Waiting in line for Friday night's Anime Insider / World Cosplay Summit Masquerade were Leon G., Andy H. and friend who went all out to create their looks.
© Deb Aoki
Leon G., Andy H. and friend cosplay for the cameras.
Leon and Andy came from Minneapolis to check out the New York Anime Festival and got into the spirit by making and wearing their eye-catching cosplay creations.
Leon (in purple) came dressed as Nights from the NiGHTS into Dreams video game. His one-of-a-kind outfit took him 60 hours to create. When I asked him to name his favorite manga series, he singled out Soul to Seoul (TokyoPop), "because it's original and it has a street feel to it."
Meanwhile, Andy turned a lot of heads with his Allen Walker (D.Gray Man) cosplay, complete with an oversized "anti-Akuma" arm. Andy picked several manga series as his favorites, including Naruto, Bleach, Gantz, Berzerk and of course, D.Gray Man.