AnimeNEXT 2019 Saturday Cosplay Gallery Part 2 by Adam Etheridge
As is the case with most large anime conventions, group cosplay meetup/photoshoots are a staple of AnimeNEXT. There were probably more than a dozen such events held over the course of the three-day convention this year.
This brings me to one minor complaint I had about the convention this year. Last year, AnimeNEXT staff became involved in these meetups. Anyone who desired to host a meetup was required to fill out a form where they could request a time and date for their meetup, and choose from a pre-approved list of locations to hold it.
This year, AnimeNEXT had no involvement whatsoever with these meetups. While I don’t think it’s necessarily mandatory that they become involved to the level they did in 2018, it would be extremely helpful if staff could at least maintain an official “master list” of all meetups which could be posted on the official AnimeNEXT website.
I generally make it a point to stop by quite a few of these meetups for photos, but this year I only stopped by the Persona meetups on Friday and Saturday. You’ll find my photos from Saturday’s meetup, organized by veteran host Steve Vo, toward the end of the linked photo gallery.
Overall, I found AnimeNEXT 2019 to be a very enjoyable convention, with plenty of entertainment, and a huge amount of fantastic cosplay. This was my 7th straight year covering the convention, and it continues to be one of my personal favorite events of the year. I look forward to returning to Atlantic City to cover the convention again next year, and for many years to come.
Cosplayers in this final gallery from AnimeNEXT 2019 include Sakuraharunogirl, Ginger Kitty Cosplay & Art, S.NoelleCosplay, Alison Jeffery Cosplay, La Latina Otaku Cosplay, Chemical Boy, Angel Fox, Happybunbun, Teragram Cosplay, Buns on Buns Cosplay, doujinhime, darkfreyamagna, kaitlyngreatlyn, honey_drops_raindrops, sarahchucosplay, nikkigeecosplay, xealzega, maakiscosplay, notsosolidsnake_productions, mistersmallbutt, kirstydopecosplay, and many more.
We now use Smugmug to present cosplay photo galleries and will post all photos there, with a link to each gallery in its own gallery article. This will allow us to give you higher resolution images to download — still for free.
To view the entire gallery, just click on the image below. If you are pictured in any of our galleries, feel free to download the images and use them non-commercially on social media, with appropriate credit.
