By Rachel on May 16, 2006
Finally – the Anime Central 2006 Photo Album is finished! We have over 80 Pictures of Ultimate Fun. We saw so many incredible costumes, they drowned out the half-assed and crappy cosplays nigh completely.
I was disappointed with a few good cosplays, mainly because the hot characters I adore were played by girls. I’d run over to Vampire Hunter D or Vincent from Final Fantasy VII and it was “oops – girls”. I asked someone why all the hot guys were all played by women, she replied “Guys can’t do the bishishounen look.” Yeah, that’s true, American men for the most part can only do bishishounen while they’re still fairly young. Then they get chest hair and muscles, and ew, they just can’t pull that look off any more without major work.
I’ve put up all the pictures of Masquerade winners that I have. They’re the boxes with a blue border around them.
Enjoy the pics but please give me credit if you use them any where else.
Posted in Anime Conventions
I was exposed to anime as a child while living in Germany after watching the Japanese version of Hans Christian Anderson’s the Little Mermaid. In high school, a classmate in art brought in Akira as an example of Japanese art. I wasn’t very impressed with anime at the time, but my re-exposure to it in 2000 thanks to Escaflowne had me hooked for life.After sorting out what I liked about anime (great stories, beautiful animation and epic battles) and disliked about anime (big boobs, angst-y 15 year-old kids, most mecha, sports stories and style-over-substance), I got into it with a vengeance.I do love almost all aspects of Japanese culture and try to be involved with it as much as possible. I have no problem admitting that I incorporate a lot of Japanese trends and traditions into my life as I modify them and make them my own. Anime is a big part of that, along with all the sub-cultures, past and present.
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