Moe moe kun?
On day 2, we arrived as usual ; they arrived as usual. I'm impress with their spirit on arriving early either on giving us a hella quality cosplay, or being entertained for the whole day.
I have to show you these blurry picture, a glimpse on behind the scene.
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| The behind the scene of setting up |
As a privilege of the staff, we get to see things earlier. Here's some figurine shot before the opening of the event. We can take as long as we want for these shots.
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Hulk :'Talk to the hand'
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Guess who is first on the line?
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| First cosplayer in the line - Kirito |
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| Slenderman |
He is much friendlier, not that I remembered from the game.
Staffs is getting ready for the GO sign.
Early performance by The Crestfall. Amazing stage performance.
They are a new band, but with experienced singing talent.
Thanks to their live performance, we get to enjoy live band music, making us less bored.
Well this is what we can cover, as our objective is to cover indie cosplayer.
At the early period, there isn't much crowd as compared to the 1st day. Might be the Sunday issue where everyone is enjoying sleeping.
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| Wargreymon - Digimon |
About lunch time, the venue is packed! With cosplayers, visitors, families, media and etc.
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| Star wars kid, ready to fight some troopers. |
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| Venom - Spiderman |
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| Digimon |
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| This year's hit, Attack on Titans cosplay |
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| I think is kappa from Ragnarok Online |
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| The red hiding hood |
No idea what she is cosplaying, but I like her hair and the dress.
Harder, better, faster, stronger that we would like to get lucky.
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| Daft Punk cosplay, awesome |
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| Sona - League of Legends |
The lighting here is so good, thanks to other studio to bring reflectors for us amature to take advantage of it.
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| Awesome dress |
Guess who? Asuna and Kirito again. They are the spotlight of my coverage because they are doing a good job.
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| Day 2 Asuna is normal Asuna - I miss neko-suna |
As the day gets longer, more crazy photographers are coming in, just like me. boom boom with your camera!
I met Angie!
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| Angie being a spectator of this event, not cosplaying |
I like this girl because she is a youtube fans. RWBY by Rooster Teeth. I like Rooster Teeth since their Red vs Blue.
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| Red - RWBY |
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| The off screen shot, I had to post this because she is so happy |
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| Gary - Fairy tail, shirtless as usual. Damn that 6 packs |
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| Juvia - Fairy Tail |
Couple shot time!
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| Hope the anime/manga will have this scene |
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| Saw him on CF last year, he's so cool |
Who says Malay don't cosplay?!
Cute cosplay, and love that hat!
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| My friend's gf's collogues sister. |
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| That eye focus, she's a pro |
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| Can I has that bunny pirate? |
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| Kenshin - Samurai X |
The champion of the group cosplay competition!
Sonic and his friends!
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| Eggman |
Today we have a limited time as we are in a tight schedule, we need to leave before 4pm. Before we leave, there's a stall giving us staff 10%-80% discount on merchandise! We bought a lots of neko plushie.
As we are leaving the venue, we saw this couple choosing toys and figurine. It is Persona 4 cosplay! As a player and a fans of Shin Megami Tensei's creation, especially his best work - Persona 4, how can we ignore this!?
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| The only Persona 4! |
As we leave the hall, we saw some new faces.
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| The girl with the red hood looks like a Hong Kong Actress. |
We end our coverage last photo with Nidalee, from League of Legends.
I remember they said why go for the small cosplay event such as Animangaki. But I go against the tide, no matter small event or big event, sponsored or not sponsored, true cosplayers will be there. If I haven't go, I wouldn't be meeting such amazing people, I won't be having more cosplayers friend.
Sometimes you have to think, famous cosplayers don't let you take close up shot, post on your demand, and chit chat to them. Because they belongs to an organization, a company, as a model. However indie cosplayer that I covered, they are friendly, they love you talking to them, they love you taking pictures of them, and they love being recognized.
It is a great event, and it deserve the same recognition as the larger organization. Last year was 4,000 attendees, this year doubles to 8,000. For new comer who would like to join an cosplayer event, no matter a cosplayer or a photographer, or just pure spectator enjoying the event. This is a great local event to start with.
See you next year!
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