drventure

Ah, I envy you! The thrill of discovery when you first get into anime and finding all of the great things out there... nothing like it.

Anime Expo is a con, one of the biggest anime conventions. I think it's up to 25,000 people now. Full of anime fans going to meet creators and companies, see new titles, dress up in costume and buy lots of anime goods. And party, but I never get invited to any parties.

The one thing that's unique to anime cons is the amount of cross-dressing costiming (or Cosplay) that goes on. Someone is using the Orbital Mind Control Lasers to get big, hairy men to dress up as scantily-clad females like the Sailor Moon group, Faye Valentine (Google for "Man Faye" if you dare) or the Dirty Pair. Women also dress up as their favorite male characters, but this involves more covering, rather than less, so the effect is not horrifying. Vash the Stampede from Trigun and Inu-Yasha are popular choices for female costumes, for instance.

Small world, isn't it? I was born in Elmhurst, to be precise.

that sounds awesome. the only real 'con' i've ever been been to was shevacon, which was fantasy/sci-fi oriented and apparently has been kind of dying over the past couple years... so not a very large event, really. and not anime either. alas!

the sewing talent/costume creativity of a lot of cosplayers has me in absolute awe. haven't been exposed to any big hairy male cosplayers, though... sounds intimidating, to say the least.

vash is awesome! dunno anything about this "inu-yasha" yet. what anime is he from?

and sleep debt, eh. how i wish i could pay it off in cash. on that note - g'night!