Cosplay Line-up! (again)

Anime Boston ended only a couple weeks ago but I have to say that I am already asking, "Is it Anime Boston yet?"  SIGH.  There isn't another convention until October and the post-con depression has definitely set in.  Instead of wallowing, I decided to turn my depression around into creativity and hopefulness so I started my next cosplay line-up!

Kotetsu T. Kaburagi from Tiger and Bunny

I'm just a few episodes away from finishing Tiger and Bunny and I am already crying just thinking about it.  I never thought I could have loved a super hero anime as much as I do Tiger and Bunny.  It's definitely in my top five list of favorite anime and Kotetsu, aka Wild Tiger, is definitely on my top five favorite character's list.  Kotetsu's the classic hero-type and puts others' needs way before his own.  I absolutely love his casual clothes and am already super excited to cosplay him.  I am hoping to also pair his mask, which casually conceals his identity, with his costume.  Having seen a couple Kotetsu cosplayers at Anime Boston, I don't like either of the popular choices of drawing the mask on or making a paper mask so I'm hoping to find a third option of making it. 

Atsushi Murasakibara from Kuroko no Basket (KnB)

To be honest, I haven't really watched much of KnB.  It's a basketball sports anime - if you didn't already guess - and sometimes sports anime is kind of hard for me to get into.  I've only watched about 3 episodes but I am hoping to watch more soon. Atsushi isn't exactly a main character but he is probably one of my favorites - despite the fact I haven't even seen him in the anime yet.  He's about 6'10" and absolutely loves sweets and junk food.  Despite playing basketball extremely well, he doesn't care for the sport at all.  While I have little basketball experience; I am pretty tall (not 6'10" tall but pretty tall), I do love junk food, and I don't like sports.  Atsushi seemed like a good character for me.  Sports anime is usually really fun and easy to cosplay so I'm hoping Atsushi's cosplay will be less stressful.  Plus I love his wig.

That's pretty much all I've got planned for now.  I know that I'll definitely add (and maybe even subtract) more later on so expect a couple more of these line-ups!

-René

Anime Boston Review: There are too Many Tears

Anime Boston was so great.  I am still sooooo tired.  And doubled with Tech week this week, it has pretty much been hell.  But Anime Boston was SO worth it (the play has been fun too tbh)!

I got so much stuff.  This AB was definitely one of the more expensive ones.  Not including cosplay expenses, we spent $1300 at Anime Boston.  We spent about $500 on just snacks and merchandise.  Which is a lot more than we usually spend but we made some awesome purchases.

At every anime convention I've attended, they've had these giant plush alpacas.  I bought a smaller one at my first AB but this year, I finally broke.  I did it.  I bought a big one.  But it's so cute and squishy and I love sleeping on it and it came with a little cape and I LOVE IT.

Just look at it! How could you resist buying one of these cuties?

This year, I finally broke on another purchase which had been haunting me for a while.  FIGURINES.  I always see them and I always want them but they can be pretty expensive so I usually refused to let myself buy one.  In addition to being expensive, they can also be pretty addictive.  I mean if you just buy one, the figurine looks lonely so you just have to keep buying more and more.  I ended up buying a medium sized figurine of my favorite character from Tiger&Bunny, Barnaby Brooks Jr., for about $15, which is a GREAT deal as some can go for upwards of $60 or $100.  I also bought a smaller figurine of Keith Goodman and his dog, John, also from Tiger&Bunny for about $8 which is even better!

Pretty much all my cosplays were well received at AB, which is good because a lot of experienced cosplayers come to AB to show off their stuff.  On Friday, I went as Asahi Azumane from Haikyuu!!.  Everyone LOVED my cosplay and kept telling me I looked perfect as him.  On Saturday I went as Clear from DMMD in the morning and Asahi again in the evening.  I was supposed to go as Kurloz Makara from Homestuck but due to a hiccup in my packing I was unable to (apparently I had forgot to pack my leggings for the costume *facepalm*).  But all was well.  Everyone loved me as Clear and I had a great time as him.  I think that it's safe to say that I had the best gas mask out of all the Clears at AB.  Going as Asahi again was really fun and we ended up playing a game of volleyball with some new friends! On Sunday, I went as Shima Renzou from Blue Exorcist.  Although I was nervous about his cosplay, it was really well received.  I got a ton of pictures and selfies taken with him.  It was so great.

Here are some selfies of me from each day:

I had such a great time at Anime Boston and I made some great new friends! We're hoping to see each other and cosplay together over the summer. Ah, I can't wait!

-René