Fanime 2011 - Day 2

Getting ready for Day 2. No the camera is not mine.

Back to the Dealers Hall where we see a booth with Touhou goodies only.

Madoka Kaname cosplayer.

K-On! Cosplay gathering.

Minecraft is really starting to become known, seeing how we have this guy and some creepers wandering around the con.

A cosplayer cosplaying as the Tokyo Storm Trooper. I asked him if he was cosplaying specifically as the TST, not just a normal Storm Trooper with a red band on his arm.

Wild *^$&#@ Appeared!

I don't know what this is.

I liked to visit the video rooms to see what they were showing and to rest. I only mostly watched animes I saw already or ones that looked interesting to me.

Normal Storm Troopers.

I think the Panty robot cosplayer was at the Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco as well.

Protesters preaching to us how we are sinners for what we love to do. Since this was my first con, I didn't know until someone told me that they are here every year. Many con goers were present defending what they love, the randomness and fun of Japanese Pop Culture.

From Yotsuba! I forget the name of this box robot though.

I thought at first that these guys in orange were prisoners or cosplayers. It would of been cool if they were like those dancing Filipino prisoners you see on YouTube. Turns out they are the logistics team. What is logistics anyways?

On another note, that white truck blocked the protesters and it was funny in my mind. The truck moved back and forth while looking like business as usual. The protesters found new places to do their stuff though.

I was in costume at the time, a lady wanted a picture of me taking a picture of her.

Battle of the Ice Cream Men!

The maids from the Fanimaid cafe did a dance and got attention from like a lot of people. I did not visit the Maid Cafe though.

Awesome cosplayers as the Morning Rescue guys from that Japanese commercial shown during airings of Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Does that watermelon guy even belong in this picture of "Airbender" cosplayers?

Live feed from the Crunchyroll booth.

Cute, or かわいい！！！

I was dressed as a ninja, so this was a complement to me. On the other side of the card read, "I Support Pirates".

I think that guy in the middle cosplaying as Hirano Kouta is perfect.

Raiden from the Metal Gear Solid series.

This is what you see if you don't get a good place during cosplay gatherings.

Tigger shows that he is capable of dancing as well as hopping around.

Some people requested that I do a pose where I'm fighting Jack Sparrow here. I wish I could see those pictures though.

At around 5 I decided to get ready for Musicfest concerts. I went back to my hotel room, changed out of my cosplay, and headed to wait in line with the rest of the hundreds of people.

I made a cup ramen soup to eat before I went out. Ice Cream was only $1.50, water and CapriSun I brought with me.

Planes were always flying low overhead because the San Jose international airport was nearby.

It started to rain while waiting in line.

The line started moving past 6, I can see my hotel from the line.

Inside the Civic Center before the FLOW concert. The staff kept on telling us not to take pictures. I snapped these anyways to show some of what it looks like inside.

The concert was so much fun. It was the best part of Fanime in my opinion, not only because FLOW is one of my favorite J-rock bands, but also because I'm a music lover in general. This is the scene after the concert is over, picture taken from the front of the convention center looking at the Civic Center.

Fun Stuff.

Day 1 photos are here.

Day 3 photos are here.

Day 4 photos are here.