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enurtsol
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There's something wrong with many of the URL links going to
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jrnemanich
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Getting the same thing. |
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Youkai Warrior
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There are several characters I want to cosplay as, but I don't have the time or money to make a costume, let alone several. Plus, I haven't been to any conventions since last year.
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Zac
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URLs are all fixed up now.
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Petrea Mitchell
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It was actually Forry Ackerman's girlfriend at the time, who is variously remembered as either Myrtle R. Jones or Myrtle R. Douglas, who came up with the idea of dressing up as Man of the Future and Woman of the Future, and who made the costumes. I'm not sure how this got so widely misattributed; Ackerman himself always seems to have been careful to mention in interviews that he was just the model.
To answer your question... I think the first time I started dressing as something specific, rather than a random congoer with a cloak or something, was when I started going to SCA events with uncle's family. The high point in my costuming career would be part of two honorable mentions at the 2004 Worldcon masquerade for a presentation called "Professor Gumby Teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts". My SO was Professor Gumby, and no, not the green guy... think the Monty Python characters with handkerchiefs on their heads. Best costume... I've seen so many that I couldn't pick one. But I think this one, assembled in 24 hours, is the most amazing one in my recent memory. Thing I haven't cosplayed as yet? Tons of them. But in particular, when I have time for costuming again, I think there is a masquerade entry in the fact that Charlie Chaplin and H. P. Lovecraft were contemporaries... |
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Kyosuke_
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Oh I remember that Doraemon costume! That was the first Otakon that I went to.
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Echo_City
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Nice homage to Cosplay Complex in the title. That was an awesomely hilarious and lesser known series, especially the dub.
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enurtsol
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Hey! I named some of my devices after Wonder Farm characters! 
I remember those Holiday Inn 24-hr Otakons. Back then, we were gonna cosplay as Rurouni Kenshin charas on one of those, but we determined it was too much work for us - we're lazy. 
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doc-watson42
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You may know something I don't, but the official reason it got cancelled was that Five Ways, the company that was funding and distributing Hand Maid Mai, went under—not Wonder Farm (which is still running). A copy of the notice is here (in Japanese). Personally, I enjoyed all three series (except for the lack of the promised episode 4 of Cosplay Complex, and the missing episodes of Hand Maid Mai), but then I am easily amused.
I can't scan it for you, but I can tell you that it is in Animerica vol. 6, no. 7 (1998, not '96 or '97) on page 78 (top, second from left). |
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khaos1019
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I think every anime convention should have a Doraemon passing out candy from his 4th dimensional pocket. Great post, Mike! |
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bravetailor
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Trish Ledoux...man, I wonder what she's doing these days. Thanks for those retro Animerica days. I have more issues than I care to admit.
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Asukatoo
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It was in Crystal Beach, VA. Not sure if I remember your Doraemon costume back then, but I was dressed (of course) in my Asuka plugsuit. That was the second (I think) time I wore it.
I fondly recall all the folks you mentioned: Trish, Jeff (RIP), Neil (he had a posse!) and many others. Peace, love & Hello Kitty, Tiffany Grant  )
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The best costumes I've ever seen were a highly detailed Ryuk as well as an Alphonse Elric (both at separate cons). These were not like your run of the mill cosplays at all. Both were painstakingly crafted (and it shows since I saw them just about everywhere getting asked for photo ops).
I'm not much of a cosplayer myself, as I've only ever done it twice so far. The best I could pull off was Jiro from Blue Dragon (yes I know, real imaginative design  ), but a few people mistook me for Great Saiyaman. This was I get for dressing up as a character Toriyama designed (seriously dude, variate your style more!  ).
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Mushi-Man
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Another great article Mike! You did a great job giving a quick and interesting history of cosplay in a well written manner. I love reading things about early cons and anime culture so this was right up my alley.
I'd say the best cosplay I've seen (in terms of detail) is this Pyramid Head cosplay. He put every inch of detail into the costume that he could and even went so far as to make the helmet out of real metal (although a light kind of metal). I can never remember the guys name but when he wares it you can catch him around the con taking periodic breaks because the mask is too heavy and hot. I have to say he might be the hardest working cosplayer I've met. I've also seen a very well done Portal cosplay, the portal gun looked like the real deal and had all the fancy bells and whistles. I thought he had just bought it but I talked to him and it turns out he actually spent hours constructing it himself at home. But one of the cosplays that has most impressed me wasn't really even that well done. It was a young man dressed as Captain Harlock, I simply enjoyed the fact that another young fan liked it enough to cosplay as him. As far as a cosplay that I've always wanted to do I'd have to go with Ginko from Mushi-shi. I've always wanted to spend a year constructing a very detailed cosplay of him. |
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