Fanime '07: Kirihara cosplay and the tenipuri gathering!

[lucathia]

Thursday night musicfest with ZZ was very awesome. I love them so much. They sang their two songs from Eyeshield 21, their song from One Piece, and Samurai Blue (and a whole bunch of other songs too.

I didn't cosplay on Friday (my friends wanted to dress up as school boys/school girls) but I did wear the pair of wings that my dad helped me make for my Eureka cosplay. Lots of people stopped me for pics just because of the wings! I wasn't even cosplaying as anyone!

As for this post? Kirihara cosplay!! (link takes you to cosplay.com) I cosplayed Kirihara on Saturday. I almost couldn't cosplay him because my wig hadn't come yet. But on Friday just as I was leaving for Fanime, my wig came! Just in time for Saturday! More people stopped me for pics than I thought would. One of them even said, "Kirihara-kun desu ka?" XD; For some reason, people think I look Japanese when I'm cosplaying Kirihara with that wig...some guy asked me if I were from Japan. 0_0;

Here's a teaser. =P




First off, this was how my wig looked like before I dyed it black with sharpie:



It was auburn! But I bought it anyway because it was cheap and it was the right hairstyle...just not the right color. The black sharpie sort of came off everytime I tugged at the wig...so my fingernails got black very easily. ): This darn wig was so hard to put on. It's waaay too small for my head. After I put it on, I didn't want to take it off.

Before I left for Fanime, I had my brother take pics of me on the tennis courts. I couldn't really remember what poses Kirihara did off the top of my head...so we just sort of improvised. X3;



Kicking the net after losing a game. I think I aimed a bit too high. ^^; I never finished my polo shirt, so I had to wear my jacket zipped up the entire time.



Copying the Higuma Otoshi. Didn't really remember what it was supposed to look like. ^^;



Defeated!Kirihara...my brother made me do it. The ground was HOT.



I whacked the net with my racket, but you can't really tell in this pic.



My form is horrible.



Looking over my back...I need red eyes for this.



Look! A pic at the actual convention!



Me, and mini me! I forgot to bring my Kirihara j-mini with me to the convention, but a Hyotei cosplayer gave me her extra one. How awesome is that? X3;



Ahahaha, look! Kirihara and a pink umbrella! (It was my friend gem2niki's umbrella. I hung around her table in the artist alley a lot.)


I met yoshikochan, ycysusan, and a bunch of other people who's names I don't quite remember...anyway, if you see your pic here, do tell me which one you are! I have a horrible memory. ^^;




The Tenipuri gathering. It was quite tiny and full of Seigaku members! I know I saw more PoT cosplayers walking around the con (at least a few more Echizens!) but I guess they didn't make it to the gathering.



Thankfully, the ground at Fanime wasn't hot like the courts. XD;



I asked my friend to take a picture of me with my buchou Yukimura~. All the while, I was hesitating on asking if she were yoshikochan since she didn't seem to recognize me. I should have been sure since we've met at AX, but I am quite horrible at recognizing people. The glomp after we figured out all of our identities amused me a lot. XD; Meeting people you know online is so very awesome. ♥ (look, pretty blue hair! And yoshiko, how were you able to open your eyes so wide? I'm squinting so much! ;_; )



Sanada bitch slap. Gotta have one of those. <3



A more normal pic with Sanada fukubuchou.



After the Seigaku people left, a lot more Rikkai people came. <3 Made my day!



Oh wait, can't forget that Fuji was still there with us. XD; Fuji, who loooves Inui juice. I've met ycysusan at AX last year, though I didn't know who she was that time. Meeting again was great fun. (I've also seen ycysusan around yoshikochan's journal. XD; )



Ahahaha, and with a pair of glasses, Fuji transformed into Tezuka. Two for one!



Double Higuma Otoshi. I think it looks cool...even though my racket's not at the right angle. ):



Hugging the rival. :D



Yukimura buchou and Sanada fukubuchou. :D



Us tenipuri cosplayers who wandered off to hit against the wall (which didn't work out too well, but it was still great fun). Thanks to Fuji (ycysusan) for taking the pic.

I wasn't able to stay long...I had to leave for the PLAY! video game music symphony. Watching all those people play was very, very cool. (It felt too short for me.)

I had an awesome time with the PoT gathering (even though it was small!) and meeting everyone. It was the only gathering that I participated in this year.

Comments

[revenus.livejournal.com]

It's fate! xD;;

Yup! We'll be there for a couple of days. We should arrange to meet up again. I definitely want to see your E7 cosplay! :D Are you going to be wearing end of series Eureka again? :3

[lucathia]

XD;

Hopefully I'll be able to do the version with her green arm. So...it's the near the end of the series but not the last episode version! I should probably call it episode 49 version or something like that. Er, whichever episode she first sprouts wings. Hm, wings are going to be hard to wear around AX with so many people crowding around...I already ran into a lot of people during Fanime. X3;

Too bad I haven't seen anyone organize a E7 gathering. ): My group by itself should have around 5~6 E7 cosplayers.

gem2niki is going to have an art table this year, so she should be easy to find. And once you find her, well, I'm always near. XD;; (though, I'm usually the only one in the group who's up and prancing about through the con...)

Are you going to the DGM gathering? :3

[revenus.livejournal.com]

Haha, true, but it'd definitely attract attention. I don't think I've ever seen anyone attempt that version before. It would be awesome if the wings could retract or something. x);

I'm surprised to hear it doesn't have a gathering yet... You could always start up a thread for it. :D

Ohh, I'll have to keep an eye open for her table. Shouldn't be too hard to track you down with those wings. >D

I would like to go to take pictures at least. I didn't get to go to last years. ): And the only DGM costumes we're doing this year involve those frilly aprons from the omake so~ |D

[lucathia]

The biggest problem with that version of Eureka is her arm...I'd have to find spandex-like material...don't quite know how it'll work. I wish my wings were retractable! They're not that cool though. XD;

Hm, maybe I should start a thread for E7...though there's only a month or so left until AX. All the time slots have been taken already!

Hehe, yup, the wings are very noticeable. Lots of people on Monday seemed to like my Eureka cosplay...even though it's so simple! It must be because of the wings.

I didn't get to go to last year's DGM gathering. It was too early on the first day! This time, it's on Saturday at 10...I hoped to go, but it's only an hour after the Prince of Tennis gathering, which I planned to go to too. Decisions decisions. ):

But you should totally go to the DGM gathering with your frilly aprons. XD; Makes for a change from all the exorcist outfits!!