Sudoing » Cosfest 2007

I attended day 1 of Cosfest 2007, Singapore’s biggest cosplay event. The full name is actually Cosfest VI - The Golden Experience, but it is a rather meaningless, stupid name.

This year’s Cosfest was held at the empty area outside Ngee Ann City under some big tentage. Security was very tight—you’ll find out why later. Other activities organised by Tanjong Pagar GRC were also held on the same grounds, so it was a rather messy scene, and the crowds did not consist entirely of people interested in anime or cosplaying. That means there were lots of old people, looking completely out of place at a cosplay event.

I thought the whole thing was downright boring. The acting on stage was more lame than anything, with mispronunciations (e.g. Suzuyami Haruhi) to mock-ups of anime characters looking so wtf that they can be arguably blamed for the rising suicide rate. The weather was inexorably hot, and the few pathetic fans inside the tentage were not doing anything to remedy the heat. The booths didn’t interest me at all. Cosplayers were few, though understandably there was no reason for them to attend today, and we’ll probably see better next week.

Day 2 and 3 are held next Saturday and Sunday at Downtown east, the typical venue yearly. At least the entire tent is air-conditioned.

Now for some photos (Warning: Bandwidth intensive!). These were taken with my compact camera. The sheer number of DSLRs on-site made my camera look like a water gun among a bunch of AK-47s.