Personal Stories
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CHIP (Chicago, IL)
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My group of friends usually gets pretty into Halloween, so everyone wants to have a good costume. And through that I found it was fun to create costumes. I…
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ConnArtistry cosplay (Anchorage, AK)
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I chose Sombra for both her design and her attitude. She simply oozes confidence, and her concept is colorful and charismatic in a way I found challenging and incredibly…
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Jessica Nigri (Phoenix, AZ)
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Hi. I’m Jessica Nigri. I’m 22 years old. I’m cosplaying. Since 2009 at San Diego Comic-Con. I like long walks on the beach. Actually my friend got me a…
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The Mending Medic (Raleigh, NC)
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My favorite thing is people’s reactions when they realize that I have hot glue. It’s a mixture of disbelief and amazement, and I love it. Another awesome thing is…
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Garrett (Los Angeles, CA)
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My first experience attending a convention was in 2006 with a friend of mine. We just graduated high school and wanted to check out Anime Expo which was in…
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Matt (Anchorage, AK)
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Remembering my childhood, I believe My Neighbor Totoro was my first anime feature film, didn’t mind the dubbed version until discovering subbed versions of animes in my high school…
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Ian (Anchorage, AK)
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I’m a 34 year old chef from Anchorage, Alaska with a giant penchant for anime and videogames. I grew up mostly playing videogames during the majority of my free…
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Nick Yarian (Eagle River, AK)
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Ever since I was a kid, I loved watching anime and playing video games, I was a pretty typical young boy growing up and loved watching Dragonball z and…
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RADCOSPLAY (ANCHORAGE, AK)
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ReCore’s story resonated with me a lot and I find Joule very relatable. Since it was my first time working with worbla, or doing anything armor related, I wanted…
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Jeremy Fisher (Los Angeles, CA)
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My first home built costume was Boba Fett for Halloween back in 1997. Ever since I saw the original trilogy, Star Wars has been a huge part of my…