Yesterday, I attended my first anime-related convention ever (pretty lame for someone who’s watched anime since she was a kid. Orz). I had the pleasure of meeting up with a few other fellow local anime bloggers for this event. A couple of my cousins came with me too. I think that’s what made it more fun than it could have been if I were by myself… Come to think of it, I don’t think I’d have attended if I were by myself. Heh. Anyway, I bought and got a few goodies out of the con.
Note that I merely had my camera phone on hand (my Canon IXUS got wrecked a few months back T_T) so the photos are kinda pathetic. ^^;;
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I’ve never seen a single episode of Sergeant Keroro but these stuffed toys looked so adorable! I would’ve bought the black one immediately if it were for sale. Unfortunately, it was just for display. 😦
I know it’s not classified as an anime, but I also liked watching Avatar: The Last Airbender and these cosplayers looked pretty cool.
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A solo shot of Miki!!!
She’s adorable. Miki is my next favorite to Temari. ^_^
I’m now very much tempted to buy a bunch of Shugo Chara keychains online to complete the set. My wallet would so hate me. xDDD
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Miki joins Nagi and Maria (with Buzz Lightyear and Nemo) on my bedroom wall.
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There were a whole bunch of other cosplayers too, but the photos we took are in my cousin’s digicam (I phail because I don’t have copies of it). The event was a nice experience. It was fun to try and guess the characters and which series they were from.^^
We were joking with each other that we should cosplay at least maybe even once in our lives. Lolz. I said I don’t think I have the guts to ever do it, unless maybe if I were in a foreign land where no one would recognize me ;P. But if I ever did cosplay (which is highly unlikely), I’d probably pick to cosplay a character with a simple and less complicated costume, like maybe Kirihara Misaki from Darker than Black (I just need a corporate pantsuit, which I have several of, and a handgun) or Sora from Natsu no Sora (just a white sundress and a hairclip). Haha, I know, I know… part of the fun of cosplaying is wearing the cool outfit. I guess cosplaying just isn’t my thing. xD
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PS: More cosplay pics can be found in biankita’s post and usagijen’s post.
“I don’t think I have the guts to ever do it, unless maybe if I were in a foreign land where no one would recognize me ;P.”
>> Lol same here 🙂
And Otakuzine… I almost have every issue of it ^_^
;A; i didn’t see that geass gashapon machine until after toy kingdom started packing up. at least i hope it’s toy kingdom so i can infiltrate their store to get something to celebrate the fabulousness.
since majority of my con friends are in the inner circles of the cosplay circuit here in manila, they have been getting me to cosplay since waaaaay before. 8 years (including my otaku life hiatus) and still counting. but to promote the business as a staple in cons, i may end up having to ;A;
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And now we’re not lame because we’ve attended at least one con! haha.
Glad you liked Miki! I kinda saw your twit about it and decided to give her to you XD
I might just cosplay if I get a cosplay buddy or something… it’ll be nice to cosplay a character whose outfit isn’t too flashy, cool-looking, but not something too grand and hopefully something I can still use outside the con @_@;
I’ll see to it that I publish my post about Anicon this week, I prioritized Skip Beat first lol.
@ kanzeon: Cool. I somehow picture your Otakuzines neatly organized in a bookshelf.^^
@ biankita: Aww, I hope they still have it too so you could have a mini-faaabulous lulu.
@ usagijen: Haha, yeah! Feeling lame no more are we. xD
It’s great to have met you guys there. 🙂
would I get to have the honor of seeing you doing cosplay next week, then? 😛
😉
@hazy & usagijen: why would you guys consider yourselves lame for never going to a con before??? O_O
Hey! if you are going to cosplay Kirihara, wear the quipao.. and then marry me lol. ^^
Is it just me or I just didn’t know that the bishie goddess from scrumptious is actually Filipino; biankita is also one; and also you hazy?!?! By the way, I am. But I didn’t attended that one because it’s pretty far from my place and I have lots of tedious assignments.
@ kaeboo: It was great to meet you too! Haha, no cosplaying for me. I’m a really shy person by nature. ^^
@ biankita: I guess it’s just the silly nagging feeling when you know you’ve never been to one but have secretly been wanting to… or something like that… xD
@ bebop: LOL, I actually have a qipao but I don’t think I’d do Kirihara any justice if I ever wear that and go as her character. She looked awesome in that episode! I also think they’d mistake me for Chun-Li from Streetfighter instead. xDD
@ jitensha: Yep, we’re all Filipinos too.^^
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Haha I has all the issues found on that pic. Well almost. XD
@ Kairu Ishimaru: Cool. I wasn’t sure which issue to buy… so I ended up buying none. ^^;
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.I WANT MIKI. I WISH I COULD GO 2 ANICON.*SIGH* u oh so Luckiii… dont dey have ikuto der??ehehehe. and. wer was it heLd??
@ maii: It was held in Manila. The Miki trinket was a gift from Japan, from a friend.
drool!
i need to get those….
am so jealous !
where ccan i buy many otakuzine of diiferent issues..??
tnx..^_^
where can i buy those otakuzines???
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!!!!!!i wish i can go there 2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hello, great post. I stumbled upon this blog, but I will definitely come here again. Have a great day.
where can i buy the whole set of otakuzines?
tnxs..
@ ajay, ammy & sapphire: Lots of Otakuzine back issues are usually on sale during cons. There’s an upcoming event by Otakuzine this April 2010, so I’m sure they have several issues available there. You might wanna check it out. Here’s a link to their site.
hey. there are so many otakuzine mags there. what store is that.?