Last week Nam and I treked up to Baltimore to joint the crowds of people making their way to Otakon, generally considered the 2nd largest anime convention in the US. Last years attendance topped 20,000. We only went on Saturday and Sunday, and chose both days to use the Baltimore light rail system to get into town rather then deal with the traffic and trying to park (Artscape was going on last weekend as well, and the streets of Baltimore were overflowing with both traffic and people). The light rail was a great choice, I was able to read several chapters of Harry Potter while we were traveling :)
Saturday was Cosplay day - where attendees are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite characters. Though usually people dress as characters from animes, manga, or video games, Cosplay day gives people license to break out whatever costume they have in their closets from Halloweens past. There was a kid dressed as one of the sand people from Star Wars, and someone from Stargate SG-1. Some costumes were elaborate, some were revealing, and some were just plain weird. I've added some of the better pictures below, but for the complete album see namandrobyn.shutterfly.com
