well another year for Anime Boston has come and gone. and i, for one, am glad i got to partake in the festivities and with my good friend stacey. first we managed to get through the registration line without too much stress, got our pass and swag bag, then we indulged in some lunch - what else, but Japanese - at Wagamama. after lunch we headed back into the con. our first stop was the dealer's room where we were overwhelled at how many more vernders there were this year than in past years all selling the same things, and few - if any - were selling hardly any video game music CD's.
what the hell? oh well.
following the dealer's room, we headed to the main event where a concert - perfromed by the Video Game Orchestra (VGO) - was taking place. we walked in while they were in the middle of playing the main theme to Chrono Trigger. following their performance, a female trio vocal group by the name Kalafina performed songs from their self-titled album.
stace and i left after three songs and made our way to the artist alley where stace wanted to check out the freelance artist. i personally founds a few pieces that i would have wanted, but i didn't have any cash available. i mean i had money to spend, but these guys weren't equiped to take plastic.
we left the convention and headed out to the food court of the Copley Mall to grab some dinner, and just take a breather.
we got back to the con just in time to attend the main event of the evening; the cos-player masquerade. the event was hosted by a "Justin Timberlake" look-a-like who did a well enough job entertaining the crowd with his comedic antics in the beginning, the end, and in between each cos-play walk-by and skits. the guy was charming and likable; a vast improvement from the hostess in past events.
as for the cos-players, my only comment is how dedicated these participants are when it comes to perfecting their costumes. talks about the attention to details. most of the skits performed were entertaining. some didn't make much sense to me, but then i don't follow anime that much anymore. i think the biggest kick i got was the homage to classic video games. seeing a cardboard cut-out of Pac-Man running across the stage was awesome.
following the masquerade was the announcements of the AMV contest winners. they replayed all the winning AMV's in every category. only one stood out for me that were very impressive, a little busy visually, but fun to watch. i came out of that with a re-found interest in continuing my AMV projects (which was taken a back seat).
the main event ended around 11:00pm. we decided to see what else to do. the only thing left was to visit the video game room and check out the games available to play. the video game rooms were in to separate locations. we spent a little over a half an hour in both rooms before we ultimately decided to call it quits and go home.
it was a long and tiresome day, but at least we got to attend and have some fun. i didn't get to take many pics of cos-player, but it's kinda hard to justify when i don't know what i'm taking a picture of, and little embarrassing when i have to ask what character they're dressed up as. but i did take an hour worth of videos of some of the main events. hopefully i'll get to post those and share in the experience. well, until next year.
peace,
@riel
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