Jafax 15 - Day two

The second day of Jafax was much heavier on panels than day one, but there were still plenty of anime showings, games/competitions, and ongoing events over the course of the day to cater to all sorts of different tastes. The costume contest at the end of the day showcased some of the most creative and highly-detailed costumes at the event, but I was thoroughly impressed with basically every costumed attendee I encountered this weekend.

I picked up a copy of the Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles dvd as well as FLCL poster from two of the vendors at Jafax 15. This was a great experience and I am pumped to go back next year (though I do plan on putting my costume together a bit sooner than the day before the convention).

(Below are some pictures taken over the course of the day on Sunday - click to make the images bigger.)




Smash Bros. lineup (from left to right: Ike, Link, Roy, Marth, and Pit)


Scar and Ed (Full Metal Alchemist)


Blastoise (Pokemon)


Lugia and Umbreon (Pokemon)


Lucky Star cheerleaders


Sean with Chiyo-chan's dad.


Myself as Lt. Quattro (Zeta Gundam)

Jafax 15 - Day one (in brief)

Today was the first day of Jafax 15, an anime/comic/video game convention hosted at Grand Valley State University. I went dressed as Lt. Quattro of Zeta Gundam, while my brother went as Edward Elric. There were some crazy and most excellent costumes on display over the course of the day, and it was impressive to see what people could whip up out of homemade materials. Admist the scheduled events, I talked briefly with Tiffany Grant (the voice of Asuka in the English dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion, as well as many other roles in various anime) and she signed my copy of disc 3 from the NGE Platinum Perfect Collection. I am planning on going back tomorrow for more Japanese subculture fun and I might post some more entries/photos from the event here.


Click to make image bigger - Quite a bargain, nicht?