Got up pretty early on Saturday, because we had to be at the con at 11 to see Uncle Yo’s performance and we wanted to stop at the Sanrio store beforehand. Left school at 8:30ish and caught a 9:05 express train. All the way to the Sanrio store, we made a point to wave to all the tourist buses we passed until at least one person waved back =D. Browsed around the store, but didn’t buy anything because we had to motor – took a group picture outside the store, and had fun when a bus was stopped at the traffic light in front of the store, people on the topof the bus took pictures of us ^_^.
I went to get a spot for Uncle Yo while the others had to run to the bathroom for costume adjustments. Uncle Yo is an alum of my college, SUNY Purchase, so we had to represent! He was funny, as per usual, though I couldn’t get good pics because I was stuck on the side of the stage.
I managed to lose my crew after the show, so I wandered around and did some shopping. Ran into an Ash, Misty, and Pikachu cosplayers and got a pic taken with them - and as things typically go, once you get a few people from a series posing, the cameras come out of nowhere.
Oh, and I had also competed in the Maid Cafe’s Costume Contest – i got 2nd place to a Kiki (from Kiki’s Delivery Service) cosplayer. I won a pack of strawberry Yan-Yan, and I got a COW cookie stick in it=D!
<– it says “MUUUUUUUU” ^_^
I didn’t buy much in the Dealer’s Room, though I did get some nifty stuff from the Artist’s Alley. I got these prints at Otakon from an artist that were a group of Water and Fire Pokemon (all their Pokemon pics had the Eeveelution for that type in it ^^) – they were at NYAF so I completed the set and got the Electric and Grass prints. There was also this artist had had these beautiful prints of girls representing the different animals of the Chinese Zodiac (along with other pretty Asian-style works), I got the Sheep because it was adorable and the Ox because it was badass.
I finally caught up with Austin and the crew because I saw them getting their pictures taken at one of the pro photography booths. I dumped my stuff with them and went to buy a funnel cake, because the smell had finally got to me and I hadn’t eaten anything. While hanging around by the booth while they waited for their pictures, the crazyness happened. The guy was taking a picture of a Honey from Ouran High School Host Club cosplayer, and some random guy threw up on the corner of his seamless background. The photographer (understandably, as a photographer I know any equipment is expensive) starts flipping out at the guy and security, and we’re just sitting there like “O_O;” We felt so bad for the Honey cosplayer and his mom. We shopped a bit in the Alley afterwards (I got my friend Drew this cute Captain Hammer statue, since it was his birthday), then got on line really early (around 3:15ish?) for the Masquerade. Last year’s was amazing, and we wanted a got spot and nothing else was going on that interested us.
Watched people get hit with a yaoi paddle, and semi-napped on line. While on line (or earlier, brain fart) I read in the program book that the Japanese idol singer that opened the Masquerade at Otakon, Reni Mimura, would be opening the Masq. at NYAF. Seriously, she is the textbook definition of kawaii =3. When NYAF staff finally figured out where the line was starting, it ends up we were third in line =D.
Hours later, we’re finally let in – we ended up being second-row to the left side of the stage, right near the podium.
<– Domo can has presidency?
<– this little girl was sitting in front of us, she was so cute ^^.
While everyone was being seated, random staff people would be standing/walking past the camera that was filming on the large screen. One guy was holding this large rollof masking tape, and seemed to be talking about something important – which led our crew to narrate what was going on. It got into some crazy story where the tape was top-secret tape, and there was something about a pony named Vito. We’re very easily-entertained children, if you couldn’t tell already ^^.
The show opening up with Uncle Yo and Mario Bueno singing the “Otaku National Anthem”
which caused everyone to LOL, then sing along. That’s our childhood right there!
It took some time for Reni and her backup dancers to be ready, but they were SUPER ADORABLE so it was okay! They tried to teach Uncle Yo a dance to one of her songs, and it was on of of the more hilarious moments of the con:
<– too cute
As per usual for a Masquerade, some skits are epic while others are kind of fail. I have to say though, that the costumes in the NYAF Masquerade have been some of the most gorgeous I’ve even seen, better or at least very close to the level at Otakon.
<– Paradise Kiss
<– Vampire Hunter D skit. Pretty costumes + the lolz = Win.
<– This L skit had the whole audience cracking up! L, very dramatically, makes an ice cream sundae.
<– they missed part of the beginning, and importantly the end. See, he had all his supplies in one of those foam cooler-things, and the thing broke and melted ice cream spilled on the floor! L cleaned it up himself, and everyone cracked up again when Uncle Yo went and took some of the whipped cream off of L’s face.
<– *grumbles* Damn (gorgeous) Trinity Blood…
<– adorable Vocaloid-cosplaying twins from Japan ^^
<– I don’t remember what series they were from, but they were ridonkulously gorgeous costumes.
^– F’n EPIC like 7-8 foot tall Bumblebee! EPIC!
So while the judges deliberated, teams from Mexico, France, and a guy from Japan performed Exhibition skits:
<– Team Mexico
<– Team France
<– Gundam dude
Awards time, yay!
The little girl cosplaying from Bleach ended up winning a Youth award =3.
<– that old guy judge was a total creeper, btw.
<– a TACTICS White Mage won Best Prop =D. Of course I yelled “YEAH TACTICS!” when they said where she was from.
Epic Bumblebee won a Best Craftsmanship award, mega duh. ParaKiss, the Japanese twins, the Vampire Hunter D people (MANAMANA!) won awards in the Masquerade, though I don’t remember what. Aaaaaand predictably, the *grumble* damn Trinity Blood cosplayers won like Best Craftsmanship. I have nothing against Trinity Blood, I’ve actually never seen/read it, its just that if you’re in a Masquerade and there’s a Trinity Blood group – forget winning an award lol.
<– the pretty vampire people ended up winning the show’s big award, where they get an all-expense paid week long trip to the Tokyo Anime Fair (something in Tokyo!). They so deserved it. After the Masquerade, we ran around getting some pics of the epic costumes, then headed on home
<– Nana from ParaKiss
<– see all those little red things and shiny bits? Hand sewn. Hand-friggin’-sewn. Damn Trinity Blood =P
<– Japanese cosplayers and other people
Sunday’s report will be either later tonight, definitely by tomorrow!
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