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Cosfest VII

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Cosfest VII

Cosfest VII 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 in Nagoya, Aichi, along with other animé-related events and competitions. Also, the cutest Haruhi cosplayer ever. :O

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 by her) sang Nico Nico Douga Gasshou Kumikyoku in its entirety. You can watch a low-quality recording on YouTube.

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.

I have nothing else to say, so here are the pictures.

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Awesome
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It’s a girl
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We are all special!
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涼宮ハルヒの週末
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Annhilating targets
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I wish I had a proper external flash
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意義あり！ Objection!
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I’ve taken this exact composition at least five times before
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The only good game on NDS until the next Gyakuten
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Exia deploys some kind of energy wave weapon
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This is not LotR
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Sometimes I can’t decide if Pita-Ten was over or under-rated
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There was no Miku :(
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wtf
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This is no cosplay. This is the real Ayu
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Uguu~
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Usagi-su
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Tony Stark makes a surprise visit
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I can never tell these people apart
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Zero idea what this is
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The hair colour is really authentic
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That’s not the paper aeroplane Alto folds
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FFVIII is guilty pleasure
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アニヲタが溢れた世の中に絶望した
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マクロス７に絶望した
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写真をきれいに撮れない僕に絶望した
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C-C-Combo breaker
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最近のくそアニメに絶望した

As usual, the rest of the photos are in my gallery. Cosplayers depicted, feel free to contact me if you want the original 10-megapixel JPEG. But that won’t happen because my photos suck. :(

38 responses

  1. Rin Avatar
    Rin

    WOW!!!!!!!
    Amazing cosplayers!!!!!!!
    I love the Len and Ayu one!!!!!!
    It looks like you had a fun time.

  2. Azu Avatar
    Azu

    ooo nice cosplay of my imouto Ayu…

  3. nyx_avatar Avatar
    nyx_avatar

    Wow, that Exia and Ironman looks awesome!!! How did they do those costumes!!!

  4. Panther Avatar
    Panther

    LOL @ DGM and Bleach. Yes, there were too many.

    Also, nice shot of Mikuru Bunny outside.

  5. LianYL Avatar
    LianYL

    I don’t mind you lacking in flash but where’s the FLESH?

  6. Tsubaki Avatar
    Tsubaki

    I fucking agree with you. That Haruhi is damn cute. Me wants her nao.

  7. tj han Avatar
    tj han

    I see Lenneth did a new cosplay on the 2nd day…

  8. Kyoji Avatar
    Kyoji

    First pic and Tenjo Tenge Maya cosplay hawt~ <3

    Sounds like you got yourself a DS now and I bet a MagiCom with it too. You’re pretty out-of-date with good DS games =P

  9. inter4ever Avatar
    inter4ever

    Hi
    This is a really nice collection. I wish we had such events over here but sadly anime fans are a minority. Anyway, what game are you talking about in image 8511?

  10. SheerBoredom Avatar
    SheerBoredom

    I’m actually surprised to see someone cosplay as Neku and Sanae. I enjoyed TWEWY so much. Heh, too bad there’s no Shiki cosplay :(

  11. Kyoji Avatar
    Kyoji

    Why, “The World Ends with You” of course! Plenty of other good stuff coming out.

  12. Keiichi Avatar
    Keiichi

    I think the FF VIII cosplay was the best…they really look like Squall and Rinoa

  13. Kokanaden Avatar
    Kokanaden

    @LianYL Well, too bad, he missed the first day.

    And yes, you did catch Iron Man after all.

  14. yama Avatar
    yama

    Cute or not aside, she’s very hyperactive. She really went around to drag people(for the train).

  15. Fariz Asuka Avatar
    Fariz Asuka

    Wow.. Exia GN Particles sure makes your camera shots blur.. I think he doesn’t want his picture to be taken..

    And the Haruhi was so cute I just got high blood pressure.. Lol… XD

  16. ksg Avatar
    ksg

    Lol. you dint get any pics of the Konata-Haruhi (its a male btw).
    I think i saw you. You left way too early…

    The Suigintou looked too much like KK Seet. spooky.
    Finally, too many Bleach desu. They should have gone in as a group.

  17. Bryson Avatar
    Bryson

    Is that Gundam Standing there for real?! Heard the Iron Man has a man standing inside, talking through a microphone, etc. How do you know there is a cosplay event at downtown east? :D

  18. padpod Avatar
    padpod

    Make way for the Pedobear!!!

  19. raydance Avatar
    raydance

    Hullo! Neku cosplayer here. Thanks for taking our picture, and hey, plenty of other fun games on the NDS. ;) FFA2 is my current poison.

    In any case, any chance to grab the high resolution off you please? Thanks bunches!

  20. XkaOnslaught Avatar
    XkaOnslaught

    Yo DM,

    you missed an awsome Kagame Ren on Saturday :P

    http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c59/XkaOnslaught/Cosfest%202008/DSC01705.jpg

  21. info600 Avatar
    info600

    lolz on the Pizza Hut
    …
    was that Cagalli on the pic after the Gyakuten reference?

  22. C.I. Avatar
    C.I.

    Cute Haruhi is cute.

    Urge….to stalk….rising.

  23. The Sojourner Avatar
    The Sojourner

    Yes. I swore I saw the actual Ayu from Kanon and not just a cosplayer.

    As for the flesh, day 1 had more of that.

  24. Sakurazaki Avatar
    Sakurazaki

    Yeah… I went also… took many many photos… but hmmm… all the photographers were around me n I duno who you guys are… haha… tink everyone also tinks the same thing… Haruhi Kawaii ne~… Took alot photos of her also… she the best on the second day

  25. XkaOnslaught Avatar
    XkaOnslaught

    @Sojourner

    you mean the one that cosplayed some char from Air Gear?

  26. ninghua Avatar
    ninghua

    “Sometimes I can’t decide if Pita-Ten was over or under-rated”

    Was it ever over-rated?

  27. Soshi Avatar
    Soshi

    Ooh, you got photos of Lal Mirch (from Katekyoshi Hitman Reborn)! :D She’s my cousin! I was wondering if anyone managedto get photos of her!

  28. The Sojourner Avatar
    The Sojourner

    @XkaOnslaught

    Yeah I think that was one of the reasons.

  29. Actar Avatar
    Actar

    Hey DM, wish I could have met you there! Unlike you, I actually took pics with them. The ‘Cutest Haruhi’ was indeed the best and my fav out of them all.

  30. ChapterZero Avatar
    ChapterZero

    Wow, I’m really surprised at the Ironman. The armour looks really real. It looks like the real thing.. lol.

    Man, I liked the Squall and Rinoa pair too.

  31. XkaOnslaught Avatar
    XkaOnslaught

    you should have seen Ironman when he was going off the backstage after the whole thing. the entire swat team was walking with him like some VIP lol.

  32. Chiaki Avatar
    Chiaki

    wow, awesome sauce. Ironman is the best! but its probably hot and suffocating in that shiny red armor. XD

  33. Wet Squid Avatar
    Wet Squid

    Nice.. you got quite a number of good shots.

  34. Hiyuu Avatar
    Hiyuu

    Start a fund for “Cosplay photographers need an external flash” so that we can take better photos for the good of the cosplayers for the better community.

    Judging from a photo you took, you were probably standing right next to me , yet I didn’t notice your prescence! You ninjas? :O

  35. lolina Avatar
    lolina

    singaporean otaku~!
    lol~~ah~
    i m in singapore now~~OTZ…although not singaporean~aha~
    the haruhi cos is awesome!~
    the customs are really nice~
    系色望先生so funny~~~XD
    i love vapire knight~but only the comic~~
    can exchange links with me?

  36. GerryMon Avatar
    GerryMon

    Nice Photos~ I wish I could see it live~

    “Zero idea what this is”
    Hmm~ It reminds me of Maken-ki manga~

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  38. Olivia Avatar
    Olivia

    I’m surprised how good some of these people looked… usually, I feel like like puking after I see cosplay – but I’m pretty impressed with this one.

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