Bleach Omake II: Bleach On Ice + Fanime 2008

Bleach artbook-inspired casual photoshoot. A tribute to Kubo Tite and his illustrations from the book All Colour But the Black. More info on this shoot here: behindinfinity.deviantart.com/…

myself as Kurosaki Ichigo
China as Kuchiki Rukia
Kat as Inoue Orihime
Miguel as Urahara Kisuke

awesome friends and photographers
Erving Go
Sandra Dans
Nico Dans

It has come to my attention that I go to class with Ichimaru Gin.

The wig isn't perfectly cut because it wasn't meant for Gin cosplay, but still. Every time I talk to him I wonder if he's suddenly going to attack me with Shinsou.

For Halloween, we went to the SM Mall of Asia in casual Bleach. Here comes another loooong picture post. Many thanks to Erving Huzafan for all the photos!

It's almost con time again! Gaaahhh I need to finish my costume! See you guys on the 24th! Poster and details below!

Some of you may have already read Miguels' journal entry concerning this, but for those of you who haven't...

Miguel merkymerx and I were talking one night, and we got to the topic of conventions in other countries. Apparently there's a small chance that we'll both be going to the US sometime this summer (for us, that's around April-May) and if our plans do push through, we decided we just HAVE to attend at least one con while we're in the States! We looked up event dates and decided that considering the details of our stay, the con we have the biggest chance of catching is Fanime. The thing is, here's all we know about it so far:

That is... not a lot. So what pieces of advice would you give to a couple of big convention noobs like us? A few questions we have:

1. Is it possible for passes to sell out? We're not entirely sure about the trip yet so we haven't registered online.

2. Is it difficult to get lodging? Do the nearby hotels get solidly booked right away?

3. How is on-site registration (in case we fail to do it online)? Is it absolute hell or not so bad, or does it depend on the time of day?

4. What kind of activities are there in Fanime?

5.  Should we watch out for, er, particular types of people? I mean, I've been randomly glomped from behind a few times and we've gotten weird picture requests but that's about it, I think. Con-goers here are usually pretty tame.

And feel free to share your experiences or just random bits of advice. Thanks in advance for your time! We hope to see you there!