Non-human quasi yuri love interests in Precure generally: Alas, our adventure is at an end, and I must return to my own world. :‘C But! In a decade or so, we will find a way back to each other and have a triumphant, deeply emotional reunion.
Laura: Fuck that. I am speed-running this shit and getting back to my girlfriend in like a week tops. No big.
Not that their designs aren’t cute, they just don’t seem to match their themes very well. Click for design notes and rambling.
Cure Precious->Cure Sakura
I wanted to push the Japanese theming a lot more. Color palette is inspired by Hanami Dango. Her hair is now white to represent rice. I’m amazed we haven’t had a Cure Sakura yet.
Cure Spicy-> Cure Wheat
Replaced the pink accents with gold and brown to represent wheat and bread. As a bonus she now matches her energy fairy.
Cure Yum-Yum->Cure Spicy
A lot of Chinese foods are spicy, why wasn’t she named Cure Spicy??? Yum-Yum was so close to being my favorite design, but a couple details really bugged me. She’s the entire reason why I wanted to do the redesigns. Replaced the dumb bowl hat with naruto fish cake hair clips. I also gave her an apron that actually matches her color palette. Also thought she’d look cute with hair loops.
Ugh…the fact that Smash Turds “ENCOURAGED” this to happen.
It was expected but a disappointment for Sora from Kingdom Hearts to be in Smash as the final DLC character, but the presentation of his moves isn’t all that bad. The stage seems standard with no hazards makes this a tourney worthy stage.
Honestly, I was not expecting a speculation for one character that Smash Bastards keep begging and begging, but still, it is what it is.
I mean Goku made it to Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade (not counting Pikachu since that was long time ago), so why not add any other Anime character to join the parade with him?
- Danganronpa cosplayers (kid you not, there was a LOT of them including a meetup) - Tempting Artist Alley - Security Checks (I mean, there were too many passing points whereas it can only be done in just the front entrance. Have they learned from this since the first year?) - Etika (JOYCON BOYS LOL) - No Beatmania IIDX (I guess it was too hard for most people, but that is surely a diss) - MORE FEATURES INCLUDING STICK-LITE DANCING - More attendances than last year - Peeps mentioning “The Tragedy” called AnimeFest (hehe) - Sailor Moon Live coming to America (TICKETS WHEN?) - 7 train running on weekend (thankfully we got that, unlike NYCC)
I felt pretty good being in a real con than last month’s natural disaster.
Haven’t been posting often as I used to, but man…where do we start?
I’m sure you have went to the Anime Fest @ NYCC which was supposed to be a part of Anime Expo. At first I thought this side con was going to be the biggest, most awful, most tragic moment in convention history as a dud turned out to be a fair and balanced convention.
One of the highlights that caught my attention was the schoolyard (LMAO). The Schoolyard section turned out to be a joke, but I’m glad that it was no DashCon as many people occupied themselves on the fake grass. Plus, they had activities going on from playing group games to doing yoga.
The panels for Anime Fest NYC were really lacking. While some stood out, others didn’t gain enough for audience attention. One panel showing a screening for Goblin Slayer wasn’t moderated as the show was intended for mature audiences, there were minors at the panel. Why didn’t they check people’s ID for this? And second of all (I want to watch this since its good for the first episode) the screening was in the afternoon. Yeah, what a problem indeed.
However, I know that Funimation had two panels and it did brought in crowds. It’s a saving grace for this con, but everything else was a hit or a miss.
The Cosplay Meetups were a drag. Barely any cosplayer would show up, being the exception of My Hero Academia. Majority of cosplayers would be back at Javits. While here at Pier 94, it was a total drag and there was barely any cosplayer showing up for the meetups.
I heard that some people had a hard time getting to this convention as its location was twenty blocks from the Javits Center (Pier 94). I read that one individual had to walk up from Javits just to get to Anime Fest whereas some people are mislead on information to board on a shuttle bus to get there too. I didn’t take the shuttle because I did not go to NYCC this year (I’ll give a reason).
Can I tell you how funny it was that there was no service in the ATMs at Pier 94? At Javits, there’s a row of ATM’s where you can withdraw cash. Here, there’s barely any as there was only two machines that are completely out of service lol
Artist Alley was still a great alley. However, a few people critique the alley as lacking compared to the Artists in NYCC. I wish that people should give these artists the respect that they deserve. These are the people that are fans that made these works and they put in time and effort on their masterpieces. I threw in money for at least three artists that stood out for me.
AnimeFest @ NYCC consists of 70% Anime content and 30% NYCC related content. The booths that you know of from VIZ, Kodansha, Funimation, Aniplex, Cruncyroll and other major names were all at Javits. Same goes for video game companies as Square Enix and Bandai Namco had demos for upcoming titles. It would be really nice that they should’ve made a mini booth for others to enjoy at Anime Fest. Too bad ReedPop did not thought of that sooner.
Despite all this, I had a fun time at AnimeFest over the weekend. While Cosplayers made the best effort on putting themselves out there, to the fun activities that are provided, this was a space that really needed improvement. I am sure that they’re taking their jealously over AnimeNYC, but hell, I am not paying $200 for four badges to be at New York Comic Con. Once you bring back three/four day badges, then we’ll talk.
