Anime North 2012 Report!

Hey everybody! Man has it been a long time since I last blogged! I've been craxy busy getting ready for my final exams, but I finished my last one on Friday, so I am officially done high school now! I graduate on Tuesday, and I'm very excited :3

But this post is to talk about Anime North 2012, which I attended during the last weekend of May! This was my fourth Anime North, and I had a great time as per usual! But let's start with my cosplay from this year. This was the first time I've ever cosplayed more than one thing at a convention; usually I wear one costume the whole weekend, but this year I decided to wear a different one each day!

First up is Melty Granite from Shining Hearts, which I wore on Saturday:

Anime North 2012: Plans!

Hey everyone!

So I'm back at school now, and I've been working quite hard on my end of semester projects and studying for my exams! I only have two, but they are going to be hard enough. But I'm taking a break right now to get ready for our end of semester performance, so I felt like I had enough time to blog today! :D

So today, I want to talk about my plans for my cosplay at Anime North 2012! Whats cool about this year is that I've already made and set my cosplay plans! Normally I'm switching cosplays up until the month before the convention, but this year I've already chosen my cosplays and I'm sticking with them!

My main cosplay (for Saturday), is a character named Melty from a video game (and soon to be anime) called Shining Hearts!

She is a witch, but all her attacks in the game are based off of ice cream! Hahaha. She is so me. I also am very excited to have a large hat like hers, because last year I got major sunburns on my shoulders and back. So now I get some sun protection built into my costume! :D WOOHOO!

I really like the character designs from all of the Shining series, but especially the ones in Shining Hearts! I actually have a group coming with me as a few of the other characters as well! And I'm thinking of making Melty's sidekick (Sorbet, the little guy by her feet), into a sort of purse! Functional, and actually goes with the costume!

For Sunday, I chose a much simpler cosplay, but one that still has lots of impact! I chose to do my second Vocaloid cosplay, Matryoshka Gumi!

I was going to do Matryoshka Luka, since I already have the wig, but Gumi's design is much more vivid and eye catching.

I'm going to (most likely) be teaching dance covers at a K-Pop workshop on Sunday, so I wanted something that I could move around in easily! Plus Sunday is usually a more lazy day for me, so I want something that won't be to cumbersome or uncomfortable either!

I'm really excited to do the makeup for this cosplay! It'll be a good chance for me to start working on my more theatrical makeup styles! I haven't decided on whether I'll powder my face or not yet... but we shall see!

And those are my costumes for Anime North this year! I've already ordered both of the wigs for these cosplays, and hopefully they'll arrive in the next couple of weeks or so! I'll post pictures as soon as I get them! I hope they look good ; ^ ;

Anyways, since I have all this free time, I'm gonna try and work on my FSEs now ;___;

Until next time!! 

Youmacon 2011 (photo heavy!)

Hey guys! I'm actually being pretty punctual with my blog posts now, haha! So, as you all know, I went to Youmacon this Saturday! I went with two of my friends, and we had such a great time! Youmacon is definitely one of the smaller conventions, but it's gotten a lot bigger in recent years! Attendance last year was over 9000, I believe? Don't quote me on that, but it was quite a large group! And it definitely felt like there were more people there this year in comparison to last year. But anyways, lets get to the photos! I had my new camera with me, so the quality is quite nice too :D

First up are some pictures of the location!

The first two photos are of Windsor's skyline. Youmacon is in downtown Detroit at the Renaissance Centre, which is right on the Detroit River. And there's a large outdoor area that's right by the water, so you got a nice view of the city while you were there. The third pictures is of (me holding) the Rennaisance Centre! It's such a gorgeous building to hold a convention in, because the whole atrium of the building is glass so you get lots of natural light all day. It was especially nice for photos! The only thing is some of the areas of the RenCen are kind of smallish, so some events got a little crowded at times, but other than that, very nice! And the convention this year was so well organized, the crowding was hardly a bother!  

This is a photo of the atrium from the third floor of the atrium. It's very open and a good area for meeting up with people or sitting and relaxing between panels, etc. There are also a lot of shops lining the atrium, where you can purchase food and drinks, as well as a food court further back on the first floor. Also, since this building is the GM building, the very centre houses a showroom of cars!! Which makes for some interesting photo ops, haha.

Now let's take a peek at some of my cosplay photos!

Personal Panda: Recent (& upcoming!) Events!

Hey everybody! So, I know I've been like, the slowest blogger ever recently, but hopefully everything will be going up from here!

The next couple of weeks I am VERY excited for, and for two reasons. Reason number one is that the upcoming week is SPIRIT WEEK at my school! Most schools will have a Spirit Day, but my school likes to go a little bit further than that and have full weeks of school spirit! And since this years first Spirit Week is leading up to Halloween day, this years themes are mostly Halloween themed! And I definitely plan on posting pictures of all my outfits for the next week!

The themes this year are: Black & Orange Monday, Vampire Tuesday, Witch & Wizard Wednesday, Super Sweet Thursday, and Zombie Friday! And then the following Monday is Halloween, so it will end with everyone wearing Halloween costumes!

The second reason why I'm so excited is because the next weekend is Youmacon! I'm so stoked, because I've been dying to cosplay for the last month or so, and now I basically get two weeks of cosplay, haha! I checked the guest list today to, and I'm very excited to see some of the guest this year! I really want to go and see Lemon Demon/Potter Puppet Pals this year, as I always seem to miss them when I go to Youmacon!

While I'm on the topic of Youmacon, lets talk cosplay! Youmacon is in less than two weeks, and I haven't started my cosplay. Ha. Haha. Orz. However, I did get my Luka wig delivered to me today, and I tried it on immediately!

I look gross because I just got home from school ; ^ ;

The lighting in this photo is subpar, but you get the idea. The wig is soooo soft and silky, and the bangs only need to be trimmed a little bit! It also came with a really good wig cap, so I'm super psyched. When I have my hands on a better camera, I'll take some better pictures of the wig and what not!

And the last note I'm going to post here is: I got a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Praise the lord, I'm actually going to be able to afford cosplay now! I start training next week, and will be working by early November! I'm so excited about this. Please wish me luck xD

And now I have to go work on a few assignments and projects and what not =____=;;

Until next post! :D

Cosplay Conundrum!

Hey guys! So, since I've decided to integrate more of my cosplay life into this blog, I want to get some input from some of you guys on what my next cosplay should be!

My next convention is Youmacon, which takes place in early November (click here for their website). It's a smaller convention, and still pretty young, but its close to me and still lots of fun! And who am I to deny myself a reason to cosplay?

Anyways, so today I'd like to ask you a question: who should I cosplay!?

I have two options that I was thinking of doing for this convention, which are:

Luka Megurine, from Vocaloid!

OR

Nanami Haruka, from Uta no Prince-sama!

I really like both characters, and their outfits, but I'm having a hard time choosing which one to cosplay! So I turn to you, my faithful blog readers, to help me choose my cosplay for Youmacon! Let me know what you think in the comments down below!

Thanks, and have a wonderful day!

Anime North 2011 + Announcement

Hey all! So this last weekend, I attended one of my all time favourite conventions ever: Anime North! It's located in Toronto, and its one of the biggest in Canada. I went with a few of my friends this year, and we had a blast! As I mentioned in one of my last posts, I do cosplay at these events, and I thought I would share some photos with you today!

If you're unsure of what cosplay is, click here to read the Wiki page!

Anyways, this year I cosplayed from the series Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt! It's a relatively new series, and in essence it is basically perverted Powerpuff Girls. It's actually very funny! I cosplayed as the character Panty!

Panty (left) and Stocking!