For my final 2015 post, and my final Top 10 list post, here are my top 10 anime/game waifus, presented in image format!



1) Leaf (Pokemon)
2) Saki Mizukoshi (Natsuiro Kiseki)
3) Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury (Sailor Moon)
4) Serena (Pokemon)
5) Maki Nishikino (Love Live)
6) Honoka Yukishiro/Cure White (Pretty Cure)
7) Natalia (Tales of the Abyss)
8) Sawa Okita (Tari Tari)
9) Anastasia ([email protected]

Some background: Starting in 2014, I began attempting to do more than just basic "hall shots" of cosplayers during conventions. I've been trying to do more professional-type photoshoots where I find an uncrowded spot away from the action and have my subject do various poses. It can be hard for me to find volunteers, but I've gotten a good number of them done. But of course, there is a bucket list, and here it is:

1. Leaf (Pokemon) : I've already done one shoot with a Leaf...

... I took more pictures of the venue at an anime convention than of cosplayers.

The convention in question: Kantaicon, which was September 6th in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, just outside of historic Charleston.

The convention itself was held on the USS Yorktown, a massive WWII-era aircraft carrier. There was room for about four panel rooms (sectioned off by black curtains) and a small dealer's room (where I dropped $60 on a limited -edition K-On! figurine after...

Continuing this blog series at my usual irregular posting intervals, my top 10 Pokemon games!

Note: A * indicates my preferred version out of a pair of games, usually because of better version exclusives

1 (tie) : Platinum
Platinum represents the "complete package" IMO - updates over the already good Diamond/Pearl, an expanded look into the character of Cyrus, engaging side features, and you get to explore a whole other freakin' dimension!
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So yeah, first entry in forever lol

Anyway, this is going to be a bunch of random rambling. Probably.

1) I have come to the conclusion that I am entirely incapable of de-tangling a cosplay wig. I think my efforts to fix my long brown one made the situation worse. So I'm probably going to have to order another one and hope it gets here by the 17th, in time for my next anime convention (I've already scheduled a photoshoot with someone that requires me to have a long brown...