Just got pictures in from a photo-shoot I did a while back with my friend Tim of Fiverings! I am so happy to finally get these in! i got this cosplay done in time for Anime Expo but being so busy running around for AX Live that I didn’t get much time in the cosplay to get many pictures taken. Those of you who got pictures of me in it were very lucky since i maybe wore it a total of 3 hours at the convention

After Anime Expo I really wanted some decent pictures of the cosplay since I worked so hard on getting it done in time! That’s where Tim came to the rescue and did these amazing photos for me! Thanks again SOOO MUCH!!!

I don’t think I’ve ever had so much fun shooting with someone, while I’m still a little awkward in-front of the camera, I’m so used to being the one taking the pictures, it was nice to know I was dealing with someone who helped me pose and find good angles and such!

:p

Sexy Beato will still kill you without warning! Thanks again sooo much to Tim for these amazing pictures! check out his website

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Today pokey cosplays as Yoko from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann!

Isn’t he such a cutie! Who knew Pokey loved to crossplay so much! Maybe we’ll have to find him a male cosplay for tomorrow!
See day 1: Haruhi Suzumiya

Also Pokey isn’t mine but my friend’s adorable dog!
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Silly little post, as we’ve decided that Pokey needs to become a cosplayer! Day 1? He’s being lazy with just the Haruhi headband! What would you like to see pokey cosplay as?
Also Pokey isn’t mine but my friend’s adorable dog!
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At Anime Expo this past weekend, one of the booths had some fun Itashas, one of which belonged to my boyfriend, Kisuka. While walking around the Exhibit hall we bumped into my good friend Maridah in Mirai cosplay and had the cutest idea! Take pictures of Mirai driving the Mirai Car!

Vroom Vroom!

Not many pictures as sadly there was not much time, but it seemed to be a hit once she got in the car since everyone was taking pictures! I’m so glad Danny choose Kisuka’s car! When Danny called me to let me know he chose Kisuka’s car, Kisuka was so excited! He plans to keep his car an Itasha for as long as he possibly can! Now I need to make my car an Itasha since I’m so jealous!

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Just got these in today from a friend who did some photo coverage of The Indecent Otaku comedy show at Anime Expo 2010 this year. I love these photos and sadly they’re the only good photos I have in this cosplay. Doing this show was really hard on me this year, so many things went wrong so quickly right before con and during con. I barely had a chance to sit and breathe or eat. Still I had a blast!

I thought while showing off these pictures I’d talk about The Indecent Otaku Comedy Show and my reasons why I won’t be doing the show anymore. It was a fun time when we did the first show back in ’09 with Anime-Diet with our group. But it was a lot of work and last minute things coming in. We tried to do the show again and not have last minute ideas, only ideas well rehearsed and well thought out this year, but sadly things didn’t go as planned.

We did have our videos, and guests planned out but still last minute with prizes things got hectic, we had so many issues with the raffle tickets, first not having enough, then having too much that ended up making the tickets so pointless that we had to throw out prizes into the audience, bad idea. Unless you were super tall you weren’t able to catch the prizes, I saw people hitting each other to get their hands on some of these figures and other prizes. It was honestly scary.

Not to mention my throwing arm is just horrible, as many of you who were in the audience noticed most of the prizes i threw kept going in the same direction, ACK! Plus we were so overwhelmed with Sponsor support that it became too many prizes to give out.

I’m not coming back to the show not because this show wasn’t successful or because of a falling out with any hosts. Heck Benu our second host is coming to my Birthday party this Saturday! He’s gonna do some magic for us! I’m only stopping the show since it stopped being fun this year. While it was amazing getting Danny Choo all the way over from Japan to come for our show and then also having him as a guest of honor, the show took it’s toll on me.

Normally AX Is a fun experience for me, meeting new people, scanning the exhibit halls over and over again till I’m absolutely poor beyond belief from spending all my money on figures. Catching as many concerts as I can, seeing fun interesting panels and more. This year? I spent so much of it in either my hotel room crying because I had no time to set up for the show and no one to help, or running around the convention like a chicken with no head trying to get things organized before the show on Saturday. It got to a point that the day of the show I was screaming at my best friends, yelling at cab drivers and on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and really I never let myself get like that and when we started our show we decided early on if it became “work” and “not fun anymore” we would quit, well it became work and wasn’t fun anymore. Heck I only got to go into the Exhibit hall once to look around and that was the last day about an hour before the convention closed, if you’ve ever gone shopping with me at a con you know I need at least 3 or so hours before I’m sure that I’ve seen everything and I know what I’m going to spend my money on.

I do hope that maybe one day someone will come back and do the show justice, make a comedy show that is entertaining, with live music, prizes and fun. But I’d rather be in the audience cheering them on then on stage doing the show. Not only that, with being on AX Live I’ll have tons of responsibilities of filming for AX during the convention and filming things for my own show Toybox, which coincidentally was supposed to air today but due to illness on our director/editors part it’s been postponed a week.

As for me, while I’ve been lacking in making new posts for you guys, I’m kicking things into gear now that this term for school is over, and I’ll make sure my class load next term isn’t so much that I’m kept from bringing figure reviews to you! Plus with AX Live, I’ve met so many wonderful people who collect figures as well who love lending them to me for review, so even if I can’t afford the latest and greatest figures they can and I’ll still be able to show you why I love this hobby so much! Meeting people who love the same thing you do, who understand why you love them so much and don’t think you’re crazy when you want to spend $800 on Dollfie Yoko!

On another note… Obligatory underboob shot for you guys. I figure I always give you guys the panty shots with figures, and the naughty parts, so it would be wrong to hide these from you…

I want you all to know, today on my 23rd birthday, I love you all. Between the bombardment on Facebook, Twitter, E-mail’s and MyFigureCollection messages of Happy Birthday to always the wonderful fans on AX Live’s chat during the show. You are why I still do this, that and because nothing can keep me away from owning the best and newest and prettiest awesome figures that are always being released! I Love you all, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your constant support!

Photos by Joseph Servantez
Cosplay by India Atkinson

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So it seems that we had a brilliant idea for a little video project but we needed a Ganguro Girl for the project. My lips are sealed as to what the video is but you’ll see what it’s for at The Indecent Otaku Comedy Show Saturday at Noon at Anime Expo this year!

The show at Anime Expo is gonna be really awesome, did you know that we even got Danny Choo to come all the way over from Japan to California just for our little show!

I know that Ganguro Girls have stickers all over their face, sadly I don’t have enough stickers just yet and I went with the only ones I had, penguin stickers!

I felt so ridicoulous in this outfit but I would love to go out in public dressed like this just to see people’s reactions.

Even put on some super crazy long nails! It was so good to get those off, was terrible to try and type or even handle my phone!

V!

So I’m actually really happy with this crazy outfit! I might wear this one day as a cheap easy silly cosplay one day! What our your thoughts on Ganguro fashion? It’s so silly and outrageous but in the end was really fun dressed up so silly and crazy!

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Those know who me personally know I have a 6th sense when it comes to Anime shops, I always have my eye open for one and just my luck while walking around in London I spotted one! It’s been a while since I’ve done a Figure Retailer Review, so I thought I’d bring you a treat with this shop I spotted! Also don’t forget to leave a comment for the upcoming Giveaway!

A Giant wall of just plushies! I know tons of girls who would be drooling over this wall!

Some awesome hats as well, I somehow missed out on that awesome Kero-chan hat!

Anime bags too!

Tons of shirts, cosplays too!

Very nice selection of manga!

Sadly my walls are out of space so i couldn’t pick up any one of these awesome wall scrolls, also no space in my suitcase.

Some awesome and recent figures! Also really good prices too considering that with the cost of shipping to Europe from Japan!

So many awesome figures but sadly again the lack of luggage space meant no new figures for me.

Lots of Pocky! Lots of phone charms!

Lots of Cosplay accessories!

Key Chains!

Loved this phone case!

Some of your favorite girls! I of course did get the Yoko mouse pad!

The plushie selection was just astounding! I’ve never seen so many plushies!

Really awesome characters to choose from! So many Card Captor Sakura ones! I got all but one! Also snatched up a Sailor Moon Plush as well!

Love the Luna hat!

Tokyo Toyz was an awesome store to walk into. I’ve walked into so many anime stores in the US and haven’t come across one like that that seems to truly understand their fans and what is popular at the moment. I’ve seen many stores that only sell what they can get a high profit on, or what is the latest fad like Naruto or Bleach. It’s a very awesome store to check out and they have an online shop too! Tokyotoyz.com!

Edit: I guess many people have realized some things in these images that i might have missed, Bootlegs. I’m sorry guys, I always just look at the figures first and if they are legit then I’m happy, but i really didn’t notice so many other bootleg items! Including the Yoko Oopai mousepad I purchased myself >_< FOr myself I’d say they might be nice to check out for figures, but you should, as I should as well try to never support bootleggers and purchased bootlegged items. Sorry guys

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Was such a pleasent suprise to catch such an amazing shop in London, sadly didn’t stumble upon any stores in Paris but I’ll do my best from now on to keep an eye out for more shops in my local area or even when I’m traveling! Have you been to this store before? What were your thoughts on the shop?

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Went to Mikomicon a Sep. 19-20. Went for Traci Hines‘ and Makenai‘s concert ended up also having a blast with my cosplay. I wasn’t planning on cosplaying but with someone convinced me to and it ended up being a blast as i got this photoshoot while I was there.

I was also convinced to enter into the Masquerade which I did last minute.

I ended up winning the Judges award during the Masquerade, which was such a surprise since my little “performance” was just a complete improv and a blur. I personally still can’t see that video without dying of embarrassment but in the end it was a fun experience and it makes me want to do more things within cosplay and Masquerades at Conventions!

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Miss out on the amazing and totally fun Indecent Otaku Comedy Hour? Well the full video should be coming out soon, but for now I’ll leave you with everyone’s favorite segment from the show! Anime-Walking! In the spirit of Jay Leno’s Jay-Walking we went to Downtown Disney to test people’s trap knowledge!

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The Steampunk Gathering at Anime Expo, organized by my best friend Fancy India was a success. It was such a blast and everyone who showed up had such amazing and intricate cosplays! I was worried at first that the gathering was going to be small and not have many people interested but it turned out to be pretty big and we got some awesome and amazing shots! Extra Special thanks to Russell, Fancy India’s brother, for taking these amazing shots, all of the pictures on my site having to do with Anime Expo were all taken by him, this kid is good!

Did it again, I didn’t get this guy’s name! Saw him at Anime LA ’09 and took tons of pics, loved his vest! At least I got some pictures with him this time! Next time I’ll get his name, unless he finds this then i can put a name to the face ^_~

Fancy India’s awesome Steampunk cosplay, her book was over 100 years old if I remember correctly

Loren Haskins IV, being badass. Don’t know if he was posing but he looked so cool here.

Some awesome groups shots, KawaiiClare also looked amazing but there weren’t any single shots of her in her awesome cosplay, at least not on my camera.

I did take these, Loren and Russell having some Fisticuffs.

Just the most awesome and detailed props I’ve ever seen.

Really great group shots, too many of us to get into one picture

hard getting good group shots as well when people like to change poses from time to time.

Also Corset + low cut top = wow cleavage, so everyone had to see the ladies, i know it’s a lot to take in but they aren’t always out, i tend to keep the girls covered but they wanted to come out for pictures today.

I really like this shot, the few of just us.

More group shots

Gonna try some flying action!

Oh wait the wind has changed directions!

Crash landed

x.x

I do believe this was the whole gang

Someone said something funny and i was trying not to laugh but be cool, didn’t really work out as planned

more badassery

As my first Gathering it was so awesome, it was also my first Steampunk cosplay and I really did enjoy it. Thanks again to Fancy India, she designed the outfit and we made it together! (more like i sat around and watched and went “OHH THAT’S PRETTY!”) This gathering for sure sealed the deal for me to do more Steampunk cosplays, it seems so simple at first but everyone’s cosplays are so intricate and so detailed. It’s mostly small things that people have that just so amazing, I almost wish we could dress like this daily! Check back I’ll be linking to the sites i find that have posted more pictures of the gathering! Also if you have your own posted up put a link in the comments and I’ll link it as well!

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