Sakura-Con Cosplay Extravaganza!
I just got back from the Seattle-based anime convention, Sakura-Con. For me, it has been a tradition to attend every year since 2002 (I think). One of my favorite things to do there is take pictures of all the different cosplayers. The last couple years, I have even taken to doing a bit of cosplay myself. In the photo above, you can see me, dressed as Little Mac (Punch-Out!), in a furious battle with Strong Bad.
Last year, I was in a Mega Man group cosplay with me as Dr. Wily from the Rockman MegaMix manga and 2 of my buddies as Proto Man and Mega Man from the American Mega Man 1 boxart. That year we got stopped a ton of times by people wanting a picture. Unfortunately, my Little Mac cosplay wasn’t so lucky. The average age of con attendees seems to be too young to be familiar with “Punch-Out!”. I did, however, have a few people recognize me and stop me to get a picture. The employee working at the Pink Godzilla booth recognized my cosplay right away, and then proceeded to tell me how awesome the new Punch-Out! for Wii is. I’m not sure where he got a chance to preview it.
You’ll have to view the gallery to really experience the craziness. And now, without further ado, I leave you with this:
Tags: anime, Conventions, cosplay, Punch-Out!, sakuracon
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April 13th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Jonah "spambot" Gregory says:That Strong Bad is kind of scary looking.
I didn’t know he was EIGHT FEET TALL!
April 13th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Jesse "Main Finger" Gregory says:Strong Bad recognized my Little Mac costume
April 14th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
shaolinjesus says:You should have star punched him.
April 14th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Dave "shaolinjesus" Corvin says:Check out 0:09 in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP5lz2CYNR4&feature=PlayList&p=9DC603C9DC5B5850&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10
April 14th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Jesse "Main Finger" Gregory says:this (and being at the con itself) just reminds me of the fact that although I enjoy things like anime, japanese developed games, and even certain jpop, I reeeeeally can’t stand the majority of the people within that fanbase. So many of them are really loud and obnoxious.
April 14th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Jonah "spambot" Gregory says:I agree. I usually feel really uncomfortable not being behind the table at cons now.
April 14th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Dave "shaolinjesus" Corvin says:Yeah there are some terrifying remixes on youtube of the girugamesh guy.
March 7th, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Anime Dolls says:This is the greatest ^_^
April 4th, 2010 at 1:47 am
StrongBad says:Wasn’t expecting to see my picture floating around on the net, but kind of cool. Good times and nice Little Mac cosplay.