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Anime Expo 2008 – Slam Dunk Cosplay (take 2)

July 3 - 6, 2008 – Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

I couldn't resist including this second shot of Viet, Brian, Bill and Trung roughhousing as members of the Shohoku High basketball team.
Slam Dunk cosplay at Anime Expo 2008, Los Angeles, CA

Viet N., Brian L., Bill L. and Trung M. as members of the Shohoku basketball team from Slam Dunk

© Deb Aoki

There were more shinigami than cosplayers inspired by sports manga at Anime Expo, but these intrepid Slam Dunk fans came to represent for Takehiko Inoue's bestselling manga about a high school basketball team. When I asked about their choice of costume, Bill, who came as red-haired Hanamichi Sakuragi mentioned that he came up with the idea, because "Slam Dunk is one of my favorites -- I love the basketball action!"

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