Anime Banzai

While looking around on the internet for local anime conventions in September, I stumbled across Anime Banzai. I looked around it's website and gleefully found out that it was going to happen on October 16th-18th. I was so excited. I would be able to wear my costume to somewhere besides Halloween! And there was also a Cosplay Contest and I thought I could give it a try.

October approached and I had to rush to get my cosplay done. The night before we went I stayed up to finish painting a lot of the shield and the gold on the scabbard. I ended up staying up until 1:00 a.m., I believe. This caused sleeping in a little longer than we (Nett, Taylor, Danny, and I) wanted to on the next day.

The hotel the convention was at was about an hour away and I still needed to get dressed. I also had to be at the convention between 11:00 a.m. to Noon to sign up for the contest. I don't remember the time we left the house but I still needed to get some spirit gum to attach the prosthetic ears to my ears and duct tape for the scabbard and shield. So we ran into a Halloween store and a shopping store. We rushed for the stuff and were back on our way.

We got to the convention around 11:45 a.m. and went straight to the registration line. Frustratingly, the line took us 45 mins. to get through. That meant we missed the contest sign-ups by a half hour. It was disappointing but I was having a lot of fun so I didn't mind much.

My costume: Link from Twilight Princess.

As we walked around the convention, people were sneaking pictures of my costume. Some people even told me that I was one of the best Links there or the 'cute Link.' Two people asked for pictures that I remember and lots of people asked for hugs. Taylor and I went into the Artist Alley and Dealer's Room. It was cool to see all of the anime wares. I got a poster and a keychain. Taylor got a lot more than I did. xD

Later on in the day, we tried to get a glimpse at the Cosplay Contest. We had to leave earlier to help finish move some of Nett's friends from their place. We hurried back to watch the show but we must have missed it. Taylor and I ended up watching 10 mins. of a badly done anime performance. I don't remember the name of the cosplay group, but they tried to reenact an anime in a musical form. Too bad most of them couldn't sing. xP

We walked around for about a half hour after that. That's when I got a lot of the pictures I have of people. And also that was when the crazier people started to show up. That was our cue to leave. It was fun while it lasted. =)

Cait Sith (Final Fantasy VII) & Kuja (Final Fantasy IX).

Not sure with this one. He was very nice, too. Luigi & Mario.