{"id":1171,"date":"2008-07-06T23:46:41","date_gmt":"2008-07-06T15:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2008-10-19T12:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-19T04:10:00","slug":"cosfest-vii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.darkmirage.com\/2008\/07\/06\/cosfest-vii\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosfest VII"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

Cosfest VII<\/a> was held over the weekends at Downtown East. It is an annual cosplaying convention, home to the Singapore qualifying round for the World Cosplay Summit<\/a> in Nagoya, Aichi, along with other anim\u00c3\u00a9-related events and competitions. Also, the cutest Haruhi<\/a> cosplayer ever. :O<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Cosfest VII was held over two days. I was busy on Saturday so I had to miss the anime song karaoke competition. Apparently the winner Rika (a 2006 performance<\/a> by her) sang Nico Nico Douga Gasshou Kumikyoku<\/a> in its entirety. You can watch a low-quality recording<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n

As usual, there were too many Bleach and D.Gray-man cosplayers for my taste. I guess it’s up to people do decide what they wish to cosplay as, but it’s becoming a textbook example of conforming to be different. I think good cosplays are a form of self expression, and cookie-cutter costumes somewhat defeat the point of the entire ritual.<\/p>\n

I have nothing else to say, so here are the pictures.<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nAwesome<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nIt’s a girl<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nWe are all special!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\n\u00e6\u00b6\u00bc\u00e5\u00ae\u00ae\u00e3\u0192\u008f\u00e3\u0192\u00ab\u00e3\u0192\u2019\u00e3\u0081\u00ae\u00e9\u20ac\u00b1\u00e6\u0153\u00ab<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nAnnhilating targets<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nI wish I had a proper external flash<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\n\u00e6\u201e\u008f\u00e7\u00be\u00a9\u00e3\u0081\u201a\u00e3\u201a\u0160\u00ef\u00bc\u0081 Objection!<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nI’ve taken this exact composition at least five times before<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nThe only good game on NDS until the next Gyakuten<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nExia deploys some kind of energy wave weapon<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nThis is not LotR<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nSometimes I can’t decide if Pita-Ten was over or under-rated<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nThere was no Miku :(<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nwtf<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nThis is no cosplay. This is the real Ayu<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nUguu~<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nUsagi-su<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nTony Stark makes a surprise visit<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nI can never tell these people apart<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nZero idea what this is<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nThe hair colour is really authentic<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nThat’s not the paper aeroplane Alto folds<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nFFVIII is guilty pleasure<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\n\u00e3\u201a\u00a2\u00e3\u0192\u2039\u00e3\u0192\u00b2\u00e3\u201a\u00bf\u00e3\u0081\u0152\u00e6\u00ba\u00a2\u00e3\u201a\u0152\u00e3\u0081\u0178\u00e4\u00b8\u2013\u00e3\u0081\u00ae\u00e4\u00b8\u00ad\u00e3\u0081\u00ab\u00e7\u00b5\u00b6\u00e6\u0153\u203a\u00e3\u0081\u2014\u00e3\u0081\u0178<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\n\u00e3\u0192\u017e\u00e3\u201a\u00af\u00e3\u0192\u00ad\u00e3\u201a\u00b9\u00ef\u00bc\u2014\u00e3\u0081\u00ab\u00e7\u00b5\u00b6\u00e6\u0153\u203a\u00e3\u0081\u2014\u00e3\u0081\u0178<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\n\u00e5\u2020\u2122\u00e7\u0153\u0178\u00e3\u201a\u2019\u00e3\u0081\u008d\u00e3\u201a\u0152\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e3\u0081\u00ab\u00e6\u2019\u00ae\u00e3\u201a\u0152\u00e3\u0081\u00aa\u00e3\u0081\u201e\u00e5\u0192\u2022\u00e3\u0081\u00ab\u00e7\u00b5\u00b6\u00e6\u0153\u203a\u00e3\u0081\u2014\u00e3\u0081\u0178<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\nC-C-Combo breaker<\/p>\n

\"Cosfest<\/a>
\n\u00e6\u0153\u20ac\u00e8\u00bf\u2018\u00e3\u0081\u00ae\u00e3\u0081\u008f\u00e3\u0081\u009d\u00e3\u201a\u00a2\u00e3\u0192\u2039\u00e3\u0192\u00a1\u00e3\u0081\u00ab\u00e7\u00b5\u00b6\u00e6\u0153\u203a\u00e3\u0081\u2014\u00e3\u0081\u0178<\/p>\n

As usual, the rest of the photos are in my gallery<\/a>. Cosplayers depicted, feel free to contact me<\/a> if you want the original 10-megapixel JPEG. But that won’t happen because my photos suck. :(<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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