Sunday morning began with rain, and we would have quite a bit of it most of the day. This time we decided to go a bit warm for our cosplay choice. Thus we went with our The World Ends With You cosplays (Makoto Miki and Princess K). We grabbed some breakfast while waiting for the shuttle. Then we continued to wait for another 45 minutes. We did not want to walk in the rain, but we were not sure what alternatives we had. Frustrated, we began to walk in the rain until we saw the city bus. We hopped a ride on the bus and made our way up to Jacob Javits Center.

As is usual for me, I do my heavy shopping on Day 3. I had spotted some good things on the previous days and I went for them. I got some rare figures and a cute little Izumi plush (He is My Master). Victoria went clothing shopping while I went around and looked for end of con swag.

Victoria visited Kinokuniya to check out the Baby, the Stars Shine Bright dresses. New York Anime Fest sold these dresses exclusively. Thus, Lolita fashionistas can purchase Baby dresses without worrying about the price of shipping and EMS. Unfortunately, Victoria decided not to get any Lolita dresses since she was wary about the fit.

After meeting up at Yaya’s booth we decided to wander the hall a bit and take some more photos. It was less crowded on Sunday which made navigation and photography much easier. While wandering we came upon booths for Otacon and Anime Next.

Both Victoria and I have looked at going to Otacon (Me 2008, her 2006) but we never made it for various reasons. The people manning the booth were pretty cool. Also the Anime Next booth had a nice set up and made me wish I had more money for another cross country trip.

We returned to the Apple Kissa Stage to see what was going on. I was hoping to see more maids, but we ended up watching the Neo-Victorian Fashion Show. This featured various models and attendees dressed up in what is usually called “steam punk” fashion. The craftsmanship was very high quality and some of the models were pretty hot. Overall it was a nice break from the usual convention events.

After the fashion show we wandered a bit more taking a few more photos while Victoria headed over to the Funimation booth to pick up some DVDs.

Funimation had been promoting Soul Eater for most of the con due to the recent licensing of the series. They had the majority of the English cast at the convention and had multiple panels and events focused on Soul Eater. However, we were excited to hear that Funimation had recently picked up X the Clamp classic and Initial D featuringa good dub (in other words no Crispin Freeman) and the original music. We also had the opportunity to say "hi" to Adam Sheehan one of Funimations marketing directors. Victoria picked up a few DVDs and began to tell me various AMV concepts based on those shows.

After checking out the Soul Eater mural, we made our way around to the Playlogic booth to check out their new game Fairytale Fights. We did not have much time for hands on play, but what I saw looked pretty cool. After all how often do you find a game featuring Red Riding Hood chopping a monster with an ax?

One of the cool parts of New York is that in some ways Times Square reminds me of Shibuya. There are tons of shops, fashion is key, and there is plenty of noise. New York Anime Fest was an ideal place to wear our The World Ends With You cosplay. We lined up on the steps for our pictures and lucky for us we had extras in the background completely unaware of what was going on in the Underground.

After our shoot we had to head out to catch the Sunday show of Jersey Boys. We found out from the convention concierge that if we took the 42 bus we would head directly into uptown where it would be a short walk to the theater. We said our goodbyes to New York Anime Fest and headed out to have one more adventure in New York City before we had to go home on Monday.

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