Ladies and Gents I have, after two days of sleep, finally recovered enough from Anime Boston 2006 to talk about the experience. I've got lots of goodies for you such as complete information on Masquerade and AMV winners as well as a blow by blow report of the Cosplay Chess Game.
According to the Con Chowder (AB's con pamphlet) on Sunday the attendance at AB this year places it in the top 10 cons in the US. As of Saturday 9,000 people had registered and the Sunday registrations just might have broken the 10,000 mark.
Due to the huge number of attendees the lines for the masquerade did laps around the Hynes Convention Center. Nearly 5,000 people filled the seats after waiting for over an hour to see the masquerade. (A friend who was with Panda and I waited for two hours to hold our place.) The tone of the whole night was set when the first entrant summoned Bahamut (Final Fantasy.) Bahamut had a huge wingspan of about 8 feet and had to have two people holding them up. There was the obligatory Final Fantasy Parade, a guide to conventions as told by Milk-chan and several kisses both hetero and homo in persuasion. Naturo took on State alchemist Edward in an insult contest that degenerated into wrestling on the floor. Saske and Naruto declaired their undying love for one another to Mulan Rouge lyrics, The Para-Kiss/Project Runway skit really hit it off. My absolutely favorite skit involved a group of Bleach characters doing a dance routine.
Masquerade Winners:
Novice Division First Place- Seymour Guado by Sephiroth
Advanced Division First Place- Michela Duggan as Zelda
Best Glowy Make-up- P22, Gakutsuou
Best In Progress- Kaitlyn Abdou, Caroline from Paradise Kiss
Best Attention to Detail- Tanya Robbins, Yuri from Red River
Best Overall Look- Danielle Coons, Yu-Gi-Oh
Best Fish- Elisa Sabella, Noonsa from Slayers
Judges Awards- Cynthia, Lulu Moogle from Final Fantasy X
Mere, Forest Spirit from Frincess Mononoke
Christine Dauphinais, Zelgadis from Slayers
The AMVs this year were amazing. A Weird Al Yankovich song about sensational newspapers, My Neighbor Totoro burping The Blue Danube and Di Gi Charat to the Teen Titans theme song by Puffy Ami Yumi were all fantastic but not enough to win the prizes. Not even Channel Surfin' 2 sequel of last years Best Comedy winner could beat out this years prize takers.
Judge's Choice: One More Beginning by KRZT321 (Allegretto Productions); Chrono Crusade to The Sun Song by Michael Tolcher.
Best Concept: Gattsu's Promise by Michael Zubrycki; Berserk to I'd Die for You by Bon Jovi What could possibly be more entertaining than watching a muscle bound brute declare his undying love through song.
Best Editing: true:Fiction by Jonathan Reed; Various Anime to Das Omen by E Nomine
This was an amazing piece bringing several anime together seamlessly. The editing was so perfect that the AMV looked as if everything had been origionally animated rather than spliced together.
Best Drama: Lost Ones by Reigna; The Place Promised in Our Early Days to Change the Wind - Anberlin.
Best Fun/Upbeat/Other: Foxman Begins by Songbird 21; Naruto to the Batman Begins Movie Trailer ( I voted for this one.) Naruto as Batman, what more needs to be said.
Best Romance: Conter Ies Heures by Kiarrens [Tech Girl Productions]; Chrono Crusade to Hallelujah by Rufus Wainwright ( I voted for this one.) This was a heart rending look at the relationship between Chrono and Rosette towards the end of the series when it seems certain that they are both going to die. ( I haven't seen the series so I don't know if they do die.)
Best Comedy: Fullmetal Hell by Dan Olowitz - Third Lens Open Productions; Fullmetal Alchemist to Various Music If anyone out there attended Anime Boston last year they'll know this story, for everyone else listen up. Last year's Best of Show winner was called Atonement and was an FMA video. The problem was that it contained a major spoiler from the show about a certain main character dying (Episode 26) this was only exascerbated by the fact that the first AMV showing is on Friday and the winners are announced at the Masquerade on Saturday. The Masquerade is often the first place people will see the AMVs. A huge ruckus was caused when people saw this AMV because it spoiled episode 26 which was airing in the US for the first time that Saturday night. HUGE INCIDENT.. and this AMV capitalizes on the infamy of Atonement and pokes fun at it so it was an instant hit.
Best Action and Best of Show: Hold Me Now by Marisa Panaccio; Princess Tutu to Hall Om Mig Nu by Nanne Gronnevall ( I voted for this as best action and of show.) This AMV is amazing. Princess Tutu is the anime equivalent of Swan Lake and somehow Marisa edited it to become an action AMV. The song is amazing and so is the editing. I demand that you go download it immediately. Try AnimeMusicVideos.org this is where I downloaded it the second I came home from AB. I have it on loop on my computer as I write this.
Looking back at this post it's getting really long and looking at the clock it's getting pretty late as well. I promise to finish posting sometime this week.
Cosplay Chess Report Coming Soon...
Luv ang Huggs,
Magic
4 Comments:
A minor correction - I was not poking fun at Atonement, but rather at all of whiny bitches who complained about the spoilers within the vid. Lyndsey (who made Atonement) is a good friend of mine and actually suggested a couple of the segments I created in Fullmetal Hell. If you want to see me poke fun at her, maybe I can come up with something in response to Conter Les Heures...
Dammit, see this just makes me kick myself for not planning my Boston visit early enough to go to AB2K6. It also convinces me that I need to add an AMV section to the website.
I didn't mean to imply that poking fun was a bad thing. Most every anime fan I've ever met has a good sense of humor and I never thought that FullMetal Hell was mean spirited. I felt like I was in on an inside joke when I saw FMH and I thought it was hilarious. Atonement was an awesome vid it just had bad timing. The whole response to Atonement was the funniest thing I had ever experienced (although I was glad that I wasn't Lyndsey when the crowds got irritated.)I think of the beginning of FMH as a friendly elbow nudge and a wink between friends, I felt like I could hear you saying "Do you remember when.." inviting everyone to laugh in rememberance with you. So I didn't mean to misinterpret your intentions or misrepresent my interpretation... or whatever
Also... Thanks for visiting the site I feel kinda like a celebrity took notice of us or something. I'm all starry-eyed and ::le-sigh:: "WOW"
(Am I goofy or what? If Ninja had her way we'd all be famous too.)
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