Sakura - 09/03/08 12:55 am

I’m surprised Haruhi isn’t listed.

Might’ve been if I had a clue who that was. :-P
I’m actually thinking of putting up an updated listed after the NYAF since I’ll have people with me more knowledgable of Anime. They can point out who is some of the other most cosplayed characters.

Note: I shall now put a small edit into that post for some needed credit. :)

You must be a pimp with the cosplay girls.

Really?

lumiere - 09/03/08 2:22 am

You must be a pimp with the cosplay girls. :P

Ahhh if only that was true. I’d love to find a great cosplay woman (hint to those around the 24/25 years old mark).

Sakura - 09/03/08 3:10 am

Really?

Yeah. After you posted I googled her and felt really stupid! lol I didn’t realize one of the Team USA women was dressed as her for Cosplay Day.

Haha! Yeah she’s so popular now. Even Danny Choo uses her figurine in a lot of his pictures.

Jason your credibility about cosplay is in question right now

Jekki - 09/03/08 1:24 pm

Jason your credibility about cosplay is in question right now :P

lol Well I am a photographer of cosplay so if I see well made costumes or people who look fantastic in them then I need to grab a picture. If it wasn’t for the Death Note and Bleach movie premieres a few months ago I wouldn’t have had a clue of people cosplaying those characters either. Perhaps consider me an Anime noob who is quickly learning from people like Linda and Mia with great help from the conventions and now Ningin. :)

Some people don’t even look like the person they’re cosplaying as.

otaku - 09/03/08 2:59 pm

Some people don’t even look like the person they’re cosplaying as.

Reminds me I need to speak to Lan about getting the AnimeNext pics posted on here. There is some fantastically creative people out there and many looked SO much like the characters. And, yeah, most of the ones close to the characters were girls playing male characters...odd cosplay pattern…

Oh I can’t wait!

otaku - 09/03/08 2:59 pm

Some people don’t even look like the person they’re cosplaying as.

Some do it for fun. Costuming one day to play around. Some people do it seriously. I am a anime purist though.. I say do not compete unless you are going to really look like the character.

lol Anime purist?

I’ll let Mia explain that term.

I get annoyed seeing people show up telling everyone they are (insert character name here) but barely look anything like that character. It’s one thing to have the physical look of a character (which sometimes not even that fits) but I’ve seen some horribly made costumes or people who buy one or two of the recognizable pieces of the costumes and expect respect for cosplaying the characters. AnimeNext was so great for creative and time consuming costume creation but on the other hand I saw way too many people with the Naruto head piece saying they are Naruto when it’s like me walking around with a New York Yankees hat saying I’m a major league ball player. Go all the way with the costume or don’t cosplay.

With that said BRING ON NYAF!!!!!

Damn, some of these getups look like the real thing!! Yuna’s pose and flowing skirt is so similar!

What’s a tongue laugh? :S