Steve's Anime Con Pics - Gaming in Full Force
by Stephen Kelley, posted on 16 October 2010 / 1,563 Views
Or “ How I went to an anime convention, thus slacked off on the website for a week, so now I’m trying to make up for it…lol”
Last week I attended a small anime convention in Kansas City, Missouri called “Motaku”. While not strictly related to gaming, the convention definitely had a gaming presence with some of its cosplay. For those that do not know, cosplay is the general term for dressing up as a character in whatever fandom you like, to both show support and adoration of that character. It comes from the Japanese method of cutting two words in half to make a portmanteau, so when you play around in a costume, "costume play" becomes "cosplay." I figured it might be fun to show off some of the costumes I saw there just to show how the two fandoms have basically merged.
Before I get to some of the better game-related costumes I saw, let me just saw that I really like small conventions. It was really fun going to panels and such in a smaller venue. In my expierience, a lot of the intimacy is lost at the larger conventions. I actually got to hang out with fellow VGChartz editor Chris Arnone on one of the days, and generally had a blast. The only real downside was that I’m pretty sure I witnessed some folks trying to procreate in the pool….ewwww….
Well, without further ado, here are the images:
(Note: If not taken by me, these were featured on the convention’s Facebook page)
Zombie Sora
Squall and Seifer
Tonberry (This guy was in character all weekend)
Cloud Strife
Sexy Spartan
Charmander
Misty from Pokemon
Princess Zelda
Army of Two guys
Machine Gun Yuna
Chris Redfield
Halo Spartan
Just in case you want to see more on the con I went to click here.
