09/30/12 - My first time at Anime Weekend Atlanta. So many cosplayers, so little time.

The rental car was a lot smaller than it looked

So was the hotel door

Amanda opted for many small samples instead of one normal bottle of booze

This is blurry, but if you notice.. Vic accidentaly wore his apple jacket.. while wearing his "genius" shirt

Vlad's crew. What's up with the guy at the bottom left?

Elevators and the landmark the congoers call the "Big Ice.. well.. you know"

Vic and Amanda wait around for the Editor's Dinner

Omar just wants to eat

Vic's a Canon genius

Amanda needs a cupcake on her head

Omar's all derped out

That's better

Omnipresent Jefferson is apparently staff at AWA!

Dozens of AMV Editors at the Editor's Dinner. How did I sneak in?

Omar doesn't know what's up with my wide angle adapter

Nikons are supposed to be good in low light conditions, right?

The Pony Anthology team!

Vic ordered the mother of all burritos

Mother of god..

I called this my "refridgerator"

Enjoy it folks. The one and only photo you'll ever see of my failed Great and Powerful Trixie cosplay. I didn't wear it for long, opting instead for "cosplay support guy"

Let's hit the con floor

Omar practices his pimp look

"Don't make me use my cane!"

Posing for the first of many photos

Time to head to the VAT?

To the VAT!

Matt Wagner somehow ends up in Omar's pimp gear

This guy was clearly staying in character

Time for a photo shoot of Vic, Amanada, and Omar's amazing costumes!

Applejack and Rainbow Dash feuding once again!

Omar couldn't keep up that face

Vic's spiffy Applejack costume. In which he defaced a somewhat pricey actual suit

Amanda's amazing Pinkie Pie costume. Sure to blow out the color saturation in any photo

And Omar's incredible Rainbow Dash pimp costume. The cloak alone is a feat!

A classy bunch of ponies

So much color!

Omar's actually only wearing one ear, since the hat is tilted

Scary statues!

They were freaking me out

I hear they're from Doctor Who?

Posing for more photos!

Eventually I was tasked with carrying (and operating) Vic and Omar's cameras. It was fun but looked ridiculous

Vic approves of this photo

Even the Otakon folks had to get pictures! Sidenote, I really wish I had one of those jerseys :(

Well well well, look who made it after all!

Brian, aka SSGWNBTD

..er... SSGWNBTB? Some Stupid Guy With Nothing Better To.... Be?

He's the angriest gamer you ever heard..

Escalator.. elevator. Escalator.. elevator

This guy really had the Bane accent down, but he mostly only said "absolutely"

Vic hides his camera

Ah! It's one of those flying shark balloons!

Hey, I finally got to see the Pikachu car! It only took about 14 years..

Princess Celestia! I'm honored

This costume honestly kind of scared me. I left shortly after taking it

As a fun momento to ultimate AMV Hell fan Mel, I got the original creators Brian and Alan to sign a small piece of canvas for her!

The room was packed for AMV Hell 6. Unfortunately it was plagued with technical issues. Looks like Vic's netstream wins another one

Sadly, the AMV community lost a great one in the previous year. Pat Bohnet, aka "Quu", shocked the AMV world with his untimely passing. I was looking forward to meeting him, and he will be missed.

Lots of cosplayers wandering the lobby floor

Vic had to admit defeat in his epic struggle with the hotel TV. He couldn't hack it!

Omar's still working on the Iron Editor intro with like 22 hours to go..

A closeup of the canvas Brian and Alan signed for Mel

It just wouldn't be a trip south of the Mason-Dixon line without stopping by a Waffle House

These crowd shots are fun. I highly recommend opening it in the highest resolution and just looking around at all the strange little moments happening

Anime conventions are strange places

This guy had a pretty sweet GLaDOS rig mounted on a steadycam arm

Closeup of GLaDOS. It looks like it has some kind of camera in it?

If you look closely, you can see Seras' red contacts!

This Derpy is impressive, but really weird

I like Amanda's funny little hat

Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle!

Blair has come trick-or-treating!

Snake was pretty obvious to spot sneaking through the lobby

GLaDOS and Chell have reconciled!

I don't even know what to think of this guy.. some kind of.. Cookie Monster Saiyan?

I think we found the pony photoshoot..

Pinkie Pie as depicted in the fanfic "Cupcakes". Poor Rainbow Dash

The Pinkie Pies are coming out in force!

The pony group grows

Nappa!

So much color! Everyone is so excited!

Haruko has learned to play the ukelele!

Pinkie Pies with a Rainbow Dash center

Pinkie Pie isn't scared of Slenderman!

Flo!

Someone actually made the felt checklist!

Meanwhile, ten feet away from the explosion of colorful ponies.. another group!

Omar makes his big entrance

Brohoofs were exchanged

Rainbow Dashes unite!

Bloody Pinkie Pie is kind of freaking me out

Pinkie Pie freaking out!

Fluttershies!

Hey they found a fourth

And of course.. the Fluttershies are.. shy

If there are three Rarities, are they still rare?

Showing off in typical Rainbow Dash fashion

"So awesome!"

Applejack group!

The whole Apple family!

So many cowboy hats

Call in the Twilights!

Twilight Sparkle learns about the magic of friendship. Or at least pretends to for a photoshoot

Enter Discord

A very spiffy Discord!

Villains assemble!

Of course, the Great and Powerful Trixie is front and center!

Miscellaneous characters.. and Dr. Who?

Well.. ok, of course this.. exists.

Rainbow Dash soaks in the Pinkie Pies

Mane 6!

Another Mane 6!

Yet another Mane 6!

Gala mode ponies!

Vic, Amanda, and Omar really nailed their costumes

Rainbow Dashes vs Applejacks!

One more group of Fluttershies

Pinkie!

Omar suddenly appeared above the shoot in the elevator

Oh no! Shining Armor is dead! Twilight is so sad

Why is Rainbow Dash helping the vaillains??

Massive pony cosplay group!

Omar and Discord hanging out in the front

Closeup of the group

Everyone get Discord!

A ton of people were taking photos

Fluttershy uncharacteristically has a chainsaw.. and is going after Discord!

Poor discord

Oh he's OK

That's an excellent Bane!

Well.. so much for Rainbow Dash

Bulma has a pretty awesome Dragonball. What's Carmen Sandiego's problem though?

Totally normal

Rainbow Dash loves reading about Darnig Do

Pony siblings! Probably not really though

Omar gives out sugar cubes to his "fillies". Also Discord. (Applejack in the front has the sugar cubes)

Amanda got a sugar cube!

Posing by the fountains!

Vic couldn't resist ruining Amanda's photo

Classy bunch

Yeah uh.... moving on.

Omar surveys the scene

Posing for photos for other people!

Hey it's that girl from Madoka

What's on Facebook?

Yikes, that is a lot of fake blood

Hanging out on the hill

I'm not sure what Omar is doing here

Hey! Go Silver Snakes!

A Minecraft crew! Someone get that diamond block!

Talim! The only Soul Caliber character I know how to play

Blowing bubbles!

Cosplayers aren't the only things worthy of photos

What.. is going on here?

Vic's ready to hit the convention floor. Hopefully he remembers to take his lens cap off

Render Chan poses with my new Space Core plush

Getting the Iron Editor machines ready

Omar loves Iron Editor!

This year's theme is AMV Hell! Brian More vs..

Alan Clontz! The two original AMV Hell creators!

Space! Space, gotta go to space

The view from the judge's table

Brakus mans the board

Todd hosted Iron Editor

Helping choose audience members

Doing a drawing challenge! They had to start drawing one theme and then a second theme was added after several minutes. The first theme was "cats"

Drawing anime catgirls!

Cats!

The audience watching videos

The competitors continue to edit

The second theme is.. metal!

Cats plus metal equals.. this?

How's the editing going, Vic?

Cats plus anime plus metal?

A competition to eat Skittles with chopsicks. My strategy would've been to smash them all up into one big lump and then eat that

This guy didn't know how to use chopsicks

Oh Brakus. What are you up to?

Alan won!

The creators of Pony Anthology gather for the Anthology showing

Todd poses with the pony group. His suit is secretly a Spike cosplay

That's one big diamond

This is what my novelty disposable camera looks like if you remove the outer cardboard box.

Zelda with a Super Scope. Can't argue with that

More people should read this..

I really wanted this.. but i didn't want to spend $300

Sea of manga

Vic bought the Kyubey figure in this creepy box

Inspecting the figure before purchasing

Amanda's scared

An excellent Eris costume (female Discord)

Bye Eris!

Korra sure is dressed warmly for Atlanta!

Jessica Rabbit isn't strictly anime, but she's got a great costume!

Mission accomplished?

I couldn't NOT sit in this!

Omar had to try too

With a little wiggling he actually made it

"I can see forever!"

The latest addition to Vic's extensive figure collection.

It may have been expensive, but it's pretty impressive!

How apt. Kyubey eats money.

Now with a creepy red light

I commissioned this piece for John since he likes to razz me about anime but the only character he knows is Sailor Moon