Gyakuten Saiban 2: Hanaka Nodoko

I literally did a double take when I found this cosplay:

People who’ve played Gyakuten Saiban 2, aka Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All, will remember how annoying this character was. She seemed like an air head who spent most of her time sleeping and not knowing much about what was going on.

Or so it may seem.

Of course, as usual, I won’t spoil the game play for anyone. It really is a great game, and you guys should pick it up some time.

Nice job on this cosplay! She was apparently found in this year’s Sakura Con. I attended that convention way back in 2004, I should go again some time. You can find the original here.

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It's all over, for now

So it's been a while, and all that time has been full of obsessive costume making and attending of cons large and small. It's all over now, so we've reached the exhale part of the month.

I won't go into any details in this short post... but you will probably be seeing many posts from me over the next few weeks, starting this weekend. I'll have some how tos, con reports, costume reports, and the like.

In the mean time, I hope that anyone who went to Connecticon or Otakon had a great time, as I know I did. Can't wait to look at all the thousands and thousands of photos... :D

For now, you can enjoy this... probably the best thing at the Otakon 2008 masquerade, although the video doesn't really do it justice.

"Flute Link" at Otakon 2008:

Resident Evil: Rebecca Chambers

The rookie member of the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team, Rebecca Chambers makes her first appearance in the original Resident Evil game as the person in charge of the rear security and team medic. She is one of the main protagonists in Resident Evil Zero who investigates the murders within the Arklay Mountains.

And of course, revealing any more information would spoil the game play. ;)

Pretty accurate cosplay of Rebecca. Her green eyes really stand out. I found this from another blog called That Girls Site. You can find the original post here. Thanks for sharing the photo!

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Dengeki Daisy: Kurebayashi Teru

Arguably, there are a lot of random Japanese schoolgirl cosplays. It’s hard to keep track of which series wears which uniform, and sometimes, they’re not even cosplaying at all.

And so I came upon this girl.

At first glance, I thought she was Kuchiki Rukia from Bleach. The hair is similar and so is the uniform if you don’t have the gray jacket. But then the hair would be wrong, so is the red ribbon tie, and the color of the skirt, so maybe she’s cosplaying someone else entirely.

Is she even cosplaying? Help me out here guys.

EDIT: As there have been several comments saying she is cosplaying Kuchiki Rukia from Bleach, I think it's about time I add her to the Bleach category. Thanks to everyone for the comments!

EDIT2: Thanks to anon for commenting that this is Teru from Dengeki Daisy.

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Tekken 5: Ling Xiaoyu

When the 4th Tekken Tournament ended, Ling Xiaoyu was rescued by Yoshimitsu. He then tells her the history behind the Mishima family. Because she cares a lot for Kazuya, Xiaoyu made it her personal mission to save him from his family tragedy.

With dramatic, and somewhat humorous results. 8)

This is actually Xiaoyu’s special panda costume that you can unlock in the game. Do you guys like the school uniform better than this?

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Dragon Ball Z: Trunks

With the rumors (or are they real news?) of the potential Live Action Dragon Ball Z Movie, I thought I’d go find some images of some cosplays of the series.

Trunks is the son of the Saiyan Prince, Vegeta and Bulma. When he was a child, he easily won the kids division of the Tenkaichi Budokai tournament, easily defeating Son Goku’s youngest son, Son Goten. Trunks and Son Goten eventually learn a powerful technique that allows them to fuse together into Gotenks.

This is a pretty impressive Trunks. Love the purple hair, good job!

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The Prince of Tennis: Tezuka Kunimitsu

I had forgotten that today was the beginning of the Beijing Olympics 2008.

As a celebration, how about a double feature? This time, from a sports theme anime, namely, The Prince of Tennis.

Tezuka is the captain of the Tennis Team of Seishun Academy. He is always serious, strict, and never smiles. He does not tolerate any kind of cheating and punishes anyone and everyone for doing so. Because of this, Tezuka is often mistaken to be older than his age, particularly, his team’s teacher instead of a fellow student.

I have a hard time telling whether this cosplayer’s a girl or a boy. Nevertheless, it’s a pretty accurate cosplay. Good luck to all the Beijing Olympics Participants!

EDIT: Thanks to anon for letting me know the cosplayer is Zephyus!

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