Califur and Fanime: The Good!
Jun. 3rd, 2008 02:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Just kidding-- I did enjoy seeing![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dustmeat again (and no-- I wasn't actively mac'ing on anyone at this con!), as well as a number of other people from out of the area (Dark Natasha, Crocuta, Brokken and Jonathan), as well as the wonderful Terrie and Glen! Plus, I was finally able to deliver some gifts that I'd been forgetting to get out for some time. Otherwise Califur was a waste of good judgement.
FANIME:
Lots of goodness! The main reason for attending was to re-create the Okami skit from the disastrous AX masquerade of last year (don't get me started). We wanted to perform a successful version of it, so arrangements were made to perform as a non-competitive group at Fanime.
Here's the video of the skit!
And we got a Lionel photoshoot! I can't believe what a fantastic job he did with the limits placed on him! One of the costumes (demon 9-tail fox) was HUGE and difficult to move; the shoot was in an alley only several feet wide, with fading light. And yet-- wow!
He was a true-grit photographer! Twisting and laying on the ground (nasty, filthy alley ground!) in order to get that perfect shot! Thanks again, Lionel!!!
The convention was huge this year! I heard a number close to 30,000 this year. In part this may be because of AX's move to the LA convention center-- not a great venue for cosplay and other anime fan-related activities. There was a plethora of cosplayers and the "SUGOI"'s were reduced to a white-noise roar. Fun! I'm also reversing my opinion of the San Jose convention center: it's not a bad venue if the con is large enough! Here's my favorite costume of the weekend (not worn by a friend): bunny girl-warrior! Great ears!
Just kidding-- I did enjoy seeing
dustmeat again (and no-- I wasn't actively mac'ing on anyone at this con!), as well as a number of other people from out of the area (Dark Natasha, Crocuta, Brokken and Jonathan), as well as the wonderful Terrie and Glen! Plus, I was finally able to deliver some gifts that I'd been forgetting to get out for some time. Otherwise Califur was a waste of good judgement.FANIME:
Lots of goodness! The main reason for attending was to re-create the Okami skit from the disastrous AX masquerade of last year (don't get me started). We wanted to perform a successful version of it, so arrangements were made to perform as a non-competitive group at Fanime.
Here's the video of the skit!
And we got a Lionel photoshoot! I can't believe what a fantastic job he did with the limits placed on him! One of the costumes (demon 9-tail fox) was HUGE and difficult to move; the shoot was in an alley only several feet wide, with fading light. And yet-- wow!
He was a true-grit photographer! Twisting and laying on the ground (nasty, filthy alley ground!) in order to get that perfect shot! Thanks again, Lionel!!!
The convention was huge this year! I heard a number close to 30,000 this year. In part this may be because of AX's move to the LA convention center-- not a great venue for cosplay and other anime fan-related activities. There was a plethora of cosplayers and the "SUGOI"'s were reduced to a white-noise roar. Fun! I'm also reversing my opinion of the San Jose convention center: it's not a bad venue if the con is large enough! Here's my favorite costume of the weekend (not worn by a friend): bunny girl-warrior! Great ears!
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Date: 2008-06-04 05:09 pm (UTC)You should move back to California-- you could hear the post-con dogwalk conversations: they're pretty juicy!