#animazement 2017

[pochqmqri]

Update on "Mahotsukai Pretty Cure! 2"/the adult MahoPre sequel

It has been over a year since Toei announced they were planning an adult sequel to Mahoutsukai Pretty Cure!, the 13th PreCure season that aired from 2016-2017, yet no real information on it has been released since. All we know is that it will air "in 2024" on the late-night ANiMAZiNG!!! program block.

Despite this, two recent bits of indirect information seem to paint a specific timeframe of when the anime will actually air.

To start off, we now know the full 2024 schedule for ANiMAZiNG!!!, with the Summer program recently announced:

The Strongest Tank's Labyrinth Raids — Jan 7 - Mar 24 (Winter 2024)

Tonari no Yokai-san — Apr 7 - TBA (Spring 2024)

Iwa-Kakeru! Climbing Girls — Jul 6 - TBA (Summer 2024) (Rerun, originally aired Fall 2020)

The Healer Who was Banished From His Party is Actually the Strongest — Starts Oct (Fall 2024)

This means that MahoPre2 will not be airing this year, which makes it odd that it still has a tentative 2024 release date, right? Not exactly.

According to Toei Animation's recent financial report, for the fiscal year ending on March 2024, they still list MahoPre2 as in production for "2024." More specifically, they list it as coming out at some point after the second quarter of the 2024 fiscal year.

In Japan, for government bureaucracies and corporations, a fiscal year lasts from April to March of the following year. For example, the 2023 fiscal year just ended this past March, hence the recent financial report. The 2024 financial year will last from April 2024 to March 2025.

The second quarter of FY2024 ends in September of this year, meaning MahoPre2 will air at some point from October onwards. (Note that Dragon Ball DAIMA, another animated project under Toei, is also listed in the same category, and was announced with a set release date of Fall 2024.)

Given that we know the entire ANiMAZiNG!!! schedule for this year has been filled, it seems very likely that MahoPre2 will air starting in January 2025; that is, the Winter 2025 season. If it airs for just 12-13 episodes like OtonaPre did, that would still put it within the range of FY2024, ending just at the March 2025 deadline.

What seems likely then is that, if it's to be believed that the MahoPre girls will appear in the upcoming WonPre film coming this September, it will act as a bit of promotion for the upcoming MahoPre2 sequel coming out early next year. It makes sense as to why Toei has been quiet on the anime, as the main promotion cycle isn't meant to start until sometime this Summer.

[jae-gyu]

My Full Cosplay Competition History

Just in case ACParadise dies, I'm going to keep a copy of my chronological competitive cosplay entries in this post!

FORMAT: Character Name Series Name Convention Name & Year - Award won, if any

If I've uploaded a picture of said cosplay to tumblr, I'll put a link next to the name. For various reasons, some of these cosplays will never have an accompanying picture here. This list also doubles as a "total conventions attended" list, because I always participate in the cosplay contest! Some of my entries were craftsmanship only, some performance only, some a combination of both, or neither! I occasionally entered contests as an "exhibition" (aka non-judged) walk-on, purely for the love of the game.

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Princess Dejiko Di Gi Charat Anime Express 2006

Chamomile Jasmine Puchimon Animazement 2009 Ichibancon 2010 UNCC JAMS 2010

Mu-Yeon Park Pig Bride Animazement 2010 Ichibancon 2011 - Judge's Award EXP Con 2011

Amelia Jones (Female America) Axis Powers Hetalia/Nyotalia Animazement 2011 Otakon 2011 Ichibancon 2012 Triad Anime Con 2012 - Honorable Mention Shuto Con 2013 *

Seong Mi-Na Soul Calibur 2 Otakon 2012 Carolina Anime Day 2012 Nekocon 2012 Charlotte Comicon Winter 2012 Ichibancon 2013 Katsucon 2013 - Best Novice Craftsmanship Triad Anime Con 2013 Animazement 2013

Lamia Raiders Otakon 2013 Nekocon 2013 Charlotte Comicon Winter 2013 Ichibancon 2014 Triad Anime Con 2014 Nashicon 2014 - 2nd Place Advanced Division Momocon 2017 *

Cho Bun-Nyeo (x) The Antique Gift Shop Otakon 2014 Cosplay America 2014 - 1st Place Journeyman Anime Weekend Atlanta 2014 Charlotte Comicon Winter 2014 Ichibancon 2015 Katsucon 2015 - Judge's Award Shikacon 2015 - Best in Show (no physical award given) ** Anime Central 2015

Clarion Raiders Otakon 2015 - Best Overall Journeyman AARC 2015 - 3rd Place Journeyman (no physical award given) ** Cosplay America 2015 Anime Weekend Atlanta 2015 Tsubasacon 2015 Anime Blast Chattanooga 2015 Charlotte Comicon Winter 2015 Holiday Matsuri 2015 Ichibancon 2016 Katsucon 2016 Shikacon 2016 (as a cosplay judge) Momocon 2016

Jeanne D'Arc Raiders Otakon 2016 Anime Weekend Atlanta 2016 Cosplay America 2016 Charlotte Comicon Winter 2016 Holiday Matsuri 2016 Ichibancon 2017 Kami-Con 2017 Katsucon 2017 Triad Anime Con 2017 JAMPCon 2017 - Best Manga or Comic Book Queen City Anime Con 2017

The Girl Who Never Cries (x) The APPLE Anthology Anime Weekend Atlanta 2017 Cosplay America 2017 Charlotte Comicon Winter 2017 - Top 10 Finalist (no physical award given) ** Ichibancon 2018 Katsucon 2018 Triad Anime Con 2018 - Honorable Mention Performance Momocon 2018 Queen City Anime Con 2019 *

Ro-Ah Daring Students' Association Otakon 2018 Queen City Anime Con 2018 - 2nd Place Journeyman Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 Ichibancon 2019 Katsucon 2019 - Honorable Mention Performance Momocon 2019

Competitions: 72 Awards: 11

( * Indicates that I wanted to compete with a different cosplay, but something went wrong and I brought an older costume instead.) ( ** If I don't receive a physical award - i.e a certificate, trophy, ribbon, medal, or plaque - then I don't count it towards my total.)

[carolynsart]

For my art-vs-artist of 2023 I decided to feature the art from my children's comic series "The Dragon in The Closet"! It's been a banner year for this series.I released the first big graphic novel that compiles the first 3 issues (plus some extra). It won first place in many categories in the Outstanding Creator Awards and was nominated for a B.E.A.M. award! Since I launched the Dragon in the Closet weekly webcomic in 2020 I've had 66,855 visitors come to the site and read my comic. I have over 600 books from this series out in the wild. And the Youtube performances of the first three issues and the AnimaZing Story channel have a combined 18,300 views! Honestly this is so exciting for me as I have been working steadily on this series since 2017. Keep an eye out for issue 4 in early 2024 -"The Water Devil" is coming soon! Thank you all for your support. You guys are the best.❤️❤️

[october-wing]

More random pictures from animazement 2017

[makelovelycosplay]

She's a fool because she doesn't realize that her miracle is standing atop someone else's sacrifice. But that's the sort of person who receives miracles.

[bellaros-e]

Dva from Friday at AZ!

[askcallie]

Ainz Ooal Gown from Overlord

(Articulated and lights up! Posting video next.)

Chris Nguyen (ninja_panda_cosplays on instagram)

[sakythia]

I hade a great time at as Riju at Animazement this weekend! I have been working really hard on this cosplay for a while so I'm so happy that I finally got to wear it! (Ps- my friends were great enough to form Riju's throne and let me sit on them 😭)

[kawaiivagabond]

Animazement 2017 Dan and I did 2D and Murdoc. This was before I got my contacts so had to improvise.

[sniperi-cosplay]

Himiko’s life tip #22: Always keep your teeth clean! Use whatever tools you have on hand.

[hogwartschoolofheros]

Animazement this year was absolutely amazing!!! This is a sum of the weekend with some of the awesome people I hung out with! For more check out my insta @siriusdidnothingwrong  @twinkskywalker @anaxforjack @spiidermom @yourawesomenesscatcosplay @nishikeli

[october-wing]

Some old pictures from animazement 2017, i miss it.

[harpyprince]

My cosplay mood board

[nekkyousagi]

~ Nekkyo Usagi's Commission Work ~ Animazement 2017 Probably my favorite request of the weekend. I loved drawing these three as their younger selves!!

[bellaros-e]

Some Dva from AZ! 💕

[mimiadraws]

me and @stevonnie are gonna be at animazement this weekend! come by table A17 for hot merch and good times!!!