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semi OT: Sabrina [Kigurumi]




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v1cious



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 3:46 am Reply with quote
http://sabrina.jp/

i'm sorry but this was too amusing to not post on this particular board.

someone's taken their love of anime a tad overboard

[EDIT - Topic adjusted. -C]
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Godaistudios



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 3:54 am Reply with quote
Okay, that is frightening... I didn't realize at first that it wasn't just a poseable doll. Somebody has taken costuming to a very strange and odd level. Anybody else look at the Sabrinow2? That's just disturbing.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 7:33 am Reply with quote
This is known as "Kigurumi", and isn't so 'scary' if you stop and think about HOW it works.

In effect, it is just cosplay with one additional feature -- a mask.. because (as you may or may not have noticed) the human head does not match up very well with the anime head.
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Samurai CDZ



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 6:06 pm Reply with quote
NOOOOOOO! Not Natsume! Crying or Very sad

Now I'm gonna see that everytime. Good thing, I stopped before Belldandy.




Haha, just kidding I'll go back later. I'm too curious and it isn't that bad. Very Happy
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ChichiriMuyo



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 7:02 pm Reply with quote
For an obsessive anime fan that girl has a nice body... I'm not sure how anyone can call that scary cause it turns me on. Laughing
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Godaistudios



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 7:24 pm Reply with quote
Ya know... they are wearing some kind of body suit... so it could still be a guy.
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Nagisa
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 8:11 pm Reply with quote
If I remember right, Sabrinow 2 IS a guy. If not, she's got some really manly shoulders. Shocked

But then it's been a while since I last watched it (like...months...), so I could be wrong.
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space clam



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 8:16 pm Reply with quote
Gee, if only I had more spare time, I'd do something equally creepy and unproductive. Then forum-goers the world over would be frightened by me too.

Nagisa wrote:
If I remember right, Sabrinow 2 IS a guy. If not, she's got some really manly shoulders.


Could be one of those female body builders that you see on ESPN2. In either case, I prefer to keep several miles between those kinds of people. Never know what they're capable of...
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lianncoop
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 9:36 pm Reply with quote
I think the person on the webcam is a guy. However, if you look at the pictures in the gallery, there are many different people. Some are guys...some are girls...
There are some angles that let you know that it's a guy and not a girl on some pics...*twitch*
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Delthayre



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 9:50 pm Reply with quote
I was exposed to this a few months ago, and the scars have not healed. This cannot, and I mean it, be a sign of something good. I'm no psychologist (I decided to dodge that bullet in favor of linguistics), but I think the term is either, "arrested development," or, "you're f**ked up." The latter being technical.
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mandichan



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 11:42 pm Reply with quote
Kigurumi cosplayers are men. Sorry to burst anyone's bubble Anime smile Well, I suppose that the professional ones that put on shows at amusement parks and stuff can be men or women, but among cosplayers, kigurmi are traditionally men.

In anycase, it is pretty creepy, but I can at least tell as a cosplayer they put a lot of work and money into it. They creeped me out a lot at first, but I guess now I'm used to them a bit more. The masks can look very cute in photos, but I think in real life they might be a little freaky cause they don't blink or move or anything...! (Or would that be creepier?? Anime smile)

Here is a site in English if you want to find out about Kigurumi: http://www.yuriskigurumi.com/kigurumi.htm

And as far as sabrina.jp... I'm pretty sure its all the same person in the photos, just different masks. Yes, it is a guy, even in the swimsuit photos. Anime smile
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Godaistudios



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:21 am Reply with quote
And this is now, why I suspect, ChichiriMuyo is now hiding in some corner somewhere...
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ChichiriMuyo



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:28 am Reply with quote
Several of those pictures show multiple people. I hadn't seen the webcam at that point, only some of the first and second group of pictures (before belldandy). Well, some of those guys have some nice womanly features. I guess if they keep the masks on I wont know the difference, right? (Well, for the most part).

*Kicks his Toshiya pictures under his desk*
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