Anime Matsuri 2013 Pt. 1
Overall, I had fun throughout the convention this past weekend. I cosplayed to my heart's content, was filmed and interviewed for a TV show premiering in the summer, bumped into friends, and much more. Let's get down to the details, shall we?
Friday
Work hard, play harder. That was my whole day, pretty much. First thing in the morning, there was class time. Working on assignments and learning new material was what needed to be done before having fun. Class was soon let out, and I went to my room to finish packing and prepping for an awesome weekend.
First cosplay of the weekend was Reisi Munakata from K. With the amount of people there (about 10,000 people or so), it wasn't too much fun walking around in layers because of all that generated body heat. Enough about my cosplay, let's move on to the con.
Got to the Hyatt Regency around 3:00PM. To me, it's fairly late since everything, including panels and Dealers Room, started around 12:00PM. I, personally, did not attend too many panels, but I did have fun looking around the Dealers Room, preparing to shop on Sunday. For once, I caught the Opening Ceremonies. Many of the special guests, in addition to the con chairs, introduced themselves and told the audience of their hopes of the convention; Janet Varney (voice of Korra), Matthew Mercer, Erin Fitzgerald, Carli Mosier (UH graduate), and many more.
As a cosplayer, I had a couple of photo shoots, working with a photographer to bring my character to life. So much fun being able to use my sword and be captain-y during that time. There were parts where I pretended I was on the hunt for the criminal and was able to chase him down. XD
Later that night, I attended the formal dance. In my opinion, I have more fun at that than Club AM. Classy dancing, like the waltz and swing, can be seen here. My friends and I had a blast, dancing and listening to the music. While listening to the music, we would try to guess where the song came from, be it from a video game, anime, or movie. Here's a picture of me, doing a jig and having a good old time. :)
(Source: Anime no Kai on Facebook)
First cosplay of the weekend was Reisi Munakata from K. With the amount of people there (about 10,000 people or so), it wasn't too much fun walking around in layers because of all that generated body heat. Enough about my cosplay, let's move on to the con.
Got to the Hyatt Regency around 3:00PM. To me, it's fairly late since everything, including panels and Dealers Room, started around 12:00PM. I, personally, did not attend too many panels, but I did have fun looking around the Dealers Room, preparing to shop on Sunday. For once, I caught the Opening Ceremonies. Many of the special guests, in addition to the con chairs, introduced themselves and told the audience of their hopes of the convention; Janet Varney (voice of Korra), Matthew Mercer, Erin Fitzgerald, Carli Mosier (UH graduate), and many more.
As a cosplayer, I had a couple of photo shoots, working with a photographer to bring my character to life. So much fun being able to use my sword and be captain-y during that time. There were parts where I pretended I was on the hunt for the criminal and was able to chase him down. XD
Later that night, I attended the formal dance. In my opinion, I have more fun at that than Club AM. Classy dancing, like the waltz and swing, can be seen here. My friends and I had a blast, dancing and listening to the music. While listening to the music, we would try to guess where the song came from, be it from a video game, anime, or movie. Here's a picture of me, doing a jig and having a good old time. :)
(Source: ANIME MATSURI 2013)
Despite the crowd and the hard-to-walk-through corridors, it was not too bad for a first day. Lots more to come in the next segment.
That looked like so much fun!
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