May 31, 2016
Hundreds of fans packed downtown Raleigh Saturday for Animazement.
51 photos from Animazement 2016 (via WRAL.com)
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Hundreds of fans packed downtown Raleigh Saturday for Animazement.
51 photos from Animazement 2016 (via WRAL.com)
(CapWolves!)
Animazement is an annual three-day anime convention held at the Raleigh Convention Center.
If you come to downtown Raleigh this weekend, you are going to see people dressed up in all sorts of wild, colorful costumes.
Around 13,000 people are in town for Raleigh's Anime convention, Animazement. If you've heard of ComiCon, it's like that, but specifically for Japanese animation.
Some attendees spent months putting their costumes together for Animazement. One group of women said they spent about 100 hours per costume for their Pokemon cast of characters.
"It's an inner expression of yourself. Like, you get to come out here and you portray somebody that you connect with," said one Animazement enthusiast.
The convention also celebrates traditional Japanese culture. Sunday, there is a free concert with a famous Japanese composer and a local student orchestra.
Photos and video at link.
hmu if you’re going to carolina anime day on saturday! I’ll be one of the owls
Bummer - looks like ConTemporal (the local steampunk con) lost its venue, so won’t be holding it at the North Raleigh Hilton this June. Hopefully they’ll find another venue soon!
The program schedule for ConTemporal 2014's been released!
So many things!
IN A MONTH I'LL BE AT CONTEMPORAL!
More Cosplay Ideas for ConTemporal 2014
On my drive home from my Mom's, an idea struck: rather than look to assorted military or political outfits for cosplay inspiration for the upcoming Contemporal (which is having a 1930s/Dieselpunk theme), why not look to movies from that time and try for something based on an iconic character from those?
This idea turned into a goldmine, because you know what movies came out in the 1930s? Movies featuring iconic characters that would be perfect for cosplaying?
Universal's Monster Movies!
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
The Mummy (1932)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Werewolf of London (1935)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Bonus points if I can do myself up in grayscale, so I look like I stepped out of a 1930s b&w film!