The New York Anime Festival and our friends at theOtaku.com have narrowed down all the entries to this year’s mascot contest to 10 finalists. It was tough. It was very, very tough. We have to thank everyone who participated and were floored by the quality and creativity every character radiated. But, we had to choose only 10, and here they are…

http://theotaku.com/fanart/view/254669/summer_in_the_city
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255709/the_city_that_never_sleeps
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255731/nyaf_mascot
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255626/nyaf_mascot
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255603/ninja_cabby
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255599/chibizilla
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255604/nyaf_mascot
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255476/nyaf_mascot_contest
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/255321/ny_sun
http://www.theotaku.com/fanart/view/254757/umami_%2528contest_entry%2529

The New York Anime Festival will be set up all three days at AnimeNEXT, with its attendees voting for the winner. (We’re glad we don’t have to make the call.) We’ll be reporting back with the 2008 Mascot next week!