Good afternoon old schoolers!
ONE WEEK from RIGHT NOW the Old School (Pre-2001) Cosplay Gathering will be getting ready to get underway after three years! We are so looking forward to bringing this gathering back to FanimeCon. Remember, we're at LOCATION G7 this year - CONSULT THE MAP!! Hopefully, in the years that follow, we can move back inside but for 2022 we're tucked over onto The Slab at G7. We know things will be different this year, we know we'll have to be a bit more spread out, but we will be there.
A couple changes this year -
1. Mask + megaphone just doesn't work out, so I've went ahead and made large flipcards that state each photography setup. Hopefully this will keep me from losing my voice just before our big two hour Vintage Anime panel the next morning. (which you should also check out, Saturday - Panels 3 - 10am)
2. Pose counts will be shorter. How close you get is about how comfortable you are (PLEASE respect your fellow cosplayers - especially at this gathering) but the idea is to keep us close together for pictures in shorter bursts. This means we want to get people set for the picture quickly, strike the pose, get to the countdown faster, and then spread back out. So if you're a photog following the gathering, we're going to go a little quicker, probably 3-5 second counts rather than 5-10 as in years previous.
3. More time for solo / small groups at the end. Location G7 really does allow us to be a bit more isolated and protected, allowing space for cosplayers to step to the side and then get into position easier. This should help us roll through the photography order faster, which means more time after for solo / small group photos utilizing our location.
4. Ribbon for every cosplayer! Okay, this is no different than in 2019 but we do have a new ribbon. At the end of the gathering we will be giving out badge ribbons and business cards. The business card will have the location where an UNOFFICIAL gallery of all gathering pictures will be hosted a week after Fanime (taken by my co-host and myself). We want to make sure EVERY COSPLAYER in the gathering is able to get that and a ribbon. If you need to bounce before the end, just come up to me and I'll give you a card and ribbon.
5. REMEMBER WE ARE IN A NEW LOCATION! You have to go outside and around and then between the Hilton and artist alley ballroom expansion, then all the way to the end. Please give yourself time to make the journey. We have to start at 6pm so we don't loose too much sunlight as it sets behind the Hilton. It only takes a minute to get there if you know where it is - CONSULT THE MAP!
So there it is, we look forward to seeing you all in a week. Please take care of yourselves and your fellow cosplayers, we're almost there. Let's start the final week run-up with a series that should have found a bigger audience.
Celebrating An Era - 1990's! Outlaw Star (1998)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoDUxs3rlRU
