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Day Three: July 7th, 2001 |
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A.D.Vision, Bandai Entertainment, Pioneer Entertainment, and
Suncoast Video showered Omar with a generous amount of anime goodies and DVDs,
and even a DVD player to watch them on. After being greeted by his favorite
Tenchi Muyo characters, Omar thanked Anime Expo for making his wish come
true—and received a standing ovation from the audience. Best of wishes,
Omar, and get well soon!
  
There were a lot of dance numbers inspired by pop culture,
included one featuring the music of Britney Spears and N'SYNC, as well as two
sultry numbers inspired by the movie Moulin Rouge.
  
More dancing characters! From left to right: Ulala from the
Dreamcast game Space Channel 5, Kirigoe Mima from the movie Perfect Blue,
and Shin-chan from Crayon Shin-chan.
  
From left to right: the adorable Card Captor Sakura kids
make another appearance this year, as does the professional Japanese cosplay
group Uran. Meanwhile, two other kids look cute dressed up as characters
from the series Digi-Carat.
  
From left to right: we have two sets of cosplayers dressed up
in the feathery outfits from CLAMP's Clover, while the video gaming influence
shows in the numerous appearances of the black wizard from Square's Final Fantasy IX.
  
From left to right: Magic Knight Rayearth (and Mokona too!),
Angel Sanctuary (but what the heck is a Zaku doing there?), and a hilarious
Fushigi Yuugi skit. The FY cosplayers dodged the time limit by splitting their
skit into two parts and identifying themselves as two "separate" groups in the
schedule. Clever, that...
  
While the judges pick the winning entries, Kikuko Inoue (the voice
of Belldandy) performs the A!MG opening theme on stage. Now there's a voice to die for...
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