Cosfest VII
Cosfest VII was held over the weekends at Downtown East. It is an annual cosplaying convention, home to the Singapore qualifying round for the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Aichi, along with other animé-related events and competitions. Also, the cutest Haruhi cosplayer ever. :O
Cosfest VII was held over two days. I was busy on Saturday so I had to miss the anime song karaoke competition. Apparently the winner Rika (a 2006 performance by her) sang Nico Nico Douga Gasshou Kumikyoku in its entirety. You can watch a low-quality recording on YouTube.
As usual, there were too many Bleach and D.Gray-man cosplayers for my taste. I guess it’s up to people do decide what they wish to cosplay as, but it’s becoming a textbook example of conforming to be different. I think good cosplays are a form of self expression, and cookie-cutter costumes somewhat defeat the point of the entire ritual.
I have nothing else to say, so here are the pictures.
Awesome
It’s a girl
We are all special!
涼宮ハルヒの週末
Annhilating targets
I wish I had a proper external flash
意義あり！ Objection!
I’ve taken this exact composition at least five times before
The only good game on NDS until the next Gyakuten
Exia deploys some kind of energy wave weapon
This is not LotR
Sometimes I can’t decide if Pita-Ten was over or under-rated
There was no Miku :(
wtf
This is no cosplay. This is the real Ayu
Uguu~
Usagi-su
Tony Stark makes a surprise visit
I can never tell these people apart
Zero idea what this is
The hair colour is really authentic
That’s not the paper aeroplane Alto folds
FFVIII is guilty pleasure
アニヲタが溢れた世の中に絶望した
マクロス７に絶望した
写真をきれいに撮れない僕に絶望した
C-C-Combo breaker
最近のくそアニメに絶望した
As usual, the rest of the photos are in my gallery. Cosplayers depicted, feel free to contact me if you want the original 10-megapixel JPEG. But that won’t happen because my photos suck. :(
July 7th, 2008 at 2:30 am
WOW!!!!!!!
Amazing cosplayers!!!!!!!
I love the Len and Ayu one!!!!!!
It looks like you had a fun time.
July 7th, 2008 at 2:54 am
ooo nice cosplay of my imouto Ayu…
July 7th, 2008 at 2:57 am
Wow, that Exia and Ironman looks awesome!!! How did they do those costumes!!!
July 7th, 2008 at 3:09 am
LOL @ DGM and Bleach. Yes, there were too many.
Also, nice shot of Mikuru Bunny outside.
July 7th, 2008 at 3:12 am
I don’t mind you lacking in flash but where’s the FLESH?
July 7th, 2008 at 3:53 am
I fucking agree with you. That Haruhi is damn cute. Me wants her nao.
July 7th, 2008 at 4:46 am
I see Lenneth did a new cosplay on the 2nd day…
July 7th, 2008 at 5:01 am
First pic and Tenjo Tenge Maya cosplay hawt~ <3
Sounds like you got yourself a DS now and I bet a MagiCom with it too. You’re pretty out-of-date with good DS games =P
July 7th, 2008 at 5:14 am
Hi
This is a really nice collection. I wish we had such events over here but sadly anime fans are a minority. Anyway, what game are you talking about in image 8511?
July 7th, 2008 at 6:05 am
I’m actually surprised to see someone cosplay as Neku and Sanae. I enjoyed TWEWY so much. Heh, too bad there’s no Shiki cosplay :(
July 7th, 2008 at 6:08 am
Why, “The World Ends with You” of course! Plenty of other good stuff coming out.
July 7th, 2008 at 6:56 am
I think the FF VIII cosplay was the best…they really look like Squall and Rinoa
July 7th, 2008 at 7:13 am
@LianYL Well, too bad, he missed the first day.
And yes, you did catch Iron Man after all.
July 7th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Cute or not aside, she’s very hyperactive. She really went around to drag people(for the train).
July 7th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Wow.. Exia GN Particles sure makes your camera shots blur.. I think he doesn’t want his picture to be taken..
And the Haruhi was so cute I just got high blood pressure.. Lol… XD
July 7th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Lol. you dint get any pics of the Konata-Haruhi (its a male btw).
I think i saw you. You left way too early…
The Suigintou looked too much like KK Seet. spooky.
Finally, too many Bleach desu. They should have gone in as a group.
July 7th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Is that Gundam Standing there for real?! Heard the Iron Man has a man standing inside, talking through a microphone, etc. How do you know there is a cosplay event at downtown east? :D
July 7th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Make way for the Pedobear!!!
July 7th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Hullo! Neku cosplayer here. Thanks for taking our picture, and hey, plenty of other fun games on the NDS. ;) FFA2 is my current poison.
In any case, any chance to grab the high resolution off you please? Thanks bunches!
July 7th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Yo DM,
you missed an awsome Kagame Ren on Saturday :P
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c59/XkaOnslaught/Cosfest%202008/DSC01705.jpg
July 7th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
lolz on the Pizza Hut
…
was that Cagalli on the pic after the Gyakuten reference?
July 7th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Cute Haruhi is cute.
Urge….to stalk….rising.
July 7th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Yes. I swore I saw the actual Ayu from Kanon and not just a cosplayer.
As for the flesh, day 1 had more of that.
July 7th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
Yeah… I went also… took many many photos… but hmmm… all the photographers were around me n I duno who you guys are… haha… tink everyone also tinks the same thing… Haruhi Kawaii ne~… Took alot photos of her also… she the best on the second day
July 7th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
@Sojourner
you mean the one that cosplayed some char from Air Gear?
July 7th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
“Sometimes I can’t decide if Pita-Ten was over or under-rated”
Was it ever over-rated?
July 7th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Ooh, you got photos of Lal Mirch (from Katekyoshi Hitman Reborn)! :D She’s my cousin! I was wondering if anyone managedto get photos of her!
July 7th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
@XkaOnslaught
Yeah I think that was one of the reasons.
July 8th, 2008 at 12:52 am
Hey DM, wish I could have met you there! Unlike you, I actually took pics with them. The ‘Cutest Haruhi’ was indeed the best and my fav out of them all.
July 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Wow, I’m really surprised at the Ironman. The armour looks really real. It looks like the real thing.. lol.
Man, I liked the Squall and Rinoa pair too.
July 8th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
you should have seen Ironman when he was going off the backstage after the whole thing. the entire swat team was walking with him like some VIP lol.
July 11th, 2008 at 7:53 am
wow, awesome sauce. Ironman is the best! but its probably hot and suffocating in that shiny red armor. XD
July 11th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Nice.. you got quite a number of good shots.
July 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Start a fund for “Cosplay photographers need an external flash” so that we can take better photos for the good of the cosplayers for the better community.
Judging from a photo you took, you were probably standing right next to me , yet I didn’t notice your prescence! You ninjas? :O
July 15th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
singaporean otaku~!
lol~~ah~
i m in singapore now~~OTZ…although not singaporean~aha~
the haruhi cos is awesome!~
the customs are really nice~
系色望先生so funny~~~XD
i love vapire knight~but only the comic~~
can exchange links with me?
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Nice Photos~ I wish I could see it live~
“Zero idea what this is”
Hmm~ It reminds me of Maken-ki manga~
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August 18th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I’m surprised how good some of these people looked… usually, I feel like like puking after I see cosplay – but I’m pretty impressed with this one.