Cosplay Video: Perhaps Love

Happy Valentines Day, everyone! :o

I originally intended to just make this video for no real purpose… But I guess I’ll enter this on Sanriotown’s Valentine Video Contest. Hopefully, I can grab myself a limited edition Hello Kitty USB. :D

List of cosplays:

1. Gundam Seed: Athrun Zala and Cagalli Yula Athha

2. Inuyasha: Kikyo and Inuyasha

3. Gyakuten Saiban: Karuma Mei and Mitsurugi Reiji

4. Final Fantasy X: Yuna and Tidus

5. Rurouni Kenshin: Battousai and Yukishiro Tomoe

6. Gundam Seed: Yamato Kira and Lacus Clyne

Song is entitled Perhaps Love by Jose Mari Chan. :) You can post this video in your blog by grabbing the embed code here.

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The First Official Client

Thanks to the magic of Facebook, I have a cosplay client. She's a very nice college student who was looking to have a part of her costume done by commission.

She's going as Urd from Ah! My Goddess, and I'll be making the dress part of the costume. She came over last week to drop off supplies, meet me, and get measured. She's very nice!

I still have some mixed feelings about costume commissions overall, and I'm wondering how others feel about it. On one hand, I love love LOVE cosplay and making costumes, so any chance to make a great costume is fantastic. On the other hand, I can't help but feel like I want credit for my work, and when someone else wears the costume, it's hard to say if the credit is correctly placed. I also really like the idea of people making their own costumes. However, I realize many people don't have access to resources or have skills such as sewing. I am very fortunate to have these things.

I think costume commissions are good, if the client knows not to take credit for the costume's construction, and if they aren't mass(ish)-produced throw-it-on-ebay-in-5-sizes kind of thing. Custom costumes for a specific person is something I might be able to get into, particularly for boys, since I am not one of those. I was very proud of costumes I've made for my friends, so it shouldn't be different for other people.

If you have any thoughts on the matter, add a comment. I'm curious to know how others feel about commissions, etc.

The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi: Nagato Yuki

The alien who was recruited in the S.O.S. Brigade, Nagato Yuki is an expert in electronic equipment and can practically do anything Haruhi asks her to do.

Take for example that one episode… Haruhi needed someone to play lead guitar in a school presentation as she sings an original song made by their upperclassmen. She took one look at the notes, picked up the guitar, and played like she’s practiced long and hard for that day. Amazing isn’t it?

Nagato isn’t wearing their usual school uniform here because this was the episode where they had to play a game against the computer club. Something like a battleship game…

Cute cosplayer isn’t she? She really has that Nagato blank stare… It’s quite captivating.

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Fruits Basket: Honda Tohru

The protagonist that everyone in the Souma family seems to be drawn to, Honda Tohru was a homeless orphan who was adopted into Souma Shigure’s household by a twist of fate. She is classmates and friends with the famous prince of their school Souma Yuki, and is now living with him!

You can probably imagine the horrors she has to go through in school with Yuki’s fan club breathing down her neck.

Isn’t she cute? This cosplayer looks so much like Tohru! Aw… No wonder all the Souma family members (including Akito eventually) are drawn to her!

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Gyakuten Saiban 3: Ayasato Harumi and Naruhodo Ryuichi

Aww… This is so cute! Look at how that adorable little girl is bullying the big bad man!

…ok, technically, Naruhodo Ryuichi aka Phoenix Wright isn’t a bad man. He’s actually a defense attorney in Gyakuten Saiban, more commonly known as “Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney”. Harumi aka Pearl Fey is the youngest cousin of Ryuichi’s assistant, Mayoi Ayasato (Maya Fey).

Harumi is probably the most adorable character in the series.

Posted this for Kooh, who is currently stuck on this particular trial.

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Katamari: King of All Cosmos

Virtual Rain seems to have a rather… strange request for a cosplay she wanted to see.

I’m not really familiar with the game Katamari, but apparently, the objective of the game is to roll up objects into a huge ball to fill up the sky. Why? Because this guy over here accidentally destroyed them all.

He’s the King of All Cosmos, and he assigns the Prince to clean up his mistake (what a bad king he is!). It’s so sad that he criticizes the Prince so much when he doesn’t meet the expectations.

The game sounds like it’s really a lot of fun… In a very weird way, haha. Maybe I will try this game too. I wonder if there’s a PSP version? Thanks to i360.com for sharing the image!

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Pokemon: Misty aka Kasumi

Speaking of Pokemon, here’s a girl from the series you cannot easily forget.

The self-proclaimed “world-class Water-type Pokemon trainer, Misty (also known as “Kasumi” in the Japanese versions) comes off during the beginning of the series as a spoiled little girl who only journeyed with Ash because she wanted him to pay for her bike. Eventually, as the series develops, a warmer, kinder side of Misty emerges, as she takes on the role of Togepi’s mother until his evolution.

This cosplay is so cute, I can’t even point out an obvious mistake in this cosplay. Do you know what it is I’m talking about?

Thanks to Enchanted Collection for sharing this!

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