--part1_ae.117df6b8.27c5bb4f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Those costumes are amazing! I've been costuming for years (like I got into cosplay in college in the 1980s) and it amazes me how great the costumes are from Japanese cosplay! USA fans try really hard (and I've seen cool stuff!) but we still have a way to go to catch up to our cosplay friends overseas. Still, Otakon 2000 cosplay with 500(!) people in it that lasted 4 houts(!) was incredible! I am looking forward to Worldcon - maybe we can do for the TV series what those great Cosplay people did for the manga version of LoGH! Ron who wore Reich to Katsucon and has the photos to prove it (tho not up on my website yet - the good pictures still hasn't been found on the digital camera, only the ones where Jon and I look like Rein and Sieg after a LOOOOOOOONG campaign