Fanime report.

I have to say, of all the cons I have been to, Fanime 2009 was probably the one I enjoyed the most. Looking back at my comments on the previous two Fanimes, it's kind of hard to tell what was different. Maybe it was just the cosplay. Maybe there were subtle changes in operations. Maybe it was the realization that, even though Fanime guests are obscure and tangential to my interests, they are generally cool, amusing people. But whatever it was, it worked.

( Panel fail. )

( Masquerade win. )

( Cosplay win. )

( Random remainders. )

And that's Fanime 2009!

I really think Fanime hit its sweet spot this year. Enough people and things going to have constant excitement but not so crowded or busy as to be overwhelming. I'm afraid that it will soon pass critical mass and become "line con", but for this year at least, it was good.

[Pictures forthcoming, I promise. It's hard to juggle the rest of my life with bar review classes -- I had to write most of this post over the course of several lunch breaks. *sigh*]

ETA: Masquerade video links! Kuroshitsuji and Pokémon.