Day 2 of Anime Weekend Atlanta!

As far as events go, today wasn't quite as eventful as yesterday. I did see a few bronies I know and attended (and by "attended", I mean "walked around in the general area of") a photo shoot for MLP cosplayers. A lot of good ones that I unfortunately didn't get pictures of because the crowd was too big. Sorry guys. I did attend a couple of events, both of which were anime screenings, and I think I might get into both anime I watched. They were screenings of Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic and Sword Art Online. Magi was new to me, but I've heard of SAO a lot, but never really got around to watching it. I think I will now.

First was Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic. It's an anime that combines several famous tales and characters. The main character is Aladdin (yes, that Aladdin), a boy who has befriended a djinn and uses him in battle. The first friend he makes is Alibaba. Other characters well-known from stories include Jafar and Sinbad. I only saw the first episode, but the anime is about these impossibly tall towers called "dungeons" that suddenly show up at different points in time. Inside these dungeons are as of yet to me untold perils and riches enough to buy a country. Alibaba wants to conquer one to make enough money to have it easy the rest of his life, and Aladdin wants to find djinn vessels to befriend the djinni inside. It's very amusing and free-spirited in nature, but does address some heavy things like slavery.

Next was Sword Art Online. The first thing that came to mind for me was .hack//, being an anime that takes place in an online game. After the first couple of episodes, though, it feels more like .hack// meets Battle Royale. Basically, a new online games recently came out that uses the first-ever full neural link, connecting all of your senses to the game. In real life, this essentially leaves you inert until you log out of the game. That's when the problem comes in: you can't log out of the game. The creator of the game tells those logged into it that they can't log out until they clear the game. Any attempt by outside forces in the real world to remove the nerve link will result in a blast of microwaves that kills the brain of the wearer. In addition, if a character's HP reaches 0 in the game, they will also get a microwave blast that kills their real life self. My first thought when the creator said this was, "Why don't the police just arrest this guy?" I assume that's explained later, though. All in all, it was interesting.

After that I attended a meetup for the bronies there, but it was an unorganized mess and we kept having to relocate. 40 minutes after the meetup was supposed to start, we were still trying to find a place to settle down, so I just kind of left, bidding farewell to a few people I knew, and headed home.

And now, pics! First, cosplayers.

Litchi Faye-Ling and Bang Shishigami from Blazblue - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73613383/Conventions/AWA 2013/IMG_8092.JPG

Beast from Beauty and the Beast - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73613383/Conventions/AWA 2013/IMG_8093.JPG

Ace, Roronoa Zoro, Marco, and Mr. 2 Bon Clay from One Piece - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73613383/Conventions/AWA 2013/IMG_8094.JPG

Vincent form the game Catherine - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/73613383/Conventions/AWA 2013/IMG_8095.JPG

Spoiler: Luke von Fabre from Tales of the Abyss

Spoiler: Lissa, Donnel, and Owain from Fire Emblem: Awakening

Spoiler: Trafalgar Law and Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece

Spoiler: Smoker form One Piece

Spoiler: Pedobear

Spoiler: Gender Bender Discord

Spoiler: Booker and Elizabeth form Bioshock Infinite

And now for the stuff I bought.

Spoiler: Stuffs!