Congratulations to Bur Loire and Wingedinfinity for winning our Air Gear Contest!

I have your prizes ready, but I will contact you next week, because AX is less than TWO DAYS away! If you're going, remember to add yourself to the conventions page!

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Don't forget to check us out at the Bandai and Funimation booths as well, for our Lucky Star, Gurren Lagann, and Ouran events!

Also, since we're both at AX, there may be some slowness on cosplayer updates, so please be patient ok?

Just a reminder, today's the last day to vote for the winners in our Air Gear contest - expect the results shortly after 12:00 am, EST!

http://www.acparadise.com/acp/contests.php?cid=17
Remember, 10 Random Voters will get a copy of Volume 1 Air Gear manga!

With all the new excitement concerning AX, we also have some stuff for our east coasters as well!

We're proud to announce a Code Geass costume contest, working together with our buddies at Bandai Entertainment! This one will be a long running contest, leading up to two weeks before Otakon. Why Otakon? Well, because the top five voted entries will get a free pass to Otakon, that's why!

Don't forget about our Air Gear contest either! 10 days left for people to enter, then voting begins - we've gotten a few entries, but I know there's more Air Gear love out there!

Details here:

http://www.acparadise.com/acp/contests.php

FUNimation Entertainment and American Cosplay Paradise presents Ouran Academy at Anime Expo® 2008

Celebrating the US debut of Ouran Host Club, FUNimation®Entertainment and American Cosplay Paradise (ACP) are proud to present a hosting experience like no other! Stop by FUNimation®Entertainment’s booth (booth#600) throughout the weekend, where members of ACP will be cosplaying characters from the hit show and catering to the needs of Anime Expo® attendees. Whether it be simple socializing, or catering to your photographic whims, everybody will see why Ouran Host Club has won the hearts of girls everywhere!

June 5, 2008 (Cypress, CA) - Bandai Entertainment and American Cosplay
Paradise are proud to celebrate the US release of LUCKY STAR and GURREN LAGANN at Anime Expo® 2008 in Los Angeles (July 3 ­ 6, 2008; Los Angeles Convention Center; (www.anime-expo.org) Stop by Bandai's booth on Friday and Saturday in the exhibit hall, where you will be treated to various games testing your otaku knowledge, singing, and random prize giveaways! The highlight will be a performance from the LUCKY STAR Cheerleading Squad, featuring members of American Cosplay Paradise (ACP) as the cast. Whether you're a diehard fan of the show, someone who has no idea what LUCKY STAR is, or just someone that likes cheerleader outfits, there's a little bit of something for everyone, so don't miss out!

For something a little more ³manly², be sure to check out the GURREN LAGANN, also at the Bandai booth! Kicking off its US debut, Cosplayers from ACP will be representing the cast of GURREN LAGANN and offering promotional goods to attendees, as well as posing for pictures. There may also be "unexpected surprises" in store for attendees, so be sure to show up! If you have a GURREN LAGANN costume, ACP encourages you to show up for what is to be a gathering of epic proportions.

About Lucky Star
LUCKY STAR is a 24 episode television series from Kyoto Animation, the same anime production company that created the anime series for HARUHI. LUCKY STAR¹s main character is Konata Izumi, a lazy high school girl who isn't interested in anything besides anime and video games. The series is described as the ultimate "otaku anime" -- it pays tribute to anime culture and other series with in-jokes and hilarious references.

About Gurren Lagann
The 27-episode science fiction, comedy action series centers on Simon,
Kamina, and Yoko, youths who live in an underground village on a future
earth. They become embroiled in a conflict with surface "Beastmen" who
pilot mech known as Gunmen, one of which they take for themselves and name GURREN, and lead the battle against the Beastmen. Recently the series won "best television series" and "best character design' at the 2008 Tokyo Animation Fair (TAF)

About Bandai Entertainment
Bandai Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (USA)
Inc. and the premier distributor of Japanese animation on DVD and
programming for television broadcast in North America. Titles include THE
MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA, COWBOY BEBOP, OUTLAW STAR, ESCAFLOWNE, GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX, GUNDAM SEED DESTINY, MY HIME and many more.

About American Cosplay Paradise
Founded in 2000, American Cosplay Paradise (ACP) serves as an extensive database for cosplayers, people who dress up in costumes. Members contribute pictures of their costumes, which are sorted by series and character for easy searching. With live photo and video coverage of the various anime conventions in the US, ACP is one of the leading resources for finding costumes of your favorite anime, manga, and videogame characters. For more information can be found at its website (www.acparadise.com)

About Anime Expo®
Located in Los Angeles, California - Anime Expo®, the nation¹s largest
anime/manga convention, serves to foster trade, commerce and the interests of the general public and animation/ comics industry. This event serves as a key meeting place for the general public to express their interest and explore various aspects of anime/manga, as well as for members of the industry to conduct business. AX 2008 will be held July 3 ­ July 6, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention center in Southern California. More information can be found at its website (www.anime-expo.org).

About Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is a non-profit organization with a mission to popularize and educate the American public about anime and manga, as well as provide a forum to facilitate communication between professionals and fans. This organization is more popularly known by its entertainment property ­ Anime Expo®. More information can be found at its website (www.spja.org).

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77 Videos

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3600+ Photos

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Be sure to ID pictures when you can!

Also Fanime 2008 Masquerade Winners are posted
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All Low Res (Youtube) versions are posted so you can embed them anywhere! Make sure to report any Fanime 2008 videos that have our watermark to Youtube that are not from our Youtube server since we have not granted permission to post those yet.

3838 Photos are posted
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49 Videos from the Masquerade are posted with awards and names in HI RES
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Plenty of unsorted pictures for you to link up to!
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