LLNN Coverage of Anime Expo 2002

With tons of dance and splashy lights and music, the stage was graced by numerous characters from Final Fantasy X, Gundam Heavy Arms, Sailor Moon Amazon Quartet, Gundam Wing Endless Waltz, Hamtaro, Card Captor Sakura, Bubblegum Crisis, Weib Kreub, Trigun, X, Sailor Tin Nyanko, Darkstalkers, Magical Knights Rayearth, Jin-Roh, Ah! My Goddess, Gundam 0079, Tenchi Muyou!, Sailor Moon Queen Beryl, Final Fantasy 8, Fruits Basket, Excel Saga, Sailor Moon Black Moon Temptress, Fushigi Yugi, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Yami no Matsuei, Tenchi Muyou Movie, Love Hina, Rurouni Kenshin, Final Fantasy Spirits Within, Final Fantasy 6, Final Fantasy 7, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Chobits, Ah! My Goddess the Movie, Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, Xenogears, Parasite Eve, Harukanaru Toki no Naka De, Slayers, Tenchi Muyou Galaxy Police, Hellsing, Skies of Arcadia, Giant Robo, Saber Marionette, King of Fighters, Escafowne the Movie, and Jet Set Radio Future.

Anime Expo 2002
Masquerade Night 6


The Ayashii Cosplayers's welcomeed the audience to a backstage look at Last Blade. With wacky dance routines and sword fights, it's time to get crazy!	AGSMA, Baby Neko Twins and Studio Unmei proudly presented their glorious 2 minute reenactment of movie Escaflowne, A Girl in Gaia. The Wing Goddess is summoned and Lord Folken has awakened the Dragon Armor...
		Additional notable presentation highlights from the show included Gallon from Darkstalkers crying foul over a mere bad-tasting teddy bear, an invasion of the Yuna Clones from Final Fantasy X, characters from Slayers passing the time with food and abusing Gourry, Puchu and Nabeshine from Excel Saga performing an Iron Chef show with Red Bull energy drink, and many more! Congratulations to everyone who participated in the AX2002 Masquerade!
Southwest Cosplay presented for the audience viewing pleasure, a very cool singing and dancing stage performance to the tune of Spray Paint and Sweet Tarts! With characters from Jet Set Radio Future, this was definitely an awesome way to end a wonderful Masquerade night!

AX2002 Masquerade presentation and costume craftsmanship efforts were awarded by Judges Darryl Hwang, Kim Lim, Tristen Citrine, and Melissa Quinn. Prizes of tapes, DVDs, wallscrolls, DVD player, and hundreds of dollars in spending cash were awarded by ADV Films, SunCoast, Atlus, Konami, Pioneer Animation, Right Stuf International, and Viz Communications.

AX2002 Masquerade Awards
Best of Show, Costume Construction, Individual: Blair Heald as "BGC Combat Boomer" from Bubblegum Crisis.

Best of Show, Costume Construction, Group: Acme Boyz Cosplay with characters from "Final Fantasy X." Dragoon Knight as "Tidus", Hiromi Iyoda as "Lulu", Lars Hansen as "Wakka", Kjel Hansen as "Jecht", Hai Pham as "Auron", Melanie Arayama as "Rikku", Vanessa Rigby as "Yuna", Youssef Hassanein as "Kimahri", and King Bob as "Yojimbo"

Honorable Mention, Costume Construction, Individual: King Bob as "Yojimbo" from Final Fantasy X, Aimee Major as "Shiva" from Final Fantasy X, and Alexis Quental as "Sailor Tin Nyanko" from Sailormoon

Honorable Mention, Costume Construction, Group: Sakura Mochi with characters from "Harukanaru Toki no Naka De." Jenny Newman as "Shirin", Thea Teufel as "Fujihime", Gretchen Wilburn as "Shimon", Gina Turrini as "Akuram", Diana lebeda as "Yasuaki", Stella as "Akane", Natalie as "Inori", and Kane Dijkman as "Tomomasa."

Tristen Citrine's Judge's Award: Anything Goes School of Masquerade Arts with characters from "Escaflowne." Wayne Kaa as "Dilandau", Henry Lee as "Van", Kelly Chimino as "Millerna", Hichan as "Sora", Lily Gruenke as "Eriya", Kie Gruenke as "Nariya", Annie Kim as "Hitomi", and Matt Sanchez as "Folken."

Melissa Quinn's Judge's Award: AKG with characters from "Fruits Basket." Phi as "Souma Yuki", Kix as "Hana-chan", Mirae Cha as "Souma Kagura", Heidi as "Honda Tooru", Pekkle as "Souma Kyo", Kevin Cheng as "Souma Hatori", Hitomi as "Uotani Arisa", and Lisa as "Souma Ayame."

Darryl Hwang and Kimberly Lim's Judge's Award: Hellsing, Alucard by Jay Campbell.

Honorable Mention, Presentation: Stitchin' Babes Cosplay with characters from "Gundam Wing", Judy Grivich as "Relena Peacecraft" and Kelly Bolton as "Lucrezia Noin."

Best of Show, 12 & Under: Mini Magical Girls with characters from "Sailormoon SuperS." Sara Oromchi as "Ves Ves", Saeko Setoguchi as "Palla Palla", Miku Nagato as "Cere Cere", and Diana Pawell as "Jun Jun."

Best of Show, Presentation: Fake Meat! with characters from "Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust." Noh Bunny as "Layla", Nadine Dodd as "D", Theresa Kamphuis as "Charlotte", Aimee as "Carmilla", Leo as "Caroline", and Jenny as "Meier Link."