This year’s A-Kon journey has come to an end. Well it’s not officially over yet, but Sunday is more of a wrap up day to haggle for dealer leftovers. The Rebel XTi went on its first convention tour-of-duty and there are plenty of pictures, but what I have doesn’t even begin to encompass the massive amount of con-goers and cosplayers that were there. I meant to take more but fatigue (and laziness) set in.

This was my first real outing with the camera. I know the photos aren’t great, so I have to keep practicing to get better. You can find all the pics at the Photobucket link below. My favorite pics and goodies are after the jump.

A-Kon Photos

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The shadow of A-Kon 19 is looming overhead. I just spent the last 3 and a half hours standing in the vicious pre-registration line. It’s discouraging that my morale is so low before the convention has even started. Over the next few days, I’ll brave the dangerous crowds to hopefully attain some much coveted goodies, all the while taking pictures of otaku in their natural habitat.

Survival gear, camera, checklist, hazmat suit, autographed picture of Donna Summer… All systems green. I’ll be back in a couple days.

Continuing from 20-11, here are the Top 10 on the list. It was easy enough to pick the girls. The hard part was actually putting them in order. Without further delay, check out the results after the jump.

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I know most lists are usually of the Top 10 variety, but sometimes ten spots just aren’t enough. Even having twenty still forced me to cut some of my favorites from the list. A Top 30 would have been a bit much, so this is a good compromise. I’ve decided to separate the list into two entries to make it more manageable. So who made the cut? Find out after the jump.

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I could easily say that Dragonaut: The Resonance was overhyped and flopped. Conversely, I could also say that not enough people gave the show a chance and it was tossed aside before being given a chance for redemption. I don’t think the show was outright terrible, but it did have a much longer way to fall since the expectations placed on it were so high.

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Let’s face the facts here. If you’re a male anime fan, you like girl’s school uniforms (seifuku) in some way, shape, or form. There are so many school life anime that it’s nigh impossible to avoid exposure to them. I was originally indifferent to seifuku, but they’ve really grown on me over the years for some reason. They just have this cute charm. I’ve classified the uniforms into three different types after the jump.

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So you think you can make an eroge? Well now it’s possible… If you can write multiple scenarios, compose music, record voices, create sound effects, draw the characters, and script the entire thing. Still interested? If so, then check out two visual novel freeware Blade Engine and Renpy. Think of these programs as the RPG Maker equivalent for visual novels.

Making a visual novel is one thing. Making a good visual novel is something else entirely. Don’t forget to include the ero scenes!

Fukan Fuukei (Overlooking Scenery) is the first Kara no Kyoukai movie and it’s made a strong impression on me. As the spiritual prototype of Type-Moon’s Tsukihime, Kara no Kyoukai feels vaguely nostalgic with a few concepts that carry over to Tsukihime. Like its successor that focuses on vampires and the supernatural, Kara no Kyoukai’s story delves heavily into the occult horror side of things.

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Moe is many things. Maybe it’s a childhood friend’s alien robot maid that is physically weak, paraplegic, blind, schizophrenic, has Alzheimer’s, and happens to be a ghost too. Now that’s what I call moe~.

It’s a real shame that the Welcome to the NHK anime had to tone down this skit from the original manga. Here’s the original version from the manga.

I never thought that I would ever use an Edgar Allen Poe reference here. Finally finished Hayate, Shana Second, and Zoku SZS. That took way longer than expected. I’ll probably write up series reviews for the shows I had to stop blogging along with a couple overdue figure reviews. I do want to pick up a show to blog in the meantime, but I’ll just wait until July to tackle something in the Summer 2008 schedule.

It seems all the little Type-Moon fanboys and girls are eagerly awaiting Kara no Kyoukai with subs. To be fair it’s got me a bit excited too. That’ll definitely get a review. Ryogi Shiki is all kinds of sexy and girl GAR. Rawr.

Oh yes. Ten days until A-Kon 19. Preparations are all complete. Here’s the obligatory uguu~ as promised by the title.