Cosplay photography is a serious business (image source: Getty images)
So all of us photographers who like to shoot at anime conventions know that the cosplay scene is fast and constantly changing like
Wall Street. If we invest our time researching the wrong series we'll ended up losing
EVERYTHING in the upcoming convention season. Because of that, insider information and a little prediction is very important for what we do.
Since I'm
feeling nerdy bored let me list my personal guess on 2010 most popular
stocks series in the cosplay circle. I spited up the entry into
2 to hopefully make it easier to read :D
Vocaloid
Members of the Vocaloid family (image source: komica)
Info:
wiki
The Vocaloid family were already
HUGE in many Asian and US conventions last year. We can expect to see them being even more active this year with the addition of new characters, songs and the much anticipated
Black Rock Shooter anime project which is scheduled to air this Spring.
Magnet,
Akuno Musume,
Hagane and
Black Rock Shooter are some of the most popular series among the cosplay circle. Definitely check them out!
Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji)
Sebastian and Ciel from Black Butler (image source: komica)
Info:
wiki
Black Butler was already a "major player" in 2009. It was not unusual to run into
10 Ciel and
8 Sebastian in a convention. The series have extremely remarkable costume designs and it definitely got the attention of many cosplayers worldwide. The more recent addition of the
Noah's Ark Circus pushed the design to the next level and now everyone in the series seems to wear
Haute couture wherever they go. I think we can definitely expect to see more
Black Butler cosplay this year.
Macross Frontier
Movie poster of the Macross Frontier movie "The False Diva" (image source: komica)
Info:
wiki
Macross Frontier was a big hit back in 08 and 2009. The amazing storyline and characters development of this series made it a very popular choice among cosplayers. Although the TV series ended in 2008 the manga is still going on and from what we saw in
ALA and
AOD it is clear that cosplayers are still very excited about cosplaying characters from the series. I'd expect the upcoming
movie scheduled to release in Japan
this Fall would keep the momentum going for 2010.
K-On
The 4 main girls in their concert outfits (image source: komica)
Info:
wiki
K-On was another commercial success of
Kyoto Animation, the production company of
Full Metal Panic,
Lucky Star and
Haruhi. The story was about these 4 girls of a really laid back after-school music club. Some of the outfits in the show are gorgeous, unfortunately they were only being showcased in 1 or 2 episodes when the main characters performed in "concerts". Despite the lack of costumes we still saw plenty of people cosplaying from the series in 2009 and with the airing of a
2nd season in April I'd look forward to seeing more and more cosplay from this series.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Mari Illustrious Makinami, new character of the Evangelion series (image source: komica)
Info:
wiki
It might sound weird to expect a series from 1995 to come back 15 years later. Believe it or not,
Evangelion is getting BIG once again thanks to the newly released animation movies. Two of the 4 episodes of the new movie series has already been released and the new characters and storyline once again attracted lots of fans and cosplayers. The last two movies is supposed to introduce us a brand new ending of
Evangelion and they will come out in
Summer and Winter this year. Prepare to see more
Rei and
Asuka running around the convention centers this year.
(... continue in Part II)
