Otakon '09
I think I'm finally over the post-con depression. I hate leaving conventions and going back to the real world.
Anyhoo, here are some pictures I took at Otakon last weekend!
Starting off with the Sunday Death Note photoshoot. It was the only shoot I could get to for its full length of time.
Unfortunately there were quite a few pics that turned out blurry, which really irritated me. I don't know what was up with my camera that weekend. :| But I'm posting the better ones.
This guy was probably my favorite L at the con. He had all the props out and did an incredible job mimicking his mannerisms. It made this L fangirl very happy. ^^
Hay Lighto-kun, why are you checking your watch???
Lighting problem, or Mikami shooting out energy balls of sakujo? I prefer to believe the latter.
Very nice to see a Naomi Misora!
D:
I'm the fourth Misa down, next to the Mikami. :P
LOL, these three created such great poses.
Just searching for evidence, Misa-san.
Final group shot!
Since we didn't make it to the Friday or Saturday DN shoots in their entirety, I had Arc take some pics of me when I was dressed as L on Friday and Saturday.
Yeah, I couldn't get through the day without getting one of those. :P I was really amused to be standing in a line waiting for coffee dressed as L.
Sugar cubes!
Those pandas will pay.
I do not know what happened with the lighting here. It really wasn't that dark in there. 0__o
Haha, my expression looks a little "duuurrrr" here.
I snuck in for the last shot on Friday's photo shoot. I'm the L on the very far left-hand side.
This was actually my first time cosplaying as L in a public area. (Uhh... except for that trip I took to Starbucks on Halloween night last year after giving candy out to the kids dressed as L...) I think it went well. I really tried to mimic his mannerisms as much as I possibly could. Although I didn't consume as much candy as I thought I would... One girl seemed to really love me and said I was the cutest L she'd ever seen, so that really made me happy. :D I was also amused when I walked into the Madhouse panel a few minutes late and the presenter said, "Ah, and here comes L!" People proceeded to turn around and say, "Hi, L!" I felt kind of embarassed. But hey, I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy the attention. ;) Speaking of attention, it's very interesting to note the different kinds of attention when one is cosplaying L as opposed to Misa. When you're L you have mostly fangirls who want to take your picture and talk to you; when you're Misa, it's mostly fanboys. Dressing as both characters has its perks, but I think I really enjoyed dressing and acting like L more. He's my favorite character for crimeny's sake!
We went to more panels this year than usual. I found the best ones to be about Anime/Manga Studies, which basically talked about how to encourage academics and educators to take the medium more seriously. Another very good one dealt with how the otaku culture and its perception has changed over the years. I guess I tend to like the serious business panels more, since I always like learning something new. The Darker Than Black panel was okay and there was a Genshiken panel that was a lot of fun. Now I want to watch both of those series all over again! :D
As for goods, I bought three doujinshi (yeah, I know... ONLY three) and a bunch of fanart in Artist's Alley. Both of the fanarts I entered in the Art Show sold, which made me happy. I'll make a separate entry about the new fanart I made at another point. I need to remember to upload those things to DeviantArt, too... especially before the site for the DN anthology is released to the general public.
Anyhoo, here are some pictures I took at Otakon last weekend!
Starting off with the Sunday Death Note photoshoot. It was the only shoot I could get to for its full length of time.
Unfortunately there were quite a few pics that turned out blurry, which really irritated me. I don't know what was up with my camera that weekend. :| But I'm posting the better ones.
This guy was probably my favorite L at the con. He had all the props out and did an incredible job mimicking his mannerisms. It made this L fangirl very happy. ^^
Hay Lighto-kun, why are you checking your watch???
Lighting problem, or Mikami shooting out energy balls of sakujo? I prefer to believe the latter.
Very nice to see a Naomi Misora!
D:
I'm the fourth Misa down, next to the Mikami. :P
LOL, these three created such great poses.
Just searching for evidence, Misa-san.
Final group shot!
Since we didn't make it to the Friday or Saturday DN shoots in their entirety, I had Arc take some pics of me when I was dressed as L on Friday and Saturday.
Yeah, I couldn't get through the day without getting one of those. :P I was really amused to be standing in a line waiting for coffee dressed as L.
Sugar cubes!
Those pandas will pay.
I do not know what happened with the lighting here. It really wasn't that dark in there. 0__o
Haha, my expression looks a little "duuurrrr" here.
I snuck in for the last shot on Friday's photo shoot. I'm the L on the very far left-hand side.
This was actually my first time cosplaying as L in a public area. (Uhh... except for that trip I took to Starbucks on Halloween night last year after giving candy out to the kids dressed as L...) I think it went well. I really tried to mimic his mannerisms as much as I possibly could. Although I didn't consume as much candy as I thought I would... One girl seemed to really love me and said I was the cutest L she'd ever seen, so that really made me happy. :D I was also amused when I walked into the Madhouse panel a few minutes late and the presenter said, "Ah, and here comes L!" People proceeded to turn around and say, "Hi, L!" I felt kind of embarassed. But hey, I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy the attention. ;) Speaking of attention, it's very interesting to note the different kinds of attention when one is cosplaying L as opposed to Misa. When you're L you have mostly fangirls who want to take your picture and talk to you; when you're Misa, it's mostly fanboys. Dressing as both characters has its perks, but I think I really enjoyed dressing and acting like L more. He's my favorite character for crimeny's sake!
We went to more panels this year than usual. I found the best ones to be about Anime/Manga Studies, which basically talked about how to encourage academics and educators to take the medium more seriously. Another very good one dealt with how the otaku culture and its perception has changed over the years. I guess I tend to like the serious business panels more, since I always like learning something new. The Darker Than Black panel was okay and there was a Genshiken panel that was a lot of fun. Now I want to watch both of those series all over again! :D
As for goods, I bought three doujinshi (yeah, I know... ONLY three) and a bunch of fanart in Artist's Alley. Both of the fanarts I entered in the Art Show sold, which made me happy. I'll make a separate entry about the new fanart I made at another point. I need to remember to upload those things to DeviantArt, too... especially before the site for the DN anthology is released to the general public.