Finally, I get to the last part of my coverage. This very last post on the event will cover only those that I seriously found good in relation to the standards that were available on the second day, and I know my expectations are perhaps rather puny. Besides I am not that good a connoisseur of fine cosplay, I would be better called a connoisseur of...damn, I cannot think of anything.So anyway, here is Part 5. For the previous four parts, follow these links - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. For the aggregate post of day 1's coverage with all the links for day 1, click on this link, and for my full day 2 album, go here. I hereby proclaim this to be a picture-intensive post.Let us all begin with the one of the first few cosplayers I met and that blew me away almost instantly - the protagonist of Final Fantasy Versus XIII! Picture spam coming up.This was a really nice cosplay, and of course, I recognized the female cosplayer (yes female) immediately. For comparison, look at this picture of her from day 1. She is pretty cute...but unfortunately for her both her roles seem to be the non-smiling type. Somehow I want to see her smile, think her face would be fitting with a smile.In any case the sword's detail was amazing, as someone mentioned. She was also followed by hordes of photographers and probably a group of them were her personal professional photographers wanting to do a photoshoot of this particular cosplay for her. The last picture was taken a long time after the first few, and a few more of her are in my album. As to being close to the actual character in FF VS 13, well I have hardly seen pictures, but I can say that the ones I did see do seem to be close. And no, I am not play VS 13, I am not interested in KH style.And an ultra unjust picture for the poor cosplayer below.I know, I should not be smiling. Then it might actually make this picture salvagable.Next up is someone you have seen rehashed, remixed and posted up at least a few hundred times by now - the super duper kawaii Suzumiya Haruhi!As I mentioned before in part 3, I was among the lucky first to see her walking into the area, and she was stopped by someone near me, and we all proceeded to snap happily away. This is really on a whole new level of cute for me, and by cute, I really mean the cute "awwww" kind, not the "pretty" kind. She got famous overnight and had her fame spreading for the past 3 days. And like a few others, I turned away from her if the crowd got too big, or she moved off, snapped a few pictures of some other cosplayers, walked one round or turned back, saw her posing, snapped again. Why not?You can also see the exact times relative to the other cosplayers' photos in my album as to when I took photos of her. In the one directly above, her friend is beside her cosplaying as Allen Walker from the overly cosplayed D.Gray-man. One more of her below before we move on to the next one. You can see better pictures of her at Windbell's coverage for her.The light shines bright on Haruhi.Up next, the person I was waiting for, though she did not appear in her previous KOS-MOS outfit from day 1 - Lenneth! And a friend. They cosplayed as Itoshiki Nozomu and the stalker girl (not sure of the name, thanks to DBlade for ID) from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series.I did manage to chat with Lenneth a bit before she got pulled away and found out she had been cosplaying since '03, which is longer than I have been consistently watching anime. Little wonder that she and her friend were able to pull off this cosplay so well, despite me never having watched the series. I did take one with Lenneth, but the pictures I received from others were of poor quality and unusable and I was totally off in those pictures anyway. They would have done her no justice.And she gets on my camera again somehow...Finally, we come to the last tech powerhouse of the event, the previous two being Gundam EXIA and KOS-MOS - Tony Stark himself, the Iron Man!"Look Ma, Iron Man!" This person's expression was priceless.The SWAT members you see in the last photo are the same ones from day 1, and this time round, they are there to protect Iron Man himself from the crowds. Of course, that did not stop him from allowing females he deemed hot to take pictures with him, I do remember cosplayers such as Euphie taking pictures with him as well. Though up close the suit looks like it could use a lot more work, from far it is fantastic. And we really should not be harping on the suit, because according to Fariz who befriended one of the SWAT members, the suit is new as a cosplay costume. A really awesome effort by the team.WTF, on my camera again!Hanif and I were looking for a way to get out of the "backstage" area and found the SWAT members dressing up, but at the time we somehow missed Iron Man. Still it was quite some time later before he finally made his appearance. As you might have guessed, it was extremely difficult to get pictures of him.And so that ends my complete coverage for days 1 and 2 of Cosfest VII 2008. Not too sure if I can make it for next year as I might end up in the US of A. Still, we will see how it goes. And before I forget, here is the group photo of those of us who stayed till past dinner, it was taken at Changi Village. Thanks to Jon for the picture.(From left to right)Bottom row: Hirito, Raven, Guang An (Raven's friend), Wcloudxkumo (Jon)Middle row: Tien Yeh (Raven's friend), Hanif, Squee and his girlfriendTop row: Zero, Akabane, me, Fariz, CKI will probably ask Ruri to do an aggregate post as well as a few updates on Friday, both Cosfest and Saimoe as well as bring you news of a poll regarding my coverage. Tomorrow, exactly one week after her photoshoot, Elwing shall finally make an appearance. Stay tuned for that.The cool, the cute, the great, and the awesome @ Cosfest Day 2,Panther
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Tanabata was shit, but I did pay my respects, hanged my “wishes” (which would never be fulfilled since wishing for a real, full-sized Gundam ain’t possible), then went to sleep for a whole 16 hours. Add in the ambiance of the rain, and it’s happy hibernating. No use asking for pics of yesterday’s routine, I’ll [...]
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Yes indeedy, the official site is now up, and the main four cast members– i.e. the Gundam Meisters –have been cast: Setsuna F. Seiei: Brad Swaile Lockon Stratos: Alex Zahara Allelujah Haptism: Richard Ian Cox Tieria Erde: Sam Vincent
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I decided upon a simple setup for the sheer number of pictures of cosplayers I took on the second day, despite me believing that the second day was simply not as good as the first. It just had a lot more cosplayers and less DGM faggotry and less of mainstream anime series. Anyway the second and third parts will deal with outdoor shots of cosplayers that I did not put under the extremely good or well-known category, which will be covered in the last part of my coverage. The 4th part will deal with some comic relief from the Bleach team and a Caramelldansen dance during the event.This second part will be on cosplayers I absolutely have no idea who they are, or I know their series from others by word of mouth but not sure of their characters' names, or cosplayers whom I ID'ed from other blogs but not interested in putting them in my third part. The third part will deal with cosplayers I know or ID'ed myself and/or liked.For coverage on the first day, go to this post for links, and for the first part of the coverage of the second day, go here. And yes, my camera still sucks. Some of these pictures were taken in the early afternoon when the skies suddenly became overcast and instead of turning the contrast up I turned it down. Fail.To make it easier for people who want to help me ID the characters, I numbered each caption, so you can just refer to their numbers when ID'ing them in a comment, thanks. Also, some of them were so good that I took quite a few pictures of them, you can view them all at my Day 2 album. This is going to be an almighty photo-intensive post, fairly warned be ye.1. The sweet girl on the left, and the Lenalee that placed 2nd in the Coscon competition on TCC Day 2 (pictures here and here). Not sure if they are cosplaying here, someone tell me please. Sadly I wanted a picture with the sweetie, but she ran around quite busy at times and I decided to put it off until she disappeared. Raven seems to know her and at dinnertime he actually was about to call her and arrange a meeting. I was like, WTF. Call her and meet up just for a picture? I already took one with her at TCC anyway, no need to bother her. 2. Who the eff? Must be some magical girl (mahou shoujo).3. Nobody is ever going to make me believe she was not cosplaying as Florence Nightingale. 4. Girls with fans as weapons can be deadly. This was some great cosplay, but I have no idea what series. It better not be World of Kungfu. More of them at the album.5. Regality is awesome, though in this picture, she was staring at some other camera and it happened to look like she was falling asleep. 6. Chinese warriors at the ready. This better not be WoKF as well. I took individual shots of the two in the middle and on the right later on, if you want to see them go to my album. Kanda and Lenalee as identified by Hirito, from D.Gray-man (otherwise known as DGaySemen). Fariz thought the Lenalee cosplayer pretty cute, and actually I was taking pictures and focusing on getting good shots too much to notice. Not too bad indeed, I have 3 others of these two. 7. Pizza fight! C.C. (Code Geass) vs. some unknown for her all-time favorite food, pizza hut. This was before she got pulled away by Euphie and Cornelia for their Geass shot. For pictures of that, wait for the next part. 8. The only thing I could think of at the time was "kitsune" thanks to that fox-mask. Narutardsto. 9. Aside from the fact that this is obviously Gothic, I have no idea what they could be cosplaying as. 10. I could be wrong, but is this from Fullmetal Alchemist? Alto and Ranka from Macross Frontier. 11. Make me believe this is not from Mortal Kombat if you so please. Otherwise I got it pretty set in my mind they are Subzero and Scorpion. Why would someone cosplay as Clovis? I mean, he only appeared in at most 2 episodes in season 1, and died. Clovis and C.C. from Code Geass. 12. Gothic team again, with the addition of a member.13. Not to be disrespectful to the cosplayer but I am in two minds whether or not this one was a trap. Also someone asked her (assuming it was a her) if her arm was tired holding that up for so long, and she merely nodded. 14. Almost all of them had swords, so they must be samurai. Ronin. No idea why Miss Regality from earlierjoined in, maybe she was part of this particular cosplay team. 15. Still got no idea if these two were actually cosplaying.16. According to DM they are from a DS game, but I have no idea which.17. Yep, the two Siths from TCC are back, this time with Luke Skywalker. They had quite the choreographed fight in the lawn for a bit, only caught one good photo of that though. I have no idea who the girl is. Female Darth Vader? 18. Early on it was really difficult to catch them all together in one shot, but I managed to take this one at least. So can someone identify the series they are from? That is one huge lance by the way. The girl was also pretty cute too. 19. I am pretty sure this is from a school anime series! How smart I am! Now, which?20. ITS A FLYING TRAP! The guy on the left is a trap for sure, he and his partner also cosplayed as May and some other character from Pokemon at Streetfest and exchanged costumes near the end, WTF. Despite the trapnesty though, the cosplay was pretty good. And many photographers asked for personal shoots of the trap. WTF? I have more pictures of these two by the way, in my album. 21. Duo from Mushi-uta, Kakkou on the left, Shiika on the right. Thanks to Double for ID. 22. Witch and nekomimi.23. Found them "backstage". Identification is required, looks pretty good.24. Was with the couple backstage. Kunais? Mmf. Still prety good though.25. Sorry but I really thought this was a trap until someone told me she was a MY cosplayer and definitely female. Pikachu WTF. They beat Squee to the idea. 26. Wuz dis. Looks familiar.27. Thanks to Akabane for identifying this awesome cosplay of props as Anakim from Lineage 2. And I had to take a frontal shot because someone had to hold her backpack for her the whole time, it kept dropping off. 28. I got one of the girl on the left wearing her shades in my album, but decided to use this shot to identify both instead. Cool-looking.29. I pray for your health even as you lay dying, my dear friend. May this bouquet of flowers be fitting for your grave. 30. I thought she was cute...until I saw her face.31. Violinists. I think they are a real couple. But I am not sure.32. Kou and Tenko from Wagaya no Oinarisama. Thanks to Chibihien for identification. Kou looks so blank. 33. Cool gals.34. Gundam, lol. Lacus Clyne x 2, not sure who the girl on the left is.This was a super long post, I got more, but you can view them all in my album if you so care. Identification will be much appreciated for all the numbered posts. Next part is those I could identify or felt were good enough and identified from other blogs, that were also in my pictures. Look forward to it.External unknowns @ Cosfest Day 2,Panther
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Well, it looks pretty good from where I'm standing. Thanks to AnimeSuki and ando (aka god).EXCEPT FOR KYONO NOT BEING INCLUDED./rage.Still, Nanoha and company did really well here, and so did the Hayate camps. Here's to round two!Nishizawa Ayumu@Hayate no Gotoku)2位　458票　瀬川泉���ハヤテのごとく!(Segawa Izumi@Hayate no Gotoku)3位　457票　高町なのは���魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS(Takamachi Nanoha@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)4位　383票　ティアナ・ランスター���魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS(Teana Lanster@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)5位　381票　南冬馬���みなみけ シリーズ(Minami Touma@Minami-ke series)6位　308票　九重りん���こどものじかん(Kokonoe Rin@Kodomo no Jikan)7位　293票　沙英���ひだまりスケッチ 特別編(Sae@Hidamari Sketch Tokubetsuhen)8位　269票　三宮紫穂���絶対可憐チルドレン(Sannomiya Shiho@Zettai Karen Children)9位　261票　黒威すみ���てんぺらスミ������もえたん(Kuroi Sumi(Tempera Sumi)@Moetan)These 9 move on to the main tournament, and the other 10th to 30th move to prelim 2.10位　233票　ぐちゅ子���ぽてまよ(Guchuko@Potemayo)11位　228票　葛城ミサト���ミサト先生���新世紀エヴァンゲリオン シリーズ(Katsuragi Misato/Misato-sensei@Shin Seiki Evangelion series)12位　217票　二見瑛理子���キミキス pure rouge(Futami Eriko@Kimikiss pure rouge)13位　201票　結木やや���しゅごキャラ!(Yuiki Yaya@Shugo Chara!)14位　189票　峰岸あやの���らき☆すた(Minegishi Ayano@Lucky*Star)15位　181票　衛藤芽生���めぇ������がくえんゆーとぴあ まなびストレート!(Etou Mei(Mee)@Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!)16位　142票　カナカ���シゴフミ(Kanaka@Shigofumi)17位　128票　空閑木陰���スケッチブック 〜full color's〜(Kuga Kokage@Sketchbook ~full color's~)18位　119票　田辺涼���スケッチブック 〜full color's〜(Tanabe Ryou@Sketchbook ~full color's~)19位　113票　根岸みなも���スケッチブック 〜full color's〜(Negishi Minamo@Sketchbook ~full color's~)20位　108票　スメラギ・李・ノリエガ���機動戦士ガンダム00(Sumeragi Lee Noriega@Kidou Senshi Gundam 00)21位　107票　アッシュフォード学園水泳部員の貧乳娘���コードギアス 反逆のルルーシュ R2(Flat chest Girl of Ashford Academy's swimming club@Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2)22位　106票　春風千桜���ハヤテのごとく!(Harukaze Chiharu@Hayate no Gotoku)23位　95票　マッハキャリバー���魔法少女リリカルなのはStrikerS(Mach Caliber@Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS)24位　94票　ニナ・ウォン���舞-乙HiME Zwei(Nina Wang@My-Otome Zwei)25位　93票　長谷川遥���もやしもん(Hasegawa Haruka@Moyashimon)26位　91票　春日つかさ���ときめきメモリアル Only Love(Kasuga Tsukasa@Tokimeki Memorial Only Love)27位　89票　朽木ルキア���BLEACH(Kuchiki Rukia@BLEACH)28位　82票　ラピス���レンタルマギカ(Lapis@Rental Magica)29位　80票　吉河先生���バンブーブレード(Yoshikawa-sensei@Bamboo Blade)30位　76票　宮部紅葉���我が家のお稲荷さま。(Miyabe Momiji@Wagaya no Oinari-sama.) Looks like we got some good picks this year. ^_^A little bland, but there are gems there.
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And here we have some group photos as well as some interesting pictures… Hold on to your keyboards and mice! Code Geass I never knew C.C had a clone. Now they have to share their pizza… More Code Geass, less Pizza. Thanks for the frickin spoiler “>_> Gundam Exia! Now with swappable heads! <3 No clue “And Kozato goes wild!” A gathering of Good [...]
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As per the first day's coverage for Cosfest 2008, which you can read about in an aggregate post that has all the links to my five (yes 5) parts here, I am starting with the indoor shots I took inside the D'Marquee. As per usual, my camera totally sucks at indoor shots and so my solution was to stay outdoors most of the time. Then again, there were shots that only could have been taken indoors, and so here they are, in somewhat chronological order. I only remember taking shots on two extended periods inside the hall, so yeah.Aggregate post of all known blogs that covered the event can be found here. No more hi-res pictures from either day can be requested from me since I felt they all sucked compared to originals you can find from other peeps that had way better cameras at the event. Check the aggregate post for links to other better pictures.By the way the first shots I took were of the scouts below, and my first shots were all indoors but mostly dumped. Wait for the outdoor shots, which were way better. As usual, feel free to identify any and all cosplayers that I was not able to, and also to correct any mistakes I made.If there is IAHGames (International Association of Horrible Games) , there will be models dressing up as Granado Espada's female stock scout original costume. For sure. They did this at the Zouk Event too, but Eunice was better than these two models, unfortunately for Cosfest. Still they garnered lots of photos. And way to go trying to promote more games using models, IAHFail. I bet you never even bothered to read my open letter that was addressed to you. Templar Guardian from Hellgate: London, same one as from yesterday (pic) I believe. Still neat, her costume. Thanks to Hirito and Fariz for the identification.The guy from the right was identified by Double as Kakkou from Mushi-uta. Not sure if the girl is from the same series. I took one more of the guy, with some other character, in an external shot. When I first saw these two I was like, "Is this from R2's ED?" CI was like, "That ain't Euphie and Cornelia." Unfortunately, proven in an outdoor session later, they were. Nice cosplay indeed, especially the way they did it from the ED scene. Who needs Edward Scissorhands when just a giant pair of scissors will do? Girl identified by Hirito as Souseiseki from Rozen Maiden, and he suspects the male to be from Naruto. Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier, thanks to Hirito for ID. I took a few more of her outside, just so happened to pass her on my way out hence this ultra fail shot. Gundam EXIA. It appears it was only a trial run for him yesterday, and today was the real deal for him. He stayed inside all the way, and the moment he appeared the crowd around him was of staggering proportions. I had no idea he was around until DarkMirage and Double suddenly disappeared from beside me while we were watching the individuals event (not covering either that or the team event). He was in the queue and was moving slowly forward in the queue, and had no idea people were snapping pictures at him until the girl in front of him in the queue kindly informed him. Bunny Mikuru (The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi) was in a real hurry. Dressed like that, it was no wonder she was in a rush the whole time, as she would have seemed appetizing to about 95% of the male population at the event. Maka and Stein from Soul Eater. Maka, I was told, is played by a different person from yesterday's, but Stein was the same guy. He moved around on his chair the entire time inside the hall.That ends the first part. As you can see, I took minimal pictures inside the hall, since I know I will suck at indoor shots. I did take a few pictures with the scouts (lolol), and that was about it. Others took the picture for me so I have no idea if they turned out well.Second and third parts, both on outdoor shots (and more photo-intensive than this one for sure) coming up tomorrow in the morning and at night.Internal shots @ Cosfest Day 2,Panther
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It is now 3:25 AM and I just finished going through 2 days of blog checking from other blogs' posts the past few days, organizing and sorting out my photos from the second day of Cosfest 2008, and I am dead tired. I also realized I should have set 4 hours difference in between each part of Day 1 so I can get more traffic allow readers to not be overloaded.Anyways, here are the five parts that I covered for Day 1 in case you somehow missed any. Chong missed Anon, WTF?Part 1 - Internal ShotsPart 2 - External ShotsPart 3 - Anon, Moogle & The CongaA Mechanical Battle - Gundam EXIA vs. KOS-MOSPart 5 - Bleach CosplayThere is also an aggregate post over at Team Blue that I will continually update so you can find out about others' coverage of the event on one or both days.I will also take my time to finish getting my posts up for the next two days for the second day. IMHO, the first day was better, the second day just had more cosplayers and more faggotry."Heat level critical, shutdown imminent",PantherPS: Yes, the picture above is a teaser shot from Day 2, a shot of Kula Diamond (from KOF Maximum Impact 2) blowing out her ice. And yes, the ending quote was from MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries.
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Now that there is a fansub for this show, perhaps it will begin to get the attention it deserves.Hoshi no Umi no Amuri 星の海のアムリ is a three-episode OVA done almost entirely in 3DCG, including the characters. I would call it a moe science-fiction fantasy: it's real moe, and real science fiction.What hooks me about this show are the unusual characters, the moe voice acting and character design, the real science-fiction setting and plot (fantastic as they are), the overall production values, and the general weirdness.There are some great scenes, including brilliant explosions and light-show battles in space; and unique visual settings, such as the bizarre landforms of a satellite constructed from garbage. The 3DCG is excellent. The music works beautifully. The sound effects are particularly well done. And the direction is fascinating, with interesting angles and motion and timing. (click images to enlarge, mouseover for captions) There is plenty of comedy in the show, but some serious undertones, as well. It is set in a near future in which the Earth and its inhabitants have been changed by a period of strong solar radiation. Many people have died from skin cancer, and many babies have been born with special physical characteristics that make them stronger than normal humans.These new humans are called Adapters, because they can adapt to almost any condition, including being able to live for a time in the vacuum of outer space. A new global government has arisen, called Region Free, to deal with the crisis. The director/writer/storyboarder is Yonetani Yoshitomo 米たにヨシトモ. His previous directing jobs were Betterman and Brave King Gaogaigar, but he did storyboards for Gundam Seed Destiny, Planetes, Banner of Stars, Shakugan no Shana, and even numerous Doraemon shows. This, however, is entirely his show: he even voices a character (the leader of the rescue squad) and sings an insert song (credited as "※-mai-") . The character design and modelling are by MA@YA, who worked on the LoveDeath and Shining Force EXA games, as well as the new 3D Custom Shoujo game. The science fiction advisor was Morita Shigeru, who was involved in the early stages of several Gundam shows, as well as Code Geass and Toward the Terra. The animation studio is Studio Hibari, which did Moonlight Mile, Kashimashi, and Sumomomo Momomo, as well as helping on Ghibli productions.The excellent sound effects are by Noguchi Toru, also a Ghibli veteran, who did sound effects not only for Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle, but also for both the original Evangelion series and the new movie. Music is by Kubota Mina, who did music for Kaleidostar and Kannazuki no Miko, and wrote OPs for various ARIA shows. Sound director Nagano Toru has done many shows, including KareKano, Glass Mask, and FLCL. the storyOur heroine, Kakkyoin Amuri, is a 13-year-old Adapter who has lived a hard life on Earth. She has the strange "allergy" of rejecting all outside stimuli. Whenever she touches anything, she or it bounces away in a shower of light, due to her "repulsion allergy." It's like a full-body sneeze. Her condition killed her mother when she was born. She was never able to touch the grandmother who brought her up. Her clothing had to be made from fabric derived from her own cells. She had no friends. Everyone laughed at her. We meet her when she is just just arriving at a space station to begin life in space, working with Region Free (at least I think that's why she's there). As she arrives, the shuttle and the space station are attacked and destroyed and she is hurled out into space.This is the first of many wtf moments in the show: how can anyone survive unprotected in space? Adapters can, however, and Amuri bounces around the detritus until she bounces into a spherical life-support capsule, like a big organic cell, which is called "Uterus." Inside it are a girl with an eyepatch, sitting in a chair, and a robot avatar that looks like a stuffed bunny. Are you with me so far, lol? There are some amazing scenes in the capsule, which is filled with a fluid that allows people in it to breathe. Things like jellyfish float around -- and through -- the two girls in the cell-like capsule. More wtf moments. But I like wtf moments, and these are just beautifully done, in image and music.The capsule is picked up by automated magnetic garbage collection machines and transported to a big satellite called Galapagos, which is like a small planet made from garbage. The capsule is unceremoniously dumped into the garbage landscape, which includes forests made of trees of scrap metal, and fields covered with cake-slices made from garbage, each cake topped with a red bomb like a strawberry. Memorable images. A huge machine prowls up to the capsule and tries to sweep it up in its bucket, but the bucket just passes through the capsule and its inhabitants, somehow. The metal arms passing through Amuri are an amazing scene.Meanwhile, on a command ship called Pearl Shell, the commander is an Adapter called Pulmo Allen (voice: Kaneda Tomoko), who looks like a five-year-old child, and is always held in the arms of a woman dressed as a nurse (voice: Noto Mamiko). The amazing images just keep coming. Commander Pulmo sends out a tokusatsu-like squadron to rescue the survivors from the destroyed space station (which was called Pink Coral). They go out in a blaze of song and confidence, launched by being shot, spinning, out of big guns. wtf. They manage to drive off the garbage collecting machine, but hordes of new machines show up and the poor heroes are smashed and scattered. As a magnetic drill is about to destroy the capsule, Amuri finds a button that she can actually touch without repelling and discovers the true strength of her ability to repel things: she transforms into a mahou shoujo-like creature, dressed in ribbons that make her like a huge avenging butterfly/sunflower in space. Her sunflower clothing is also made from her own cells. By repelling all attacks back on the attackers, she lays waste a large swath of Galapagos.But the episode ends with the news that the capsule has run out of oxygen. The preview for episode 2 says that Amuri and friends will "invade" the garbage satellite in search of air. On the AnimeSuki forum, there was some criticism of underage fanservice in this show. I guess there is some -- distant pantsu in the ED, a mahou shoujo transformation that implies nudity before the ribbons of the new garment cover it. But this is really at the level of Nanoha, and not unusual for a moe anime. Some people may not like the voices, but that is a matter of taste. These are high moe voices. It took me a while to get used to Makino Yui's squeaks of pain as Amuri bounced among detritus in space. But the voice ended up working for me. Saitou Momoko uses a deeper, soft voice as the girl in the chair (Perrier). She has a couple of beautifully delivered lines. And even 15-year-old Aizawa Michiru, who was the harsh-voiced Furoe in Simoun, and enters the capsule as a third inhabitant (called Suzu), seems to have a somewhat softer voice this time.There is a slight hint of yuri, as Amuri drifts into the other two girls lip-to-lip when they each first meet, and comments on how cute the blushing Perrier is.Anyway, have a look at the show. This is one of those shows that some people will just dismiss out of hand, but that a few of us will love. Or maybe it's just me, lol. I had been looking forward to this show, but even I was pretty non-plussed at first. Having a sub makes things easier to understand.If you want an idea of where the weirdness comes from, just take a look at the director, Yonetani Yoshitomo, right.As a countermeasure to that, here are photos of the main cast (l-r) Makino Yui (Amuri), Saitou Momoko (Perrier), Aizawa Michiru (Suzu): This first episode came out in Japan in May. Episode 2 is due July 25, with episode 3 to follow on September 26.
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Bright pink hair, zipped down jump suit. She skates over and shows you her emblem. Will you take up her challenge for a duel of life and honour? The above picture (for the uninitiated, Mikan from Air Gear) was stolen from tassardar. Why was it stolen? Well that’s because I wasn’t there for this 2 days annual event that happened last weekend. There was work commitment on Saturday and Sunday was spent clicking my mouse on the Diablo 2 server. It was fun. Every second of it. ^^;So anyway enough about me. I read through most of the local anime bloggers’ coverage on the event and although the highlight was on Gundam Exia and KOS-MOS. both of them are great but for some reason I like this Mikan cosplayer the most. I admire her courage to pull this off and she was on inline-skates all day. Her feet must hurt like hell.Mikan from the manga which the cosplay outfit was based on.As recommded by you guys (and a girl), I’m reading the Air Gear manga now. Currently at chapter 12. ^^;
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