In saying that, there weren't as many cosplayers as I had thought there would be. However, most of them were very good. There were a couple of skits, although most of them aren't really worth mentioning... The best was the first, a Tsunade and Kakashi skit - I'll see if I can upload it, but someone else probably already has. I'll put up photos I took of cosplayers too. Strangely enough, I took no photos of my friends and I, just cosplay. I thin there should be a few photos of me in the Animania gallery though, so when they post up the official photos I'll take a look and see if I can find some.
There were karaoke, art, cosplay and skit competitions, and to my immense surprise (not) my friend won the art competition. I was a last minute entry into the karaoke competition - literally, I signed up on the day a few minutes before the end of the karaoke - and although I didn't win I got great feedback from some of the audience (yay!) and almost lost my hat in the process.
The screenings weren't dubbed (thank God, I was so worried!) and the only one I paid any attention to was Gravitation, which I unfortunately missed most of. I didn't spend much on the day, only about AU$30, since I didn't buy any anime or manga. I bought a few badges, two bookmarks, and a couple of things for friends who missed out on going. Also, ~ getsumei ~ bought me a keyring of Hyuuga Neji. heart Awesome~!
That doesn't include food and drink though, and the money I gave my brother. Including that, it would still only be at about AU$50, I think. Next year I think I'll definately be spending more though.
Bah, I have to go now. More details coming up real soon, and links to photos and skits.
Edit: Okay, here's some photos:
My favourite bookmark. heart
The Naruto products I bought. There was a cute chibi Hinata badge as well, but I lost it on the way home. stressed
A close-up of the Neji keyring can be found here.
Also, here is a skit I uploaded, with permission from one of the cosplayers involved.
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