Oh boy... this summer was hot, and once again I found myself near the Ice Cold Water guy in Baltimore, MD. Yep, Otakon 2012 happened there, and for me, it was my second and most interesting con year yet.
Unlike before, I had no room nor model kits, but I saw many things. From the Aniplex and Funimation booths, to the tables of the likes of Nekocon and adult visual novel company Mangagamer. I also attended the Masquerade show... scratch that. I was actually IN it, debuting in a new costume. The Saturday evening and Sunday of the con, I dressed up as Truth from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Even now, I'm thinking of others, among which Shirou Emiya of Fate/Stay Night and Roger Smith of The Big O. I also met the likes of Aya Hirano, who is the seiyuu of Haruhi Suzumiya from the Haruhi Suzumiya works (which I blogged about before.) But the GREATEST honor, and what I'll never forget is that Jason David Frank, who played the role of Tommy for Mighty Morphing Power Rangers, and Power Rangers Zeo, Turbo: The Movie, and DinoThunder, was actually present in Otakon this year.
To our dismay, Jaleel White (who voiced Steve Urkel from Family Matters as well as the first voice actor for Sonic the Hedgehog) , nor Eddie Lebron, who made fan films for both Sonic and Mega Man, couldn't be there, nor was the Sonic fan film in which White reprises the role. I also managed to see my cherished friends as well as a certain cosplayer I keep seeing since Tigercon last year. Still, she pulls off Street Fighter's Juri Han well. And kinda late for me, and somewhat irrelevant, but I tried for the first time Street Fighter X Tekken. I'll post my thoughts about this in Seiko's Gamer Base later.
Otakon 2012 was fun indeed, I just hope next year I have much more to write home about... as well as something to spend. Seiko Takeda, signing out.
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