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Shiratori Hime Cosplay (New Orleans, LA)
I’ve been a fan of Steven Universe since the very beginning. Mega Pearl spoke to me in terms of the acceptance of oneself. This cosplay was initially made during lockdown. It started out as a just because cosplay with no intention of competing in it. Later on once I decided enter MP into a contest,…
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Luna (Ocean City, NJ)
As a kid I used to make little costumes for the dolls. My parents would always help me make my Halloween costumes from scratch. So I was really crafty from day one. I was energetic and a handful but my parents have always supported my hobbies and choices in life. So when I got into…
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Brandon (Orlando, FL)
I found out about cosplay and conventions from my Vice President from the Japanese Culture Club, when we were in High School. I mostly knew only the culture side of things involving Japan, but she showed me everything, from the anime communities, to costumes, and events. Sadly, he is no longer with us anymore… If…
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Punished Props (Seattle, WA)
I’m way into video games. For example, I played World of Warcraft for five years. At a certain point the only way that I could express how much I enjoyed my favorite video games was to create costumes of my favorite characters and wear them in public. That’s what originally got me into cosplay back…
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NegativeDreamer (Orlando, FL)
I got into cosplay a bit later than most… 28 years old. I always was into Halloween my whole life, and as I got older I tended to keep upping myself from the previous year. Eventually I went way overboard and put way to much money and time into a costume just to wear it…
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Regina (Portland, OR)
When I started getting interested in cosplay and costuming, I had absolutely no knowledge of sewing or fabric! I remember going to @FabricDepot in Portland for the first time with my mom (because she had told me all about it!) and I was so overwhelmed. It’s basically Home Depot for sewing–and it lives up to its name.…
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Subaru Camui (Las Vegas, NV)
So my cosplay origin story started back when I was in fifth grade. I was 10 and my mom told me she couldn’t afford to get me a Halloween costume that year. So I stayed up all night being really sad about it and then suddenly I had an idea. So I ran around my…
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Phaleure Cosplay (Columbia, MD)
We are all pretty local to each other so we do it quite often at least once or twice before each major con. If we can’t meet in person we do Google hangouts. It’s much more motivating to cosplay on groups because if you are in a slump the progress of your pals could inspire…
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@DraconPern (San Antonio, TX)
It started probably back in 2006 or 2007. You get bored and you look online for anime-related stuff and by chance I see these characters, these photos online. It wasn’t even that popular in Japan at that time, there was only a few sites where people posted photos and that is how I first found…
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Josh & Sheena (Christiana, TN)
We met in high school and started dating. I used to carry a DragonBallZ notebook. I had about three or four hundred DragonBall Z pictures in it. Her being an anime fan, it pulled her right over.. We did our honeymoon at Anime South 2009 What makes or breaks any con is the people .I…
