Personal Stories
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Warren (Chicago, IL)
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Susumu Kodai from Space Battleship YamatoCosplayer: @the.yamato.boyPhoto : @m_padron15 Funny enough at anime cons, not a lot of people recognize it as the Space Battleship Yamato, they usually just…
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Sterling & Gretchen (Kansas City, MO)
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“One year there was an evangelist preaching outside to all us con-goers telling us what we were doing was sinful, and a bunch of cosplayers went up and gave…
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Yaya Han (Atlanta, GA)
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“When I quit my job to open a costume commission business in 2005, I took the leap to making cosplay my only source of income. Since then my business…
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Lindsay (Chicago, IL)
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“As for my best con experience, it has to be at SDCC 2013. I ran into the producers of Tron: Legacy. They were so incredibly excited to see me…
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Bryan Morton (Los Angeles,CA)
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“Why Superman? He represents a person trying to live up to the best potential of himself he can be. He has so much power to do whatever he wants,…
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Jeff & Elizabeth, (Minnesota, MN)
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Earlier in my life as a teenager I observed that as the people around me aged they seemed to stop in place and tended to dwell more and more…
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KnightmaGe (Youngstown, OH)
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’ve always loved Spawn as a character but loved his design even more. It took me about 15 hours total to complete. It’s also the first suit that I…
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Fallen Feathers Cosplay (Ooltewah, TN)
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Been cosplaying since 2001, but I personally haven’t been sewing until 2011. I’ve always loved Halloween and to have a hobby where I can actually dress up on a…
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Lady AVA Designs (Baltimore, MD)
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I stumbled upon Otakon 2001 through an ad in Animerica Magazine. With anticipation and a lot of begging, I convinced my parents to embark on this anime-filled adventure. Little…
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Katana Cosplay (Reno, NV)
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I (Kate) am the one who manages the accounts and does most of the cosplay work. Nana is there for support and helping me figure things out, and of…