My Cosplay

2008 Northern California (Nor Cal) Cosplay Picnic

1. I Can Create The New Bridge. Picture at Nor Cal Cosplay Picnic. Background is the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
2. It's An Opening Theme Scene. Nice shot of the wind blowing my red jacket.

2008 Fanime Con

1. Meet Heavy. I met the first Team Fortress 2 (TF2) cosplayer. Too bad I can't use the mini gun, LOL. I stay with magic =)
2. I See Myself. Here is another Chrono cosplayer in his battle uniform. Where are the other Nanoha cosplayers?
3. Sensei, What is "One is All, All Is One?" Sensei Izumi Curtis and I discuss the meaning of alchemy.
4. Trash is Trash, Correct? Gag shot reenacting the Shinigami Golden where Matsumoto orders me to separate the garbage.
5. Matsumoto, What The Heck? Some Bleach cosplayers went to the park for additional pics including action and gag shots. Gag shot of Matsumoto getting close with the Hitsugayas O__O
6. Shiro-chan. Here's a Shinigami Golden Santa-san gag shot where Ukitake gives me a stocking full of candy. Yes, candy was inside :D
7. Chibi or Not, I'm Transmuting. Gag shot of me attempting to transmute Heavy's mini gun. I'm going to transmute to a BB gun, LOL.
8. Tsubasa Chronicles Group Shot. CLAMP gathering. All Tsubasa Chronicles cosplayers.
9. Sakura and Syaoran. Picture of me as Syaoran with some Sakura cosplayers. These Sakura cosplayers did an excellent job.
10. We're Beautiful. We're Powerful. We're CLAMP. The all CLAMP picture says it all.
11. Sakura's New Cosplay. I took a picture with a Sakura cosplayer from Fanime'06. The Sakura made her beautiful white dress.
12. Shuush, I'm Having an Affair. Don't tell Sakura I'm having an affair. Picture with Oruha from Clover. The Oruha cosplayer and I hung out afterwards.
13. Sexy Everywhere She Goes. Where there's Hitsugaya, there's Matsumoto. I met the Matsumoto cosplayer from the Oruha cosplayer. We received the most picture requests ever in one day.
14. BANKAI!!! The Renji cosplayer organizes the Bleach cosplay gatherings at Fanime. All of us Bleach cosplayers thank you and appreciate you being the leader.
15. Cosplay Chess. I had free time and didn't line up for the An Cafe concert. My first cosplay chess. Cosplay chess plays with the chess rules and instead of chess pieces, it's cosplay characters acting as the chess pieces.

2008 San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival

1. There Is A Sakura Present. I remember in 2006 I cosplayed as Syaoran and almost everytime there was a Tsubasa Chronicle group shot, Sakura was missing. Not this time. Here is me with a new wig. No more curls. No more carrying Mokona. Hey, Fai, what are you doing with Kurogane's left hand? Hand check, everyone.
2. Walking in the Parade. A friend of mine successfully got a picture of me walking in the parade with my camera. I wanted to purchase a sword to use as a new prop at Japantown. Another friend said the sword shop was a rip-off. He's correct--even with the Cherry Blossom sale. I purchase my sword online. It's going to be tough to find Syaoran's sword.

2008 Sac Anime

1. First Full Metal Alchemist Group Shot. The official FMA gathering group shot with the three FMA voice actors was delayed. The few of us gathered outside the entrance for a group shot. Even though it's unofficial, many in the picture were happy because they were in a group shot and couldn't wait for the official gathering.
2. Official Gathering. The official gathering took place after the FMA movie which ended late. Here is another group shot. Unfortunately, the pictures with the FMA voice actors came out really bad *sniff, sniff*
3. So I'm Chibi =P Every time I put my hands together, I'm chibi or short. That's bad. Here is a picture with an anime fan who thought of the joke. First time I heard the joke.
4. Sugar Is Sweet. If you didn't watch Sugar, A Little Snow Fairy, go get the box set. Sugar is the Finding Nemo of anime. It doesn't matter your age. It's a family anime series everyone enjoys. Picture is me with Sugar.

2007 Halloween

1. Anime Palace Halloween Party. My friend Jerry cosplaying as Roy Mustang and I cosplayed at Anime Palace's Halloween sale. Here are us posing in front of the famous Bleach movie poster greeting customers.
2. Halloween At Work. What does Ed look like working at a desk job? Take a look. I'm happy I'm cosplaying at a different company. Last year, I cosplayed as Hitsugaya at my last crappy job.
3. Ed gets the job done. All Ed has to do is alchemy the paperwork. Yay! Three co-workers from another department took a pic of me. I'm not at an anime con, LOL. Ed's retirement job?
4. I Trick or Treated. After work, there was a cosplay gathering at the Winchester Mystery House. Eurobeat King from cosplay.com organized the gathering. We hung out, trick or treat around the garden, talked, took pictures, and ate dinner at Chili's. I can make the sculpture walk.

2007 Anime Expo

1. Too many pics. Here is me and Maes Hughes with his infinite amount of Elisa-chan pics. Maes, only you can show your daughter's pics to anyone with sincerity.
2. Best brothers. We received information there was a bigger, unofficial Full Metal Alchemist gathering on the convention center side. Before we smaller group walked to the convention center, I got a picture with my brother, Al.
3. Another successful CLAMP gathering. We named the CLAMP series and we took group pictures of the series. And we remembered to take an all CLAMP gathering shot we forgot last year. Picture is the Tsubasa Chronicle group shot.
4. She is so sexy. Here is me with my sexy lieutenant Rangiku Matsumoto before the official start of the Bleach gathering. The afternoon was really hot. Being next to her made me hotter.
5. 10th Squad group shot. One by one, the 13 squads were called out for their group shots. I noticed why the Hitsugayas were on left side and Matsumotos were on the right.
6. Bleach everywhere. On my way to the dealer's room to keep cool, I found a group of Bleach cosplayers for a group shot.

2007 Fanime Con

1. Momo-chan chilling out. Picture of me and Audiovent Chick as Momo Hinamori pose during the first hours of Fanime. Few events and activities were opened on the first day. And I was cool and not sweating compared to Edward Elric in 2006. And the air conditioning worked compared to not working in '06. If the air conditioning was not working, I can use my bankai. I bring my swimming trunks next year.
2. She is so sexy. No complaints with a sexy lieutenant. Here is a picture with Rangiku Matsumoto. What is wrong with the picture? I'm taller than her. I'm supposed to be short. Way short. Even shorter than Edward ~:-p
3. Nobody messes with both of us. In our respective series, nobody messes with us. We are powerful, emotionless, too serious, and we are popular. Yay! The cosplayer on the left is Shinku from Rozen Maiden, one of my all-time favorite anime series.

2007 San Jose Cherry Blossom Festival

A week after the San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival, San Jose Japantown held their Cherry Blossom Festival. The picture is me with Congressman Mike Honda. Many friends who saw the picture thought the picture was hilarious such that many people assumed Congressman Honda was my Dad, LOL!

2007 San Francisco Cherry Blossom Festival

1. BO, HA, HA, HA, HA!! The traditional Bleach group shot was the Don Kanonji's BO, HA, HA, HA, HA. All Bleach cosplay gatherings must do the BO, HA, HA, HA, HA. I was sad my lieutenant Rangiku Masumoto was missing.
2. Bleach fans among the grown-ups. I believe the ladies behind us were the San Francisco Japanese Chamber of Commerce. After our mini gathering, the ladies requested a picture with us. Here is a picture of us kneeling down. At first, all of us stood not knowing what to do. The ladies couldn't kneel so we did XD Why did I point my sword the wrong way ?!?!? Oh, well.
3. Awesome cosplay. The last picture after the main festivities at Peace Plaza. I'm next to Wolf-Link and Midna from The Legend Of Zelda at the Peace Pagoda. Nice, wolfie >__> The two cosplayers came in second place in the cosplay contest. They should have won first. In 2006, the two won first place cosplaying as Princess Mononoke and the wolf.

2007 Anime Palace

1. Anime Palace New Location Grand Opening. Anime Palace is a popular anime store in the Bay Area and many anime conventions. The store moved to a new location minutes away in a bigger and better store. Congrats to the owners. The picture is me cosplaying as Edward Elric from Full Metal Alchemist and Ska_Kitti cosplaying as a maid outside the store.
2. Inside Anime Palace. Picture of Ska_Kitti and I inside the store. The Bleach sign has the 25% off everything in the store one day sale notice. And earlier in the day, there was a Hikaru from Magic Knight Rayearth cosplayer. Where did she go? The two pictures are my first time wearing braces. I need to improve my cosplay smile :-{}

2006 Halloween

The happiest day of the year at my quiet and dull workplace. I cosplayed as Toushiro Hitsugaya from Bleach. A few other coworkers dressed up in costume. I made sure I said costume instead of cosplay. I think everyone assumed I was a samurai or a karate kid, LOL! BTW, I work at a wall. My workplace is neither an office nor at a cubicle. *sniff, sniff*

Photo courtesy of the Graphics Department.

2006 Yaoi Con

Cosplay pic of Fai and I during the late afternoon. I was concerned I was the only Tsubasa Chronicle cosplay. In the early morning, there was a male Sakura. I never saw Sakura again. I wanted a pic with him. Great closeup shot, Fai >.>

2006 Japantown Anime Faire

1. I see a Bleach cosplayer, I see many more, and all of a sudden, Bleach group cosplay pics. I saw another Toushiro, then Rangiku Matsumoto, and then more Bleach cosplayers appear.
2. Momo Hinamori and Toushiro Hitsugaya. Pic of Audiovent Chick cosplaying as Momo-chan and I. The Momo-chan cosplayer also cosplayed as Rose, and we took pics together in our FMA cosplays. One improvement for next year is to sew the white sleeves on the keikogi.
3. Bleach Gathering. Some of us wanted a Bleach gathering. We got a good size Bleach gathering given the size of the con. Another improvement for next year is to get the zori or sandals the Shinigami wears.
4. Another shot of the Bleach on the fly gathering. An anime con must have at least a Bleach and Naruto gathering, two of the most popular cosplayer anime series.

2006 Anime Overdose

Throughout the day, Kurogane and I were finding a Sakura cosplayer. We knew Fai was one of the dealers. No Sakura in sight. Here is a picture of Fai, Kurogane, and I in the dealers room.

2006 Anime Expo

1. Tsubasa Chronicle CLAMP Gathering. The best cosplay gathering I participated. Someone read a CLAMP series and those cosplayers come forward for picture taking.
2. Syaoran and Kohaku. Pic of me and Kohaku from Wish. We met in front of the convention center and at the CLAMP panel line. Thank you for hanging around with me. I was happy to meet you and I hope you had fun being with me ^_^
3. Tsubasa Chronicle Group Shot. The Syaoran on the left I recognized from Fanime Con 2006 and the Sakura on the center I recognized at Fanime Con 2005 and AX 2005.
4. Saber and Edward. Pic of me and Saber from Fate/Stay Night. Just like Winry, nobody messes with Saber.
5. Grow up, Wrath. In the dealers room, an action shot with Wrath giving me a noogie. Wrath, behave yourself ^^
6. That's me, Syaoran. The Funimation booth had a Tsubasa Chronicle display. Thank you stranger who took the picture. Good one!

2006 Fanime Con

1. Finally, a Tsubasa Chronicle cosplayer. On the second day at Fanime, I cosplayed as Syaoran and found a Fai. Awesome picture. I hope she wasn't too hot wearing the coat *__* I didn't see any Tsubasa Chronicle cosplayers on the first day. Afraid the CLAMP gathering is a poor turnout.
2. Worries were true. The third day of Fanime there was a CLAMP gathering at 12:00 P.M. Only four cosplayers showed up around 12:15 P.M. I had to leave because the Full Metal Alchemist gathering was at 12:30 P.M. Fortunately, and at my expense, more people showed up to the CLAMP gathering late.
3. Ed and Rose, again. Awesome ^_^ The Rose cosplayer I met at Cherry Blossom Festival showed up to the Full Metal Alchemist gathering. Thank you for another picture of you and me.
4. Ed always defeats evil. Homunculi, state alchemist traitors, bandits with auto-mail, chain saw murderers . . . it doesn't matter who. Ed is a good guy who protects the good from evil.
5. Syaoran and Sakura. Can't get anymore sweeter. Syaoran and Sakura in the dealers room. Awesome cosplay, Sakura.
6. Tsubasa Chronicle Group Shot. Cosplayers from Tsubasa Chronicle. One of the last cosplay pics I took at the convention. Thanks for the group shot :)

2006 Cherry Blossom Festival

1. Ed saw another Ed with an Al plushie. The other Edward cosplayer should make more of those. It's the best Al plushie I have ever seen.
2. Ed and Maes Hughes. Here is me trying to be short or chibi. I look stupid or baka bending down with my hands on my upper legs :-P
3. Ed walking the parade. Picture of me walking in the parade in San Francisco. The cosplayers and I were paused on Post Street.
4. Ed and Rose in Japantown. Rose and I walked together for the final parade walk. Lots of spectators watched as cosplayers walking in Japantown.
5. Ed and Rose about to pose for another picture. We were at the end of the line, a spectator took advantage and wanted a close picture. I'm too tall XD

2005 Anime Expo

1. Ed saw Winry and another Ed quickly. I just walked out of my hotel room and saw Winry and another Ed. Picture taken along Katella Street where my hotel was located.
2. Ed and Al. Another picture of Al and I at the quad between the convention center and Hilton. Again, two of the best brothers in the world, two great alchemists, and two great pals XD
3. Ed and Maes. Picture of Maes as an angel and I.
4. Ed and Survival Of The Fittest. Picture of me showing my backside (`__*) in an all cosplayer survival of the fittest. Who was the winner? Obviously, me. I just transmute all of their weapons and make the ground shake *Hee, hee* Good picture, Arashi!
5. Ed, Al, and Winry. Winry and I posed with a giant size Al at the Funamation booth in the dealers room. After the picture, Winry gave me a hug. So sweet!
6. Ed and Maes Again. After closing ceremonies, Maes and I posed for another picture. The completed second picture with Maes holding a picture of Elysa-chan.

2005 Fanime Con

1. Ed Thinking about something? Picture taken outside the convention center. Maybe I'm looking a cute girl across the street. LOL.
2. Ed Hosting a panel? Yup. I created and hosted the Anime Fans Over 30 panel. Good attendance. Gave away FMA Volume 1 manga as a prize.
3. Ed in Battle Action. Roy and I battling Envy and Wrath. Uh, Roy, I'm not the enemy XD
4. Ed, Roy, and Riza. Roy, Riza, and I looked our best! Roy and Riza were with the FMA Warcry table at the Artist Alley.
5. Ed Playing Poker. Sunday evening I hosted a No Limit Texas Hold'Em with prizes. I was permanent dealer and played from 7:00 P.M. to 4:00 A.M. next day. Lots of players showed up.
6. Ed and Al. Two of the best brothers in the world, two great alchemists, and two great pals XD

2005 Anime Overdose

Here is a picture of me and Roy Mustang in a posing shot in the Dealers Room. I completed minor improvements to my costume. In particular, I shorten the length of the black jacket so the belt is more visible. I noticed the watch chain wasn't showing. The red jacket was covering. I take a closer look at the watch chain to make sure it shows for Fanime Con 2005. My initial thought is to adjust the belt pad for the belt loop or belt tab with the watch chain ring to appear closer to the belt buckle.

2004 Halloween

Nothing to do on Halloween except pass out candy, I might as well cosplay as Ed :-) Halloween 2004 was really boring. Very few people Trick-Or-Treated (and the San Francisco 49ers stink on Sunday Night Football). The exception is Ash who appeared at the front door. Here is a picture of Ash and I.

2004 Japantown Anime Faire (JTAF)

Here is a picture of me in an Ed Vs. Wrath action shot at the Pagoda Peace Plaza next to registration.

Photo courtesy of HanyaanFaery.