How To Cosplay… Correctly.

Something of a cosplay hate group has sprung up on Facebook – disparaging people who cosplay as anime characters, if they are not Asian. You may have thought this would be a blog post about how to cosplay correctly, which it is, but it’s also an important statement.

It’s very hard to cosplay incorrectly.

But that’s not what the “Anti-Western Cosplayers” Facebook group says. No, they expect all people who cosplay to be asian. While, admittedly, there are some terrible-to-look-at western cosplayers, these can be found across any race. Here’s a picture that someone else posted to the group:

Here’s what looks like a pretty good western cosplayer on the right, and a not-as-fun-to-look-at cosplayer on the left. Whether or not the left cosplayer is actually asian, as was disputed in the group, is beyond the point. The fact that not all characters represented in anime are intended to be Asian (Edward Elric and FMA is set in a Germany like setting) is not the point either. The point is: Both people are probably having fun. And that’s what really matters.



In addition, that is where I get to telling you how to cosplay. The first step: remember that cosplaying is about having fun, enjoying acting as another character, and making friends with people who like the same things. You might not have a ton of time and money to make the perfect outfit. But that doesn’t matter so long as you enjoy doing it. You can cosplay Cid Highwind and look awesome, but even if you don’t look that perfect, Or the character that YOU want to potrait are a female or male or Lesbians or gays like Yaoi essence(well not over board though. For Example I am doing my costume that which will be deadline on May or so. It doesn’t matter aslong as you had fun, thats the only thin counts. sure comments will be You lookt like a piece of Crap, Or the character not suite you at all, or worse,hey its their right to voice their oppinion to you. so accept it and think of how to make it look nice on you. try think what you had missed out. For example, Make up, is it being done in the right way? contacts, is it the same or almost same as the one that you try to potrait? Props, is it the same thing that I expected it to be? Shoe, is it the right size / patern are correct? when you ask your self that Question, you will know what went missing there. Of course, the first outcome are not very goodlooking one. However, its like programs. You didn't expecting a program are perfectly fine on first release is it? Its the Same thin in costume, a little fix here and there. and Waala. You got it.At teh end of the day, the person wh had more fun/ not so fun day/ in between of it, is you. so remember. Cosplay is YOU try to POTRAIT the character that you like/love or dream to be. Don care what other think of you just go wild either its Cosplay/Crossplay/Crossdress its not about the character that Suite on you. It’sAbout the fun. that you will have when you be your character.