Phantom

Missing out on Swampcon, Freecon, and ACEcon day 2 was brutal. After all the much-anticipated hype for those three, I couldn’t attend them, and to make matters worse, April turned out to be a month with no anime conventions or events whatsoever. So, to sum it up, I was unable to duke it out in the otaku interactive fun activities that I’ve been doing since Sarasota Anime-Fest, which started in December 2025. Of course, it didn’t last too long, but nonetheless, boredom was strong, and I could tell that Animangemu’s content was growing a bit stale for my readers. That’s when Anime Day Official, the group that I’ve been following for over a year, finally announced its scheduled date for Tampa locals, and the timing couldn’t have been better. Right at the start of May, I knew that my drought of attending anime cons was finally about to end. If you’ve been following me for a while now, I’m sure you’ve read my articles about the anime cons I’ve attended previously, like Brick City Anime Festival and Sarasota Anime-Fest, for example. Similar to my previous anime con experiences, Tampa Anime Day is yet another example of a local anime convention done right. In fact, it’s arguably the best I’ve attended so far. Link: /2026/05/15/tampa-anime-day-2026-review/ #animangemu #tampaanimeday #tampaanimeday2026 #animedayofficial #animeconvention #cosplay #otaku @animedayofficial Shout-out to as well: @icy.itegumo @spookymorningstar19 @jamesfassl @pmet2010

♥️💥💙 Sister posting because I’m currently bothering @phantombytes at our place of business even tho I’m not scheduled 😈 #cosplay #cosplaygirls #killlakill #anime #ryukomatoi #satsukikiryuin #animecosplay #floridacosplayers

Congratulations to these 3 costume contest winners at the Tampa AnimeDay. Thanks to all that came and spent a great anime day with us:) Hope to see everyone again next time! - - - #animeday #tampaanimeday #costumecontestwinner #cosplaycontest

‼️EXPLORING THE INSIDE OF GOONER CONVENTIONS VIDEO OUT NOW‼️‼️ Thank you so much to all the lovely people I met back in September when I filmed this video! You guys rock! Go check out the cosplayers featured, and go check out the new video! 💚 If anyone knows who the person on the 3rd slide is, please let me know! 🙏

💜 More Mejiro McQueen~ 🐴 These action shots taken by @kyle_albers at @tampabaydowns turned out SO COOL! 🤩 Thank you again, and shout out @pinkhairedfox and @jamboreecosplay for one of the coolest cosplay events I’ve been apart of 🫶 #umamusume #umamusumeprettyderby #mejiromcqueen

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U u u uma in Florida 🌴🇺🇸🐎 sorry if I did not tag you but I had so much fun with everyone I LOVE UMAS!!! #umamusume #umacosplay #horseracing #cosplay #horsegirl

CASTLE COSPLAY NIGHT JUDGE AND HOST ANNOUNCEMENT: Jack Rozsa @escapethevault @escape.the.vault @larozsa Jack Rozsa began her cosplay adventure in 2011 and it has been a wild 15 years- starting out bringing her favorite characters to gogo podiums, she has since guested at multiple cons and judged numerous cosplay contests from small local ones all the way up to DragonCon. While her love for characters is primarily from video games, she has branched out to characters from TV, movies, pop culture, and even some original creations, using her platform to promote mental health awareness. She also currently runs the @fallout_tacticians Costuming Group. She has placed in Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay awards off and on since 2019- first place in 2019, 2020, and 2024, second place in 2025, and third place in 2023, while being nominated every year since the category was created. This is her 11th year hosting Cosplay Night, and she can’t wait to see what you all have in store for her. Photo by @operationshutter See you August 1st! #fnafcosplayer #jackrozsa #fivenightsatfreddyssecuritybreach #fnafsecuritybreach #castlecosplaynight

EYYYYYYY CASTLE COSPLAY NIGHT JUDGE ANNOUNCEMENT- MEET YOUR THIRD Castle Cosplay Night XVI- Villain Vogue JUDGE- @Phantombytes ! Phantombytes is an award winning cosplayer from Tampa who specializes in elaborate makeup looks and her gaming cosplays that have even been featured on the official Borderlands social media profiles, along with doing commission work for other creators in the community. #castlecosplaynight #borderlandscosplay #tampacosplay #phantombytes #escapethevault

🥕💚🥕♥️🥕 The Uma Musume Meet at @tampabaydowns was so heartwarming! The Downs welcomed us just like any other racing fans 💚 our community is so fun and it was so refreshing to talk to other cosplayers who want to get back to the core part of our hobby- PLAY!!! ♥️ thank you so much to @pinkhairedfox and @jamboreecosplay for letting us horse girls be kids again for a little bit 🐎🥕 Happy to trot on back to @tampabaydowns anytime they’d like to host us! 💚 📸: @tinygarbageangel thank you for going trainer mode so we could honse ♥️💚 #umamusume #prettyderby #umamusumecosplay #umamusumeprettyderby #cygames #cosplay #cosplaygirl #floridacosplayer #horsegirl #nicenature #naisuneicha #japaneseracehorse

Locked in like we know those horses 🥕🐎 @tampabaydowns @cygames_eng #umamusume #cosplay #cosplaygirls #umamusumecosplay #goldship #nicenature #mejiromcqueen #horsegirls #floridacosplayers #prettyderby

I’m never late , never quite early, but I’m always JEST in time. Went from the fiercest berserker to on call royal court entertainment for the new queen. 🪓 Ft. @phantombytes Ignore: #floridacosplay #vikingcosplay #renfaire #medievalcosplay #cosplayerofinstagram