Sunday, June 28, 2009

AX within the week!


Well, it's finally here for this year. I'll have 2 1/2 days of work then the rest of the week will be all the Anime Expo '09. It's already here yet I still feel I got a lot to do to prep up for it: make a list of things to get, look at the schedule to see what panels I would like to attend, sort out my cosplaying scavenger hunt list (updated below), look up if there are any exclusives...

All in all I think this one will be another fun year about the one thing that I love.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

K-on!

This song is awesome! It's up there for me along with "God Knows..." from Haruhi! I just gotta share this if you haven't seen it yet!



(go to it's youtube location and watch it in HD!)

AX 2009 Countdown: 13 days and counting...

(Just wanted to post this image of my newest favorite anime character: Mio!!!!)

Yep, I guess I can consider myself a somewhat veteran of the Anime Expo conventions. This upcoming one being my 6th one to go to and I've moved up to going all 4 days ever since the awesome, yet horrible, one in 2007 with the whole Haruhi hype. I'd like to dive further into that but I know I'd just go on and on about it. I'll save it for another post.

Anyways, I've come up with an idea last year during my attendance at AX 08. Prior to going, I made up a list listing all the possible uncommon cosplaying outfits I may run into, and made it a kind of scavenger hunt. Here's an example: Finding an Ikkaku cosplayer from Bleach is easy, finding an Ikkaku cosplayer in Bankai form is a challenge (there was one last year btw). or finding a Bridget cosplayer from Guilty gear that is actually a guy but looks like a girl (which is the case in the game.) Get the idea? Pre-AX I was thinking that I wouldn't find a lot on the list but afterwards I was suprised to mark off more than half that I had on the list!

This is getting lengthy again so I'll get to the point. I'm doing the list again this year and I'm gonna share what I got so far. Of those who do view my blog right now I invite you to include any you think would be good. Here's my list so far along as what series it's from:

- Gundam (Any)
-Unicorn Gundam (Unicorn Gundam)
- Akatsuki (Gundam Seed Destiny)/Hyaku Shiki (Gundam Zeta)
-Rei or Asuka in a plug suit (Evangelion)
-Someone in a cardboard box passing as a robot (Any)
-Yotsuba (Yotsuba to)
-Lucky Star character group (Lucky Star) -but minus Miyuki
-Gurren Lagann (TT Gurren Lagann) -and it was an amazing suit at that!!
- Any other Ganmen (TT Gurren Lagann)
-Samus, Suited or Zero-suit (Metroid) -ran into both versions
-Any Star Wars Character (Star Wars)
- Samurai Stormtrooper
-Multi-man cosplaying outfit (takes more than one person to "operate" the outfit) (Any)
-Man-Faye (an old AX classic) (Cowboy Bebop)
-A video game character playing the video game (Bonus: if he/she is using the same character in the game) (Any)
-A Hentai Series/game character (Any)
-Astroboy (Astroboy)
-A Chocolate Coronet (Lucky Star(sort of))
-Exelica (Triggerheart Excelica)
-Bridget that's a guy but looks like a girl (Guilty Gear)
-Kamina, Yoko, Simon group (TT Gurren Lagann)
-Odinsphere character (Odinsphere)
-Haruhi Suzumiya in Playstation 2 game outfit (Haruhi)
-Saber Lily (Fate/Unlimited Codes)
- Bonus: if the Haruhi and Saber cosplayers are together
-Ultraman (Any ultraman) (Ultraman)
-Master Chief, and a good quality outfit at that (Halo series)
-ODST (Halo 3:ODST)
-Ikkaku in Bankai Form (Bleach)
-Soi Fon in Bankai Form (Bleach)
-Ichigo in "Super-Hollow" form (Bleach)
-Ulquiorra in "Full released" form (Bleach)
-All 6 Pains along with Nagato and Konan (Naruto)
-Any Eva Unit (Evangelion)
-World of Warcraft character (World of Warcraft)
- Illidan (World of Warcraft)
- Lich King (World of Warcraft)
-Hagumi with Leaf (Honey and Clover)
-Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
-Strider Hiryu (Strider)
-"Single sheet" cosplayer (someone dressed normally with a sheet of paper or something saying he/she's something) (any)
-Bunny outfit Haruhi Group (Haruhi)
-K-on! Group (K-on!) -minus Ritsu
- Mio with a real looking guitar (Bonus: if the guitar is a left handed bass) (K-on!) -well close to a real looking guitar. the pegs were on for a left handed bass
- Tsumugi with a keyboard guitar (K-on!)
-Drossel (Fireball)
-Persona, any (Persona 3 or 4)
- Izanagi (Persona 4)
-Kimidori Emiri (Haruhi)
-Adult Mikuru (Haruhi)
-A big E-Honda (Street Fighter)
-Zangeif (Street Fighter)
-Transformer, any (Transf0rmer)
-Yoko with downed hair and modified rifle (TT Gurren Lagann Movie)
-Saber Alter (Fate/Stay Night)
-Mari (Bonus: if in plugsuit) (Evangelion: You Can Not Advance Movie)
-Mariya Shidou (Bonus: if actually a guy but looks like a girl) (Maria+Holic)
-Saber with metal armor (no cheap foil looking crap) (Fate/Stay Night)

Whew, that's what I got so far. I will be adding more as AX comes closer.

EDIT: 6/28 Added some more/ 7/2-7/4 changed found costumes in Bold and added more ideas

Sunday, June 14, 2009

The 1/1 Odaiba Gundam

I'm a bit late on this great masterpiece of a 1/1 RX-78 Gundam. If you already been visiting Danny Choo's site the articles are spread all over the place about its construction and operation. I honestly have just been glimpsing through the articles to see the images, and they are awesome!

I took this image from one of the DC articles (so I don't claim any ownership over it) since I haven't been to Japan at all yet. and sad to hear that it may go down in August (T_T). At this point they got the head moving left and right, lights on during the night and sound effects remembered from the series. cool stuff!