Anime Expo Day Two Highlights - July 4, 1998
Anime Expo had a huge costume contest with more than 50 entrants. It was so large that the cosplay pictures are divided into three groups. Here is the first goup of costume contestants...
...followed by a page featuring the second group of people on stage at the Anaheim Convention Center...
...and concluding with the third group of stage players in the cosplay.
Finally, here are the judges' choice of winners in the Anime Expo masquerade.
Anime Expo is the cosplay capitol of the world on the Independence Day weekend. Here's a look at some of the Saturday morning costumers...
...and you'll find another group of cosplayers at this link from Saturday morning in Anaheim.
Media Blasters appeared to be on the verge of an agreement to join with a Japanese production company to launch what might be seen as a direct challenge to the Walt Disney Co. - but it never happened.
The unquestioned star of Anime Expo 98 was Yu Watase, creator of the Fushigi Yuugi manga on which the anime is based.
Nov. Takahashi of Studio Hard brought new, young recruits for his "otaku army" to Anime Expo, keeping a promise he made in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Outside the hotel and convention center, more Anime Expo cosplayers gathered in the Saturday afternoon sun.
Pioneer Entertainment has voice actress Lia Sargent, Tenchi-Muyo and now Fushigi Yuugi - but they won't have laser disks after a few more months.
Trigun may be the next hot show to escape from Japan and invade the U.S. Yasuhiro Naito created the unique blend of comedy, technopunk and the American Western.
Anime Expo Day One
Anime Expo Day Two
Anime Expo Day Three
