Thursday, July 16, 2015

Anime Expo 2015 ♡

 This year was I think my 5th year attending Anime Expo, but my first year going full out in cosplay and being more involved in the events going around me, so here's a post to commemorate my experience! I'll start off with my absolute favorite cosplays I saw:

 

 

most of these are pretty known but I don't think I need to label them, but I've been wanting to do a Raven cosplay for so long so this one in particular was really inspiring!


Final Fantasy VII was one of the most significant elements of my childhood, so anything that has to do with it gets me excited hehe. I've been in love with Cloud Strife for as long as I remember and I usually take photos of all the good ones I see, but I saw this one in a group and I was AMAZED. (they're missing Zack though, sobbu ;;)


 

 

my favorite booth at AX this year was the Gudetama booth!!! Gudetama has already become my favorite Sanrio character so seeing a booth dedicated to him made me so happy omg. the workers told me that more of his merchandise will be coming this holiday season! the third photo shows the outfits they wore working at that booth and I'd just love to make my own honestly. the second photo is my bff Megan n I imitating the lazy egg, we were making screeching noises while taking that photo lol.

                       


second favorite booth was the Rilakkuma one! I bought a few small things from there, which I will be posting in my blog post after this - my AX2015 haul! it was basically a Rilakkuma themed bedroom and living room, I was so in love with it n I want to live there.


I took this photo with the free Rilakkuma fan they were handing out to enter in a contest to win a Rilakkuma selfie-stick heh. sadly, I did not win :c but I really like how the photo came out and I'm casually fanning myself in my cosplay.


as shown in the previous photo, my cosplay was maid Azunyan from K-On! I wore this on Friday, day two of the con. Mugi is my actual favorite character from the anime, but I felt I looked like Azunyan more, and I already owned parts of the cosplay so I put her character and a maid together. like I said earlier, it was my first time ever being in full cosplay so that was a bit exciting. the cosplay floor was crazy and I'm not sure how to feel about all of the people taking photos of me yet. but I plan on working on so much more cosplay, even just for fun.

 

one of my closest friends April was a really cute Super Sonico ^w^ we stayed together for the con with our boyfriends and I'm happy to say it's made us closer than ever hehe ~


I made Ryan go in the Fakku booth for me while I hung out with Megan and he took photos of the skateboards -- I want them all ;n; I love the omocat one but I don't think it was for sale ;;

 

one of my favorite things about the Rilakkuma booth was the cute galaxy mirror ;u;

 

Saturday of the convention, Ryan and I wore Poko-chan and Peko-chan shirts! I've gotten really close to Chuuu~ the girl who made these, she makes cute things for her shop FANGRRLZ with a few of my other favorite artists. her booth will always be my favorite at AX
here's her instagram / tumblr / storenvy



Megan and Gus showed Ryan and me the room with all of the photo sets, it was my first time going there after all these years! the classroom Ryan and I were in was a part of it, along with this big jumpy bin of colorful balls. Megan n I had so much fun playing around in them, I love her so much!




Anime Expo ended on July 4th, so of course my boyfriend and my friends and I ended the weekend with a fun celebration with fireworks n sparklers. I had SO much fun and we can't wait to plan out next year's conventions!! 

That was my Anime Expo 2015, stay tuned for my con haul post!! ( ^   ^ )