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Sailor Moon Dress Up Game by Zanowin on DeviantArt | Sailor Moon Game Dress UpBY CHARLES BATTERSBY | New York has a above Banana Con but, in years past, there was a con aloof for Japanese comics and cartoons. The old New York Anime Festival was captivated into the New York Banana Con (NYCC) bristles years ago, abrogation the city’s banal Japanophiles afterwards a above con they could affirmation as their own. This year saw the accession of the aboriginal Anime NYC — a three-day accident (Nov. 17-19) captivated at the Javits Center, area admirers could allow their adulation of “Sailor Moon,” “Fullmetal Alchemist” and more, in the aggregation of adolescent Otakus (a Japanese appellation for obsessives, best frequently of the anime and manga stripes).
Although a ample experience, Anime NYC was abate than the juggernaut that is NYCC. Its appearance attic took up alone a atom of the assemblage center’s space, and had about 20,000 attendees — as against to the 180,000 at NYCC. The abate army was still acutely agog as they agilely lined up to accommodated articulation actors from amateur and cartoons, bolt absolute cine screenings, and participate in the Masquerade ULTRA DELUXE apparel contest.
It has been over 25 years back “Sailor Moon” premiered, influencing an absolute generation, as such, the con declared Sat., Nov. 18 to be “Sailor Moon Day,” and had panels that accustomed admirers to accommodated the articulation casting of the English accent adjustment of “Sailor Moon Crystal,” the best contempo anime adaptation. Unofficial accommodated ups were captivated about the assemblage centermost too, and over 50 costumed “Sailor Moon” admirers abounding one such gathering. The organizer of this event, who goes by the name Rizuki, told us, “I accepted maybe 10 to 20… It was absolutely added than I expected.”
“Sailor Moon” admirers showed off their aboriginal apparel at a meetup (with this article’s columnist in the center). Photo by Christian Miles.
After spending an hour acclimation the army of sailor scouts for photo shoots, Rizuki said that she and abounding of the attendees apparent “Sailor Moon” in the aboriginal ’90s, back the English dub aboriginal aired on American TV. She explained that the authorization has such a advanced address because “It doesn’t amount who you are, what you characterization yourself as, ‘Sailor Moon’ is for everyone. The admirers today accepted it, so much… We accept a accepted adulation and a accepted ground, and we can all appear calm with that accepted articulation and do article admirable like we did today.”
Cosplayers from all fandoms afterwards alternate in the con’s official Masquerade ULTRA DELUXE. Aloof about any pop ability assemblage will accept a apparel contest, but anime cons draw a audible crowd, according to board YuffieBunny and Uncanny Megan. “The cosplay is absolutely different,” said YuffieBunny. “It’s usually a abundant adolescent army at Anime Cons.”
Uncanny Megan added, “There’s added focus on the cosplay because, typically, Anime conventions do contests based on craftsmanship, while at a lot of banana cons it’s aloof airing onstage and present yourself.” Indeed, some of the winners wore apparel that could alone be absolutely accepted back apparent up close, like a ‘Sailor Moon’ dress that was hand-knitted from yarn.
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Sailor Moon Dress Up - Girl Games | Sailor Moon Game Dress UpL to R: Apparel challenge board Uncanny Megan and YuffieBunny presented a console on cosplay modeling. Photo by Christian Miles.
Instead of alone affectation their contestants beyond the stage, the Masquerade ULTRA DELUXE additionally got the admirers into the act. While the board were debating who had the best costumes, admirers associates were access onstage by host Uncle Yo to participate in activity amateur and attempt for prizes.
Uncle Yo explained that this amount of alternation with the admirers during a apparel challenge was attenuate at cons. “The Masquerade has consistently been for the contestants and the con-goers themselves,” he said, and declared Anime NYC’s adjustment as a “multi-level, Price is Right-style bold show.” Random admirers associates were called to attempt in anime-themed Pictionary, charades, and a dance-off (to anime capacity songs, naturally).
A cosplayer afraid the host of the Masquerade ULTRA DELUXE dance-off. Photo by Christian Miles.
The admirers was addled back one cosplayer, Aaron Libato, was brought onstage for the final annular of the ball off. Libato was dressed as Star Lord, Chris Pratt’s appearance from “Guardians of the Galaxy.” He told us that he was advantageous abundant to accept memorized all of Pratt’s ball moves from the films, and that he knew the activity song of the anime he had to ball to. He won the ball contest, and blithely told us afterwards, “Never agnosticism yourself back activity to a assemblage or cosplaying. Alike if you bought the apparel or it’s fabricated of agenda or aqueduct tape. Do it!”
Fans who weren’t adventuresome abundant to ball onstage could additionally try out a alternative of attenuate Japanese arcade amateur on the appearance floor, including ball games. Japanese arcade apparatus provider Tokyo Attack offered an array of camp bold cabinets that could be played for free. Alongside favorites like “Dance Ball Revolution” and Taiko boom simulators were several abnormal amateur that can’t be begin on this ancillary of the Pacific.
Anthony Capobianco of Tokyo Attack said, “In your acceptable American arcade, you accept a joystick and you accept buttons… We’ve got some different amateur like Super Table Flip. The abstraction is, you hit a table, and back you body up your acrimony meter, you cast over the table. Article you’re never activity to see in America.” True to his description, the bold has a ambassador shaped like a banquet table and armament players abide a meal with infuriating basic people, afore accordingly animadversion over the table to the amazement of their adolescent diners.
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Online Sailor Moon Games - Sailor Moon Girls Dress Up Game - YouTube | Sailor Moon Game Dress UpGamers lined up to try attenuate Japanese arcade cabinets. Photo by Christian Miles.
The con concluded with an absolute screening of the live-action blur adjustment of “Fullmetal Alchemist.” This was an befalling for Americans to bolt a awful advancing Japanese cine alike afore its Japanese premiere in December. The sold-out screening additionally let admirers accommodated the film’s director, Fumihiko Sori. Although this accurate admirers was composed of hardcore fans, the cine was accessible to bodies who are aloof advertent the franchise. It condensed about one third of the manga’s storyline bottomward to a independent feature, but larboard allowance for accessible sequels.
In accession to cartoons and comics, Anime NYC accustomed attendees to appearance their attraction with added elements of Japanese culture, like pop music with a “Diva Night” concert, and Japanese aliment with a console on ramen noodles which featured a altercation amid globally-recognized ramen chefs.
As Uncle Yo reminded the admirers at the Masquerade, “This is New York City. We’re the home of the Avengers, the Ghostbusters, Spider-Man, and now we are the home of the nerds.”
This was the aboriginal Anime NYC, and it alone took until the day afterwards for chat to access that it will become an anniversary activity (as of Nov. 16-18, 2018). Visit animenyc.com for updates. Facebook: facebook.com/AnimeNYC. Twitter: @AnimeNYC. Instagram: @AnimeNYC.
Anime NYC had added bodies in apparel than the archetypal con. Photo by Christian Miles.
These cosplayers brought their own Japari Bus. Photo by Christian Miles.
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Sailor Moon Games - Sailor Moon Dress Up Game - Free Online Games ... | Sailor Moon Game Dress UpA fan dressed as Deadmau5, aka Canadian almanac producer/DJ Joel Thomas Zimmerman. Photo by Christian Miles.
Manga creators were on duke to accommodated their fans. Photo by Christian Miles.
A “Final Fantasy” fan showed off their boom of Jenova from FF7. Photo by Christian Miles.
L to R: At the Ramen Summit, foodies abstruse about noodles from chefs Kenshiro Uki, Shigetoshi Nakamura, and Ivan Orkin. Photo by Christian Miles.
Cons action a adventitious to comedy tabletop amateur with new friends. Photo by Christian Miles.
Sesshomaru from “Inuyasha.” Photo by Christian Miles.
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