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Make Naruto Shoes For Less Than $3

Mangafairy has made these Naruto shoes for £2 (less than US$3), they last for about an Expo, and are great for a couple of wears, easy an cheap.
Here is the tutorial as posted in YouTube...

Choose Suitable Character to Cosplay

It’s so obvious that every fellow have their favorite anime & manga characters which they aspire to cosplay. However, does the one suit your style? Choosing right and fitted character is one of the significant parts in cosplay. If you’ve chosen the right character , it’s effortless to elaborate your acting potential and present your indulge in this character. If not, to display the perfect performance seems not so easy though there are other ways to fix some flaw. I think, before you seriously take steps on the stage, it’s indispensable to possess this unpleasant preparation that perhaps few laymen would place an adverse critic on your defective play.

So let’s talk about how to choose the suitable character to cosplay , In part one, I will talk about the boys cosplay.:)

For Boys

The first is to pay attention to your figure. If you are almost the same figure: referred to your height, weight, body proportion to the role you tend to act, it’s easy to present acceptable show with average costume. And regardless of your fullness or slimness, tallness or shortness, there are always countless characters to choose, which is superior to girls’ cosplay. The second part is to be cautious to some specific details such as the charm, the face cheek, or the behavioral styles of the character. A babyface to play a rough guy is strange and sort of missing the spirit. Grounded this two parts be accomplished well, the performance is to some extent a perfect show.

And below, you will see some good and bad cosplay from the cosplay boys , so how do you think of their cosplay?

Comparison of cosplay matching style


For Girls

Unlike boys, the most important thing is about the actress’ body figure. As girls’ costumes have more pattern and stylish design than boys’, and even several body exposures, thus it’s better to find the advantage and disadvantage of the player, so as to choose the fit garment. For instance, if your legs look not so perfect, you can select long dress or trousers; the figure is round in normal clothes, you may pick up something that won’t reveal your curves. These concepts are the same clothes matching principles as in everyday life. Except this, nearly every other disconformity could be fixed up by other artificial methods, such as cosmetic, fake hair, small accessories.

Moreover, in capturing the spirit and charm of the role, girls could use cosmetic to demonstrate different effect, which brings numerous advantages to the performance. For example, rich make-up makes the actress sophisticated and gaudy, while pale make-up tends to display a sense of purity and innocence.

Specifically, about the crossplay. Normal situation is girls crossplay as boys, because female’s cheek curve is tender and reserved, which brings unexpected effect in transvestite. So if you’ve picked up the right character, you can take the chance to have a try. On the contrary, boys - character as girls sometimes is totally for fun, and some is seriously to display the grace and elegance of female. It is not a denial for your hard work, but a various degrees of acceptation. For the audience, I think it is better to cheer up for the crossplay for their courage.
(Written by Alice Hana)

Naruto Cosplay Tutorial

This is an online video tutorial on making Naruto Uzumaki (thanks to Shimmi) as appear in YouTube. For note, you should sew the scarf on the hood not glue but it was good.


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COSMODE Cosplay Magazine

Born in Japan, the heart of cosplay, COSMODE is a specialized magazine that covers the latest trend in cosplay! Always fully loaded with the news and topics they want to read, Japanese cosplayers continue to love and support COSMODE.

After breaking the established theory, “cosplay magazines never make it past the second issue”, COSMODE continued to grow and is now Japan’s top cosplay magazine boasting the most copies in circulation.
Cosplay Covers

Thanks to the rapid growth of the cosplay culture worldwide, there have been many requests for an English version of COSMODE. And now, feeling the need to respond to the voice of cosplayers around the world, COSMODE has been translated and digitalized creating COSMODE Online! Using the advanced technology of the digital age, COSMODE will be easily read by anyone anywhere! COSMODE Online will be released simultaneously around the globe at a price anyone can afford.


Maid Cafe in Thailand

Japanese "maid cafe" appear in Thailand (From Fuji-TV News). See the recorded videoclip from YouTube....



The song is Densha otoko opening theme. It's nice and dreamy like. When you visit the store you'll be greeted with waitress dressed in maid costume. You can order your food and beverages there while reading manga.

Cafe Mai:lish

Want to visit cafe with maid cosplay waitress? Then you should visit Cafe Mai List... Before that, you should want to view their greeting video first in YouTube...

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Cosplay Magazine

FIND YOUR COSPLAY STYLE!

Cosplay Magazine

COSMODE Magazine has played a conductive role in the expansion of cosplay in Japan. When the magazine was first released in 2002, there were no online communitiy to bring people together. After the release, cosplayers felt that cosplay was more acceptable.

For the first time, now it is available in English as online Cosplay Magazine!


Cosplay is your an expression of love for the characters, your love for the art, and your love to your friends.


Each issue of COSMODE Online features the top cosplayers expressing their love by showing off their handmade costumes. Nothing is left out with beautiful photography that captures even the smallest details like posing, props, and background.

COSMODE How-tos is covers every aspect of cosplay featuring tutorials on makeup, posing, and clothing modification, as well as costume making tips. Newbie cosplayers can start by learning the various fabrics types and fundamentals of cosplay. Cosplay veterans can learn some advance techniques such as making full armor.



Check out your fellow cosplayers' styles and get new ideas! There are hundreds of cosplayers featured in our Cosplay Snapshots section. Learn about cosplay scene around the world at World Cosplay Report. Find out what cosplayers in Japan have in their bags, what their rooms are like, and how their love life is at COSMODE Life.

Cosplay World Summit 2008 in Nagoya

WCS 2008

The 6th World Cosplay Summit is held in Nagoya on August 2 and 3 this year. Cosplayers from 13 countries are participating in events, such as cosplay parade and championship. Thousands of Japanese anime/manga lovers are expected to come for the event, join them in Nagoya.

Costume play has been a trend among Japanese youth, and various events are held in Japan. The World Cosplay Summit organized by Aichi Television Broadcasting Co. has begun in 2003, and the 6th summit takes place on August 2 and 3 in 2008. Cosplayers from 13 countries, including Brazil, China, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Singapore, Thailand, and USA participate in the event.

Japan is proud to have manga as one part of its culture. With its immeasurable popularity all over Europe, America and Asia, it is now usual for bookstores to have a manga corner in many countries around the world. At present, many young people overseas start learning about Japan through manga. These young people who know Japan from manga say… JAPAN is COOL!

In response to this popularity, many events with Japanese manga as a common concept, have gained notoriety with thousands of people involved and tens to hundreds of thousands of guests. In many of these events the performance and presentation of cosplayers who identify with Japanese animation characters is among the most anticipated moments. The World Cosplay Summit began in the fall of 2003, with the concept that cosplayers play a leading role in introducing Japanese manga and animation through the visual renderings of Japan and Japanese manga characters to people around the world. At the same time, it is also partly for people in Japan, so as not to take for granted the treasured things that exist around us.

In the summer of 2004, the second World Cosplay Summit was held, with eight cosplayers from Italy, Germany, France and the United States participating, garnering much media attention.

Beginning in 2005, ‘the stage performance’ was incorporated into the format of the contest and forty cosplayers from seven countries competed in a contest held at the Expo Dome at the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture. The three thousand seats at the Expo Dome were completely filled, and more than thirty domestic and international media outlets were present.

The World Cosplay Summit 2006 was the fourth to be held, with cosplayers from Singapore, Thailand and Brazil joining to make a record total of nine countries competing. Along with the Osu Kannon parade, the Oasis 21 venue in central Nagoya was also used for the presentation of the 2nd annual World Cosplay Championships. A press conference was held in Akihabara, Tokyo, and there were even more media attention than the previous year.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport promoted the World Cosplay Summit 2007 as one event in the ‘Visit Japan Campaign.’ Cosplayers from 12 countries around the world gathered, with Mexico, Denmark and Korea being the three new participating countries. 200 cosplayers from around Japan participated in the Osu cosplay parade.The level of the performances was higher than usual this year at the championship.Roughly 10,000 spectators came to watch. And now on to 2008, and the World Cosplay Summit is progressing further towards new objectives.

[Browse through WCS Official Cosplay Photo Gallery]

FF Cosplay YouTube Compilation





The Best of FFX/FFX-2 Cosplayers


Yamato cosplay cup (performance Yuna FF X-2)


The Sending ~ Yuna (Final Fantasy X)

Next Events in Seattle USA

August Events:

Otakon August 8-10 Baltimore Convention Center
http://www.otakon.com/default2.asp

Kumoricon August 30-September 1 2008
http://www.kumoricon.org/

Bumbershoot August 29-September 1 Seattle Center
www.bumbershoot.org

September Events:

Aki Matsuri: September 6-7
http://www.enma.org/

Possible Events:
events that might be good to attend or hand out flyers at but do not have anyone assigned to as of yet.

DragonFlight Gaming Convention August 8-10
www.dragonflight.org

Aurora-Con September 27-28 Egan Convention Center Anchorage AK
http://www.auroracon.org/

CosPlay as Ragnarok characters

Ragnarok Online is an online role-playing game based on Norse mythology. Inspired by the fantasy anime written by MJ Lee, Ragnarok Online is an ever-expanding world of exotic lands and never-ending journeys set in a 3-D environment.

Ragnarok OnlineUsers can customize characters and venture off alone or in groups in far-flung fantasy realms full of mystery and peril.Players can select from a wide range of job classes that suit their individual playing style. Each job class comes with a unique array of skills and abilities. The strengths and weaknesses of these classes encourages to players of different types to form parties.

The characters of Ragnarok Online are so cute and beautiful. So there are some players who want to shape themselves as the characters in the game. Here in this gallery are some sexy Cosplay pictures of Ragnarok Online characters (58 pics) performed by beautiful japan girls. Please ejoy them...

Ragnarok CosPlay