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AnimeIowa Cedar Rapids, Iowa Aug. 22-24, 2003 Actors Rob Mungle, Jay Hickman and Greg Ayres Cedar Rapids had a lot of Friday costumers. Friday evening saw a big collection of Iowa cosplayers. Road to Perdition and Dick Tracy writer Max Allen Collins was at AnimeIowa. Saturday costuming in Iowa started early. AnimeIowa had cosplay groups in 2003. Let's look at the Saturday afternoon costumers. A surprise trio of voice actors rolled into Cedar Rapids. Lea Hernandez was ahead of her time with graphic novels. AnimeIowa fans continued the tradition of smashing a pinata. Want to live in Japan? Listen closely to these guys. AnimeIowa had its largest ever costume contest. Here are the fans who won the costume contest's awards.  The author has his exclusive guest of honor notes.