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World Cosplay Summit 2006

By chance or perhaps otaku fate, my coworker and coconspirator Peter happened to catch a commercial for the World Cosplay Summit 2006 being held at Oasis 21 in Sakae. However, he got the starting time wrong, so he, I, and half of ECC's personnel department showed up 6 hours early and spent the hotter part of the day taking pictures ... of other people who showed up 6 hours early. The competition was between 11 international teams, but the majority of the people pictured below were just spectators who turned up in costume. For Peter's article and virtually identical photographs go to Hikan Ninja

I could swear I've seen this chick on Myspace. If anyone runs across her profile, let me know.

We thought you had to pay to take pictures of these two, but later I found out that anyone with a Docomo phone, such as myself, could. Simon liked this angle better anyway.

I wasn't going to bother the cosplay family while they were trying to take a break and get some ice cream. However, Peter's girlfriend had no qualms about asking them to pose while waiting in line. I guess that's the price you pay for wearing a costume in public.

In line for the show. The upskirt shot was completely unintentional.

Hey, you dropped your purse.

Not one to stand out, Peter made himself slightly dorkier by tucking his shirt into his pants. Nobody else wanted his picture though.

Although his face is red, Simon's not drunk (words not often uttered). He's just straining to stay upright with Peter on top of him (words ... too frequently uttered).

Creepy dolls.

The youngest of the creepy dolls.

You know, cosplay loses some of its magic when you see them rehearsing in street clothes. Without a costume, you're just another dork with a styrofoam sword. Most of the stage shows turned out to be pretty mediocre, except for Spain's which was just bad.

Hahaha. Look at all the dorks taking pictures.

A little later on, this girl did some more erotic lesbianish poses with the chick pictured below, but I was two floors away by that point.

You know that dream where you go to the cosplay convention and suddenly you realize you aren't wearing any pants.

If you look closely, you'll find a few costumes in the crowd.

Here's a video I found on Youtube. I'm not in it.

Posted by erictowers at August 11, 2006 06:55 AM | TrackBack