Some of our regular forum readers were a bit perplexed that I didn't include any submissions for them to submit pictures for June's Bottom Ten; well, I had a surprise up my sleeve, and that was contemporary cosplay criticism! That's right, ladies and gents, the dreaded summer con season is once again upon us, and it's time to look at the atrocities that occurred in San Jose, CA, the first week of June. Since I attended Fanime, I of course took plenty of pictures, but not all of these are mine. Hot off the presses and fresh from the sewer, here's FanimeCon in June's Bottom Ten!

#10	Soap-Girl Aerith
Instead of the flower girl, she's selling SOAP! Too bad nobody's buying... it's FANIME, after all!!! Absolutely brilliant. I love the soap basket. (In fact, the costume's not bad, it's appropriate enough; hell, it wouldn't be worth showcasing if not for the soap!)
#9	Camoflauge Seifuku
I don't know what the fuck this is from, or if it's from anything, and I don't care. It's sapping my will to live, which is in turn sapping my will to make sarcastic asshole comments. Is this an otaku special agent designed to stop me?
#8	Blurry Nightmare
Unfortunately, this picture I took was terribly blurred. Fortunately, this picture I took was terribly blurred. Frankly, if it had come out in good focus I probably would have blurred it for your protection. I'd assume her pregnancy would make her too tired to cosplay, but I guess not.
#7	MEGA-GOGO & the Crazy 88s
All right, this is actually almost kinda cool. Almost. I'd wager dollars to donuts he's not taking himself seriously, at least.
#6	Vampyro
~~I don't know what he's trying to cosplay, so~~ Apparently it's Testament from Guilty Gear, but I made up a name for him and I'm sticking to it! He was friendly and on-hand for pictures. And yes, those are red contact lenses. No, it was not a very pretty sight to behold.
#5	Costume Swap
This is a legitimate boyfriend-girlfriend costume swap, as the couple explained. It's still priceless, and it still goes on the page. By the way, when he stepped outside the wind whipped his cow-skirt up AWFUL FIERCE.
#4	WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?
To answer my own question... I don't fucking know. Hell, I don't even know the gender of the cosplayer, let alone the costume they're attempting. It looks like something some weird little boy would be wearing in a shota-con manga, doesn't it? Okay, apparently it's Takuto from Full Moon wo Sagashite. Allegedly... that's what it's TRYING to be at least.
#3	Topless ... uh... yeah.
Number 3 is almost ALWAYS profane and this month we have no exception! I give them plusses for at least having a mild facsimile of the bodies needed to pull off said costumes. With that said, those are (obviously) NOT bodysuits, I don't know what the costume is (Chocolate from Bakuretsu Hunters, allegedly...), and I don't know what divine force kept those straps up (nor can I verify that they STAYED up) for the con. Fanboy droolfest. Ick.
#2	Yiffin' Furries!!!
OH MY FUCKING GOD! FURSUITS! FURSUITS! WHO LET THE FUCKING FURRIES INTO FANIME?! I DEMAND TO KNOW! OH GOD, OH GOD, THEY'RE YIFFING! THERE ARE CHILDREN PRESENT! COVER YOUR EYES, CHILDREN! NO--SCRATCH THAT--RUN LIKE HELL! Poor goddamn kids. Where's my fucking hunting rifle?
#1!	Gotaku's Posse
Winner of the eighth MEGA-AMELIA AWARD, for never giving up and getting a hotel room, is con favorite GOTAKU!!! (aka Whorf) Gotaku put a lot of effort into his costume. In fact, I'm almost positive he stopped washing or styling his hair so he could get it to be as much like Goku's as possible. And furthermore... You've seen GOTAKU, but have you seen his POSSE?! His plan of watching Anime Music Videos the ENTIRE CON WEEKEND on his computer(s) he brought from home and set up in the concourse went off without a hitch; some people actually stopped and watched some of the videos with him! This picture is a COMPLETELY candid shot of what I have dubbed "Gotaku's Posse." On the left is the one I call Snake. He's a maverick, a loose cannon, but he gets results. On the right next to Gotaku is Spyder, the calmest, coolest, and deadliest man you'll ever face in battle (he's a silent hardass, but his loyalty to Gotaku is second to none). In the front is Keys, a brilliant master hacker (second only to Gotaku himself), who's as handy and smooth with a gun as he is with a computer... or a fine, sexy lady. Together they are Gotaku's posse. They are his A-List, his best, brightest, and deadliest, the people who (undeterred by his smell) sit near him in the concourse or stop for a few minutes and look over his shoulder at the anime music videos on his screen; his elite.	(click on the image for the full-size version)