nikkimonday

To answer your question about dressing up for Tsubasacon, I so wanted to. Prior to going to convention last October, I had to actually finish my very first anime series. I had recently subscribed to the anime network through my cable provider and one day I noticed an anime called "To Love Ru." I read the preview for it and decided to give it a whirl. After watching one episode I was hooked and started looking on the net for the rest of the episodes. In case you haven't seen it, the main synopsis of this particular anime is Yuuki Rito, a high-school boy who cannot confess his love to the girl of his dreams named, Sairenji Haruna. One day when coming home and sulking in the bath-tub a mysterious, nude girl, appears out of nowhere. Her name is Lala and she comes from the planet Deviluke, where she is the heir to the throne. Her father wants her to return to her home planet so she can marry one of the husband candidates, but she decides that she wants to marry Rito in order to stay on Earth. So basically it was a love/science fiction sort on anime.

Anyhow, after watching "To Love Ru," I noticed I had a lot of similarities with the character of Sairenji. We were both short, petite, and had purple hair (which I no longer have ) Anyhow, so I mentioned to my boyfriend, Pezmaster that I was thinking of looking for cosplay costumes for that anime. Sure enough they had the exact school girl uniform that Sairenji throughout the entire anime. I seriously considered ordering it. Pezmaster however, suggested that I do not dress up for cosplay my first year. He said that it would be better if I got a feel for how the convention was and met some people there first, since I had never been. He has gone for several years now. So ultimately, I listened to his advice.

It is held ever year in October in Huntington, West Virginia, which is almost two hours away from our home. We are already making plans to go and I really want to dress up this year. So who knows what will happen. The best thing about Tsubasacon in my opinion was all the great Japanese food and candy as well as the amazing rave they hold on the last night. It was my first rave as well! I also got to meet a really cool voice actor named Spike Spencer. So it was a lot of fun and I can not wait until October to go back. This year it is few days before my birthday so I will really get to celebrate.

Thanks so much for the recommendations on some good anime to check out. I am still trying to find what genre it is I really like!