changed into the crossplay Madoka was pretty chill to me. Talked to him like 3 times at the con.

bumb

can we get some Asuka cosplayers I know there were a bunch?

this was the Best con I've been to do far. I hope they keep this up.

>>7581957
Wow! really nice job here, looking spot on