LLNN Coverage of Ani-Magic 2002

Judges for the Cosplay Under the Stars show were Lily McCloud, Ashley, Taliesin Jaffe, Matt Greenfield, Tiffany Grant, Amanda Winn Lee, Jason Lee, Scott McNeil, and Elena McNeil. Prizes were donated by Area 51, Manga Entertainment, Demon Comics, Studio Capsule, Anime Plus, J-Pop House, Foreign Expressions, and RoboCulture. Following below are just a few photo highlights from the Cosplay Under the Stars show:
Sailor Jamboree opened up the show with their latest Sera Myu stage dance and singing presentation to liven up the crowd for another awesome cosplay contest night.	King of Fighters group performing the hilarious "Yatta!" dance as presented by Cal State Long Beach anime club.	Mass Bandits Dilandu and her trusty Dragonslayer-chan battle Van once again, but not before Merle steps in and uncovers Dilandu's Achilles' heel: she's allergic to cats!
Star Crossed Lovers performed another lovely reenactment of live-action stage Sera Myu involving Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune.	Characters from One Piece complete with funny reenactments were introduced by Domu-Domu Cosplay Group.	Master Gundam from Gundam Wing raps for all his Wesside' cosplayin' homiez in the audience. Mistah Emcee, cut it. Peace out, aight!
Characters from Shamanic Princess and Final Fantasy 9 do a little frisky impromptu showmanship much to the amusement of Scott McNeil.	Characters from Soul Caliber doin' the bunny hop presented by Ah! My Cosplay, Baby Neko Twins, and Justin their local cosplay god.	Got Radish? To the tune of upbeat dance music, characters from Rurouni Kenshin grace the stage with a little bishounen sexiness and a huge radish for Kenshin, as presented by Kenshin Gumi.
Together, allegiance 'til Death, it's Big Fire! The Experts of Cosplay presented characters from Giant Robo by singing their grand manly plan for world domination, until the lovely Ginrei walks the stage...	Sit right back as characters from Violinist of Hamelin tell a tall tale of Lute and Hamel the ultimate jackass duking it out on stage. But things go awry when the storyteller gets a celphone call!	Prepare yourself for Mortal Kombat and Yaoity! Characters from Mortal Kombat battle it out for supreme fighter power until they give up for some bishounen love and peace!
Whoops! Cosplay emcee ReyRey and Rob Miles perform a little Yaoity Ninja Skillz of their own along with Taliesin Jaffe!	USA Musume's Mini Moni and "Vewy Ugree Gai!" showed the audience how to Ai-iin! for glorious Morning Musume spirit!	Great performances from everyone and kudos from LLNN for another great night of cosplay entertainment!
Ani-Magic 2002 Cosplay Under the Stars Awards Taliesin Jaffe's "Make the Children Cry" Judge's Award: Mortal Kombat Matt Greenfield's "Angry Fanboy" Judge's Award: Rock Howard Tiffany Grant's "I Can't Get It Out of My Head" Judge's Award: King of Fighters "Yatta!" Jason Lee's "Shameless Simpson's Suck Up Award" Judge's Award: Experts of Cosplay's Big Fire group from Giant Robo Amanda Winn Lee's "Keep It In The Family" Judge's Award: Mass Bandits from Escaflowne Elena McNeil's "Queen of Shoes": Siren Scott McNeil's "Make Mine Fish" Award: Kenshin Gumi "Pink-haired, Multi-Fabric Quantum Physicist" Individual Craftsmanship Award: Washuu Group Craftsmanship Award: Star Crossed Lovers "Does Your Mother Know What Your Doing?" Award: Shamanic Princess and FF9 "Best Dance Ensemble" Award: USA Mini Moni "Best Cosplay" Award: Digi Charat Lily McCloud's "Best DragonSlayer" Judge's Award: Linna Inverse "Best Kid" Award: Hikaru from Angelic Layer Ani-Magic 2002 Best Individual Award: Master Gundam Ani-Magic 2002 Best Group Award: Soul Caliber Ani-Magic 2002 Best in Show Award: One Piece