Michi's Cosplay

Fanime has come and gone, far more quickly than I would have liked! I wore 5 costumes over the weekend, but brought nothing new. Plans changed a lot in the weeks before the con! My real life got a lot crazier this year, with multiple trips out of the country and some exciting personal plans, so cosplay has definitely been second to all of that. Yet somehow, even with my con schedule not even starting until late May, I’m currently looking at the busiest con schedule I’ve ever had. July and August are jam-packed with events!

I’ve got one new costume that will definitely be happening for AX as I’ve got a huge group to wear it with, and man do I miss big groups! I have one or two other things I’d like to make, but I’m going to try and keep things simple. Fanime taught me that bringing out “older” costumes for more love and photos is never a bad thing, and I definitely have some things I’d love to bring out again at AX this year.

So, Anime Expo is my next definite event. I may or may not be attending the NorCal Gathering later this month! We’ll see how things go.

I am so excited for Fanime right now. Looking at 6, maybe 7 costumes for the weekend, pending 1-2 new costumes. It’s finally convention season for me! My personal life has been so good and busy, with two trips out of the country this year already, but I really miss cosplaying with my friends at cons. Just a few more weeks. I’ll try to post again before then, but I’m keeping Twitter & Facebook pretty active. See you guys there!

Okay, so, NorCal Cosplay Spring Gathering didn’t happen! Aha..ha.. I even updated my website for it…

But I have much more exciting news! I’ll be going to Comic-Con for the first time ever this July! That means my summer is much more packed and busy than it was before, but I am absolutely stoked. I’ve been wanting to attend SDCC since around 2001 and it’s never worked out until now. Yay! Hope to see people there.

For now… more finalizing plans for Fanime.

So, I think I just attended my last event of the year. PMX was a welcome, relaxing diversion after a crazy month. I wore two “new” costumes: Karin, the costume I mentioned buying before, and Rin from Fate/stay night, which was really just borrowed. Like I said, crazy month, so the last thing I had time for was sewing new costumes! I also wore Hibari from Mawaru Penguindrum for the first time since Fanime, and got to run around for a bit in Asuka’s school uniform from Evangelion. Not bad for two days and last minute planning! I’ll have pictures up soon, but for now my Facebook page is the best place to get updates.

I never did attend Japan Center Anime Fair in SF, which was kind of too bad, but real life was just too busy. I had to prepare for my 2 week Thailand trip, which was part of the reason why things have been so hectic lately.

I haven’t given up on the idea of actually making new costumes before the year ends, but the holidays tend to get pretty crazy, so I’m not going to announce anything just yet.

Next year’s very tentative schedule is up on my Events page now. I’m considering a couple more out of state cons, but things may change as I could have some work obligations that make me a bit busier than anticipated. I’m still deciding between ALA and Sac-Anime for the first con of the year. Such a bummer when cons you want to go to are on the same weekend!

Hi! I’m going to the Las Vegas Star Trek Con this weekend, but I won’t be cosplaying. My next cosplay event is J-Pop Summit in San Francisco later this month, and then Sac-Anime Summer as September starts. Definitely looking forward to those! I won’t have anything new for J-Pop Summit, though I’m hoping to bust out a costume that hasn’t been seen in a few years. Sac-Anime might have something new if work calms down quickly enough.

I had to take Yaoi-Con off my schedule as I’ll be going to Thailand in October, and my flight leaves the Saturday of that con. Instead, I’ll see my SoCal friends at PMX the following month. I haven’t been to PMX since the first con in 2004, so it’s kind of exciting to go again after so long!

Hoping to have proper pages for my new costumes ASAP, though you can see them on my Facebook or my ACP profile!

Hey guys. I’m really behind on updates because work is still crazy! I have a lot of costume page stuff to catch up on.

In the meantime, I’ve updated my Events page. I won’t be at Anime Expo this weekend, unfortunately, but I’ve got some new events added to my calendar for 2012. I’m hoping to do some photoshoots as well for some new content!

My Facebook & Twitter (links on the right) remain the best way to keep up with me as I update those far more often than this poor little site.

Way sorry for the complete lack of updates for so long! I’ve been updating my Facebook and Twitter pretty regularly, though I feel bad abandoning my site. There are links to both of those on the right sidebar if you’re interested.

I did attend AOD, but all I did was perform with Angel Hearts and wear my Floral Haruka that I debuted last year. I had a lot of fun, though! I just wish I had more time to practice the dances. I am not much of a dancer.

Things are pretty quiet because I had nothing new for AOD, and my next con isn’t for another month and a half. I’m looking at 3-5 new costumes, which look pretty plausible! I’m hoping to come back with lots of updates. <3

My biggest personal news is that I started a new job in the video game industry last month, which has meant that I’ve been really behind on everything else in my life! This also means I may not be able to attend some cons later in the year depending on how work goes. We’ll see!