LLNN Coverage of Anime Destiny 2004

After the days small functions were over, the big night was set for the biggest main events: the concert and two cosplay contests. The concert was held by The Beautiful Losers, who played an excellent variety of anime tunes for the anime fans. The Cosplay Contest kept the upbeat fans at bay with a big assortment of awesome costumes fresh from the summer anime boom, and the Iron Cosplay saw some really hilarious renditions of cosplay made in 30 minutes.

Anime Destiny 2004
Main Events 1

Main events were held in the usual hall were the UC Berkeley club gatherings are held, with enough
space for excellent The Beautiful Losers concert, the Cosplay Contest, and the Iron Cosplay contest
with secret theme being "Mecha" and secret ingredient being "Red Vines". Raj Ramayya singer/songwriter
for The Beautiful Losers has been involved with writing and singing songs with Yoko Kanno (Cowboy
Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Wolf's Rain etc.) and was featured as the vocalist on theme song "Ask D.N.A"
for the movie version of Cowboy Bebop. Ramayya has also been featured as a vocalist/lyricist in the popular
Wolf's Rain song "Strangers" and has co-written several game software songs for
Konami`s GuitarMania and Beatmania series.

Shown below are some of the Cosplay Contest skit highlights captured for the evening.


Con-Artist Cosplay presented Laguna and his lovable, huggable Moomba.	Dark Magic Productions presented Soul Calibur 2 Kilik gone off into the real world.	XGouki presented his comedic version of Roy Mustang running for military use of miniskirts in the armed forces.

Characters from Gundam Seed gave a sweet performance for the romantic Gundam fans.	This FFX-2 dance troupe gave a unique spin on popstar-dom with a more traditional Japanese festival performance.	Crowd-favorite Final Fantasy Shiny Things presented their newest incarnation: FF Fanboy Jeopardy complete with wacky comedy and girl vs. girl vs. boy antics.