LLNN Coverage of Anime Central 2002


Youngest member of the Tenchi Muyou fan club, "Cabbit Mark II" is an infant dressed as Ryoohki with proud mom Washuu-chan.	It's psychological torment time with characters from the J-Rock band Malice Mizer performing their latest... psychological torment.	A new twist on Cowboy Bebop for Yoko Kanno? Faye Valentine shakes and dances to ska! "Why have bebop, when you can have ska?"

It's a musical world. Cosplayers from Sera Myu Sailor Moon musicals perform their character songs.	Anime Jeopardy and a battle of wit! Characters from Team Slayers vs. Team Sorcerer Hunters compete on making snide remarks with a boogy dancing Gundam as the prize.

Thunderbolt and lightening! Very very frightening! Mecha King Chidora dominated the stage with heads that sung the popular Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody".	It's a wild wild universe out there! Characters from various anime shows and video games duke it out for sexiest bishounen bachelor, dating-game style, and celebrate with the next bachelorette episode.

All your EVA are belong to us! "Someone set us up the bomb!" Characters from Evangelion encounter an Angel that causes them to speak "engrish" and phrases from a certain video game.	This contestant was literally trapped in her costume! After making its way on stage, Taro Panda manages to twitch for the audience pleasure.	What happens to Kenshin characters when they get written into bad fan fiction? Characters duked it out with John Woo style gunfights, big juicy Chicago style hot dogs, and crossing over into the FF8 universe.

Evil villians beware! Characters from Card Captor Sakura debut with song and dance for their next battle cry. "We're captors, captors of might!"	It's a dance dance revolution! Kodama from Princess Mononoke does the samba with some breakdancing steps.	Everybody say Yatta! Characters from the J-Rock band Malice Mizer mess up one of their album tracks with the infamous Yatta! song.
	Anime Central 2002 Cosplay Awards Special Anime Central Mecha Award to King Ghidora Judge's Choice Awards: Malice Mizer performing Yatta!, Little Rurouni Kenshin characters, Lupin meets Ranma's School of Transformation, dancing kodama with samba, Got Soap wash the fanboy campaign, little Card Captor Sakura, and Legend of Zelda Anime Central 2002 Skit Presentation Awards 3rd Place Best Presentation: Card Captors of Might 2nd Place Best Presentation: Slayers on Strike 1st Place Best Presentation: X Iron Chef Anime Central 2002 Best Costume Awards 3rd Place Best Costume: True Power of the Revolution with Utena and Pocky 2nd Place Best Costume: Welcome to Planet Gunsmoke Grand Prize and Best of Show for Best Costume: Saint Seiya of Gold
Remember, Love and Peace! Chun-Li and Cammy face off for a great battle but not before submit themselves to a more peaceful pose-down for the audience, care of Isaac Sher the Masquerade Emcee.