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This...would be so awesome. I think you have just nailed my 4th costume for the weekend.

I'm in the process of gathering materials for Kaliyo from TOR (the IA companion). <3 her badassness. http://swtor.wikia.com/wiki/Kaliyo_Djannis  Hopefully I can get this accomplished in time. Overloading myself now. XD

Ok! Finally had the time to rest and get through the photos and video.

Full photo set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tifaia/sets/72157629962230902/

Facebook for CosPod (open to tagging): http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.375587172499430.82487.280461418678673&type=3

Fanime Fan Video: http://youtu.be/xIusWKwE_do

CosPod review of Fanime: http://youtu.be/DofrnS2cI7U

First time attendee. If it weren't for friends and cosplay hangouts, I probably would not have enjoyed myself. As a whole, the convention was disorganized. Between the cancellations, lack of information for panel/event locations on the website and in the pocket guide, not all events being listed in the guide, it was just a mess. I was lucky to get to one panel during the weekend. On Monday. The last day of the convention. Because that was the only one I could find that was listed and hadn't been cancelled.

If it weren't for friends to help point the way, I would have been lost.

The positives:

Though I couldn't stay up for most of it, the nostalgia room was fantastic. I love the idea and was happy to see support for old school anime.

Smart use of traffic flow in and out of the dealers/artist/gaming rooms.

Staff always seemed attentive and helpful.

Love the integration of the theme into the convention with events.

Lots of respect given to cosplayers and photographers. Fanime to me was very much a cosplay convention. I really like that you have cosplay staff that works with the convention to create a system for photo gatherings without people stepping on one another. (My only suggestion is if we can please keep up the acronym cheat-sheet on the website or forums during the con? Even my friends who have been longtime attendees had no clue what they meant and it was causing a lot of traffic to stop by the info desk with the reg line every time.) I'd love for this tradition to continue.

Big fan of the Artist Alley. I have never seen so many artists in one place before, and it's the first time that I've attended a con and spent more money in AA then in the dealer's room. It was refreshing to see a convention support so many artists. Whatever you have been doing to attract people to buy tables, keep it up.



Negatives:

I won't continue poking the dead horse so I'll make this short. Registration clearly was an issue that you all are aware of and will look into fixing for next year. I can sympathize with the power outage, but a backup should have been in place from the get-go.

Little information in the program guide and pocket guide. As I've stated before, there were panels listed online without times/locations. You went to the pocket guide and they were nowhere to be found. Sure I had a full listing of what's up in the video rooms, but looking up panels was like pulling teeth. I also didn't like that there weren't any paper printouts of the schedule available (or if there were, there were so few that I never saw any). I know it's cool to be green and Earth friendly, but as a new attendee it was frustrating to not know what was going on when. I don't mind asking staff, but I shouldn't have to for everything. I know my friends probably didn't find it enjoyable either, and they were equally as lost about the schedule.

Note: I like the concept of the pocket guide, but it really should have provided more information. Like when the Cosplay Contest begins. Sure doors open at this time, but with the large space available people could opt to go in at the last minute for the "cheap seats" and be happy but didn't know when the show actually began.

I realize that the pocket guide was also online, but half the time it didn't load and again, not all information was listed. The website's layout for panel information pre-con was great. If a time/location had been tacked on that would have been fantastic!

In general, it felt like there was a lack of organization. Excluding the power outage (because you can only plan for so much) and the construction, events and content were never really well publicized. If you hadn't been to Fanime before, you were out of luck.

Overall, it was discouraging for a first time attendee. I was really excited for the convention, but this felt more like a hangout and my badge was pretty much useless. I'd hate to be one of those people who doesn't buy a badge and help support the con, but should I return next year I may consider it.

How did this go?  Will someone post pics?  So damn sorry to miss this!

No clue. :/ I was there Friday to help show people how to make cranes and dropped off a lot of extra paper. One of the staff members informed me it was cancelled Friday and rescheduled for Saturday, but no one knew what time. It was a great idea so I hope it didn't fall through. :(

@ TifaIA: Thank you! Could you show peeps @ a Q & D in the Hangout on Friday too? If you and Charis each do one then more people could learn and more cranes :)

Of course! I'll be happy to help show off my mad crane skills. >.>

/sigh That was so lame of me. *goes back to the corner to sew*

You can count me in on donating a few strings of cranes. The 1k story always touches me.

This is a wonderful idea BSaphire~ And when I drop mine off I'll be happy to show a few people how to make them. I make cranes all the time at work when I'm bored. lol

I'm happy to see that this panel was approved and will do my best to attend. I'll be hosting a similar panel in a few months. I'd love to be able to talk to you about this for our Cosplay Podcast, CosPod. It's an interesting topic that few people know about!

So I have updated the first post to the best of my current abilities *LOL I am looking for suggestions for the photo order and I am still working on the "BIG SURPRISE" so I was thinking of how everyone could do something to help... I need some paper cranes with a string attached to them so we can hang them. They would need to have a string about 12" - 24 " long. I need a whole bunch!....
Also looking for some smallish silk flower pettles in white & some in red. If any one can help out with this stuff please post me and let me know. Much appreciative of the help and I have another assistant *YEAH! AnimefanJJ is going to help us :)

Well back to my mad mad life...
Squidges!
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I'll be happy to help out with the paper cranes. It'll be a perfect way to kill time while I'm sitting on the plane. Just let me know how many you need, what size (I have made some as tiny as a 1x1 post it, and as large as a 10x10 sheet of paper), what colors (if needs to be specific), and how you want them stacked. When I get bored at work I do origami. lol

I can make them into a chain like this: http://www.lifeasmyth.com/PaperCranes.jpg

Or if you want the traditional cranes, just on a wire/string: http://www.louisestudio.com/products2/floralcranes.jpg

I will definitely be there as Rydia! Possibly with my fiance as Edge.

Yea! I was beginning to think I might be the only one pre-FF7 showing up...as is usually the case. lol

[Aisha Clan-Clan]

I'll be pulling off Aisha Clan-Clan from Outlaw Star (1998) on Friday. \o/ I love seeing cosplayers showing love for the older shows. ♥

Knowing that someone for OS will be there I may debut my Hot Ice Hilda a week earlier then intended. Fingers crossed!

Always a joy to meet more Moonies. I'll either have Sailor Mercury (currently working on) or Queen Beryl in attendance.

I have just purchased my plane tickets and going to Fanime! Really excited for it. <(^_^<)

Cloud of Darkness, signing in. I'll have my revamped version ready to go.