Anime Next

About a week or so after our return from Canada, we went to Anime Next together. Anime Next had moved to the Expo Center instead of it being in a hotel this time. Although it may have been much bigger and less crowded due to extra space, there was much content to enjoy.

First off on the day heading there, Demonruri and three girls that was joining us came late to catch the bus. So i was forced to go ahead of them to the hotel and get the room. I ofcourse unpacked first and kicked back and relaxed waiting for them to arrive. Once i was there, i saw a bunch of Otaku and hated them already. This convention i went as another Gundam Seed character. Shinn Asuka to be more exact.

I paid Digi to make the Zaft uniform for me and it looked great. Too bad my hair was a bit long as alot of people mistook me for Athrun. Which i didnt mind as i Cosplayed as Athrun at Katsucon. Demonruri went as Cagalli and also Stellar. I liked the Stellar look and i think the outfit was Secksy XD.

The dealers room was decent, it wasnt the best or the largest but it had some of the things i was looking to buy. COPIC MARKERS !!! XD XD. I have been looking for a stand that sold the markers at a reasonable price and i found it. They sold it for about 50 less per marker so instantly i bought some and a Sketch book to use the markers on. Demonruri went on her lil spending spree herself with many model figures and randomness. I dont know how much she spent but probably about the same amount i spent on my markers.

The girls that came along that i talked about earlier are from the anime club i ran at my old highscool. Due to budget they shared the room with me and Demonruri too. Good thing there were two beds and they were both big enough. Nothing bad happened i swear >.> <.< lol j/k. All together we had alot of fun, going to the game room (which smelled like sweat, so many people there i guess never learned to shower) and making new friends. We came across another group of GSDers and became instant friends. We even did a GSD DDR shoot which i have to say was really fun XD. We even had a big Pizza Party at our room with a bunch of people and enjoyed some One Piece and other randomness anime on cabed together while we played card games and discussed random topics.

Anyway, about the costumes, there were some great ones and my favorite is obvious Stellar by my G/f and second is the Ein dog supersized ! I saw some great costumes there and some that werent so great but then again they looked more like Otaku than anything. I was kinda suprised how many people started to recognize me as Shinn when i put on some red contact eyes and was constantly being stopped having my picture taken XD. I already have an idea on what to cosplay next convention and its going to be Athrun in the Orb outfit and maybe Wedding Athrun and ofcourse ill be comming as Shinn, this time with my hair cut to his length XD.