I dropped by the inaugural Singapore Toy and Comic Convention<\/a> today to see the CosCon<\/a> cosplay competition. As expected, the number of cosplayers who turned up was significantly smaller than those of dedicated cosplay events in Singapore, such as Cosfest<\/a> and EOY<\/a>.<\/p>\n
I was planning to give this event a pass because I could tell that cosplay was going to be a really tiny afterthought, and the event itself was targeted more at general nerds and toy collectors, as opposed to hardcore otaku who have crossed the line of no return, devoid of souls and cash, loyal minions of the queen of the underworld<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Alright, enough nonsense. On to the photos.<\/p>\n
Okay fine it was the Hatsune Miku<\/a> cosplayer. Surprisingly, she came in first place in the competition. I say surprisingly not because her cosplay wasn’t the best, but because the contest was determined by voting and I didn’t think Miku’s character would be popular enough (compared to Naruto and Crisis Core).<\/p>\n
Look at her left hand :P I dropped by the inaugural Singapore Toy and Comic Convention today to see the CosCon cosplay competition. As expected, the number of cosplayers who turned up was significantly smaller than those of dedicated cosplay … Continue reading