Out of pure coincidence and luck, I learned that the Anime Festival Asia (AFA) would be in Suntec Singapore over the weekend. To cut the long story short, I attended the event on the last day. Entrance fee was S$25, a drastic increase.Oddly, there were more cosplayers outside the hall than there were inside it.
Crowd made up of Cosplayers, photographers and people like me, at the level below the halls.
There were lots of booths inside selling and displaying comics, figurines, props, prints and posters. There were also very nice images on the wall panels, but nothing that I felt was very special. Ok, except for one of those Japanese tea-house with cute girls inside serving tea - name escaped me, and the random cosplayer around.
Make-shift studio where people could try how it feels like, dubbing to Bleach.
As well as an area where people could draw anything:
Then of course there are the cosplayers! I was so excited at seeing cosplayers for the first time. It was like seeing anime characters on screen come alive!
Felt a little shy at first but soon I was stopping random cosplayers to take pictures of them. Whenever one cosplayer starts posing for one photographer, suddenly there will be a huge group of photographers in a semi-circle around that cosplayer. I learned not to crowd around with the other photographers because I would not be likely to get good shots, what with all the jostling and professional photographers around. Instead, I looked for cosplayers who were just sitting around, and for characters whom I recognized.
With my normal digital camera (oh god, you should have seen the number of DSLRs present there) and very horrible photo-taking technique, I managed to take some pictures (which are below and for which you may skip the follow paragraph and go straight down). Whichever character I know, I will label. The rest, I will dump into one category at the bottom. Heh.
Categorized according to anime:
Bleach
The first character I recognized the moment I stepped into the hall and asked to take a picture of, was:
Kurosaki Ichigo
Except that I felt he was too short, he had a perfectly lovely attire, mask and contact lenses. Oh god, I
adore what he did to his eyes to get that exact hollow look. He was one of the best I saw there.
One very lame hollow
Kon and (maybe) Soi Fong
Kon looked fantastic while Soi Fong just looked very tired. A pity they did not attempt to stand up to pose when I asked them for a picture.
Reborn and Tsuna (Vongola X)
4 Acrobalenos - Viper, Luche, Verde, Reborn
Rasiel and Belphegor
These two were fantastic too!
Rokudo Mukuro
Eek, he's so good-looking! His eyes were really blue and red in colour and he had this long blue hair extension at the back. I practically stalked him and waited till he finished his greeting with his friend before pouncing on him for a photo!
Ritsuka's expression is wrong :( But he's so cute with those chains!
Naruto
Itachi Uchiha (baby version)
Kakeshi (right)
Power Rangers
How can we ever forget them? :P
Death Note
Other characters who I do not know and whose names I forgot
These two were absolutely lovely! I fell in love with them at first glance!
Anybody knows which anime are they from?
Another pair cosplaying the same characters
And this group was so elaborate as well! Gorgeous! By far the best I saw that day.
Which anime characters were they cosplaying anyway?
Who are these two supposed to be? Is he supposed to look surly?
Super cute girl in the middle. Who are they?
These two characters are awfully familiar! I just cannot remember where I saw them!
That is all I have! Hope you've enjoyed the visual feast as much as I have!
