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Cosplay was once again a major part of this event, with Replay Events again devoting a masquerade on both days to those who had dressed up as their favourite characters from movies, videogames and TV, ranging from Final Fantasy, IT, Crash Bandicoot and Smite, plus many more.
I really enjoy taking many cosplay pictures while walking about the huge arena, as well as on the masquerade. Anyone cosplaying will be happy for you to politely take their picture, but always be respectful and always say thankyou after taking a picture.
Alas, one thing had changed re: the Masquerade which wasn’t for the better. I made this suggestion, hoping it would be seen and adjusted for Sunday, but it wasn’t, and no-one’s commented on the post, so I still don’t know if they’ve seen it.
The problem was that the judges were placed right in front of the stage rather than to the side. They’ve been to the side before, but if they’re in front, then they block the view of the audience, so if a cosplayer’s performance involves using the floor (i.e. sitting down, lying down, or one character throwing another to the floor), we can’t see them! Also, it stops them being able to do the catwalk down the middle afterwards, which is awesome for taking pictures.
Hence, on Sunday, I did my best to get there a bit earlier and take a front row seat for a change.
My Saturday pictures are below along with the full Masquerade video, which was uploaded by More Macs Media.
All my pictures can be seen on my two Facebook albums for Saturday and Sunday.
And thanks to Danielle for letting me put her statement here about why she cosplays, and a heart-warming story that sends such a positive message about cosplay:
- “This the pure reason I cosplay: Today, I had several kids run up to me, and kids shouting at me, saying they want a photo. Especially little girls, because they play as my character. And what made me break, was a little boy in an electric wheelchair, paralysed from the hips down, getting giddy because of it. I’ve never seen such happiness and sparks in their eyes from it.”
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.