2004-05-01, 16:39 | Link #1 |
Car Freak
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What in your opinion is "good cosplay?"
I personally don't have an opnion right now because I personally haven't seen people doing good cosplay.
What would you consider good cosplay if you go to a convention or see a hardcore fan walking down the street. Do they need to be accurate in the clothing design? Do they need to be attractive to a certain degree? Does it need to be accurate of the character they are trying to portray? |
2004-05-01, 17:37 | Link #2 |
StrykerX
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Everett, WA
Age: 42
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Well, I'd picture good cosplay as people dressing professionally (not sloppy) and that the character that they would cosplay would match the anime character exactly. And sometimes age would matter cuz you wouldn't want a young kid in an older anime character's outfit vice versa.
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2004-05-01, 23:32 | Link #3 |
冤枉的小狗
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South East Asia
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Accuracy in both looks and design goes for me.
It is kind of a turn-off if you get a square jaw big-boned person trying to play a slim sized, oval faced fairy. Likewise if your costume looks like something from a Tyco PVC toy reject, it kinds of distracts from the experience. |
2004-05-02, 00:10 | Link #5 |
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Join Date: May 2004
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Images removed. Please keep on-topic. Do Not post images or links to bad cosplay (American or otherwise). This thread is about good cosplay, please keep it on topic. If you are considering replying to this thread, then please make sure you give a reason for your answer. Please do not just give a one word or short one line reply. If this happens then chances are your reply will be deleted. Remember (from the forum rules) All threads must serve a purpose and No trivial polls allowed So please discuss the topic. Last edited by xris; 2004-05-02 at 03:46. |
2004-05-02, 21:37 | Link #9 |
Team the box!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Badside
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Good cosplay, to me, is looking like the character. An accurate costume at the very least. Looking somewhat like your character is better. Since anime characters are fictitiously proportioned and have gravity defying hair, etc, I always thought good cosplay would be almost impossible to see.
Having been to a convention, I realized that most cosplay is good. It's just so much fun to me to see these people in bizzare costumes and not caring what anyone thinks. Even if they don't look like the character (some people simply take the opportunity to dress in a weird way and are not any character at all) it's still great to see them expressing themselves and having fun. |
2004-05-02, 23:21 | Link #11 |
Tekkaman Blade!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bakersfield, CA, USA,
Age: 36
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I think narutio posted Man-Faye. Darn, I was going to. Then again, that might get me another complimentary one-day vacation from xris [or maybe longer...].
There are some awesome cosplays. There is a thread featuring the good ones somewhere in General Chat... I'll go look it up. Edit: I found it. http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...hlight=cosplay Last edited by Slade xTekno; 2004-05-02 at 23:26. Reason: Found it. |
2004-05-03, 14:31 | Link #13 |
in silent opposition
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tch..tall, slender. Is cosplay appreciation really that shallow? Can I be the first to say I LOVE seeing overweight sailormoons! I mean, seeing people who really look like the character is pretty amazing (ex- yuna in the thread Slade xShorts put up) and I'd consider it good cosplay but that doesnt necessarily make everything else bad.
If they look like theyre having fun and enjoying a couple of days not worrying about what anyone thinks then I'd say that's good cosplay ^^ Ive never been to an anime convention, but if theyre full of average people being crazy then I'd really like to go! |
2004-05-03, 17:34 | Link #15 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: paris
Age: 41
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i definitely think that a good cosplay is one that'll please the people wearing it. of course it would be so much better if everybody was gorgeous and had the perfect outfit that really matches the anime character or the band they're cosplaying but it's very rare so in the end i'd say that having fun is the key.Note that this is my definition of a good cosplay if it was only for me i would have said beautiful girls in well done outfit!
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2004-05-03, 18:30 | Link #16 |
i am the mist
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Japan
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A good cosplay really depends on how well they project the characters they portray. Doesn't even matter if the person itself looks good or bad, as long as his/her looks 'fits' the costume and the character. And most of all, they should 'stick to their gender', unless they really 'look the part'.
It also must have the WOW factor. Yea, like you did some costume design out of the ordinary. This would require 'out of the ordinary' anime characters to portray though. Well, most applause here comes from people with mecha cosplays, you don't see that too often I guess... I think posted this somewhere already. Maybe I'm biased but our cosplay here are pretty good, even though there are less than a few thousand people doing it in total (over our population of 80 million... you can say there are only a few dedicated anime people here). http://tsubasa.my-age.net/c3con.htm http://www.press-esc.net/c3con.htm |
2004-05-03, 22:20 | Link #17 | |
Tekkaman Blade!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bakersfield, CA, USA,
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I agree with you! I love those overweight Sailor Moons ans Man-Faye! The have what many introverted hermetic anime fans don't... self-confidence and guts [mental and physical]. I will link to the Man-Faye thread here [xris, I will use many spoiler tags]. |
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2004-05-04, 02:47 | Link #18 | |
StrykerX
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