/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7305649
I do too, op! I'm not near my computer right now or I'd post the ones I have saved... If this thread is still around later I'll add mine. :)

I love those but I just don't feel like scaning my old anime magazines...

bump!

still nothing?

>>7305692 here. Sad no one else has added anything yet, but I'll start dumping what I've got!

Sometimes it's hard to determine what's "old" in cosplay... I'd say this is definitely previous generation, but is it "old"? I have a lot of cosplay from around 2002-2005 saved and it's hard to think that's a decade or so ago.

>>7307139
I'd definitely count 2002-2005 as 'old'. 2007-ish would be on the verge of old. 1990's would be fucking ancient.
If anyone has anything from late 80's cons that's fucking HISTORICAL and I'd love to see it. I've seen some Robotech cosplay from that time period but I don't have any of it saved.

>>7307162

>>7307162
While looking for a date on these (2002) I hit a little treasure trove of Japanese cosplay from the early 2000s! http://donnahp.fc2web.com/

>>7307165
Thanks anon! I'll upload the stuff I have from the early 2000s too, then :)

>>7307165
How would you be able to tell if something is from the pre 2008-ish era? Are there distinguishing features to look for?

>>7307184

holy shit look at how empty otakon is

what the fuck

>>7307181
I look for things that were popular around that time (and avoiding things that got popular later), smaller/grainier images, and a lot of photos from that era were actually dated on the bottom... I'm running a few I'm unsure about through reverse image search to look for their sources to be sure.

2003

2002

Can't find a date for this one but it looks like it might be from the SeraMyu boom?

Anime North 2003

Anime North 2004 was Inuyasha city.

>>7307228
Why watch Inuyasha when you can BE Inuyasha?

>>7307151

>>7307102
This one is fantastic

Look up 1980s Japanese cosplay. God, there were some good ones.

Not sure when this one is from, but it's definitely pre-2008 so I'm gonna let it slip in

My favorite Go-To site for bad cosplay BACK IN THE DAY used to be the Cats on Mars forum. I miss that site.

>>7307253
>Saber Marionette cosplay
that is AMAZING

2006

2005

Early 2000s

2005

Dumping some old Otakon 2002 pictures of mine. Took them on a disposable camera and scanned them. I think I did this for my first few cons.

2004

>>7307285

>>7307289

>>7307285
Oh god, disposable camera + scanner... Memories!

2004

>>7307290
Meh looking at these most aren't worth posting but I have more from other cons around that time!

>>7307292
Have some Ginny!

lol old people shitting up 4chan. Go clean your dentures or something.

>>7307295
And some Yaya.

>>7307301
And more Yaya

>>7307298
Get off my lawn you motherfucking whippersnapper.

Not sure when this one is from... 2006 or older

>>7307308
These were considered pretty good costumes for the time.

Trigun, trigun everywhere.

>>7307298
Go cry in the same 5 cosplay threads this board usually has, then

2006

>>7307314
And another Ginny. Also, babbys first digital camera. (at least one that shot over 320x460 sized pictures or whatever)

>>7307323
Chobits... everywhere.

>>7307322
Whoops, meant to post this one from 2006.

Not sure when the blue dress image is from but I'm guessing it's not recent.

>>7307325
Also Digi Charat

>>7307330
Shippo!

>>7307332
I remember this dude went outside to smoke and it was freezing cold in January. He got stuck outside.

Done dumping for now. A lot of my old pictures are kinda crappy or of me or friends (and you don't post friends on 4-chan)

>>7307293
my little weeb heart

>>7307330
I heard you like Digi Charat. This is from AX 2001

2006

>>7307213

That's AWA in like 2001 or 2 I think.
I was there.

2005... Coincidentally, I think I actually mistakenly walked in front of this photo when it was being taken.

Sharing a handful from Anime expo 2001.

>>7307355
Thanks anon!

2003

>>7307362

>>7307367

2007 or earlier

>>7307370

>>7305649
Yaya before titties and surgery.

>>7307377
no idea on this one

>>7307382
paint shop pro realness

>>7307383

>>7307382

>>7307391

>>7307395
More of Yaya, before she turned into a massive cunt scab.

>>7307395
she looks cute, what happened

>>7307399
Back when you saw a Malice Mizer cosplay every ten minutes.

2007 ?

>>7307404
She became full of herself, inflated her chest, got work done on her face, and is the sad nearly middle aged woman that you see today. If you go through her gallery, it isn't too hard to figure out what happened.

2007

>>7307405

Dipping into my Sailor Moon folder... 2004

old meme but good meme... 2007

Having a hard time dating some of these... No clue when this one is from, but it looks older?

Riddle's in the middle, back when she was Lafiel and lived in Canada.

>>7307488
It's totally older.

I used to worship the god tier Sailor Moon costumes in Japan at the time.

Here in the states there were few people who got it right and at the time there was Barbie & Kaie and just a handful of others who were good at them.

You used to have to go to Tokyo Cosplay Zone 23 to see any of them.

Hot shit back in the day

>>7307529

I will forever mourn the Serenity she could have been.

But that's crazy for ya. Fucking shit up.

>>7307529
I know her history and all, but I always thought that she was a good cosplayer.

>>7307556
She was beautiful and made a great Sailor Moon, but crazy aside she wouldn't have lasted anyway since she never made her own costumes :/

>>7307529
real hair?

2002

>>7307582
She used her real hair + extensions, but she claimed it was all her own hair.

2006

This thread is hitting me right in the feels. I always wanted to go to cons but I lived in bumlesticks new mexico growing up, so I didn't get to go to a real anime con until Sakuracon 2010 at age 24.

Excellent thread. Almost makes me want to watch Saber Marionette again but then I remember how godawful harem it was.

>>7307566
her cosplay commision website deserves a thread of its own

>>7307583
Heavy Metal Papillon!

2003

2004

Fanime 1999

2006

>>7307635

Katsucon 1998

2005

>>7307607

I agree anon.

2002

Yaya.

I think these are at a toy show for Bandai.

EBK 2001

>>7307666
I'm losin it over these! So great!

2002

>>7307665
I remember when Yaya did jrock/vk cosplay. It was back when we actually spoke on yahoo chat and she wasn't an egomaniac with plastic balloon tits.

>>7307339
Which con is this btw? It's giving me BAAF vibes and I'm so nostalgic for BAAF.

2003

This thread really needs some more Pre-9/11 cosplay.

>>7307714
It was Ohayocon 2003.

>>7307720
If anyone can find it, I'd love to see it. Finding cosplay that old is freaking hard though :(

OK so I dont have time to save and share the photos that survived but using archive.org go through searching these old sites:

fansview.com/
nyx.net/~wsantoso/cosplay.html

That last one has lists or links to website galleries from old cons as well as links to old cosplayers websites. (We talking geocite stuff here from ppl like Yaya (Or as she was known AngelLain, GChan etc.)

Hell slap ACP through archive as well.

>>7307720
There were, actually. You can tell by the quality of the photos. Get the fuck over yourself.

>>7307773
Fantastic. I was looking through the archives before but most of the images are broken... Surprisingly a lot of those individual pages work, though!

>>7307139
Her hair is glorious!!

I think these next few are from 1997!

>>7307231
Omfg!!! I remember this adult swim commercial!!

>>7307266
Oh my gosh, that was the year I met Rosiel in person at Anime Boston 2005

I wasn't gonna but how often do people appreciate old cosplayers and shitty photos? Let me see what I have in my photos from way back.

2000

>>7307800

>>7307806

Makoto Kino
2000

Otakon 96

>>7307806
OMG that wig

>>7307807

this kid is now the age we were when most of us started cosplaying.

2000

>>7307383
Thousand arms!!

>>7307809

Angel Lily?

2000

>>7307817

Sailor Cosmos.
The guy here still cosplays and we're still friends.

>>7307819

Misato
2000

Upon going through this thread, I've now found myself feeling depressed.

Fuck anyone who tries to say that cosplay didn't change. Fuck anyone who tries to say that it hasn't turned into a pissing contest. Fuck Whores of Cosplay, Yaya, JNig, and every other selfish cunt who sucked the fun out of this hobby for personal gain. Shaking my fucking head.

>>7307824

Katsucon 1999

>>7307830

cutey honey

I remember everyone was staring at her. I thought she had some serious balls to wear it.

Comiket 1999 Genderbent Vash cosplay. See young ones? Genderbent isnt a new thing its been around since forever. Its just recently had a resurgence.

>>7307836

Allen Sheherazad

Gah, what I wouldn't give for newer cosplayers to go back and cosplay from things like Escaflowne, Fushigi Yuugi, and Magiv Knights Rayearth.

I'd love for that stuff to be all over cons again rather than the 8th Mikasa Ackerman to walk by.

2004

>>7307714
You attended BAAF?? I went to 2001 and 2003 in jrock cosplay. I wish I had pics of my first Mana cosplay. It was bad, but I had fun..

>>7307845

wigs used to be really hard to come by.

Now even wearing your hair is a giant faux pas most of the time. People expect perfectly styled wigs in the perfect color or your costume isn't even looked at.

>>7307827
I know it's frustrating anon, but they shouldn't stop you from having fun.

>>7307854

Dragon Half
1999

>>7307784
>"needs more"
Hmm.

I'm in love with this one. Her costume is so fun and she looks so happy!

>>7307859

>>7307845
I've had characters like Fuu, Deedlit, and Millerna on my to-do list since I was a teenager. Someday I'll get to them. Someday...

>>7307864

Chrono
A-kon
2000

I started cosplaying in 2001 too, and this thread us actually making me cry. Are there seriously any seagulls from 2001-2003/2004 era who still cosplays?? I would love to keep in touch. I'm so sick of seeing what cosplay has become with the oversexualized popularity contest...

Sailor JAMboree

>>7307870

Do them. This 15 yr cosplay vet would be ever so grateful.

Akon
2001

>>7307873
Dude, I need a fucking hug. I can't do this shit tonight, I have work tomorrow and two job interviews.

>>7307873

I'm from the 1997-1999 era

Anthy Himemiya
A-kon
2001

>>7307873
I went to my first con in 2004 after longing to go for a couple of years and cosplayed for the first time in 2005... I've only ever dabbled in cosplay myself though.

>>7307873
I still go to cons but I do lolita mostly these days. I'm aching to get back into cosplay though, I really miss it. Maybe I'll make a few things this year. I've been dying to do some proper Xeno cosplay (gears/saga)

>>7307873
I've never cosplayed before this year unfortunately, but in my early days of discovering anime and discovering cosplay on the internet (1998-1999ish) I always had a love for it. So I'd like to keep in touch!

>>7307886

AWA
2000

I had such a crush on Matt Miller from 2003 onward. Now he's a voice actor and I have a crush on him all over again. Goddamnit.

Jajuka from Escaflowne. I JUST DIED.

>>7307873
>>7307870 here
I started in 2004. I was 14 then so I didn't have enough money to make more than one costume per year for a long time. For someone who's been in the community for nine years, I don't have much to show for it, but I have a lot of memories. Seeing what other cosplayers come up with has always been fun for me.

>>7307898

Kintaro Oe

AWA
1999

2005

>>7307909

Shamanic Princess. Man that was a bad show but awesome witch fights.
None of it made any sense.

This girl's hair <3

>>7307906
I don't have many costumes either due to money , well lack of. I still managed to make some and attend cons back before its peak in 2008.

Image limit reached! Do we want another thread?

>>7307921
YES. Please. I'm drowning in nostalgia

>>7307921

just to take you back to 1999

Ifurita's theme.

Go be 17 again /cgl/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ITvjH40hPg

>>7307873
Pretty much this. I started when I was 17 in 2003. I still go to cons now but its usually just some steampunk for generic fantasy somethin. I'm working on Axton for ohayocon, as well as a Taric for something in the summer. I can't stand the community at all. Nor have I been able to since around 09. What happened? When did this shit stop being fun?

NEW THREAD:

>>7307935

New thread >>7307938

>>7307939
... whoops? lol I like your top image better. I'll delete mine

>>7307946
Haha okay then!

>>7307809
Holy cow anon, was this taken at AX 2000? If so that is a picture of 8 year old me.

>>7307809
>>7307963
please let this be true

>>7307932
For me my first proper cosplay event was in 2003 at a small local con in Canada. However I have been lurking in the online community since 99 and making anime and video game costumes for Halloween and for kicks since then. Last year was probably my last anime con because I felt like such and old fag and havent really connected with any of the new anime series. The community has definitely changed but so have I. I'm not into the current trend and so going to anime cons is kinda alien. I'm mostly into western video games now. I stop hardcore cosplaying in 2009 and then did it one or two small costumes until now because of university and real life obligations but I am starting up now and sticking to comic and video game cons because they age group seems to be older/into the same stuff as me. Maybe ghost a local anime con if some old cosplay friends show up and share some photos online through tumblr/fb but beyond that I kinda just have gone back to lurking in the community. I think its better that way because I am less grumpy.

This thread though has really made me want to do some old school anime cosplay tho. El Hazard, Slayers, Bubblegum Crisis. Heck now with eva foam and worbla I could finally do a Knight Saber hard suit.

I think the most terrifying thing about this thread is how many of those people I used to know.

>>7307963

Can't be AX. I didn't go west coast that year.
This is AWA. The year is 2000

>>7307873
I started in '04 and I still make shit and go to cons. I keep making costumes because I need the creative outlet, but every time I go to a con I look around and feel so out of place. It gets better once I start meeting up with my friends, who are all older.

I also work at a lot of cons, which helps me feel less like an oldfag because generally everyone on staff is older.

>>7308030
Old vet, go to the new thread and be nostalgic fags with us all. It's super fun. 2001 here, but I didn't really start getting full on into it until mid 2003 at Otakon.

>>7307876
The venus on the far left looks kinda like Steve Buscemi.

>>7307827
Started since CNExpo '01 (now FanExpo), believe me, I feel you, I'm with you, I'm listening to old shite I used to enjoy back then.

Does anyone remember Gackt?

>>7307827
Started since CNExpo '01 (now FanExpo). Believe me, I feel you, I'm with you, and right now I'm listening to old shite I used to enjoy back then.

Does anyone remember Gackt?

>>7307845
C'mon, in all fairness there was overdone cosplay then as well (Kenshin here, Inuyasha there, FFVII everywhere). But in truth, I too want those shows to be cosplayed again.

>>7307870
DO IT! For the love of what's good and classic, do it do it do it do it! I've been thinking of Ferio for the longest time. I've had Lodoss War cosplay in mind too but I'm more a fan of Heroic Legend of Arslan.

>>7307873
I'm right with ya. I just wish I didn't drop cosplay for as long as I did (I 'just' got back into it last year).

>>7307884
Is it a chestpain full of nostalgia for you too?

>>7307906
>I don't have much to show for it, but I have a lot of memories.
Egads, this, right here.

>>7307975
Wow... I feel like I'm in the same boat as you, wanting to hit up conventions catering to the older crowd (well, slightly older) and how the scene feels so foreign. But hey, we'll always have El Hazard, Slayers, BGC, Tenchi, Sailor Moon, old Clamp, Lodoss War, old mechas, and so on.

I say that exclusively for us oldfags we put together our OWN convention where it'll be nothing but classics! WHO'S WITH ME?!

>>7307827
I started since CNExpo '01 (now FanExpo). Believe me, I feel you, I'm with you, and right now I'm listening to old shite I used to enjoy back then.

Does anyone remember Gackt?

>>7307845
C'mon, in all fairness there was overdone cosplay then as well (Kenshin here, Inuyasha there, FFVII everywhere). But in truth, I too want those shows to be cosplayed again.

>>7307870
DO IT! For the love of what's good and classic, do it do it do it do it! I've been thinking of Ferio for the longest time. I've had Lodoss War cosplay in mind too but I'm more a fan of Heroic Legend of Arslan.

>>7307873
I'm right with ya. I just wish I didn't drop cosplay for as long as I did (I 'just' got back into it last year).

>>7307884
Is it a chestpain full of nostalgia for you too?

>>7307906
>I don't have much to show for it, but I have a lot of memories.
Egads, this, right here.

>>7307975
Wow... I feel like I'm in the same boat as you, wanting to hit up conventions which cater to the older crowds (well, slightly older) and how the scene feels so foreign. But hey, we'll always have El Hazard, Slayers, BGC, Tenchi, Sailor Moon, old Clamp, Lodoss War, old mechas, and so on. So what little con was it in '03? Was it a TAC?

I say that exclusively for us oldfags we put together our OWN convention where it'll be nothing but classics! WHO'S WITH ME?!

>>7307529
Who is she?