/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>tfw didn't go to /cgl/ meetup to hit on the ugly-mediocre chicks
Feels bad man.

Whoops posted in the old thread.

I wanted to go to AX really badly, but I didn't want to go without dressing up in some way, so I let my other hobby bleed into this one a bit and I just wore my gucci Crye stuff and a bunch of /k/ related patches.

Anime Expo fucking sucked this year.

>>9090524
Should go as a /k/ meme next time

So, how many of you did lewd stuff and hooked some hot boys/girls?

Really got a kick out of these guys.

were there any really sexy costumes?

>>9090529
I did some fucking lewd shit. Linked arms with a girl while she took a picture with me, hugged a different girl later that same day.

>>9090543

MODS
ODS
DS
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>>9090534
Just trashy ones.

>>9090534
a million sexy umbreons

>>9090524
WGW?

>tfw depression setting in

AX was great for me this year. Aqours event was fun, got to meet Anchan, and Dempagumi rocked. Definitely the best year out of the 3 that I've gone. My biggest gripes were staff not knowing what the fuck they're doing as usual, and the artist alley. Hey I've got a good idea. Let's move the artist alley to a huge parking garage, but keep the aisles the same size as they've always been so there's still no walking space. And let's also fill up half the parking garage with 5000 tables for card playing faggots.

>>9090598
also
>lets make an alley with pillars
they could have used up the space of the garage better

To stave off post con depression gonna book shit for Otakon and then Anime Weekend Atlanta for me this year. Who's comin?

>>9090598
They should make the table top gaming smaller, get rid of safe spaces, maximize the space in the petree hall and if possible use the fucking staple center

>>9090703
>staple center
for what?
the actual floorspace is small inside

>>9090694
I'll be going to Otakon

>>9090719
it's like people wanting AX to move to where they have SDCC where it is even smaller

>>9090759
hwee. lets see if there are any meetups already

>>9090527
Brownie guy?

AX was a blast this year! so many cosplays!

https://youtu.be/puxry4wGspI

AX was alright, but hanging out with pink shirt guy was pretty entertaining on Sunday night

The post-con depression is hitting pretty hard this year. I couldn't get a good room, so I just commuted from my house and barely ended up at the actual con, and so it feels like AX came and went and I didn't go. Cons are no fun when you have to go home every night.

Do you think Con Security got a raise for taking out the shooter guy?

>>9090843
what

>tfw friend you expected to be gay, FLAMING flamboyant gay was proven to be gay at AX party at the Westin
>Caught him making out passionately with a bunch of guys while he was prancing around flamboyantly
>Had the nerve to say "I'm not gay or bi at all" afterwards

Whatever you say dude.
I know you fantasize taking it up the ass from all those guys but are too chicken shit to even suck a single dick

It sure does looked weird as I returned home I was so used to the streets I was walking and the metro (which I regret have used it since the shuttles took me just 5 minutes to the apartment I was staying)

>>9090846
Like day one Con Security took down a shooter in South Hall before he could do anything.

Anyone else pick up a minor stomach bug from the con?

>>9090839
Enough. You killed this meme already.

>>9090850
im going to need some mighty proof

Alrighty I'll start a dump of some of my photos.

>>9090841
why didn't you crash with one of us?

I went alone and felt so lonely. How do I become super popular with a huge circle of friends?

>>9090876
why didn't you come to any of the meetups from the threads?

>>9090865
Did you go to AX even?
Do you use any social media?

Thats some NEET status

https://twitter.com/_meIRL_/status/749743588142030848

>>9090888
100 likes and you linked this before.

You're the only guy with this shit. Good for them, but wtf stop pushing your meme.

>>9090901
>actually trying to justify not being aware of the news around them

lol
bet you thought nothing went down at LT either

>>9090908
Speaking of.
Anyone have any idea what was happening on Monday around dusk? the cops had the back street of the mall barricaded off and there were several cop cars/bikes around the area behind the barrier.
It made the doubletree shuttle bus re-route.

>>9090908
I wasn't original poster that you were talking to.

The thing at the elevator you took wasn't known about or blown up.
Little Tokyo was though.

Starting my dump, paid for hotel internet.

>>9090703
Also, why the fuck did they clear out Concourse Hall during day 2? That whole area was empty for most of the day.

>>9090926

>>9090931

>>9090936
Thinking of making a waifu warrior flag next year

>>9090942

>>9090911
Google it.

Some dude walked into a cutlery store and armed himself with a sword. Cops took him down without incident.

>>9090945

>>9090950

>>9090947
That was a different incident.
I'm talking about Monday evening. After the con was over.

>>9090957
Well slap my ass and call me a honky, I didn't know there were two incidents there.

>>9090952
This guy was fucking incredible btw

>>9090759
SDCC has vastly better traffic flow and panel room options. If you've ever been in that hallway in the LACC when a panel is let out you know what I mean

>>9090959
That's what I'm trying to find out.
I mean, it might have just been closed due to construction?
But why all the cops then?

>>9090928
Day 2 had Star Ocean panel and Teddyloid at night, probably to avoid line problems they had to place the sight clear

>>9090962

>>9090957
>>9090968

Cops doing another investigation to see why the dude did what he did

>>9090888
It wasn't even a shooter. The security is a joke. I passed through with a weapon plenty of times and that's without trying to hide them.

>>9090970

>>9090979

>>9090974
I wonder how to allowed some dudes with chairs? I don't get how to people got blocked because of food, drinks and other harmless stuff at the entrance while others nothing happened.. this year's staff was horrible, they even didn't know when to wait for a line for a certain time when it would already gathered up a lot of people

>>9090881
There were meetups?!

>>9090981
Story time: So someone asked me if that was Bible Black cosplay, and I looked over and sure enough it was. I then walked over boldy and in a rather loud exclamation asked her "Are you cosplaying from Bible Black?!" And they said they were, I got a photo and their coscard. They were super nice!

>>9090871
I don't really know any of the seagull crew well enough to room with them, especially since I'm a photog with a lot of expensive gear with me.

Also, I'm getting too damn old for the floor crashing thing anyway.

>>9090989

Didn't go to AX, but I saw on Facebook that someone called Zeima was taking Ahegao expressions commissions over there.

Did anyone get any?

>>9090991

>>9090876
I kind of feel similar these days. I'm not alone that often but I'm starting to feel like I'm forcing my way into groups that don't really want me, and so many of my con friends have moved on into different kinds of con life that I end up really left out. (Most of them are LTR/married now and just spend all their time in cosplay couple groups etc., and if I hang out I'm third wheeling really hard.)

>>9090998

>>9090694
possible otakon here

>>9090848
i wish i made out with more ppl :(

>>9090988
bby pls

>>9091004

Since I friended most of the cool people I met from the meetup I dont feel bad.
One of them even lives in the city as me turns out.

>>9090885
VERY YES

For what purpose?

>>9091202
Crumbs. Crumbs in places you never want crumbs.

>>9091225
Those guys look like they're about to crumb all over her!

>>9091202
She's hot when did this happen?

>>9091225

Good thing cool ranch is my favorite flavor

>>9090912
ugh can't believe I missed such a good Hughes

I missed a lot of good cosplay if it wasn't for the autograph linecon or linecon events

Still have the phantom-feel from the 18+ wristband after having it on for 4 days

>>9090872
They have a nice tummy wow

Every year I get post con depression because I know I won't be able to go to my friends parties/ adventures because I have three jobs and no time. I'd like to have more time for game nights and day trips while my friends are still in the same city for college.
pic kinda related.

>>9091543
This is great

>take a bunch of photos
>jesus they look horrible
>don't want to turn them over anymore

I don't know what I was doing but clearly I did not have my head in the game this AX compared to Fanime

>>9091576
Dump your favorites, at least. Id appreciate any of them no matter what the quality, anon. :)

>>9091576
>anon thinks we care about "quality"

just post em!

>>9091576
dump it all broski

The classic

here have a pic from anisong matsuri

>>9090895
>that beading
i came

That pink dolphin dude actually the smoothest senpai at AX. 10/10 would hang out with again.

Did anyone ever spot him at AX?

>>9091816
I hanged with him and his friend on saturday for a while. They were cool.

>tfw probably won't be able to go to cons for the next three years

Just fuck my shit up.

I'm never getting laid

>>9091873
why not
>>9091875
jsu b urself
>>9091816
weedman get out

>>9091875
Are you a wizard?

>>9091879
Internships. I'll be doing one every summer, if everything goes well. Combine that with intense classes every semester, and I'll have zero downtime for any con.

>>9091897
what, you can't take like 1 or 2 days off during july 4th weekend? there's a reason that AX is always on those dates

WHAT WAS EDGIEST COSPLAY. no reaper please

>>9092148
dat boi frogs

>>9092148
This

>>9091875
are you me

>>9090979
Best Nekopara cosplay.

>>9090909
what anime?

>>9092349
JJBA, I don't know which part(s) though

>>9092349
>>9092373
Left to right 5, 5, 1, 6, 8, 1

>>9092327
what anime?

spotted andrew hussie

>>9092480
Getting a vibe from this guys face.

shipboys

>>9092424
Anon, I'm not sure if you're being serious but... it's dat boi

>>9092148
I think the hitler/trump one

>>9092424
KeroroGunso

>>9092480
Fucking amazing. Saw him once at SDCC, wish I bumped into him again.

>>9090991
this fucking cat was my first furry crush. i love this.

>>9091202
>that lonely bag of Salsa Verde

Anime Expo's Play of the Game goes to Mr. Freeman, lookit all these pics

>>9092691
But no, seriously, where are the pic dumps? Are they in another thread?

>>9092703
>where are the pic dumps? Are they in another thread?
they've been spread across like 4 threads, that's the problem lol

also I think alot of /cgl/ was busy partyin n shit and not takin pics

>>9092480

the entire Hivebent music team was visiting the convention at odd intervals throughout the weekend. They all pretty much hung out underneath the stairway next to West Hall.

Hilarious that so many people used to wish/joke that he would end up being a Guest of Honor and he just randomly shows up and chills with 0 fanfare.

Anime Expo is such a corporate con this days. There's such little fan spirit. They don't even allow cosplay gatherings in the convention anymore. It's really just a con for taking pictures of cosplayers and hanging out with your friends.

>>9092725
the fan "spirit" was on top of the Westin each night

>>9090912
this guy was the best. he had a whole spiel ready to talk about how amazing his daughter is.

I thought AX was much better last year DESU, and this was my 2nd one. I doubt I bother because flying into the con from the opposite coast costs a ton of money, plus with it being so hard to find a short walk room w/o buying a $350 or more VIP badge makes me think I should not bother.

Cosplay at the con is still amazing at least.

>>9092761
If you want to go to a west coast con, Fanime is much better. AX today is just a glorified trade show.

>>9092765
Depends on what you're looking for
I had a lot of photo shoots because there was barely anything to do conwise at fanime. At AX I got autographs, saw good concerts, and then some. Even bought stuff because the industry booths actually had stuff you couldn't get elsewhere.

>>9092765
>Fanime is much better.

If this year's fanime was any indication of how it's usually like, then nice meme.

>>9092777
Oh I did get a lot of sleep. Not having anything to get you out of bed on time is one of fanime's good points! AX involved a lot of early mornings whether it be parking or autographs.

>>9092765

>Fanime is better

Fanime is the epitome of shitty fan-panels overtaking everything else of quality.

If you feel otherwise, go look at the programming schedule, count out the amount of Ask/QnA/Homestuck panels were on the docket, then you can open your mouth.

If you want a decent west coast con, the go to has always been ALA, but it's looking more and more like ALA is getting Fanime'd with each passing year.

>>9092782
ALA isn't a con. It's a pool party.

>>9092782
Why not have /cgl/ make and run a con?

>>9092785
Who would run it? The tripfags are all gone.

>>9092785
Because cons cost a shitload and when you're running a con you miss the fun stuff because you have to steer the ship

This is from experience

>>9091816
I was with him at the Westin on Saturday. Real chill dude. He put the dolphin in the fountain there. Very aesthetic.
>>9092784
It was a pool party until it was moved this year.

>>9090937
That's a cute asian lady inside that if I remember

The post con depression is hitting me. I got to go with a really cute girl as well I'm on my flight home soon.

>>9092809
pic of cute girl?

did the two of you cosplay?

>>9090927
holy moose knuckle jesus
>>9090945
such a nice gradient
>>9091202
missed opportunity for a D.Va shoot

>>9090848
You should have taken a picture of him in the act and sent it to his parents or something. Anybody who does that deserves to be forcibly outed.

>>9092533
I saw that guy after getting kato's autograph, looked cool

>>9092703
Y'all cool with a twitter feed? I did a mini dump. I have a bunch of the weeb cars too if anyone's interested.
>https://mobile.twitter.com/KriegInABox

>>9093002

>>9093003

>>9093005

>>9093006

>>9093008

>>9093012
Does anyone have a better picture of these girls? My camera lens fogged up with booty shorts sweat.

>>9093043

>>9093045
what anime?

>>9092788
Somebody summon Masa D, Soni, Maguma, etc...

>>9093015
they're pretty average looking unless you want that girl next door thing

>>9092725
>They don't even allow cosplay gatherings in the convention anymore.
There's not enough room anymore

>>9093129
small gatherings(groups) are allowed to have pics in the entertainment hall with the cosplay backdrops

>>9093140
knowing the size of those backdrops it'd have to be a pretty damn small gathering

I still remember the homestuck gathering from a few years ago where they took up the ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE OUTSIDE CONCOURSE and you could have put two dozen people side by side on that concourse. I don't know how deep it was but probably at least equal to the width.

>>9093043
I saw this guy several times, he was cool

>>9092789
+1

>>9093066
Meguka purella magic girls

>>9093121
They were a cute bunch. Really pissed I only got 4/5 of them in the picture

>>9092914
That's a crock of shit, man.

>>9093166
why? he's the one going about spreading hep c

>>9093121
Is that what it's called? Average girls in slutty cosplay is super fucking hot for some reason.

Like if they were wearing regular clothes, you wouldn't spare them a second glance but at a con and they're cosplaying Shimakaze or some shit..... jeez

>>9093181
the ones in the photo aren't even cosplaying past regular clothes with one item "cosplay"

>>9093182
Didn't really look, just read the average girl part and it was in the AX thread.

They seem pretty underage imo. 3rd girl has potential

>>9093185
>autism speaks

AX this year felt like the con that never came. since this is my only real vacation time I look forward to it the most.
This year has been so shitty for me so its kinda like shitty life, shitty con.and I got what I expected. Honestly the only thing that got me through last weekend was all my hoping and planning for AX 2017.

I didn't even feel good enough about myself or my costume to take any pictures or ask for any pictures. and now I have so many regrets.

and I was stuck with a friend who couldn't leave me alone for 5 seconds the whole time.
I just kept thinking "I wont let next year be like this, next year will be better". Going to ALA alone this January to try to get back what I lost. ALA planning is kinda helping me work through it. I feel like the last 12 months have been post-con depression since I knew I wouldn't be able to give AX the love and planning it needed this year.

>>9093205
>I was stuck with a friend who couldn't leave me alone for 5 seconds the whole time.

>millenials
>friends

You made your mistake there anon, it's better just to do things alone. Did you at least hit any panels or stuff at the con? Hit the dance?

>>9093211
how old are you
who was president when you formed these stupid ass opinions

fuck off

>>9093212
Bush, and how is it a bad opinion to ask if someone actually did anything at con?

I'm sure they must have done SOMETHING that was fun or entertaining at the con.

>>9093216
you missed the end of the post you quoted
missed it hard

>>9093211
I did. I saw the Blue Exorcist Mangaka, That was cool. Though management was so bad it took me half an hour to find the line. Blocking every exit and giving terrible directions. I wanted to do allot of what they had on Sunday but the schedule came out so late and the hotel I booked was only for Thursday and Friday.

>>9093230
It wasn't your fault, people were waiting the whole night for the 1PM autograph when they postponed it to 3PM and they even changed it to the industrial autographs and people didn't know what the line was until again they moved us to the autograph area. I don't know if I will do autographs next year and probably only if it's someone really famous that I like.

Dont VIP tickets come out again sometime around black Friday? I plan on being a good goy and shilling my hard earned shekels for some petty benefits.

>MFW there's only one photo circulating of me from the con and it's at a terrible angle with terrible lighting.

>>9093257
tfw theres no photos circulating but at least the company of the obscure as shit game I cosplayed asked for an album

>>9093257
You should have taken good photos and self posted. Js.

Is it just me or was the Blue Exorcist mangaka a MtF trans?

Second AX trip, this time around was much better, although I wish I could've met more people. Three of my friends ended up deciding to come last minute, which is good because otherwise I would've been by myself. I ended up spending most of my time following them around to their various meetups, even though I wasn't in cosplay (go ahead, laugh at my crossboard normalfaggotry)

Pros:
>Awesome swag in the exhibition hall
>Super cool concerts (I went to see Ken Ashcorp/Mystery Skull and the Bebop Jazz experience)
>The Cowboy Bebop VA panel was amazing OMFG, although I am still salty they didn't sign any autographs

Cons:
>there are too many people, too little space, and everyone else has too much to do for you to talk to new people, especially if you're weeby and awkward like me
>Lines to get into the panels sucked, I didn't end up going to a single one (other than the Bebop VA panel, which just let you wander in)
>I caught a horrible cold on the 4th and spent the next three days wanting to die.

>>9093230
>>9093248
Day 2 signing? At least you got in, right? Although it didn't seen too bad of a line and only required 5am wakeup. You are juggling sleep vs autographs and have to pick one (or after getting autograph ticket go to sleep for a few hours during the middle of the day)

>>9093270
she's just middle aged and unfortunate in genetics

Any good moose knucks?

>>9093278
No, 5am the line was already long enough and an hour later it was a snake line while people kept asking the end of the line was the in beginning of the line to sneak in as same thing happened on Day 1. If I got a ticket was because I stayed there way hours before like other people near me did.

>>9093775
My friends got in line at 5am which is what I based my time on

Seriously, it's time AX really put a cap on their con. Sell only 90K badges and that's it. Do a presale SDCC style.

>>9092602
Fuck off Richiefag, your parties are the cancer of conventions.

>>9093920
I'd say limit badges to each day, do more online ticketing, mail out badges and tickets, cap event lines, be clear about room rules
those will all fix things

>>9093920
Don't do a sdcc pre-sale until they start to sell out instantly. You didn't have to do this shit til maybe 2011 for the 2012 con. I think that's the first time they only did a handful of prereg and I woke up at 5am on day one to do it. The current sdcc badge process is a pain in the ass

At most ax is around the 2008 sdcc level so it still has a few years before demand will be immediate and given the poor teen demographic may never need it. Someone on here said Saturday they closed the registration but I never saw that corroborated

And honestly the only way you could make ax feel manageable again is rolling back to 40k attendees. 60k onward is too crowded for the LA convention center. Thing really needs an expansion/renovation, especially in regards to panel rooms

>>9090916
i missed the ace attorney meet up and legit almost started crying since i was a super shit con for me and that was the only thing i was looking forward to that might've helped make it better

>>9094013
Theres always the next one, anon!

>>9092703
I don't want to look like I'm self promoting my shit, can I post my photos?

>>9092344
I agree, they were kawaii af

>>9094250
Mfw I see my friends get posted

I'll let them know they were "kawaii af"

>>9094252
I deleted it because it was sideways, but yeah they are.

>>9093920
>>9094002
I really don't see the point, 90% of the reason to go to AX is the 100k+ attendees and the sort of attention that brings. More attendees attract better merchandise, better guests, and better cosplay.

whatever happened with pink shirt and his gf in the end?

>>9094424
It depends on whether you want to sacrifice attendee experience. Even back when AX was at 40k they were getting good guests. This is only going back to 2010

>>9094249
Go ahead, there was a dump thread

>>9093248
Why are autographs always such a shit show? Even the best run cons I've been to fuck up autograph lines and management

>>9094579
Because of poor staff management/organization. Another story was this guy at Day 2 ticket line that arrived and just sat down in the beginning of the line and never moved until someone told to just go back and seemed he politely went to the whole down of big line. Someone probably used social media to tell people where the line started which was fucking ridiculous

This year I went with a new group since my main group bailed last minute because they were spent after going to EDC. It was literally babysit them the whole weekend, couldn't go to parties, meet ups, panels or anything I wanted to do because they couldn't hold their liquor and we're doing stupid shit. Didn't even get to go to the shitty rave and take my happy pills. Muh AX experience, definitely upset that I could have had a better experience going solo which was the initial plan. I didn't even get to cosplay what I worked on since I was going to be walking around with them in normal clothes and they said it was "weird" if I was cosplaying and they weren't. Seagulls pls hold me

>>9090487
>Anyone gonna dump those /cgl/ meetup photos?
Seconding this, looked through the thread and didn't see them.

>>9094608
I only got a few but I was super drunk off that Stroh.

>>9094608
I only have one but it's from the smaller sunday meetup

>>9094627
Funny how I bring muh stroh these last 2 years and always miss the group pics lol

>people trying to show theyre 'hard' and drink too much stroh ~_~

sorry mang

>>9094627
Fullrez images inc

>>9094634
I only took a half shot and that still knocked me back pretty good.

>tfw ded pixel

>>9094579
kato's autograph fuckup was because of the guest needing to reschedule. every other time I went to autographs they immediately knew where to send me after seeing what name was on my ticket (goes for both AX autographs and industry autographs). that's also why they didn't know where the new autograph line for kato was. she hadn't really been reassigned a new lane.

>>9094013
Anyone have pics of it?

lol this niggah mad as fuck

>>9094651
That is some mad salt right there. Anyone have context?

>>9094651
the fuck happened lol??

>>9094653
>>9094655
So from what I'm reading he was trying to work with guests for the first time. He got bumped, took it personal.

like okay even if I was mad as fuck there's a time and a place for rants

>>9094659
why does anyone care this much about 'famous' people?

>go to AX
>Lurk the cgl threads
>Realize I had a good time till then

Well I still thought it was fun

>>9094663
he's fame hungry and saw it as a chance to lap it up

>>9094663
There are people who give a shit about con fame I guess

>>9094651
Pretty sure they were the only big name Korean cosplayers there so he essentially already called them out.

>>9094659
The script reject probably has to do with their contracts with the gaming company. He didn't explain what he had proposed in the actual script so for all we know it could have been something totally off base. Repeatedly calling others in the industry cunts and bish is probably not going to look good on a professional level then again I have no idea who this guy is and what he does/if he is a professional or not.

>>9094727
from what I can tell he's self-taught. he's trying to do things that aren't really done in cosplay videos like trying to make a story but he's running into problem #1: they're cosplayers, not actors. he's definitely got a thing or two to learn about in regards to guests and how to handle rejection, especially if he's going to do film work of any sort. no plan survives contact with the enemy. I doubt he was paying them anything so they don't have a contractual obligation to work with him on his video. kudos for initial enthusiasm, minuses for blowing up like he did, and on facebook of all places.

>>9094766
Oh I've actually seen this being a problem in the asian cosplay community. Like when events repeatedly request cosplayers to put on some sort of performance for their appearance despite the cosplayers rejecting time and time again because they are uncomfortable doing something that's out of their field. I'm sure these girls have had to reject many requests that require some sort acting or skit work before.

Yes the lack of scheduling sounds like the girls didn't actually have a contract with him. I wonder how he got in touch with them in the first place. Were they offering free shoots and he just signed up?

>>9094824
probably friend of a friend who knows someone and they said they'd try to fit him in.

So, uh, did anyone happen to pick up a large seahorse?

>>9094635
>>9094637
What night was this? Looks like a good time

>>9094766
>#1: they're cosplayers, not actors
saw some vid earlier of those k-cosplayers and the entourage, I quickly summed them up as a couple "idol" girls with a team of costume/makeup people, so yeah I probly wouldnt think asking the dress-up girls to be involved in any vid - they are simply their to show what the k-group's effort and a pose here and there. From the sound of the way their translator talks I could tell that asking him to explain to the cosplayer to do all some shit for a vid -- he'd stare for a looong sec and say likely say no I imagine.

>>9094919
Saturday

>>9094927
If he's the same one as the previous time they came he's probably doing it for free and thinking "I ain't got time for this shit so I'm going to say no." I've definitely done that before with other things.

>>9090989
Why would someone cosplay something from a hentai

>>9094942
Why wouldn't someone cosplay from a hentai?!

>>9094642
Weird question but did you hear her speak at all? I heard her on a podcast and was baffled by how low her voice was I thought she was using a voice changer.

I didn't make it this year and was pissed that Kato was announced so late. But for future reference are all autograph tickets given out on day 1 or on the day the session is supposed to happen?

>>9094603
sounds like its entirely your fault you had a bad time

>>9091202
this is one of the strangest things i've ever seen on 4chan.

Also I now have a new fetish

>>9094659
>>9094766
I really hope the best for Cosplay LA as I really like what he's trying to do and find him to be one of the most interesting videographers out there. After AX I hope this guy learns two important lessons.

1. Don't be a bitch and blow up on social media like this.

2. Use cosplayers for more reasons other than name

Pretty much many cosplayers become famous just for being photogenic. You see cosplayers use the same generic cute poses no matter what the character is and don't really engage the personality and spirit of the series.

There are many cosplayers who can act and many of them do receive some sort of training. Hell some of the most recent professional voice actors came from the cosplay community as it is a great method of self expression. The only thing is these cosplayers are not the best of the best when it comes to physical looks or outfit quality. They don't look horrible but its nothing professional grade.

If this guy is going to make cosplay videos that are shot more like films then he should stop approaching his projects like a con videographer. He's not going to get the acting chops he needs just hunting down random people at cons. Instead the guy should actually hold auditions. screen cosplayers and do cold reads.

The videos are edited rather quickly so that you don't see the full outfit, meanwhile there's a much larger emphasis on dialogue, body language and facial expressions. These are skills that a good number of cosplayers have but not the ones at the very very top

>>9095022
Day of session which is why I barely got any sleep the entire convention. You have to get to line way earlier than wanted, especially if you partied, which I barely did

>A week already passed by
>mfw

>>9095329
>less than a week to Babymetal and WagakkiBand
>less than two weeks to San Diego Comic-Con

>>9094967
I thought people cosplayed characters they liked. What's likeable about some hentai shit? "Oh yeah I really like how they got pissed on and fucked like an animal, truly an inspiration"

>>9095440
Bible black has a special place in a lot of people's hearts.

>>9095356
>Babymetal and WagakkiBand

Oh how I wish I could go to those.

>>9095329
I just took my 18+ wristband off yesterday
felt like defeat

>>9095462
In my dick, and in my heart.

>>9095466
Hold me, anon

I want to go back

>>9095122
A cosplayer is nothing more than a random schmo in a costume, and you can't realistically expect them to be anything else.

>>9095490
>>9095466
Returning to non-con life sucks so hard, jesus. Not even Pokemon GO is filling this void in my heart.

>>9095515
Right, cause there are no cosplayers in the LA area with any acting experience or training

>>9095525
I said you can't expect them to be anything else. If they are, that's great. But the vast majority of cosplayers do not have any sort of acting experience.

>>9095528
Hence why you screen. If you were walking around the con then sure I agree. However if you advertise and collect samples, its a lot easier to get the right people.

The people who have (or think they have the chops) will come to you as opposed to you approaching randos and hoping they have what you need

>>9095523
>not going to ModestoCon this weekend to fill the void

how NEW are u?

>>9095079
ordinarily I don't like ditching friends, but in this case I agree. as soon as they started treating the con like an evening of bar hopping, I'd probably have snuck off somewhere else and done my own thing. let them learn the do's and don'ts of cons on their own time. chances are they wouldn't notice you were gone, and if they did, so what? maybe they'd be mad that you ditched and drop you as a friend. then you'd be rid of them and you'd be free to make some non-dumb friends.

>>9095552
dammit I meant to reply to >>9095036

and here I am talking about people being stupid.

does anyone have pics of the NGE Rei wearing the Mass Effect armor? she had blue hair i believe Day 1 and shes probably the most beautiful woman ive ever seen.

anyone know who she is?

>>9095546
Modesto is a long way from where Freeman lives
Shit I'd call it far and I live in the northern half of the state

Any Date a Live Kurumis this year? I'll never see one cuter than AX 2014, but I never got a picture of her...

>>9095562
Is this her? I found this on the Funimation Facebook page.

>>9095645
u have great fucking resourcefulness.

>>9095562
>most beautiful woman ive ever seen

7/10 at most. You should've manned up and talked to her, she was really nice as I recall.

>>9093941
Sorry for trying to get along with everyone anon

>>9095490
>>9095523
>have a very strict work schedule
>thats my one con a year

oh god it hurts

missin u so much senpai

strugglin thru another nite here

rememberin u guys tho help remind me ppl can still love me

>this will be the last AX thread for another year

>>9095841
Til' next year guys.

;_;

>>9095841
Till next time.

Honestly I had a blast at AX! Met some new and old friends, experienced Korean BBQ for the first time, and actually socialized!

But normally, con depression hasn't hit me this bad. A week later and I remember why I enjoyed cons in the first place: it's the only place I'm social, because I spill spaghetti every where I fucking go, it's the only place where people give a shit about me. Sure, I have a 3d boyfriend at home but he has his own life at home. I don't have friends and I'm regularly ignored by my Twitter friends unless I post some stupid meme.

I just want friends. I'm glad I had fun at AX but it reminded me too much of how lonely I really am.

>>9095122
>1. Don't be a bitch and blow up on social media like this.

Good luck teaching him that, he rages and blocks anyone who's slightly negative about whatever he does.

>>9095841
I'm still sorting out my pictures so I'm going to force a thread to dump it all in.

>>9095880
That might work for dealing with everyday congoers but if he ever wants to work with guests again he's going to have to reign it in. Maybe he needs a hard lesson in that.

>>9095877
>boyfriend
shut up normie

>>9095916
Krys has anger issues, unfortunately.

>>9095880
>Good luck teaching him that, he rages and blocks anyone who's slightly negative
well as long as he keeps up what he doing, artist can be crazy I understand that, which is why I rather see the work than the personality behind it at times. Sorta like realizing a chef at a restaurant is a total drunkn' asshat but the food is good, plz keep him behind the scenes etc.

>mfw meeting Gigguk, Holden and 2 members of TeamFourStar

>>9095963
>mfw after the con is over

>>9095959
Agreed. I'm all for bitching and I'd be lying if I hadn't done it more than a few times this week. The thing is I know where not to post it. It's right up there with cops talking about things they shouldn't be on a recorded medium. Once people find out, that's that.

>>9095877
hit up those of us you met~

Id give my left nut to lick Tasha's stomach.

>>9095841
There was any fire emblem cosplays?

>>9096189
A shit ton. The site they used was not big enough to cater to everyone. I saw only like 3 legit Camillas.

>>9096190
One of them was my friend
>wut uuup

>>9096190
Damn
Can't wait to the see photo galleries

>>9096161

i didn't go to any gull meets lol and i would if i had remembered to get their contact info ;;;

>>9096579
what's your next local con coming up that you're going to?

>>9095841
Had fun, see you all next time.

Back to lurking.

RIP

>>9095880
Hahaha it finally got back to him so he went and hid his pages. I don't know why he hid the Cosplay Los Angeles page though.

See you all next year!

T-this can't be the end, I never got to dump my pics!

>>9096730

>>9096858
make a new thread and post them in there

>>9095977
I'm not just a fan of the guy, greentext story incoming
>A friend tells me about how she used to talk to him a lot, actually really liked him
>he gets a hint of it, tries to make her do crazy stuff like making her Greyhound all the way from San Jose to LA alone so they could hang out because she couldn't go there because he says he can't make it to her since he's broke(despite being an LVN)
>Fanime in like 2 weeks, he books a 1 queen sized bed room for the both of them
>Grill gets weirded out as to why it's just for the both of them, she backs out
>He rages at why she said no, why she kept his hopes up, etc.,
>whine in FB after as to how no girls like him despite being slightly popular, blocks her afterwards

He may not be as bad as King or Bui but considering this story, and the restraining orders, it's kinda sad. He's talented af, has a decent career and he actually has decent connections(Yuks enjoyed being in his video) but he just can't put his ego in check.

>>9096918
>>whine in FB
It would have been better to whine to your pet than online I think.

Avoid space dandy the creepy rapist.

>>9097082
explain further

>>9097082
What? Pretty sure all rumors of him will resolved from what freeman said, didn't he just get to drunk and be an idiot by himself at AX?

>>9096584
Maaaaybe Saboten (I'm not holding my breath since I was planning on going to only one con) but hopefully the anime comm can scrounge up a meet or something.

>>9097152
Dunno dude, last thread people said it was a big misunderstanding at AX and got resolved. Sounds like people want to make post cgl drama.

>>9097225
>ladybeard as guest
Well...I guess so

>>9095546
>someone know aboot my town

Who are you and what do you want!

>i heard it was shoulder to shoulder on saturday
>tfw i was working
>i hate everything

>>9097301
You were stuck at work both saturday and sunday?

>>9095329
>mfw meet up with cgl
>went to starbucks and all that with cgl
>have fun
>read the threads

I guess I need to stop having fun now.

>>9097378
starbucks pizzabox crew is best crew

>>9097381
Yeah, I had a great time with the bunch of people. Drama free and totally fun.

>>9097299

i mean, come anyway? it's downtown phoenix i think.

>>9097386
yeah, which person were you there?

you the cirno?

>>9096918
>>9096963
He might have deleted himself from the Internet

>>9097409
Just a normie.

>>9097421
I don't recall any normies being there, I'm sure they would have been scared off if true normie scum.

>>9097424
Then I think we are talking about a different Starbucks meetup.

>>9097429
Sunday night?

>>9097434
No?

>>9097440
No?

>>9097240
Nah we want to avoid drama because we were ordered to. If you ask local socal seagulls they will tell you to watch out for him. Up to you who you want to believe just please becareful.We'll be here if you need help.

>>9097530
we need chikara to keep us safe in our safe space

>>9097878
I want to get inside chikara's safe space if you know what I mean

>>9097998
Yes friend, I know exactly what you mean. I had quite the chortle imagining that sexually ironic situation within my mind. Mayhaps with some cosplay next AX we could enact such a scene in reality?

Would enough people be interested in an adult cartoons gathering for Anime Expo? It would include things like [adult swim] shows, Simpsons, Beavis and Butthead, South Park, etc. Any American cartoon with a rating of TV-14 or higher.

>>9097530
Ordered to. Lol you're soft as fuck. Scared of a tripuser?

>>9098103
Fuck off. This thread is for glorious Japanese animation only.

Thread is dead. Let it go Elsa.

Me and my friends being privileged suburban little shits accidentally walked through skid row during the con and scared ourselves shitless because we didn't know about it.

>>9098477
did you go down the one street where they literally fill each side?

>>9098477
>Get put in the Double Tree
>Walk passed 2nd and Los Angeles streets
It's actually impressive how quickly it goes from hotel/business to shit

Goodbye last AX thread, I'll miss you all

Anyone else get to see whats her face?

I can't believe they announce Lia's appearance so late in the game. I made sure to attend the opening ceremony to see her but didn't have time for any of her other appearances. I caught her quickly in the dealer room by chance but the IA booth was so small that the workers were already ushering us to move before I even realized it was her.

>>9099350
She got announced like a week before the con. Performed at opening and the masq and did that signing at the booth.

>>9091202
Disgusting

>>9094651
>their staff members
>their

>>9094659

This guy is a fucking moron. Get salty enough to fuck off and not come back.

>>9091202
>tubgirl meme

>>9099438
I'm not criticizing the amount of her appearances but the lateness in letting us know about them? I already had plans for Sunday so I couldn't go to the ticketed masq event and the IA screening. Like I said, I was ushered away from the booth before even realizing what was going on.

>>9099847
If I had to guess it was more along the lines of "AX, what the fuck, put me in something." It was super last minute to the point that I'm not sure why she was there unless she was going to California anyway and asked AX to let her be a guest.

>>9099703
I think he deleted himself off the internet (for now) because his Facebook and Cosplay Los Angeles Facebook are both gone. Kind of a pity. Guy had skills, just not with people, and unfortunately if you don't have the latter you better have someone who can do it for you...

bye guys

This thread has lasted a week. I'm kind of surprised.

It's been over a week and I'm still sad and missing AX

>>9100473
same, /cgl/ people were great

>>9100490
Its 4chan in general, believe it or not.

Granted. that only applies to people in blue boards. I've yet to see someone from /b/, but I've met people who go to /r9k/ and they're genuinely the worst.

>>9097455
No?

>>9096918
YOU DON'T EVEN GO THERE

>>9099847

Pretty sure it had a lottttttttttttttttt to do with that dumbfuck background checks for GoHs and everyone else.

>>9100746
glad I skipped this year, yeah a lot of those changes were last minute wtf-homeland-security-pedobear-behind-a-booth-check, well my badge was allowed to be forwarded to next year so it works out

>>9100690
>I've yet to see someone from /b/
So I've met a lot of people from /b/ through con actually. I've actually snuck a few trustworthy /b/tards into gull parties claiming they were gulls. People from /b/ are usually shy and resent their shitposting or proud and open about shitposting irl.

On the rare occasion we also exchange personal info, and surprisingly keep their memes down.

There was also an /a/ gathering before the first Miku Expo, that was very... interesting...

And I am going to miss this thread when it gets archived...

>>9100690
>>9100841
kek I don't main /cgl/ and they thought I was chill enough?

>>9097240
>>9097198
This is besides AX, fucker did really stupid shit at Fanime and almost got us kicked out of our room.

>want to meet /cgl/ people at cons
>have to spend time with IRL friends
sorry guys

>>9100870
>>9097082
Is this the same Space Dandy who just last year everyone was saying was super cool at ALA?