Retro End Of Year 2008

The annual End of Year cosplay event organised by the Shiro Tsubasa Animation Club was held at its now usual place at the Singapore Expo. The theme for this year was pretty unique, with the club choosing to adopt a retro theme. Hence the name Retro EOY. On a sidenote,  this was my fifth consecutive year at this event and boy am i beginning to feel old…

I forgot to wipe my lenses ’nuff said

The first thing a regular to EOY or any cosplay event for that matter would notice is the lack of bleach- or d-grayman-tards, with the exception of naruto, which was represented by a HORDE of 70 ninjas from konoha, akatsuki and god knows what. With their huge numbers, they vastly outnumbered every team in the team cosplay category. That’s not to say that was a bad thing. Their performance to the tune of Closer by Inoue Joe was synced and riddled with fanservice, ranging from team poses and fight sequences, much to the joy of narutards. Kudos to the team leader (who was cosplaying as Sasuke) for amassing such a huge group and bringing a breathe of fresh air to an otherwise boring anime series to cosplay as.

Throngs of Naruto Ninjas!

As much as Team BakaNinjas did a great job, i was equally impressed with the Team Kuroshitsuji, consisting of three cosplayers dancing to the tune of various jpop songs, the only one of which i recognised was Truth by Arashi ( name courtesy from one of the Japanese Studies sempai i happened to chance upon). Seldom do you find cosplayers who can dance as good as that.

The giant mecha role was undertaken by Lancelot from Code Geass.  As with every giant mecha, it attracted quite a bit of attention, and rightfully so.  Giant mechas are ostensibly difficult to construct, and even more tiresome to don for long periods of time.  In my opinion, the organisers should seriously consider consider a giant mecha award. DO THAT you hear me!

All Hail Lancelot!

I Look Cool I Know

HoHoi-San!

Yea I am a Code Geass Fan all rite

Other notable cosplayers include Yuko from XXXHolic (had to wiki that!),  some bald guy from FFIV and Yuki Cross from Vampire Knight ,this creepy Nurse from Silent Hill….(gave me quite a shock!) and Road Kamelot and Jasdevi from D.Gray-man. Do note this is only what i can recall from memory though…

Yuko Won the Best Female Cosplayer

Baldy guy

Thank you for looking at my camera!

I am gonna have nightmares for days

Awesome Dgrayman Cosplay

Well, i am grateful for the retro theme. It’s extremely nostalgic to watch retro characters the likes of Rama, Akazukin cha cha,Kenshin and Card Captor Sakura come to life. Having music from retro anime blaring over the speakers further adds on to that sensation of deja vu, especially when you come to realise how long anime has come!  It also comes as a relief that for once, a cosplay event was not dominated by the likes of Haruhi, Shinigamis and whatnot.  The cosplay was also a step-up over the various years. The one qualm i have is that EOY has outgrew its audience base. If today was any indication, Hall 1 can no longer hold the ever-increasingly patrons that come to EOY. Heck the stage could barely hold Team BakaNinja. Eitherway, i look forward to next year’s EOY. You can check out my album here and here. More photos below!

Awww Kawaii!

Too cute to resist!

Cockroach Killer!

Gai-sensei approves!

Took her only two days to make this!

Burst Angels

It’s dan… i mean Gordonator or ID Holder!

Cute and lethal I like!

Objection!

Gundam girl!

Shigofumi