NationStates Jolt Archive

Taking a break from all the threads about terrorists, who hates who, who's the sexiest, whether homosexuality is wrong or what-have-you.... I'll set myself up for a truckload of "zOMG ANIME IS TEH SUXX0R, U NERD!" instead! =D

Anime Expo is coming up this weekend in Anaheim, California. It's a big convention, over 40,000 attendees last year. Surely I'm not the only Nationstates player who will be in attendance?

zOMG ANIME IS TEH SUXX0R, U NERD!

Hey, you asked for it...

i dunno i went to an anime convention is charlotte NC... mucho fun

Cosplay is the shit!!! i dressed up as CHI from chobits

INUYASHA IS TEH SUXOORS

Only if they have a good selection on Hentai videos. I've watched all of the clips I can find without actually paying (dont trust the internet).

Only if they have a good selection on Hentai videos. I've watched all of the clips I can find without actually paying (dont trust the internet).

???... wow hentai means pervert in japanese i hope you know that...

Well, AX does have a pretty big dealer's hall. I know there's at least one or two hentai dealers. I imagine the obnoxious yaoi dealer will be there again, too.

i dunno i went to an anime convention is charlotte NC... mucho fun

Cosplay is the shit!!! i dressed up as CHI from chobits

INUYASHA IS TEH SUXOORS
You should see the cosplay skills in Asia. I went to an anime convention in Beijing and my cousin had her cosplay costume custom made. It was absolutely insane. There were so many good people there. Compared to that, North American anime conventions are stupid.

...okay, fine. North American ones are better planned and more...spacious.

I'd go, if

a) I lived in California
b) I had the money to go there
c) I had any interest whatsoever in anime

As all three of those are currently quite untrue, I may be forced to stay home.

You should see the cosplay skills in Asia. I went to an anime convention in Beijing and my cousin had her cosplay costume custom made. It was absolutely insane. There were so many good people there. Compared to that, North American anime conventions are stupid.

...okay, fine. North American ones are better planned and more...spacious.

yes they are more spacious and not being burried in fanboys in america makes me happy to stay here...

but it depends how far ahead you plan your cosplay stuff

( i have seen some nijon cosplay ... pretty cool )

Are you dressing up?

Well, my group of friends usually gets serious about working on their AX costumes around late March/early April. This year we mostly got going on our stuff in May, but last year my friend and I started way back in January (we built a God Gundam costume- the thing stands 7+ feet tall!)

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing!

So what are you going as this year?

Not this year I'm afraid.

Now, AX2008... I'm baaaaaaaaaaack (and probably laughing at everyone).

yes they are more spacious and not being burried in fanboys in america makes me happy to stay here...

but it depends how far ahead you plan your cosplay stuff

( i have seen some nijon cosplay ... pretty cool )
Well, another thing I liked about the Beijing convention was that there was more of a variety to the cosplay. You can find characters from every anime imaginable. The local one I went to had the entire case of Inuyasha over and over again and that was about it.

So what are you going as this year?

or whom ^^

or whom ^^
Yes, that too.

You should see the cosplay skills in Asia. I went to an anime convention in Beijing and my cousin had her cosplay costume custom made. It was absolutely insane. There were so many good people there. Compared to that, North American anime conventions are stupid.

...okay, fine. North American ones are better planned and more...spacious.

Examples of Asian cosplay:

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/9483/11452900734636ev.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6519/rikkuffx3bv.jpg

Example for American cosplay:

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7329/ffcosplay7mn1je.jpg

Examples of Asian cosplay:

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/9483/11452900734636ev.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6519/rikkuffx3bv.jpg

Example for American cosplay:

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7329/ffcosplay7mn1je.jpg

crap even their cameras are better then ours!!!!!

Well, on the subject of cosplayers being professional in Asia...also consider that the "fanboys" take it to a professional level too. Scary, it was. There were so many 8" camera lenses in attendance and being fired off at close range from risque angles that one might have easily mistaken it for a Paparazzi convention.

By the way, what is "nijon" cosplay? Is that a spelling error or something?

Examples of Asian cosplay:

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/9483/11452900734636ev.jpg

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6519/rikkuffx3bv.jpg

Example for American cosplay:

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7329/ffcosplay7mn1je.jpg
Yep, looks about right. It wasn't pleasant to see an extremely obese woman dress up as Kagome, complete with the uber short skirt. *shudder*

I believe Stephanie/Firefury will be going painted entirely blue (unless she was deliberately misleading us on the Space Sector RPRA boards, and we all know mods never do that! <.<), armed with some kind of fearsome musical instrument.

Well, on the subject of cosplayers being professional in Asia...also consider that the "fanboys" take it to a professional level too. Scary, it was. There were so many 8" camera lenses in attendance and being fired off at close range from risque angles that one might have easily mistaken it for a Paparazzi convention.

By the way, what is "nijon" cosplay? Is that a spelling error or something?

no sorry ... nijon is the japanese word for Japan, i watch anime in japanese so i took it upn myself to learn Japanese... Romanji at least.. and my friend Takuya told me that that is what i should call it. heh i shouldn't expect everyones Best friend to be Japanese i suppose

I'm actually cosplaying Ember Mclain, a character from an American cartoon. I figure if people can cosplay Harry-flipping-Potter to AX, I can get away with a cartoon character who looks like a J-rocker. And here's the "fearsome musical instrument":
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs11/300W/i/2006/176/7/8/Ember__s_Guitar__COMPLETE_by_FirefuryAmahira.jpg

There are good American cosplayers, and there are bad Asian cosplayers, too. We just never really hear about the bad ones, whereas the bad American cosplayers are right in front of everybody =p

no sorry ... nijon is the japanese word for Japan, i watch anime in japanese so i took it upn myself to learn Japanese... Romanji at least.. and my friend Takuya told me that that is what i should call it. heh i shouldn't expect everyones Best friend to be Japanese i suppose
*points at the other poster's location*

Isn't that Nihon? Nijon would be something else entirely, IIRC.

I'm actually cosplaying Ember Mclain, a character from an American cartoon. I figure if people can cosplay Harry-flipping-Potter to AX, I can get away with a cartoon character who looks like a J-rocker. And here's the "fearsome musical instrument":
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs11/300W/i/2006/176/7/8/Ember__s_Guitar__COMPLETE_by_FirefuryAmahira.jpg

There are good American cosplayers, and there are bad Asian cosplayers, too. We just never really hear about the bad ones, whereas the bad American cosplayers are right in front of everybody =p
ACK! ELECTRIC GUITAR OF DOOM! (I'm guessing that's not going to replace the Uber Ninja Mod Sword of DOOM, though, right? ;P) Above a certain dB level those things scare me. Well, meh. I won't be attending, as has been fairly conclusively established, so I can just point and laugh at the people who emerge with broken eardrums from my comfortable Northeastern armchair.

ACK! ELECTRIC GUITAR OF DOOM! (I'm guessing that's not going to replace the Uber Ninja Mod Sword of DOOM, though, right? ;P) Above a certain dB level those things scare me. Well, meh. I won't be attending, as has been fairly conclusively established, so I can just point and laugh at the people who emerge with broken eardrums from my comfortable Northeastern armchair.

It won't be replacing the Sword of DEAT, and it won't be breaking any eardrums either- the guitar is non-functional. (Though it doesn't sound too bad when I pluck the strings.)

I'm actually cosplaying Ember Mclain, a character from an American cartoon. I figure if people can cosplay Harry-flipping-Potter to AX, I can get away with a cartoon character who looks like a J-rocker. And here's the "fearsome musical instrument":
http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs11/300W/i/2006/176/7/8/Ember__s_Guitar__COMPLETE_by_FirefuryAmahira.jpg

There are good American cosplayers, and there are bad Asian cosplayers, too. We just never really hear about the bad ones, whereas the bad American cosplayers are right in front of everybody =p
WTF? People go to AX dressed up as Harry Potter? Why didn't anybody smite them?

Cool, just curious, I had a hunch you were trying to say "nihon" or the more traditional "nippon"　...I take it that there are several different ways of using romaji, right? I genuinely am curious, I don`t want to have to tell my students I`ve been teaching them to write romanji wrong for eleven months. And yeah, you`re right, the Asians are definitely a damned sight more dedicated to their cosplaying!

*points at the other poster's location*

Isn't that Nihon? Nijon would be something else entirely, IIRC.

IIRC????

It must be dialect or something ^^ or i just recall it incorrectly.

IIRC????

It must be dialect or something ^^ or i just recall it incorrectly.

I know what it is... lolz i am used to pronouncing the j as an h there you go ^^
stupid spanish language ^^

It won't be replacing the Sword of DEAT, and it won't be breaking any eardrums either- the guitar is non-functional. (Though it doesn't sound too bad when I pluck the strings.)
The Ninja Mod Sword of DEAT, yeah, that was the name, of Coggy's first (or third? I forget now) comic routine... and phew, one fewer iteration of eardrum destroying music for people like me with sensitive hearing...

I`ll sympathise with that, I`m forever mixing up the various romaji methods anyway! I was just a little jumpy at the thought that there could be another method of romaji use that I`d missed (perhaps at my loss), sorry that enquiry came off as a little strong! Cheers, all!

Here's some dedicated American cosplay for you people XP
http://images2.cosplay.com/photos/39/390613.jpg

It took my friend and I six months of no social lives whatsoever to construct that thing. The support frame is welded steel rod, the feet are 7 inch high platform shoes, and the completed costume stands 7'4" tall from feet to the top of the crests. I've got an entire gallery of in-progress pictures from building that monster.

I want to cosplay! :D

I want to cosplay! :D
Yep, it's uber fun. :D You get to wear the most outrageous costumes you never would dare to wear in everyday life.

Yep, it's uber fun. :D You get to wear the most outrageous costumes you never would dare to wear in everyday life.

Yeah, and if you really put a lot of effort into a costume, it's something you can be proud of. ^_^

What's really fun is every year since I started attending Anime Expo (1999 was my first year), there's this Christian group that ALWAYS is booked at the same time as us. So the cosplayers can really offend the Christians just by walking around in costume XD

Yep, it's uber fun. :D You get to wear the most outrageous costumes you never would dare to wear in everyday life.

Hehe, I know.

I was thinking Chi, but everyone does Chi.

If only there were places to do it here :(

Yeah, and if you really put a lot of effort into a costume, it's something you can be proud of. ^_^

What's really fun is every year since I started attending Anime Expo (1999 was my first year), there's this Christian group that ALWAYS is booked at the same time as us. So the cosplayers can really offend the Christians just by walking around in costume XD

How is it offensive? :confused:

Yeah, and if you really put a lot of effort into a costume, it's something you can be proud of. ^_^

What's really fun is every year since I started attending Anime Expo (1999 was my first year), there's this Christian group that ALWAYS is booked at the same time as us. So the cosplayers can really offend the Christians just by walking around in costume XD
teehee, that's awesome! My local one is tiny and held at the university, but still, it's better than nothing.

Hehe, I know.

I was thinking Chi, but everyone does Chi.

If only there were places to do it here :(
last time, I went has her ^-^
http://home.mtholyoke.edu/~tlouie/Shampoo/shampoo.gif

ps, check your TG's if you haven't already.

How is it offensive? :confused:

Well, some of the skimpier outfits with the short skirts, emphasis on cleavage, and so on... My sister cosplayed Peorth from Ah My Goddess a few years ago, and the outfit is essentially a glorified bikini. She looked damn good, and got a ton of dirty looks from offended Christian convention people =D

Well, some of the skimpier outfits with the short skirts, emphasis on cleavage, and so on... My sister cosplayed Peorth from Ah My Goddess a few years ago, and the outfit is essentially a glorified bikini. She looked damn good, and got a ton of dirty looks from offended Christian convention people =D

Oh, I forgot there were still people that got offended by flesh :p

Sounds fun :D

teehee, that's awesome! My local one is tiny and held at the university, but still, it's better than nothing.


last time, I went has her ^-^
http://home.mtholyoke.edu/~tlouie/Shampoo/shampoo.gif

ps, check your TG's if you haven't already.

Funky :)

*Sigh of jealousy*

You now have a new TG :)

Funky :)

*Sigh of jealousy*

You now have a new TG :)
Yep, only time in my life I got to wear my blue wig, but it was worth it.

You too.

Yeah, and if you really put a lot of effort into a costume, it's something you can be proud of. ^_^

What's really fun is every year since I started attending Anime Expo (1999 was my first year), there's this Christian group that ALWAYS is booked at the same time as us. So the cosplayers can really offend the Christians just by walking around in costume XD
Actually the Christian group wasn't the most offended. Disney was the most offended. Though the memory of Disney security chasing the entire Sailor Moon cast through the parking lot at Disneyland will remain one of my favorite memories.

Aside: 99? Ha! Beat ya by one year! I started in 98!

Eh, Disney can kiss my cute ass =p I think we still have one of the flyers they passed out to the hotel guests at AX 2000.

I think mostly we confuse the hell out of the Disney tourists. Walking around the convention center I usually get asked by Disney tourists at least once "... Excuse me, but what's going on-?"

Yep, only time in my life I got to wear my blue wig, but it was worth it.

You too.

Blue wig? That's quality :D

You three :p

Blue wig? That's quality :D

You three :p
I know, but the wig was so long and plastic that it was REALLY uncomfortable. I think it would've been easier if I died my hair blue. (Then remembers that she tried and it turned green and grimaces.)

joo 4. :p

Did somebody say "blue wig"? =p
http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs11/300W/i/2006/176/8/d/Ember_cosplay___Wig_by_FirefuryAmahira.jpg
^US$158 for the wig and the styling. I don't get cheapo crappy Halloween store wigs. I get GOOD wigs at this place over in Hollywood :D

INUYASHA!

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INUYASHA!

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Eh, I think Inu-Yasha's popularity is finally starting to subside. This year it'll likely be a lot of Kingdom Hearts II, Bleach, Naruto, and Full Metal Alchemist.

Eh, I think Inu-Yasha's popularity is finally starting to subside. This year it'll likely be a lot of Kingdom Hearts II, Bleach, Naruto, and Full Metal Alchemist.
I don't watch anime, but I hear Naruto is very popular.

I don't watch anime, but I hear Naruto is very popular.

I don't like Naruto :(

I don't watch anime, but I hear Naruto is very popular.

It is, now that it's being marketed to a younger age bracket with the blasphemous dub that CN released.

If only they had released the subs instead.

I know, but the wig was so long and plastic that it was REALLY uncomfortable. I think it would've been easier if I died my hair blue. (Then remembers that she tried and it turned green and grimaces.)

joo 4. :p

I want a long blonde wig... Maybe I'll have to go with Chi just so I can get one.

I dyed my hair blue and had it turn green too. I think it looked pretty good anyway tho :p

joo 5

Heh, the age-old dub vs sub issue. I will admit, the overall quality of dubs HAS come a LONG way from when I first got heavily into anime in the mid-90s. There are even a few dubs I like more than the original sub, and a few where I like the dub and the sub equally =p

I want a long blonde wig... Maybe I'll have to go with Chi just so I can get one.

I dyed my hair blue and had it turn green too. I think it looked pretty good anyway tho :p

joo 5
oooo, that'd be so cool. Yeah, I'm deciding weather I want to go to the next one as someone who has black hair so I don't have to change my hair's colour.

Well, mine had a really bad bleaching job at the beginning, so the blue only lasted for a couple of days. I kinda like the green, but it disappeared in a week too. So I was left with a horrible copper colour of hair that had random black spots in it. >.<

joo teh six0rs. :p

It is, now that it's being marketed to a younger age bracket with the blasphemous dub that CN released.

If only they had released the subs instead.
All dubs are evil. I nearly died when I heard the Fushigi Yuugi dub. The Inuyasha dub is no better. The dubbing alone turned me off the anime. I'm attempting to download Naruto so I don't have to put up the censoring dubbing CN puts on it.

Eh, Disney can kiss my cute ass =p I think we still have one of the flyers they passed out to the hotel guests at AX 2000.
Oh I do, I have that damned thing framed.

I think mostly we confuse the hell out of the Disney tourists. Walking around the convention center I usually get asked by Disney tourists at least once "... Excuse me, but what's going on-?"
Best one for me was being asked if the line for the music video tickets was the line for Disneyland.

oooo, that'd be so cool. Yeah, I'm deciding weather I want to go to the next one as someone who has black hair so I don't have to change my hair's colour.

Well, mine had a really bad bleaching job at the beginning, so the blue only lasted for a couple of days. I kinda like the green, but it disappeared in a week too. So I was left with a horrible copper colour of hair that had random black spots in it. >.<

joo teh six0rs. :p

Yeah, sounds easier... Maybe I could do that too :p

Ah, that sucks :s
*Gives up* No leet speak for me; you seven.

I never listen to dubbed anime, it's just not right. Most of the time, the Japanese voice actors are better suited to the character...

Best one for me was being asked if the line for the music video tickets was the line for Disneyland.

LOL! Nice! So you're going this year, too?

LOL! Nice! So you're going this year, too?
I wish, but since I'm in Japan... no. I'll see you guys in 2 years when I'm back home for a bit though.

All dubs are evil. I nearly died when I heard the Fushigi Yuugi dub. The Inuyasha dub is no better. The dubbing alone turned me off the anime. I'm attempting to download Naruto so I don't have to put up the censoring dubbing CN puts on it.

With 190* episodes to download, you'll be doing that for a while :P. Which subber are you getting them from?

* Apparently the guy before me in charge of Anime Club at my school DID do that, because we have it all on disk. I don't do the actuall downloading (I can't), so I got stuck inventorying all of our disks. Most of them went straight in the trash (IE: He had a lot of really crappy stuff in there. Then again, the club is more into progressive Anime, so they tend to be more descriminating.)