FanExpo Day 1

August 23rd 2008 06:13 am

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Ah, FanExpo, well, it seems to be quiet boring in a way today. Compared to the previous years of it. Not many people showed up this year compared to last year. The crowd was pretty small. I guess most people will go on Saturday. Well, I didn’t take as much pictures as I want since I was busy cosplaying. I was cosplaying as Len from Vocaloid. Half of the people who saw me thought I was Kagamine Rin not Len. There are a lot of differences to that character. One, no sleeve shirt and two, hair style is completely different. I also realize that my friend and I are the only Vocaloid cosplayers there. Anyways, enough ranting on and on, on to FanExpo Day 1…

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Well, arrived at the convention center. FanExpo is at the South building…

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Currently, the line to get tickets and passes. I was able to get one within 20 minutes or so. It came with a goodie bag.

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Something or people who love Stormtroopers… Well, there was this booth at FanExpo for 501th legion which is a Star Wars fan base. That is one heck of a suit.

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At 4PM, I was able to go into the dealer and event room… It’s huge with all the different cons split into 5 different section.

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Mario seems to have attended as well…with his star power!!!!!!!

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For people who loves WOW, this is for you!!!!!!!!

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The anime section of the convention area. Not bad, everything is either overpriced or US cover price…

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IT’S OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!! Vegeta cosplayer…surprisingly, it’s a female cosplayer…

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More pics from inside the dealer room…

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A small Bleach group. Nicely done too!!!!!!!

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Oh No, the Empire is striking back!!!!!!!!!

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This is an extremely well done cosplay!!!!!!!

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He has a bomb!!!!!!! RUN!!!!!!

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Ahm fresh breath anyone…

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Gaming section of the convention… A lot of proffessional gamers are playing here…

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A lot of people resting…like me at this time…

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Cosplayers usually hang around here…

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Dragon Ball Z cosplayers done by an all female cosplaying group…

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Four female Links and one male Link, what a lucky guy!!!!!!

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At around 9:30PM, the convention is so empty… Not many people are hanging around here…

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Well, my friends and I went to East Side Marios for dinner. So many people and it took around 45 minutes for the food to come. It was slow yet good… Well, I arrived home and washed off my yellow spray and gel hair…

Well, today was pretty good. I get to meet Saku from Saku’s AFK Corner and he also wrote a post on FanExpo here. He was a cool guy and we talked for a while before we parted ways. We plan to meet up tomorrow at anime name that tune. Well, I have to get some rest for tomorrow. I’ll provide some coverage on tomorrow’s event.

Posted by Rin under Blog & Conventions & Events & Otaku & Site |

12 Responses to “FanExpo Day 1”

  1. Dancing Queen Dancing Queen responded on 23 Aug 2008 at 7:22 am #

    no pictures of you in your cosplay?

  2. James James responded on 23 Aug 2008 at 7:53 am #

    Some nice cosplay :o

    But no pic of you cosplaying :’(

  3. Rin Rin responded on 23 Aug 2008 at 12:52 pm #

    Dancing Queen: Saku took a picture of me……sadly…

    James: Well, I can’t take a picture of myself when I’m holding a camera…

  4. otaku dan otaku dan responded on 23 Aug 2008 at 3:44 pm #

    the dealers room looks rather empty (by empty i mean not that many people in the way) and those DBZ cosplayer look great

  5. Kairu Kairu responded on 23 Aug 2008 at 4:45 pm #

    Nice pics, looks like it would be really fun to attend sometime ^^

  6. Larein Larein responded on 23 Aug 2008 at 5:01 pm #

    Yeah, usually there aren’t as many people on Fridays at conventions. Yay! D.Gray-Man cosplayers!

    Aha! I saw your cosplay on the other blog! >:3 It looks really well made. Did you make it yourself?

  7. lu-k lu-k responded on 23 Aug 2008 at 5:07 pm #

    Hey look great in your Ren cosplay despite what you think ^^

  8. Rin Rin responded on 23 Aug 2008 at 10:55 pm #

    Otaku Dan: Fridays are always like that. Saturdays are always packed!!!!!!!

    Kairu: Well, I feel Saturday is the day to attend…

    Larein: Yup I did!!! Hard but unprepared…I forgot to at some space in between… Since I grew a bit when on my trip to Japan…

    Lu-K: I’m like meh…most people thought I was a girl sadly…Well, I blame on not fixing it a bit more before I left for my trip…

  9. GNdynames GNdynames responded on 24 Aug 2008 at 1:56 am #

    I wish I could have attended T.T. I want to meet some of the fellow bloggers as well as join in on the fun.

    I think I saw that Soi Fon from AN this year. I really want to cosplay but I’m not sure about the costume.

  10. dice dice responded on 24 Aug 2008 at 4:03 am #

    LoL The Listerine - wannabe guy’s really funny! I didn’t know there are Listerine fans out there!

    How come theres not photos of you? :|

  11. Rin Rin responded on 24 Aug 2008 at 4:11 am #

    GNdynames: It’s always fun to meet bloggers. Maybe lets meet up at Anime North.

    Dine: Well, pictures of my in a Len cosplay is on Saku’s Afk Corner. Day one post…

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