NYAF Goes To Japan!

UPDATE 3! Team USA - Liz and Dia - just took home the Brother Award at the World Cosplay Summit! The WCS gives out the Brother Award for Best Costuming. Huzzah and Kudos, Liz and Dia! UPDATE 3!

UPDATE 2! In addition to LJinto's photos on Flickr, Ms. Anna Fischer is posting pictures of the trip to Japan as well. Be sure to visit both LJinto's and Anna's accounts for regular updates. UPDATE 2!

UPDATE! Want to cheer Team USA on? Leave a message on the NYAF Message Board! Send your support to Liz and Dia from the USA! UPDATE!

ORIGINAL POST...

After visiting Chicago, Baltimore, and San Diego, I'm back home in New York. My whirlwind convention tour had its highs (spotting David Tennant at breakfast) and lows (my inability to sleep during redeye flights), but it's come to an end, and you can now expect a loudening drum beat as we close the distance to NYAF.

But while I'm back in NYC, not all the NYAF staff is. NYAF friends Anna Fischer, Renee Gloger, and LJinto along with World Cosplay Summit Team USA -- India Davis and Elizabeth Licata -- are right now in Tokyo, sightseeing and causing chaos in the lead up to this year's World Cosplay Summit.

To the right's a photo LJinto sent over of Dia, Renee, Anna, and Liz (left to right) in a tranquil garden. LJinto's got more photos of the girls online over at Flickr, including some shots of them visiting Tokyo's giant Gundam. Check his images out, and follow Team USA as they tour through Japan over on their official LiveJournal page. Be sure to send them your love from the USA.

And if you want to go to Japan, sign up for the Yume Cosplay Prize right now at www.nyanimefestival.com, as the winners of NYAF's Masquerade this year will be heading out to the Tokyo Anime Fair!