Cosfest 2008: Air Gear
First set of photos from Cosfest 2008. Have decided to categorize the photos by anime where the characters are from. And the first set is from Air Gear!
More pictures after the jump!
Illegal Gathering I tell ya!
A simple photo of the cosplayers from the Air Gear team! Mikan is missing from the picture ^^;
Mikan
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
Simca
#6
#7
Kururu
#8
#9
#10
#11
And here’s one for the ladies. Gentlemen might want to cover your own eyes ^^;
#12
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Will continue posting more sets. ANyway, the reason for posting the photos by anime category instead of covering it as an event (like what I used to do) is because I didn’t take a lot of the cosplayers photos and decided to do coverage on smaller groups of cosplaying teams as I have more time to experiment with slightly more different angles and themes
Also, it is to avoid having too many photographers hogging the cosplayers ^^;
Have also posted this set of photos over at the tread in SGcafe. Check pages 4 and 5.
Lots of fun taking photos of the cosplayers :)
Other posts that might interest you
Japan’s varsities short of students as birthrate falls
^ Straits Times 11 Oct 2006
Japan’s varsities short of students as birthrate falls <Link>
An interesting read. Japan’s varsities lacking in students due to the decline in birthrates. This isn’t surprising as the Japanese population has been rapidly aging and the postwar baby boom followed by the decrease in birth. Such can also be seen in Australia and Singapore as well.
The short summary “Private universities are hoping to recruit retirees and foreign students” caught my attention. Would it mean that enterance exams would be exempted? Or the required JLPT level or minimum CES scores be lowered? Courses taught in English? This article did not elaborate the above.
^ Make female students wear uniforms and really short skirts :p
[...] Some students may benefit from the crunch. Many colleges are relaxing acceptance requirement, making career-defining entrance exmas less stressful, said Mr Keigo Nakano, a spokesman at the ministry’s college-entrance section. [...]
This is rather good news for Japanese students. Why? Japan’s education is very competitive especially at the college level where you have all the prestigious universities such as University of Tokyo, Waseda University, Kyoto University etc. The students are now given a new path to choose from – Private or Public Universities.
Despite the fact that the private universities are hoping to recruit retirees and foreign students, what can be done at the local level? Back at home, we are encouraged to have more babies through the provision of financial incentives for the first to fourth child of each family. Immigration could also be another ‘solution’. Yet, these are speculations.
What about the retirees? I take it that retirees would be people that havfe retired from working. How would they benefit from such. By learning new skills which they might not use in the near future? Or just to gain additional knowledge?
[...] China accounted for 80,592 students, followed by South Korea with 15,606, Taiwan with 4,134 and Malaysia with 2,114. There were 1,646 American students [...]
I believe the reason why there is such a large number of Chinese students as compared to others is due to the writing system – Kanji (漢字). They are the chinese characters used in Japanese logogram writing system. Given that the characters are the same, with certain differences in pronouncation and meaning, I do understand why Chinese students are a majority of the foreign students there.
How would these private universities continue to woo foreign students and retirees? No one really knows…
W00t, nice pictures as usual. Gordon would be pleased with this particular set.
Nice idea too, since it gives you less work overall in a sense, and makes checking posts easier for people who are only interested in certain anime series.
*nosebleeds violently*
panther banchou knows me so well. ^^;
mikan cosplayer is love. i will love to get her emblem. and a closer look too if she don’t mind.
qns: how did u get that top down shot in the 1st pic? i don’t remember u being over 2m tall. lol.
WOW!!!!!!
Thses cosplayers are just cool!!!!!!!
Can’t look away…
nice eyes….
First photo’s angle is awesome! Thumbs up!
I have to say, your photography skills have improved leaps and bounds!
Ah Bell! Finally settled down here in JPY and can start surfing your blog again.. I missed all the action back home! Nice work by the way! I loved the last one. cos the notion doesn’t look right! LOL!
Haha nice pics! ^^
@Panther: Gordon will be too busy nosebleeding ^^;
@C.I: Here’s some tissue paper.
@gordon: Got her to squat down slightly ^^;
@0ne: LOL.
@Soshi: Thanks! Didn’t see you at cosfest though,
@dice: Hello! I don’t like the last one uguu~. Btw, is your room in JPN small? I want to visit!
@Hexlord: Thanks!
LOL!!! Simca Doesn’t look as charming as in anime….I like Kururu the best in above’s photos ~~~
Some pretty badass cosplaying going on there. Kururu gets the kawaii vote from me.
Hahaha, yeah… I was down with the flu so I couldn’t go down – my cousin did though! She cosplayed as Lal Mirch from Katekyoshi Hitman Reborn! :D Maybe you got some shots of her, ahaha!
noticed that your portraits have improved!
@Kesenaitsumi & Dark: Haha. Kururu is cute ^^;
@kiki: Thanks!