This weekend was Animania!!
This was the first time i have ever been because every other year i never knew when it was on nor did i have a costume to go in.
This year, i had heaps of reminders and actually had some time to make my costume too! =)
i started making it on Monday, and only finished it at 1am on friday night before the event.
the costume was pretty simple, so it didn't take me too long, but i'm horribly lazy and i keep skipping steps which then ended up being messy so it took even longer to fix the cheating steps..
when we were getting ready i only grabbed one of my shoes i needed for the cosplay. i also forgot to bring tape to tape my arm gruads onto me.. so my costume isnt 100%
i was so bummed too!! im never gonna wear the costume again, wasted so much time making arm bands and i dont get to use it :(
i couldn't had more sleep that night!!! bahh..
It was also Gillians and Jeremys first time going as well :)
Jeremy borrowed daves old halloween costume and gill borrowed my wig. she looks so good with blonde!!!
We ended up with quite a lot of pictures so im just going to post up some of cosplay i really really liked.
These guys had the best costume!!!
These 2 girls said their costume took 2 months to make!! i could never imagine being able to keep my focus on one thing for that long.. but they looked amazing!!!
this girl was super hot!! i want a body suit!!!
Our own little photo shoot :)
Gills friend Minh! she was working at the maid cafe there and hung out with us during her break :)
Kasumi!
I honestly loved it there..
There wasnt much there though, a couple of little stalls that sold a bit of anime stuff, small karaoke place, maid cafe, cosplay contest but mainly a hole heap of cosplay.
i found it really iffy that entry fee was $40 per person.. but i can see why..
if someone else were to make another event like this just for cosplayer.. they would have to hire a hall.. then they would have to hire equipment.. and security.. and a bunch of other stuff as well.
so in the end, we would have to pay around that much to enter anyways.
because unlike the other conventions i've been to, they dont have the advertising sponsorships..
Makes a huge difference though..
it was so weird that everyone would come up to us and ask us for photos with them..
i never thought we'd be an attraction there.. never really crossed my mind.
but half way through the day i had to learn a couple of lame kung fu moves just to pose for some photos.. lol.
people would come up to me and call me Kasumi as if they knew me..
it was nice..
I'm a different person now than i was in high school, i use to be able to dress up like anything and everything and felt amazing being someone different all the time!!
but now i have a normal boyfriend and a normal life.. Lol.. its nice.. but its not the real me..
i end up spending so much time sleeping because thats where i am able to be a different person..
it was just nice being able to escape for that little moment.
