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I nvied this person. Unless something amazing happens, this’ll be my final photopost…although I have a couple of videos to upload later. So…photos! I think this was the line for masquerade tickets? I’ve seen a few Makas around, but this is definitely the best Soul Eater cosplay here. No clue who she is, but the wings are nice. I [...]
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The second part of the Cosfest 2008 photoshoot. I will not be linking the previous posts from now on, since they are easily accessible via my local RSS feed, found on the left sidebar. I will also be doing a consolidation post for all known blogs that covered Cosfest over at Team Blue. Once it is up, I will do a post covering all my coverage, as well as a link to the post for Team Blue, in an updates post. This is also an autopost.Here, we have the outdoor shots that will not be featured in the next 3 parts. I really liked the lighting we had today, despite the early rain in the first half of the afternoon, and this is the first time I felt proud enough of my shots (GG) to offer, should any cosplayer featured here want it, hi-res untouched originals of the shots I took. In fact, I saved almost all (not all) outdoor shoots, for this post and subsequent posts that have outdoor shots (and are not blurry due to motion or anything). So if you are interested in getting any of this in hi-res, please leave your name and email contact here. However I stress that I have friends who have probably taken far better shots than mine using better cameras, so you might want to look for those first, but just in case you do want, be sure to tell me which picture it is you want in hi-res, and I will see if I saved it.Not all external shots were listed here, so any cosplayers I took several of, you may find more at my Cosfest album. Photo-intensive post still, you have been warned.As usual, feel free to identify the cosplayers I did not manage to, or made a mistake in identification.I am unable to identify the girl on the left. The one in the middle is from Vampire Knight, no idea who since I never watched that, and the elf is Deedlit from Record of Lodoss War. In case you wonder why the elf looked familiar, I took a picture of her and her sister (at least, Squee says it is her sister) at Streetfest. I took a separate picture with the elf as well, but the pictures are with Squee. Character from FLCL. Pretty good too. I know immediately from the keyblade that this character is from Kingdom Hearts, but is it Sora? Last week at TCC I spotted this lovely cosplayer in the exact same costume but failed to take pictures of her. I made good this time round. From D.Gray-man, but as usual, I have no idea who the character is. Counter-terrorist from Counter-Strike. I hate Rozen Maiden, so I am not going to bother identifying any of these lolies. The scythe-wielding angel from earlier, now with loosened hair that makes her look even prettier. <3 Beatmania girl from earlier. Yes that is Soul Eater from Soul Eater in the background. I refused to take pictures of him and Maka. Though they were good, I gues, when it came to costumes. Another C.C. from Code Geass. A little girl, was she cosplaying? Not sure, even though she allowed photos of herself. Damn the light from the background for poor pictures of her. The earlier girl from D.Gray-man on the right, with this cosplayer that seems to be from the Final Fantasy series, but I am not sure who the character is, she is holding a gun and seems to be cosplaying a male though. This group gathered in a ring, then Hexlord stood upon a chair and took pictures of them from above. Can someone identify the series they are from? What you doin', mon?Walk like an Egyptian.If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life...That ends part 2 of the coverage. Next up, the Conga!External shots @ Cosfest,Panther
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So I finally got through all the shots I took today (yesterday now, at the time I am posting this) at Cosfest 2008, and this is the first time I had to fall upon a spare battery to complete taking pictures of the event, and I am expected to take even more pictures tomorrow (today).Ah well, because of the multitude of pictures I took today, the coverage will be split into 5 (yes f-i-v-e) posts in order not to overwhelm people with pictures and posts. Each post will autopost at intervals of 2 hours each from the time of this post. Thankfully Blogger now has that autopost feature, which enables this.This first post deals with shots taken inside the exhibition hall called the D'Marquee. As can be expected, my camera sucked at indoor shots, and those that Dead Snake managed to take before he had to leave early for another appointment, I will be using here. So for hi-res shots or removal of cosplay pictures that are under his set, do inform me and I will tell him accordingly.For hi-res shots in this post under my set, I only have 3, all are of the scythe-wielding angel girl. All the rest of the internal shots (including for other posts) I never saved because they all sucked thanks to noise or bad lighting or whatever. The rest of the pictures in case you are impatient are at my Cosfest album.Most of my shots really sucked, I eliminated a lot of shots from inside the dome. Not much to talk about, so here are the pictures. Feel free to identify the cosplayers I could not. Picture at top was the first image I took that was deemed saveable, of the banner over at Collateral Damage Studios's booth.IAHGames booth. Yes, that man inside the booth is RohNaga aka. Nizam. I took a picture with him, but that was under Squee's camera. Kagamine Rin from Vocaloid. Surprisingly enough, there was no Miku...maybe the second day? No one will ever make me believe this is not a trap. Ever.One of the better (and cuter) cosplayers at the event. All I know is she wields a scythe and has black wings, hence a scythe-wielding angel. Identification, anyone? The laughing man. He was so censored that not even a proper picture could be taken of him.Character from D.Gray-man I believe. These three must have sold out their souls to IAHGames. FYI, IAHGames was a sponsor of the event, hence Nizam's presence. From left to right, Granado Espada's male musketeer, some female from Hellgate: London, and GE's male fighter. The host or something of the event, Stephanie something, also cosplayed as the female elementalist from GE. That gave me a shock. Zhao Yun, but not sure from what game. Also a good cosplayer.Professor Franken Stein from Soul Eater. Also not bad. He was perhaps the first cosplayer I saw. Some merchandise on sale at a store selling anime merchandise. I got the blue ring you see in the middle, but took no pictures of it. I will probably do so if I get more loot or in another updates post in the near future. Best shot out of mine and DS' for this wonderful cosplayer. She was among the best throughout the day. Can someone please identify her, thanks. Our pictures do no justice. And yes, I do think her pretty. More D.Gray-man. Yes, the girl on the right was at TCC last week, in the exact same costume. Spear-wielding guy with some fur thingie. Cool-looking, but who is he cosplaying as?C.C. from Code Geass, but not sure who the person on the right is. Also, this same C.C. was at last week's TCC...as a blue nekomimi. Beatmania couple combo. Pretty good, the girl. Not sure about the guy since I never saw the character's picture before. Yes they are a real couple. Sailormoon group cosplay. The hardest shot in the entirety of the day's event to take. Period. The largest group of photographers, casual or not, were gathered around them by the time I noticed. Allen Walker from D.Gray-man. Somehow everyone missed this cosplayer and who she really was...she is this same girl at Streetfest. Millia Rage and Jam Kuradoberi from Guilty Gear series. Some more merchandise from a different booth. However, this merchandise served as a buffer for my true intention... Do yas all hate me now? Come on say so!And that ends my internal shots. Next part deals with the outdoor shots, which are way better. Stay tuned.Internal shots @ Cosfest,Panther
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Without too much hassle, Eruka is able to break out the mysterious prisoner number 13, and you would have figured she would try to do something to break the wooden blocks holding his hands and legs together or even just take off the silly blindfold. But she doesn’t, and this leaves her and number [...]
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Black … blood …? Summary: The frog witch frees Man of the Demoneye and while they escape, they end up being surrounded by a group of guards. Before attacking, the guards warn the frog witch and the prisoner that they should give up, but the Man [...]
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I don't know how BONES does it on a week by week basis but I'm surprised that even after one cour, the animation still looks consistently good. I mean it's not difficult to find other series where the animation has gone downhill very quickly even after the first episode. Maybe that ka-ching injections from Square-Enix does make all the difference. In other note, I thought the new ED theme will be included starting from this episode but that doesn't seem to be the case. Maybe it'll be released next week to coincide with all of the new episodes that will be released soon. I just hope that the new ED will be better than the current one because I can't tell if there's actually some kind of semblance of rhythm with the current ED.
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Dengeki online has recently put up the complete listing of the Summer season's lineup, complete with voiceovers dub article listings and all.Of the article in question, it can be found here: -->HEAR<-- Also, I noticed they posted a rather interesting article ranking the Spring playlists, and the Summer playlists in a TBR (Released) list.Here is it, it is a slightly dated article, but an entertaining read. Whether you're a fanboy, or anyone else, you will either: 1. SCREAM YAY. 2. SCREAM WTF WHY. Anyway. ONWARDS. TAKING THE NO. 1 SPOT FOR SPRING: IT'S NONE OTHER THAN: "ZOMG C.C's SO MOE I DIED"CODE GEASS: HANGAKYU NO LELOUCH R2!TAKING SECOND IS "ZOMG SHE GOT A LOLFANG, THAT RANKA"IT'S NONE OTHER THAN MACROSS FRONTIER!AND THIRD PLACE GOES TO..........*Drumroll.mp3*"TSUNDERE MILITARY STYLE!"TOSHOKAN SENSOU!Notable 4th and 5th mentions go to: Soul Eater and Kamen no Maid Guy, in 4th and 5th! ^^NOW ONTO SUMMER:TO THE TBR LIST:COMING IN FIRST:IT'S NONE OTHER THAN: "LAGUNAAAA BEEEEEEMU - I MEAN BLADE"SlayerS Revolution!AND IN SECOND PLACE! "WTF WHY X365? Why not just 2?"HIDAMARI SKETCH X365!And in THIRD! My personal favourite!NONE OTHER THAN "ZOMG SAITO YOU BAKA INU"ZERO NO TSUKAIMA ~PRINCESSES NO RONDO~!Special Mentions go to Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu (Blade of the immortal) and Sekirei for 4th and 5th respectively![Thanks to Dengeki. Popularity poll HERE]So do you think this list is good? Or would you rather hack Dengeki to bloody pieces? Or simply just watch according to personal taste.If so, SAY SO! ^_^
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There has been absolutely nothing going on in the last 30 days in the seiyuu world. So I’ll skip the serious stuff and move on to the blog pics… After the Soul Eater biscuit last month comes the Soul Eater cake, made to celebrate the June birthdays of Miyano Mamoru (Death the Kid), Kobayashi Yumiko (Black [...]
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Well, I asked this at my Nijuu Mensou no Musume-entry already, but it doesn’t hurt to ask this again, in order to get some more reactions. Another thing that caught my attention at the reader-survey was the relatively large amount of people who’d like to see those quick synopsises that I had about a year [...]
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