AFA09 Cosplay Picks
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Cosplay of Yesteryear: Otakon 2000
From my AFA08 experience, it seems that Singaporean attendees didn't just like to take pictures of cosplayers but with them too. I certainly don't recall that being prevalent when I attended ComiKet 72. I also dug out an old photo album of my visit to Otakon 2000 to see if attendees of that Baltimore, MA convention also had a 'with' predilection; ended up scanning a few to share with my readers. In the ancient year of 2000, SNK/CAPCOM game charas were all the rage. The biggest anime were Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon...
Anime Festival Asia ‘08 Day Two
Day Two purchase, again from Collateral Damage Studios, were a set of prints depicting Lutecia, Subaru, Teana, Erio and Caro, Vivio in child and adult forms which had run out by the time I got to their booth yesterday. Pity they didn't do a set for the Yagami family though.
Anime Festival Asia '08 Day One
I was there. My only purchases - a set of Collateral Damage Studios works: three beautiful Nanoha prints (art by Xeph and Mycstea) and a hilarous Burning Arisa doujin (art by WaHa) for SGD 45.
Too tired to do a proper write-up. Just brief notes.
ComiKet 72 Day Two
Due to lack of luggage space, I only bought another Saber plushie. Spent the rest of my time there at the cosplay area. First off, nominees for the Sailor Bubba award. One guy doing Suigintou and another Teana Lanster. Great costumes, great attitude!
Her Master's Card
Time to start exploiting the Tokyo trip for posting fodder. This here is the Akihabara branch of an "adults' convenience store" - seven floors of adult toys and costumes. And their staff dress up in their own wares - gothic lolita, french maid, school girl sailor fuku etc etc. Except that the staff are all *male*. And the management seems to encourage them to have stubble and not shave their limbs. You know, so that no one will actually mistake them as a cosplaying member of the fairer sex?
Speaking of the fairer sex, there are actually gurls who go shopping there too. This is evidenced by the polaroids on the walls, above the costumes (one floor was just for costumes inspired by anime, sorted and tagged by series and character), of these ladies trying on the various costumes. In some of the racier photos, the ladies have their identities hidden by either placing a hand across their eyes or having a black bar drawn across so. Obviously, no photography is allowed in the shop.
Here's a poorly scanned scan of their card. And yes, they have a website. I wonder if our own local cosplayers have bought or used any of sm's wares of which the quality varies tremendously as I suspect that different animes licence out the rights to different types of manufacturers. Naturally custom made and probably hand made in Japan costumes (e.g. KISS) will command ridiculously high prices (just like Japan-made figurines, model kits and DVDs) but quality is reputed to be so good that they are apparently very comfortable to wear and actually make the wearer look good.
Well, the advantage of beautiful people is that they look good no matter what they wear (or don't wear, heh heh) - it's just a matter of how much better they look when they wear this or that. And whether they'll actually wear it:
- Hand Maid May costume - JPY 9,800
- Mahoromatic Automatic Maiden costume - JPY 12,500
- Hisui/Kohaku costume - JPY 15,000 ea
- Pretty girlfriend who enjoys cosplay - Priceless
There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Gosyuginsama (i.e. Master) Card. - Zyl
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