Summer Wrap-up: FanimeCon 2009 Part 1 Cosplay

Well, summer's over for me and I want to share some photos I took over the past few months:

I attended Fanime for the first time back in May. FanimeCon is the largest anime convention in Northern California and it's held annually at the San Jose Convention Center in downtown San Jose.

Like any anime convention, FanimeCon was packed with cosplayers. They invaded downtown San Jose and it was pretty funny crossing the street with Ash Ketchum, Naruto and Hatsune Miku.

Since this was my first con, I didn't feel comfortable taking pictures of strangers. As the day progressed, however, I just went up and asked people if I could take their picture and all of them said yes. I also snapped a few shots when crowds gathered for a photo shoot.

Another World: Kyou Arc

The eighth and final DVD for Kyoto Animation's Clannad After Story anime adaptation of Key's Clannad visual novel will include an "Another World: Kyou Arc" episode. As the name implies, the episode will recount an alternate story arc that focuses on the Kyou Fujibayashi character. The announcement was made at "~Kono Machi no Negai ga Kanau Basho," the Clannad fan appreciation event that was held in Tokyo's New Pier Hall on Sunday. There will be a preview screening for the Kyou Arc episode on May 24, followed by the July 1 DVD release.

Sweet, I knew they'd do it! Considering how good the Tomoyo Arc episode was, I'm really looking forward to this. Now I haven't played the visual novel, but I've heard that it could've had a better ending. In any case, Kyou's my favorite CLANNAD character and it's KyoAni so I have complete faith in them.

Now some Kyou pics:


Is that older Kyou?


Best scene of the first season.

Source: ANN