Anime USA

Cosplayers at Anime USA don’t limit themselves to characters from anime, manga, and video games. This cosplayer at Anime USA 2011 opted to dress as musical megastar Katy Perry.

Thank you for joining us last month at the Sakura Matsuri Street Festival hosted by the Japan-America Society. The festival, which takes place alongside the Cherry Blossom Festival, is one of our favorite times of year. It signifies the arrival of spring and the beginning of the con season.

This year, we hosted our annual Cosplay Fashion Show during the festival. You may have noticed some photo posts from the festival in this blog. In the next few weeks, you’ll see posts of photos from the lovely attendees and cosplayers we saw at the event. If we post a photo of you, let us know by reblogging it.

Cheers from your friends at Anime USA.

A taller-than-life Jack Skellington makes an appearance at Anime USA 2011. While the convention’s 2011 offering was held closer to Thanksgiving than Christmas, Skellington wanted to ensure as many nightmares as possible.

Alphonse Elric’s search for the Philosopher’s Stone brought him to the halls of Anime USA 2011. A vendor in the dealer’s room may have been selling one.

Thor, Loki, and pals stopped by Anime USA 2011 on their way back to Asgard. What, you didn’t know that the Bifrost Bridge had an earthly portal in the greater DC area?