Showing posts with label Festivals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Festivals. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Dragon*Con & Lots of Pics

It wouldn't be a Con without those Stormtroopers!
So me and husband were able to attend our first Con this year!!! Dragon*Con!! Since it was  our first time attending a Con we decided only to go for a day to see if it was for us. Now all I can really say is "I can't wait till next year!!"

Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service
Drocell Keinz - the amazing thing about this cosplay was that the music actually worked! She made it herself!!
Bulma & Goku
Dragon*Con was on Labor Day Weekend, and since we wanted to make the most out of our time there we decided to go on Saturday.  Looking at the different fan tracks online it looked like that day there would be a lot of main events happening, like the parade. (We didn't have the greatest seats for the parade as you can see, but we managed to least see the parade!)

Robocop!
Speedracer
Chewbacca
We arrived in Atlanta about 8:00, and were able to find a great parking spot in a garage right by the Sheraton :::thanks to a tip from a fellow Dragon*Con attender on twitter::::  Though the line for registration wrapped around the hotel it only took us about an hour to our badges and be on our way!
Ghostbusters! (the one on the right is the steampunk version)
Tifa & Aeris! (I'm a major FFVII fan)
Hagrid & Snape
Thor
All in all we had a great day.  We saw so many different comic book, and anime characters as well as some pretty awesome vendors and artists. Because the Con is located in so many different hotels, though relatively close to each other, it is easy to see why you would want to attend for more than just one day.  Luckily we were able to get into the things we wanted to see, such as the Parade, Cosplay Costume Contest, and Comic Book Babe Contest.

While waiting for the Comic Book Babe contest, a lovely steampunk couple!
The Comic Book Babe contest was probably my favorite and you would not even begin to believe how long that line was.  Not only did it weave throughout the hotel, by the time we got in line we were outside around the building.  We almost decided to give up considering how long it was but we decided to stick it out and lucky for us, despite the line being that long our seats were still close to the front!!!  Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from it because frankly I was so wore at this point. =(

Voltaire, who was BEYOND hilarious, was the best part of the contest and I think he was the only thing keeping me awake at this point.

We decided to duck out of the contest early (there were over 70 contestants! least that's where they were at when we left), and I managed to make it to the car before I fell quickly asleep in car.  I am soooo thankfu tol my husband is such a good sport when taking me to things like this and he didn't complain once! He even admitted he had a good time and now wants to dress up next year!!!

Its was surely a fun day =)

....more pictures!

the Predator (thats what my husband said it was, I didn't know)
the Joker
um. a dragon?
Psylocke
AND THE BEST TWO COSPLAYS!!

BENDER

SONYA BLADE & SCORPION

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Hatsune Miku


I only just recently discovered who Hatsune Miku is and I must say I am a fan! I might still be a newbie to her music but the whole idea/concept of a vocaloid intrigues me. **for those who don't know what a vocaloid is {click here} but basically Ms. Miku's voice is created by synthesizers, aka she's not real**

The craziest thing is that she actually performs live and I totally want to see her.  She made her US debut at AnimeExpo this year and hopefully she will start to perform more here in the US...

Check out this video the KTLA news did about Hatsune Miku

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Dracon*Con

Living in Georgia can sometimes be somewhat of a culture shock from California in the sense that most festivals and activities that are here are mostly just limited to Atlanta -- if at all. 

 
I've posted about Japanfest before, which is coming around again in September and recently I discovered another major event, Dragon*Con. From what I have read online it is somewhat comparable to ComicCon (held in San Diego) just on a smaller lever. [ComicCon has over over 130,000 attendees while Dragon Con has bout 40,000] Normally guests and exhibits range from comic books, sci-fi, anime and other fantasy related things.

Anyways Dragon*Con is approaching, and I have been debating whether or not I should go.  One thing holding me back is price. Depending on what day you go tickets range from $30-$50 or about $100 for a weekend pass.

Haven't decided yet on whether or not to attend yet... still debating.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Japanfest 2010




Okay so im pretty wiped out (with school and work.. basically life in general) but i really wanted to share this... today i put in for some days off and one of the dates i am requesting off is September 18/19th for Japanfest!!!


i know that might seem like a long way off but i really want to go again this year and its never too early to start making plans..

so you might be wondering Japanfest.. huh? basically its just what it says, a festival (two days) dedicated solely to everything Japanese. Last year was my first year going and i must say i was pretty suprised how much i liked it!! they have food, stages, and sooo many different booths with items such as magazines/books to sake tastings and travel information..







since i live in a small town i am thankful that atlanta can offer something like this... also Japanfest is the same weekend as Anime Weekend Atlanta. I have never been to that tho.. its a bit pricey but is supposed to have some pretty awesome booths and things... we'll see how everything pans out..