Anime Con

Posted by Castypher on Oct. 24, 2011, 8:27 p.m.

My second one now.

So this weekend there was a convention of sorts being hosted near me again. I didn't plan on going, but a few friends asked me to, so I gave in. It was a blast. Wish I could say everything about it, but we must all make sacrifices for the purpose of tl;dr.

Nothing reeeeally out of the ordinary happened. But it was fun regardless. It seemed like the themes this year were:

- Soul Eater

- Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

- Pokemon (fuck)

- Naruto (doublefuck)

- Ouran Host Club

Most of the costumes were from these groups, though I did see some really great ones such as:

- League of Legends (Mordekaiser, Nocturne, Janna, and Hillbilly Gragas)

- Touhou (Flandre, Remilia, Patchouli)

And on the note of Touhou, there was a girl geeking out about how this guy modded Touhou songs onto some PC port of DDR (probably another title I'm not aware of). I never thought I'd get sick of hearing U.N.Owen Was Her?, but she played that, along with a few other songs, very excessively. So yeah, I found someone who likes Touhou more than I do (is it possible?).

Also started a few new shows including:

- Kanon (Puri told me to)

- K-On (Puri and Rob (kind of) told me to)

- Yuru Yuri (Rob and Puri told me to)

All are quite lulzy, the last being more so at the moment, the second being the typical KyoAni female-focused show, and the first having that Key style of sudden sadness after a lot of calmness.

And watched the film that goes with the Haruhi series. I don't know what to say. Thoroughly impressive.

School's keeping me tied down, so the status of my competition entry is iffy right now. I've got a lot of work to do, and I just finished a rather large homework assignment, so maybe I'll get a chance to sit with it a while. No screens or previews or anything, mostly so I can focus, but I will say this:

Genre: Stealth TDS

Scary-Four Category: Halloween (light horror elements)

Great focus on the characters and some dynamic interaction. Should be fun if I can finish it.

Comments

Rob 13 years, 1 month ago

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Naruto

You poor soul…

Castypher 13 years, 1 month ago

Don't tell me you actually like it. =|

Naruto and Pokemon were the most overdone themes up there, and two things I don't really consider anime because of how Americanized they are. Even if they were, wouldn't watch them.

JuurianChi 13 years, 1 month ago

"U.N.Owen Was Her?"?

Kewl.

Ferret 13 years, 1 month ago

You should cosplay :D

Castypher 13 years, 1 month ago

Cosplaying isn't my thing at all. I can't even imagine myself dressed up. Yet the same friends are asking me to, and I guess I did feel a little left out this year. Not sure what I'd do, but if I do, I'll take pics so you can all laugh.

Ferret 13 years, 1 month ago

You should, I used to always feel left out when I didn't.

Castypher 13 years, 1 month ago

I already high-fived Flandre there and that's all I need. Less jokingly, I'd just wear the wings. =|

And there were a lot of Minecraft guys there, too, including a creeper in a business suit.

DesertFox 13 years, 1 month ago

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Soul Eater
Saw that coming. Soul Eater is in this year.

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Ouran Host Club
Huh. I wonder why that is getting a resurgence.

Ferret 13 years, 1 month ago

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Huh. I wonder why that is getting a resurgence.
The same reason that Hetalia will never die, fangirls.

DesertFox 13 years, 1 month ago

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The same reason that Hetalia will never die, fangirls.

True, dat.