CosPlay, Costume Making, and Historical Reenactment

I was just reading an anime lovers blog, and found a post where they had asked the question: What do dog demons smell like? ??? They than farther comments on what real dogs smell like and how Sessh and Inu being dogs themselves must therefore smell like dogs. I have comments on this... lots of them, and all sorts of random thoughts popping into my head now, however I have an appointment and must leave in a few seconds, so I'll come back tonight and write all my thoughts down on this What's your take on this? I'd love to hear what you have ... Read Full Story

Eelkat’s Favorites Reprinted from the old Our Favorite Lenses Group Eelkat says: It’s so hard to pick just three! I am so passionate about every topic I create a lens for! Here are my choices though: #1) Lord Sesshomaru Costume With over 20,000 words written for this one, you can tell this really tops the ranks as the lens I put the most time and energy into. This is my “monster” lens, cause it just keeps growing and growing as I find new things to add to it every week. It’s me and CosPlay and historical reenactment gone mega wild. #2 Publishing Methods One ... Read Full Story

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cosplay , short for “costume roleplay”, is a fan labor type of performance art whose participants outfit themselves, with often-elaborate costumes and accessories, as a specific character or idea. Characters are usually sourced in various Japan, South Korea, China, and Philippines media, including manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, hentai and fantasy movies. Other sources include performers from J-pop, J-rock, visual kei, fantasy music stories (such as stories by the band Sound Horizon), novels, and objects from cyberspace or the real world that are unique and dramatic (especially if they have or can be given an ... Read Full Story

by M. Kiromi The twenty first century has brought a new meaning to Japanese cosplay globally. Cosplay originated in Japan, and today many Japanese think this practice is silly. The younger Japanese generation have given a whole new meaning to cosplay, introducing parties as well as clubs that are dedicated to cosplay. You become a specified character in order to become a cosplayer. The sky is the limit, if you can dream it you can become it. Cosplaying is about having fun. In Japan it is now a trend to have cosplay parties as well as going to nightclubs that are dedicated to cosplay. ... Read Full Story

Every week I will do a random drawing of [u]an anime/manga character cosplaying as another anime/manga character[/u]. The [u]prize is 500gold[/u] for the first person to get it right. [u]Rules:[/u] 1) One guess per person. 2) Please use the form to submit your guess. 3) Follow the Online Life rules. [u]Form:[/u] (insert name of character and anime they are from here) cosplaying as (enter the name of the character and anime she/he is cosplaying). Example on filling in the form can be found in my blog. 13-16 August 2009: [img]http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2889/cosplayevent1.jpg[/img] Read Full Story