I went to Anime Expo for the first time ever on Saturday, and it was quite enjoyable. I managed to snag quite a few cosplayer pictures, so this blog will pretty much just consist of those. There were so many different cosplays there that I wish I could have gone another day or two just to see more.

These images have been greatly resized to make it easier on those with slow internet (such as myself... -_- ), but if you see something you like, let me know and I can upload a larger sized version.

Enjoy!

Loooong line.

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I think I've seen him somewhere before...

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Yes... yes I will.

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GET OVER HERE!

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My favorite section.

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Eyeless Prinny.

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The one on the left doesn't seem like she wants to be there.

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I believe this is Team Liquid's very own Riku.

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He must collect all seven sprinkled donuts.

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Gundam...

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...and ghetto Gundam.

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anonymousVendeta

22 Posts

July 01 2012 19:15 GMT

where is my L and kira from deathnoteTT

Nagisama

Canada4481 Posts

July 01 2012 19:31 GMT

Nice pictures! Wish I lived near LA to be able to go to AX.

tonight

United States11130 Posts

July 01 2012 19:41 GMT

A lot of fun pictures in there. Though, I don't know most.

FlaShFTW

United States10380 Posts

July 01 2012 20:39 GMT

WAIT is Riku Nidalee??? :O <3 <3 <3 <3!!!!

Lokk

Canada635 Posts

July 01 2012 20:53 GMT

Wow so lucky i only been to anime north !!!!!!!! SO many QT's

Al Bundy

7257 Posts

July 01 2012 21:04 GMT

Not bad. Thanks for sharing

Archas

United States6531 Posts

July 01 2012 21:10 GMT

On July 02 2012 03:55 Sigrun wrote:
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Touhou detected.

goldendwarf

Canada170 Posts

July 01 2012 21:23 GMT

Seems like it was a lot of fun

thanks for sharing.

Edit: spelling.

Riku

United States1064 Posts

July 02 2012 02:02 GMT

#10

Yay! Awesome photos! Thanks for snapping a good one of me! I hope you had fun!

:D

Sigrun

United States1655 Posts

July 02 2012 15:18 GMT

#11

No problem. Didn't even realize it was you until I searched up Anime Expo on TL. Great costume!

Chef

10810 Posts

July 02 2012 15:55 GMT

#12

Hahaha cosplay is simultaneously the best and worst thing. Never seen Monty Python Holy Grail cosplay before tho ;p

KazeHydra

Japan2788 Posts

July 02 2012 19:42 GMT

#13

On July 02 2012 04:31 Nagisama wrote:
Nice pictures! Wish I lived near LA to be able to go to AX.

It's okay, once HanaKana comes to AX, you'll go regardless of how far away you are.

Lots of good ones I missed. I didn't take very many pics of cosplayers this year but I made up for it with a pretty good number of Japanese guests pics. I also blame ZNF cause I hung out with him instead.

Emnjay808

United States10665 Posts

July 02 2012 23:37 GMT

#14

Nice pics. Poison, Inori, and Yoko so kawaii.

Sigrun

United States1655 Posts

July 03 2012 06:11 GMT

#15

On July 03 2012 04:42 KazeHydra wrote:

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I'd like to see those pictures. I didn't really pay attention to any of the main events haha. What guests were there?

KazeHydra

Japan2788 Posts

July 04 2012 01:28 GMT

#16

On July 03 2012 15:11 Sigrun wrote:

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I'd like to see those pictures. I didn't really pay attention to any of the main events haha. What guests were there?

I was considering making my own blog but too lazy so I'll just post them here for you/others.
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LiSA, one of the singers of GDM in Angel Beats, F/Z opening, and SAO opening.

Ayami, some singer of insert song in TE. This was one of the best pics I got.

Minami Kuribayashi, sings TE opening among many others.

Kouki Yoshimune, the writer of Muv Luve Alternative: Total Eclipse.

Ryo Horikawa, the voice of Vegeta (Japanese). He also voices Kaiser Reinhard for those who know what logh is. Mini-concert :o

Ei Aoki (left) and Hikaru Kondo (right), director and producer, respectively, of Fate/Zero

Rikiya Koyama, the voice of Emiya Kiritsugu from Fate/Zero. Also, Emonzaemon from Katanagatari according to that znf guy.

and finally, my personal favorite, Tomoe Tamiyasu, the voice of Natsume Rin/Sasasasasa/Riki from the amazing VN Little Busters! She was very under-the-radar because not an official guest (also, very few people follow VNs) and as a result, there was very little security. This meant handshakes and pictures galore!

I'm disappointed in myself for not taking very many pics of cosplaying this year (estimated I only got like 1/4 of the amount I took last year). However, last year I got a grand total of 0.5 pics of the guests. Only took illegal pics of Kalafina and they turned out quite blurry. So in regards to guests, I'm overall satisfied. I literally got pics of every single guest I cared for except Kajiura/FictionJunction members because they didn't allow pics, just like Kalafina last year.

I also realized that cosplayers tend to be either 1) bad, or 2) good but not something I care for. The ones that are both good and I care about (i.e. characters like Touko-senpai) are unpopular and hard to spot. They tend to be off actually enjoying the expo and no one cares about them. Like, last year I spotted a Togame from Katanagatari from afar on day 1, lost her in the crowd, and didn't find her again until day 3, when she was heading home while being ignored or something. Otherwise, you just look for crowds and follow suit. A lot of them are good, but rarely do I see ones where I go: "YES it's ______!" I missed a Fate Testarossa, apparently.

TzaTzers

United States589 Posts

July 04 2012 06:11 GMT

#17

Nice pics man, glad you had fun! Now if only I wasn't lazy and would upload the pics that I have ha.

KazeHydra were you able to get into the Yuki Kajiura main event? The line was so long by the time I got there that I had no hope of getting in and so I just left. I really wanted to go...
And is there any possible way you can post those pictures of Kalafina from last year??

KazeHydra

Japan2788 Posts

July 04 2012 06:58 GMT

#18

On July 04 2012 15:11 TzaTzers wrote:
Nice pics man, glad you had fun! Now if only I wasn't lazy and would upload the pics that I have ha.

KazeHydra were you able to get into the Yuki Kajiura main event? The line was so long by the time I got there that I had no hope of getting in and so I just left. I really wanted to go...
And is there any possible way you can post those pictures of Kalafina from last year??

Uhh, you realize that tickets were sold beforehand so although the line was ridiculous, everyone there already had guaranteed seating, right? Unless you're talking about the standby line for "leftover" tickets. Not sure exactly how that worked but they were free so I can only imagine how long that line was. And yes, I did go...it was amazing :3

Here are the failed pics I took. I was actually caught and ran away otherwise I would've tried to get them in focus.
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Wakana

Hikaru on the left, Keiko in the center.

TzaTzers

United States589 Posts

July 04 2012 07:13 GMT

#19

Ah.... so it was the same for all the main events.. I guess lesson learned.

Haha well thanks for the pics, so jealous... ><

Sigrun

United States1655 Posts

July 04 2012 18:58 GMT

#20

Very sweet pics KazeHydra. I don't really follow the singers and voice actors, but it seems awesome to be able to meet them.

And you better upload those pictures TzaTzers.