/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

[Anonymous No.10078811]

This year seemed a lot better for cosplay then last years ALA, maybe even better than AX 2018 so let's begin:

>Best cosplay's you saw
>Worst cosplay's you saw
(Provide pic's if you got 'em)

[Anonymous No.10078820]

>>10078811
Drumpf

[Anonymous No.10078963]

>>10078811
I can second this. A pretty good chunk of congoers cosplayed, considering it rained on saturday, that's pretty impressive.

Also AX 2018 was shit cosplaywise.

[Anonymous No.10079017]

>good cosplay
Saw some really good berserker cosplays from Fate series.
>bad cosplay
Toga from my hero is the new Harley Quinn cosplay

[Anonymous No.10079020]

>>10079017
>Toga from my hero is the new Harley Quinn cosplay

Just start calling them "Popuko" instead

[Anonymous No.10079977]

I heard this con was...on fire!

YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Anonymous No.10079988]

There was a cute Violet Evergarden, but she was always walking like she was in a rush so I could never ask for her photo...

This guy tho... im biased to armor cosplays

ALA definitely has a higher average bar.
But I think that's thanks to how ALA is like wondercon where people go cause they want to, and not like AX or SDCC where people go just because of the name...

Also cheaper + closer hotels, colder time of year, more people are willing to wear more than 1 cosplay and for longer.

[futaba-anon No.10080068]

>>10078811
>Best cosplays
This one Dabi I saw was really hot
Kaiba cosplayer at CWF was also literally perfect, from hair, to face, to cosplay, to body proportions etc.

>Worst cosplays
A few overweight All Might's with bad hair
Hairy, overweight Kamina
In general, people that try to use their natural hair for cosplays and it almost never works

Most of the cosplays actually ranged from decent to great. Like >>10079988 said, there certainly is a high bar, especially compared to the shit people pull at AX.

[Anonymous No.10080276]

Had fun htis year

[Anonymous No.10080325]

>>10080276
saw you guys around, preddy gud

[Anonymous No.10080390]

>>10080276
I wish I could join you guys again but Ubisoft killed Siege for me

[Anonymous No.10080429]

>>10078811
>mostly didn't cosplay this year
>overall quality of cosplays at the con increases

[Anonymous No.10080456]

How was the escape room?

[Anonymous No.10080519]

>>10080390
Do it. It's my only cosplay, but I think it's pretty easy since most of the stuff, you can just buy.
Even if you don't like the game any more, you still enjoyed it at some point.
Oh fuck, I forgot. They had v 1.0 at the e-gaming center. 4 of us went and played it. Shit was so weird. Thermite with grenades, GSG9 with ACOGs, all red and no banan on Glaz, and couldn't see inside from out or visa versa

[Anonymous No.10080577]

>>10080519
Give jaegar his acog back

[Anonymous No.10080694]

Who say people sticking dollar bills into the bras of the girls dancing at the cosplay deviants party?

[Anonymous No.10080695]

>>10080694
*saw

[Anonymous No.10080752]

>>10080519
gf and I cosplayed Bandit and IQ but all the changes left sour tastes in our mouths and we don't feel like repping Ubishit

[Anonymous No.10080777]

>>10080694
It happened, even saw one dumbass flub his bill and have to bend down to pick off the ground as the chick just kneeled there waiting

[Anonymous No.10080790]

>>10080429
Thank you for your sacrifice.

[Anonymous No.10080866]

>>10080694
Is this a faux pas?

[Anonymous No.10081437]

>>10080866
I would've done it if I didn't have to travel a sea of sweat and BO to get to the front with the girls

[Anonymous No.10081480]

>>10080694
>>10080866

[Anonymous No.10081488]

>>10081480
Most of those chicks looked like reject strippers.

[Anonymous No.10081497]

>>10081488
Most of them yeah, but some towards the end that were pretty hot. but i was also sorta drunk

[Anonymous No.10081508]

>>10081480
For what purpose

[Anonymous No.10081573]

>he stayed at the Gateway "breaking and entering" Hotel
>he stayed at the Azure "car explosion" Hotel
>he stayed at the Folk "also affected by explosion" Inn

damn it feels good to be Double Tree master race

[Anonymous No.10081596]

>Participated in 3 gatherings
>All three had a pathetic amount of people compared to previous years
>Meanwhile saw a number of people cosplaying from the series of said gatherings around the con who didn't go
Guess I'm not gonna bother with gatherings anymore.

[Anonymous No.10081639]

>>10081596
gatherings have always been terrible wastes of time

[Anonymous No.10081645]

>>10081573
Did Azure have a free breakfast every morning, hence saving you tons of money on food for that $200+ figure of that waifu of yours?

[Anonymous No.10081652]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NoDEu7kpg ALA OP theme

[futaba-anon No.10081655]

>>10081652
too soon

[Anonymous No.10081656]

>>10081645
>tfw no free breakfast
>spent ~$12 cumulatively on breakfast over the course of the 3 mornings
>spent only $30 on a bunch of merch

mfw

[Anonymous No.10081695]

There's been a real lack of ALA cosplay. I'm here to remedy this with photos that I didn't bother to resize.

[Anonymous No.10081698]

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[Anonymous No.10081734]

>>10081488
They dance like 'em too

[Anonymous No.10081736]

>>10081732
That's all I have.

Gallery here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/98614170@N04/albums/72157675657667557

[Anonymous No.10081744]

>>10081711
How is she making a :3 face with her lips like that

[Anonymous No.10081746]

>>10081744
Superior 日本人 genes.

[Anonymous No.10081747]

>>10081736
Great photos, dude. Pretty impressive still shots for hall pics

[Anonymous No.10081767]

>>10081573
Fuck that. Quality Inn was top tier. Nothing beats walking distance Denny's.

[Anonymous No.10081770]

>>10081767
Denny's is a 5 min walk from literally every hotel other than gateway iirc

[Anonymous No.10081771]

>>10080694
Anon who was at the front, did it a couple times.

Were we not supposed to? The girls on stage were all for it.

[Anonymous No.10081774]

Please forgive my shitty picture. Best cosplay I saw.

[Anonymous No.10081776]

>>10081774
Boomer Juice Maid?

[Anonymous No.10081781]

>>10081776
Yeah. I was hoping she would be an official monster girl for free sips.

[Anonymous No.10081825]

>>10081767
Our toilet coughed 3 times and the beds were ass...but I'm not going to legitimately complain

[Anonymous No.10081827]

>>10081825
>Coughed
Clogged*

[Anonymous No.10081899]

>>10081827
I'd be really worried if my toilet started coughing

[Anonymous No.10081937]

>>10081712
>A cute dark-skinned Kuro cosplayer

ALA 2019 redeemed.

[Anonymous No.10082060]

>>10081899
It's when a bubble comes up and the shot matter splashes up and kisses your chocolate starfish

[Anonymous No.10082114]

>>10082060
I thought that was Poseidon's kiss

[Anonymous No.10082190]

>Sneedposting irl

[Anonymous No.10082217]

>>10082190
Cringe.

[Anonymous No.10082263]

>>10082114
isn't that when you drop a duece and the water splashes up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XNDM4eAn1U

[Anonymous No.10082397]

>>10081732
holy gums batman

[Anonymous No.10082409]

>>10078811
How good was it? As I am thinking of going to ALA in 2020 and skipping AX this year.
I been to AX for the last 2 years and loved it. This year I would go by myself. Feeling it will be a disappointment.

[Anonymous No.10082413]

>>10082409
Been to 11 AXs, this was my first ALA. I'd take AX over ALA if I had to make a choice.

[Anonymous No.10082420]

>>10082409
>>10082413
Oh come on, ALA is basically party con. It is essentially a smaller FanimeCon (though at the rate its growing, it should be pretty close soon). Anime Expo is anime and Japanese gaming industry con.

They serve very very different markets and have different goals.

[Anonymous No.10082423]

>>10082409
AX if you want high quality cosplay, and a shit load of vendors
ALA if you just want a smaller con to drink and party at

[Anonymous No.10082428]

>>10082420
>ALA is basically party con

I repeat, I'd take AX over ALA any day.

[Anonymous No.10082432]

>>10082428
Really just depends what you are going for, I've stopped going to AX just due to the sheer size, fucking time getting around, vendors completely charging far to much for shit I've seen in japan or at other cons already, and lines out the ass for any panel

[Anonymous No.10082460]

>>10082428
By all means, please keeping going to AX.

I like smaller cons like ALA. O'd prefer they stayed smaller and more like social events.

[Anonymous No.10082489]

>>10082409
If you're interested in anime and video games go to Anime Expo.

If you want to try your luck at getting a chance to finger bang a fat chick in a Miku wig go to Anime Los Angeles.

[Anonymous No.10082509]

I would like to go anime expo but I'm not in the US but UK

[Anonymous No.10082515]

>>10082409
They are two completely different cons, I wouldn't even compare AX to anything other than Fanime really.

AX is great but the major gripes I have with it is
>hotels are expensive shit, virtually impossible if going solo to not spend 500+ if doing solo for the weekend
>badges are expensive even 6+ months out
>LA traffic is a bore
>Lines for virtually anything and everything
>sea of people in the vendor hall making getting around shit
>sea of people getting around the main area
>people who have been pushed and shoved all day are not even remotely personable by the end of the day
>getting food is fucking a chore unless you uber or are okay with street "food"
>any hotel you book with the con is going to be 15 or so minutes out to get back and forth minimum
>broad spectrum of people means panels are often very broad in topic but not even deep into anything due to time
>I really don't care to see half the cosplay being whatever the last popular anime was, so probably more BnHA again

Really isn't just an AX thing, happens to just big cons which is why I always try to go for smaller cons. Went with a few people who's this was the smallest con they've been to and were surprised they could walk around without squeezing past people, vendors would do small talk, and when sitting down somewhere chit chat wasn't like pulling teeth. ALA has it's fair share of problems but i'd take all that over the shit I've dealt with at major cons that make me just annoyed most the time.

[Anonymous No.10082560]

>>10082509
Then why are you here? What can you contribute to the conversation?

[Anonymous No.10082630]

Other than being a really lonely Cinnabar on Saturday night and not introducing myself to the Archer at the Fate gathering I found extremely attractive, ALA was a nice return to the con scene. Met a lot of new people too.

[Anonymous No.10082640]

>>10082515
I miss the simpler days too.

[Anonymous No.10082646]

>>10082515
wow is this your first con?

[Anonymous No.10082650]

>>10082646
Not that anon, but from how they worded it, no, it looks like they are a convention going vet who just doesn't like what AX has become (like myself) and I personally HATE/LOATHE the LACC surrounding area. For people who do cosplay changes midday, or need to use their hotels as a rest area throughout the day, LACC area is very un-comfy and stressful to get around, not to mention spread out and pricey on top of that.

Also personal gripe, but due to the attendance size of AX, it feels like an amusement park crowd and not a social/community crowd, which is exactly opposite of what I want out of a convention.

For those who love giant industry conventions, all the more power to ya for liking AX. But I know what I want out a convention, and AX no longer can provide it due to their large size.

[Anonymous No.10082653]

>>10082646
No, actually I've been from a huge amount of cons everything from comiket, to fanime, to ax, to PAX, to even small 1500 user cons; too many to name. I just really find myself going for the 5k-12k user cons since generally they aren't a fucking flood of people to the point of just being there to be there. I'd much rather do smaller cons where I can chill with some people who don't feel like if they don't make it into a 300 person line and hour before the panel they lose the reason they are going.

I point out AX because anon asked about it and because of where AX is located and the crowd it pulls in. It really just takes a lot out of me to go to LA, get the hotel + find people to room with, make sure all check in okay/pay, go to and from the con, and then just remain in a flood of people with little to no interaction aside from "nice cosplay" or "can I get a picture... uhh let's find a place open lol". There just is a lot of value in it for me going to a mildly less clusterfuck to enjoy times talking and interacting with people than what big names provide unless before hand you know a group to follow/meet with.

[Anonymous No.10082657]

>>10082650
Yeah pretty much, actually have found myself liking ACEN, AWA, Sakuracon, and a few like ALA to go to. Hotels usually never have a 15 minute wait to use them, if I want to uber back to an offsite hotel it is possible, most centers have more reasonably priced hotels around them, and more space in general.

Also I know I am missing out on some ultra big name shit, oh no I can catch it later or something but I'm never that big a person on that shit. Just way more fun to walk around with people take my time, hit up a few good panels that generally have a relaxed crowd, and what not. I have found it way more enjoyable than the race around to do shit and put up with shit at AX compared to other slightly smaller conventions.

[Anonymous No.10082660]

Anyone experienced with AX. How's the post-con day entertainment look like? After parties? Nearby bars? Restaurants? Please share your experiences.

[Anonymous No.10082663]

>>10082660
There is a lot to do. It's in downtown. A whole bunch of restaurants. Little Tokyo is nearby too.

Party at the westin pool deck. Etc

[Anonymous No.10082666]

>>10082660
>How's the post-con day entertainment look like?
AX goes far into the night but for conversation sake let's just say 8PM/sundown. It looks okay if you know the groups to be with/in. Bars are expensive shit so many people only go to hotel parties.
>After parties?
If you haven't planned your own party with people in your room to one of the main hotels near the con, eh enjoy trying to get lucky into one(hotel common areas like the pool usually card entrance so you need to be staying there). Most people paid a shit load for their hotel rooms, so unless you do know people and got accepted in. It will be nothing like ALA where you can just walk around or mingle in the lobby to go back and drink in a room.
>Restaurants?
All are fucking packed because 1) LA has a fuck load of people downtown already 2) the con floods them 3) very expensive usually unless you go a bit aways from the con, thus needing money and time.
>Please share your experiences.

I liked AX maybe the first time or two but quickly realized what it was after the "star struckness" of it all wore off. There are great idol shows(usually extra fee), guests from japan, top tier voice actors, cosplay to be seen, and merch to be had. However this all comes at a price, if it's not your wallet for an even/merch then it's your time getting into a panel, and if it's not that it's pure luck you make it to finding party/cosplay thing. It's worth it if you really just want to see a huge con and lots and lots of varied things, if you're going for a good amount of substance that can be debatable.

[Anonymous No.10082697]

>>10082666
>Bars are expensive shit
Absolutely, but I think there's some cool bars to go experience after a little pregaming. Places fit for a bar crawl.

[Anonymous No.10082837]

>>10082409
If you like AX, you’ll be disappointed with ALA

[Anonymous No.10082899]

>>10082666
AX is pretty much a bucket list con

[Anonymous No.10082959]

>>10082837
ALA is a good con to make friends in before AX, ALA is a good con to test out cosplay you will fix up and improve for AX.

ALA is by no means a replacement for AX, I know many attendees who went from AX to ALA and they said the con is "boring." The ones who never adopted the small con mindset stopped going to ALA, the ones who loves the small con mindset made ALA their main con.

[Anonymous No.10083045]

>>10082697
>Places fit for a bar crawl.
Sadly most all the bars are stupidly packed, so hopping around is really hard

[Anonymous No.10083053]

>>10082663
long as there's no fireworks

[Anonymous No.10083069]

>>10082653
Also the panels at AX only care about industry. CWF is surprisingly popular and they fill their room up with people to the point viewers are turned away. This has been happening for years bit AX still keeps them in the tiny room

[Anonymous No.10083153]

>>10082660
Seconding a lot that >>10082666 said. I'm usually wearing cosplays during the daytime, so that takes too much out of me to party aside from drinking and hanging out in a room at night. Even as someone who usually had 1-2 meals a day planned out beforehand and wouldn't go out to eat unless it was with a group of people (for socializing's sake), AX last year still cost as much as my next two most expensive cons combined (Fanime and Sakuracon -- where we drove instead of flying, so that saved some money but was a hellhole on time and exhaustion).
The big culprits, ranked in order:
>hotels in downtown LA
>Lyfting daily or parking on-site
>going out to eat or drink

Keeping an eye on your budget during AX is manageable, if you're with other reasonable adults who know to plan ahead of time and take roles in bringing room food/drinks. Daily Lyfts ended up being over $100 for the weekend, so make sure you're with people who aren't flakes on sharing group expenses.

>assessment of the con as a whole
It's way overblown, easily the anime version of SDCC but with worse crowd and panel management. Go if you want to see a weekend-long spectacle that feels like a miniature city in itself. I dislike it but continue to go because it's a big gathering point for a lot of cross-country friends. Artist's alley is a health hazard in the stuffy, narrow-aisle parking garage that it's been banished to. Dealer's hall is massive, so if you want to look at a bunch of merch in a sweaty room (with better ventilation, at least), that's a way to spend an afternoon. The panel system was moronic last year -- all panelgoers had to stand outdoors in 100F heat because the hallways are now too congested for lining up. The cosplay scene is always impressive, but since AX happens in July in California, you need to prepare yourself for the heat (bring a water bottle - I saw an idiotic number of wanderers last year who were dependent on other people or serendipitous fountains for hydration).

[Anonymous No.10083173]

For comparison, I can do Sakura con AND ala for the price of just AX when you add up all the fees in shit. Note I do a private room for sakura con in a hostel but it's 60/night, stayed in it before and like it small walk to the con.

AX is pretty fucking hard to do solo, ALA? not so much the motel 6 had rooms for 70 bucks a night the econo lodge 60 if you booked a few months out. You will be in a rat nest for AX if you try that shit in LA for anything remotely close to the con.

[Anonymous No.10083200]

>>10083153
Looks like I'll have to bring more than two and carry people out of danger. Good opportunity to make friends, by saving their lives.

[Anonymous No.10083203]

>>10082660
AX for me is a big vacation, I'm flying over from Europe to attend it for both work and pleasure. I'm not too worried about hotel costs even if they're going to be pretty high. I wonder what the prospects of actually meeting new people are in such crowds of dehydrated madness.

[Anonymous No.10083525]

>>10083203
I've found it harder to meet people at AX, due much to the
>crowds of dehydrated madness
It's such a big con - everyone has one eye out for the next best thing, so making connections can be harder if you don't have a set group that you're already meeting up with.
Comparatively smaller cons like ALA or Fanime (within California) have been better for meeting new people and actually making lasting connections. At last year's ALA, I had the chance to hang out with at least a dozen new people that I'm still in contact with. For comparison, I only really had a genuine conversation with one new person at last year's AX, whose contact information later vanished into the depths of my luggage.

[Anonymous No.10083909]

>>10083203
meeting people at AX is astoundingly hard even though it is a huge number of people.You have to understand that
>a large majority of people are in a hurry to get from A->B
>many people are having pictures taken or want to get pictures
>tired from the day or night before and don't want to talk
and so on.

If you are out of cosplay meeting people is also fairly difficult outside lounge 21 or whatever they call it. There is very little stopping room in the con itself, if someone is stopped it's usually a line for something. Guess by the doors a lot of people stand so there is that, you can also stand outside in the heat if you really want to for some stupid reason.I hope you have fun and a good time but keep in mind it's probably not what you're expecting it to be in terms of anime shit and chill. You have to actively work for finding those niche spots. It's actually surprising but I've actively had harder times making friends at ultra big conventions than the small ones, which is funny since you think way more people you'd have more chances.

[Anonymous No.10084026]

>>10081774
>tfw know who this is
she makes some pretty nice kigurumis
/shill

[Anonymous No.10084137]

>>10083203
It's hard to meet people during the con unless you cosplay and go to gatherings really. You may also meet people while hanging out if they're in a costume from the same series or something but that's really the only way I've met people.
You can try joining discord/facebook groups before the con and making connections so you have some way to contact people after but it can be hard to meet people otherwise in my experience.

[Anonymous No.10084529]

>>10078811
>no mention of the fire

Weird

Anyway my favorite thing was momokun on the ala Facebook asking if there were charities she could donate to.

There were a LOT of posts that she claimed not to see about gofundme’s but you know chubs. Gotta show off that she’s caring after being isolated so hard.

[Anonymous No.10084917]

>>10084529
Fire was mentioned last thread.

>>10083525
>>10083909
I miss the days when I was able to hold conversations with complete strangers.

[Anonymous No.10085347]

>>10083069
Wrestler here, we've been trying to get a bigger room at AX for a while. It's starting to piss us off.

[Anonymous No.10085666]

>>10085347
>wrestler here
which one?

[Anonymous No.10088437]

> This lack of pictures
I got a bunch that needs some processing, does anyone have specific requests?

[futaba-anon No.10088698]

>>10088437
good burger guy
KDA
anything else that's cool

[Anonymous No.10089058]

>>10088437
all of it

[Anonymous No.10089078]

>>10088698
I saw him but couldn't get him. :/

[Anonymous No.10089242]

>>10088437
Some of Kars cosplayer fro JoJos Bizarre adventure please.

[Anonymous No.10089724]

>>10088437
You catch any of the DnD folks ?

[Anonymous No.10092070]

>>10082660
People call ALA and Fanime party cons, but there are plenty of freaks and parties at AX. There is a dance every night, bars and parties nightly, in hotels or out of them. it's LA night life, even without the con you have a lot to do.
Whoever says AX isn't a party con is a fucking loser

[Anonymous No.10092347]

>>10092070
They don't call it a party con, because it's the biggest anime con in the u.s, yeah there are parties, but that's not the biggest attraction. People dont generally go to AX for the parties.

[Anonymous No.10093074]

>>10081728
$18 for poke?!!

[Anonymous No.10097035]

Pic not mine, can't believe I missed this awesome Ann though.

>>10093074
Yeah, tell me about it. Don't know why anybody bothers with food truck food with prices like that.