It was a day of over-spend and over-exposure to worrying Bleach and Naruto cosplays. It was also a day of watching other people spending even more than me, and going starry-eyed over great cosplayers, some of whom are pictured below.
If you’re one of those guys, thank you for posing, and drop me an email if you’d like a better-quality photo of yourself!
Oh, and… the guy from the Yaoi stand, waving a yaoi paddle… What’s that about boys kissing other boys, and prettier than your boyfriend?
Left: If Kero-chan is this big, is Sakura friends with King Kong?
Right: They’re going to replace those bendy buses with a brand new design. [More]
Pictures are worth a thousand words, so we’re going to start with a picture of the universe. Planets and stars. Cats and dogs. That’s what the guys from the Yorozuka will be discussing with their special guest today.
Gin: Wait a minute. The one on the right isn’t the universe. Isn’t that Tsura?
Kagura: It’s the dark side of the universe aru.
Gin: Moving on, today, we have a special guest with us to discuss the latest episode of Gintama. He’s also going to show us how to go Bankai. Right, Kurosaki-san?
Guest: ….
Shinpachi: I’ve been trying to tell you for the last hour. Kurosaki-san is in the middle of filming some very important action scenes, so his manager phoned and said he couldn’t come.
Kagura: What! Gin-chan, I want a manager too aru.
Gin: Listen, Kagura, what would you rather have: a manager or a plate of sushi? They’re expensive, you know.
Kagura: You’re right. You can’t eat them can you? I want some ramen too aru.
One man stands in the Evil Organisation’s path to World Domination: Sunred. But don’t worry Evil General Vamp, because soon, Monster Birdman’s claws will be stained with Sunred’s blood.
Yes, don’t worry General Vamp. Your supporters may sound like dying old men, you may wear a long sleeve purple nightgown, and you can easily win a vote from me for Bushiest Eyebrows in Anime (I’m sorry, fuzzy-brow Lee; I’m sorry, nori-brow Amarao), but don’t worry, you’re in a Super Sentai parody, so at least you won’t be surrounded by angst. Listen, can you cross over to Vampire Knight the Second and kidnap Zero for me? Maybe lend him your moustache? It will look good on him. Pretty please?
On October 4, fans of the Onegai Teacher and Onegai Twins anime series presented 120,000 yen (about US$1,200) to the Lake Kizaki Springs Tourism Association to maintain the streetlights near the lake that inspired the background locales in these two anime. Every year, the city of ?machi in western Japan lights up the lake shore from July to September with these streetlights. However, the tourism association had planned to stop the tradition this year due to mounting costs. Fans heard about the planned cancellation and raised money in September to continue the tradition.
Fans began visiting the lake after the two anime ran in Japan, and have already joined the local cleanup campaigns around the lake. Since both anime prominently featured the local train stops, the ?ito train line has been issuing souvenir tickets with anime background art from this past September until next August. Bandai Entertainment released both anime series in North America.
