So this year, I just said, sca-rew it, I'm just going to take pictures whether I know who these people are supposed to be or not. And the results were about the same. If any actual anime fans are reading this, feel free to let me know who's who in the comments. And non-anime Gnerd fans will find a lot of videogame costumes as well, so stick around.
Since there are Stormtroopers at every convention anywhere, let's get that out of the way first.Video game costumes, perv costumes, and so much more, after the jump...
Saw tons of these screw-head guys, this guy wore it pretty well.
Here's the kendo battle area, where participants were assigned random matches. Pretty cool. I wish they did this sort of thing at Star Wars conventions.
This is pretty awesome and expensive looking.
I recognize these guys, but I don't know from where. Someone help me out. UPDATE: Reader arashi points out the cardboard guy is Danbo from Yatsubato.
Monkey from One Piece. Gnerd contributor Bishop told me that.
Very impressive Robot Chicken costume. Despite not being anime-themed, this was a big hit on the floor.
Fantastic 2-D Mr. Game & Watch.
There were tons of Links, but this was the only one from Smash Brothers, as signified by the Player 1.
Team Fortress 2 costumes seem to be a go-to for any convention these days, but I only saw one at Anime Fest - this Blue Solider.
Bishop told me to get a photo of these guys, but I forgot who they are. Can you tell why I'm not the usual gamer correspondent at Gnerd? Shaddup.
I really like costumes that create an outfit based on a character, instead of just a big plush or cardboard suit. This kid has a pretty good look based on Sonic, right down to the red sneaks.
Here's that weird Negaverse Pikachu and um....I want to say Lapras or like, Celadon...I fail at Pokemon. Sorry everyone. Who is it? UPDATE: Reader hermitx kindly points out this is actually Umbreon and Glaceon, the Dark and Ice evolutions of Eevee. Just for the record, I knew that. I did. On the tip of my godddamn tongue.
A very bashful looking Peach, with Luigi and V lurking in the background.
Girl Luigi and Girl Mario, taking a breather.
Hey look, something else from an anime movie! A gigantic No Face!
Uh oh, Pedobear alert. And this brings us to the "perv" section of our photo essay...
Tons of free hugs guys all over the floor, with frequent success.
The most popular event I saw all day wasn't an officially sanctioned con event; it was this studly cosplayer, standing in the middle of a crowd, posing amorously with other people in costume. That's it, all it takes is one slashy photo op to gather a huge crowd for hours on end. I saw this at the beginning of my day on Saturday, and when I came back about three hours later, the crowd was STILL THERE. However, they were right in the midst of a fake(?) blow-job photo op, and security finally broke it up. Good times!
Just when you thought it was safe to ever leave the house...sexy cubone cosplay. Yeah, so this is blurry, but maybe it's for the best. Once you see something, you can never unsee it.
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I don't know who the x eye yellow box head dude is, but the other cardboard robot is Danbo from Yotsuba&.
No pictures of me? I was Sailor Moon Super S with Tuxedo Mask! Good pictures though. =]
You fool! That was not Negaverse Pikachu and Lapres/Celadon. That was Umbreon and Glaceon, the Dark and Ice evolutions of Eevee.
While severe the mistake is understandable, after all you were no doubt distracted by the strategically placed yellow ring on the Umbreon girl.
And as for the Cubone cosplay, you can clearly see (through the blur) that the tall one is a Marowak the evolved form of Cubone.
Sorry warriorgal...you would have been one of the few cosplayers I actually recognized, but I guess our paths never crossed. Glad you liked the pics.
The bucketheads are from the game Castle Crashers.
PS You got SCHOOLED ON POKEDENTIFICATION!
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