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St. Lawrence West STN |
Waiting for the Malton bus |
standing room for cosplayers |
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I manage to get to the internet cafe in the morning. It took about an hour to transfer Friday's pictures from my camera card to computer then burn to CDr before transferring them back to a portable hard drive again. Hightail it with bags, heavy tripod and backpack to make it too the con. it was a beautiful day but also hot.
One of the first cosplayers I met as I walked into the con was this Eyeshield21 cosplayer.
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Eyeshield21 in Slow Mo!
I headed to artist alley to get the day's 4 komas started. I asked Mark at Dragon Mango booth if they could baby sit my tripod for me. They graciously agreed since I've known them for years and have bought alot over the years.
Outdoor Circus
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Crowd formed a large circle which was hard to see what was going on.
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It ended up being one of the largest photo ops of Bleach cosplayers with several of them in the crowd. It was difficult to get a good shot of anyone so I left. I managed to catch a few Bleach cosplayers as the left the ring.
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It wasn't entirely just Bleach. Groups of same anime gravitated together like Dragon Ball Z group. It also lead to some interesting poses you wouldn't ever think happening. Like fan girl kneeing Cell.
Was it something I said?!
 High end dolls made with the anime fan in mind. Sculpturer explains his work.
Everything is made other than the hair and boots which they import from Japan. These dolls don't come cheap. Starting around $700 and can go up with custom work.
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Walking by the cosplayers under the trees to Tim Hortons. This route became very familiar over the weekend.
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No doubt, wrestling is NOT one of the events you expect to find at an anime con. Yet, this cosplay theme match caught the eyes of many. They are Great Canadian Wrestling Expo. I've taken several video clips during the match and edited them together to show the action. I processed in WMV9 (2.6 meg) in better resolution for your viewing pleasure.
Throughout the
weekend, the wrestlers made their impact on the con. Maybe because
like Anime North, Great
Canadian Wrestling Expo supports Sick Kids too. Special thanks to the
guys ... and ladies too. Hope to see you next year.
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Busted?
Weapons policy was in force this year as the weapons check table was
constantly busy. Suprisingly even Ghostbusters
Toronto, who was at Paradise
Comicon, volunteered to man the booth. for most prop makers,
being foolish and rough housing with props means more of damaging
hours of work than meaning harm. there are those who don't make their
own props who don't know their limits. It was also their policy that
helped me defend two con goers on the ride back home on Sunday.
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This photo which is many photos took a few hours to stitch together. Each side consisting of two photos were stitched with Photostitch 3.1 then the two halves were stitched together using Arcsoft PhotoStudio 5. Both software came with either my camera or scanner. There was some touching up to do as markings on the parking lot criss-crossed in the stitched photo. Also some ghosting where the two halves merged. I used clone tool to get rid of the marking and the tree in the center background. Also the girl sitting on the ground in center had two perspective so I tried my best to give just one.
It seems that anyone kissing for the crowd got cheers ... and I do mean anyone.
'nuff said.
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On to the masquerade ... lineup that is.
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