At Show 3 of Summer, 2007, we had our first AnimeTalent Kombat. Like Anime Karaoke Kombat or Anime Music Kombat, entrants could sing something anime related, but this term's Activities Coordinator decided we should open up the playing field a bit. This term we would allow any kind of performance art or demonstration of talent!
At the show we did have the majority of entrants be singers, as expected, but we had a wild variety of others. By the end of it the talent was so strong that we couldn't pick a single clear winner! The standings are as follows (the runners-up are in no particular order):
- FIRST PLACE: Adam (Singing "Les Miz" from, I think, the new "Les Miserables" TV anime)
- FIRST PLACE: Kate (Singing the Theme from a Card Captor Sakura Movie)
- THIRD PLACE: Chris (Playing an arrangement of anime themes on his saxaphone)
- Alexa (Singing "Just Communication" from Gundam Wing)
- Gavin (Stand-up Comic portraying the Hidden Lives of Anime Characters)
- Travis (Singing the Pandaikon Theme from Nerima Daikon Bros.)
- Removed from Consideration: The Exec Ensemble Cast (Song and Dance routine using songs from Nerima Daikon Bros.)
Unfortunately we had a few hiccoughs getting things ready (we ran late and Windows Media Player ate Alexa's CD thirty seconds from the end), but all in all it was 'Super Fun'. Special thanks to Matt T. for being a kickass MC (he's in some of the pictures, in the back) and to Jeremy for pushing the buttons that made things go.
Now what you've all been waiting for: pictures!
This set is from Kate (yes, co-first place Kate). The people actually taking the photos are not Kate, but they used her camera: