/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7307935

Actual cross dressing Fatora from El Hazard.

Man I would love to see some Ifurita cosplay these days.

Previous thread >>7305649

>>7307948

Mari Ijima

You know her as Minmay from Macross

1999

>>7307951
Whoops forgot to link that, thanks!

>>7307955

Peter Fernandez - Speed Racer
Tiffany Grant - Asuka

>>7307958

Kuno and Ranma

1999

>>7307961


2000

2004

>>7307964

the first cute Pikachu chick there was.

>>7307965
Oh man, I used to worship that pic.

<< Danny Hong.

2006

>>7307974

Kunihiko Ikuhara - director of Maple Town, Sailor Moon, Utena, and Penguin Drum

Chiho Sato - creator of Utena

2001

>>7307978

Duo

Animazement 2000

>>7307981

what costume is this? Anyone know?

>>7307984
I can't.

2006

>>7307984

Pope Hentai and Bunny dressed as some character from Bondage Faries.

In the back is H chan dressed as Tama from Fushigi Yuugi

>>7307987
I recognize 3/4 of those people. Who's the one with the dyed red hair?

>>7307990

AZ 2000

>>7307995

The first Darien I ever saw

2000

The only pic I have easily accessible is this one of a group from my Acp page so I apologize for the semi-self post. I'm in the middle next to Yoko and Sanosuke
ACEN 2000


>>7307984
It's an original design inspired by CLAMP. I remember asking him

Kipi circa early 2006

>>7307980
awwww dat some teenage Miyu?

>>7307955
Yesssss!
I love that she did both Minmay in dub and original japanese Macross.

Seriously, cosplay vets unite. I want to keep in touch with you all. Who here is in their 20s and 30s and still cosplays? I just turned 28, and I still have Gundam Wing and Escaflowne on my list.

>>7307994
who are they? I recognize Miyu but that's it

2004 was a good year.

>>7308003
I'm >>7307996 emails in the field! Let's keep in touch! Don't worry it's a junk email but I still check it!

>>7308003
I'll contribute too. Me in 2004 at my first anime Boston. I was guilty of forgetting to take out my lip peircings for cosplay photos.

>>7307996

Look at all that classic anime in one shot.
Devil Hunter Yoko was the first anime I saw after Sailor Moon. I rented it from Blockbuster.
I thought I was getting Bubblegum Crisis and someone had put it in the wrong box.

My ritual when I was allowed to rent anime: I took a shower and then soaked in the bath, made some ramen, and some green tea so that I could be just like some regular person in Japan watching a show. It was 1997.

You can imagine my shock when she transformed and there was actual nudity!

>>7308003
I just turned 27 and have a few cosplays in the works. They're from newer series but these threads have inspired me to make some from older series.

>>7307965
>>7307957
>>7308000
>>7307954
i don't know why but these photos please me???

>>7308009
I mistyped dot con instead of dot com in field. Fixed it. Yes, let's chat, vet anon!

Me in 2003 at Big apple anime fest doing Madeth grayll cosplay. I think I was 16 here.

Self post, fanime 2003. It made the rounds of the internet back in the day so I figure no harm adding it here.

>>7308019
Because it's awesome! People cosplaying with limited resources and having fun.

>>7308011
Huh. Is that Leelee on the left?

>>7308018
Awesome! Let's! I love these threads b/c of no drama. Why can't we have these everyday
>>7308012
I think cutey honey was my first nudity anime followed by Yoko. And yes it was a shock, haha!

>>7308021
Oh my gods, this is awesome. Please tell me you were the Sephiroth .

>>7308021
I remember this picture! Are you an Aeris or Sephiroth?
>>7308031
This Xiaoyu is adorable

Touga

AZ 1999

This is Ollie. He's mostly a photog now.

>>7308028
Sorry no. But I can tell you the Sephiroth is now happily married to one of the Aerises. I was responsible for the group/skit we did which is probably somewhere online.

>>7308021
I remember this picture! Love it!

>>7308004
Left is Beverly (cosplay name and real name are the same) and Jake/Einlanzer.

>>7307996
>It's an original design inspired by CLAMP. I remember asking him


Thank you! I never knew all these years.
I wonder if we know each other if you were there too.

AWA 2000

>>7308044

>>7308046

these two were a huge hit that year

>>7308035
That's adorable

>>7307984
>>7307981

I can't believe no one's said it yet - but it's Duo Maxwell, from Gundam Wing.

I'm finding so many Japanese FF7 cosplays from 1997-1999... It makes me really happy, it would have been so new at the time.

>>7308047

>>7308050

Oct 7, 2000

>>7308051
That isn't what they were asking about, though...

>>7308051
Duo was my original husbando in 2002. (Besides Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho)

>>7308043
oh ok. Who's the pink haired girl?

>>7308056

The best Chibi moon there ever was

>>7308058
>Hiei and Duo
my nigga. good taste

>>7308062

>>7308058

Duo would have been my first if it wasn't for Darien.
But damn did we have a shortage of male Duos cosplaying.

I met a girl who made an excellent Duo and made me question my sexuality for about 30 secs.

<<< OMG I have a pic of ElHazard cosplay.
Someone please do more cosplay from old stuff.

>>7308072


Tenchi.

That's something I miss.

>>7308074

Lindze

We used to be friends and I don't even think she recognized me last time we stood next to each other.

>>7308072
I agree, the shortage of male Duo cosplayers is sad. I still want to cosplay Duo at some point, but still trying to figure out how to add wefts to make that thick luscious braid.

So, fellow oldfags who still go to cons, lemme ask you all... How do you handle the con scene? I'm hitting that point where I'm older than most of the people attending (esp. at anime cons rather than comic/scifi/general nerd cons) and don't really get along with the excitable teenagers. It's alienating to not have a group into the same things I am, especially since most of the youngins aren't exactly the most socially adept to begin with. But I don't want to stop attending cons. :/

It used to be you could go to the forums for a con and make friends to meet up with in advance, but lately it seems like con forums aren't popular, and when they even exist it's difficult to trawl through the junk and find other adults to hang with.

>>7308076

Harry from House of Anime.

I remember all the girls had a thing for him. I didn't but I thought he was nice enough.

>>7308080

Oh SHIT son.
Look at those artbooks behind him.
Those are worth a lot more now.
I see two Sailor Moon artbooks back there that cost anywhere from $100 - 300 now

>>7308078
As someone tiring of anime cons, I'm trying DragonCon for the first time this year to see if it's my thing. I hear the general crowd there is older, and a lot of cosplayers who move on from anime cons will continue to hit up DragonCon each and every year.

>>7308078
I went to Scon last year and worked in the dealers hall for a friend. I decided that I am probably giving up anime cons all together. I didn't have an awful time but I definitely dont connect with the younger generation because I am not overtly excitable/obnoxious nor am I really into all the latest trends in anime. Most of my friends that still attend cons have AA tables or dealers booth so during the day they are busy and its only really at night that we hang out.

>>7308078

Well honestly I'm not hanging with the usual crowds anymore.
You can't just walk up and talk to people anymore though sometimes people are friendly enough after you ask for a picture. It's the easiest way I can start a conversation.

I don't think I look old but to the 16 yr olds dressing up they certainly know I don't look like them.

Last anime con I hit up I ran into some very old acquaintances. Only one of them was the same old friendly we had always been with Quick EEE! How are you!. Everyone else acted like they were too important to acknowledge we used to be the only 10 cosplayers in Atlanta and we used to hang out all the time.

Man it's so crazy how we didn't really care for wigs back in the day. Now we see it as required wearing

>>7308084

I do D*con and it's really great.
I feel far more at home with that crowd now. People are happy, friendly, skilled, older, and fun.

Unfortunately a lot of people have figured this out and it's VERY crowded sometimes.

>>7308096

>>7308098

Sailor Bacon

2000

>>7308102

Merle

>>7308105

I used to know the name of this show...

>>7308106
is that H-chan? Oh man I'm old

>>7308106


Movie Vaan

>>7308106
Mahou Tsukai Tai something.

>>7308112
>>7308105
>mfw
>>7308106
Escaflowne

>>7308106
>>7308114
Magic User's Club! That was the imported/translated name.

>>7308112

The cute Vaan I totally had a crush on in less than a minute.

He was super sweet and offered to run upstairs and get his sword from his room for a quick pic. I waited and back he came.

Fuck your shit, I'm Lain in a bear suit in 2001.

>>7308080
Was that really Harry? He stepped up his game when I met him in 2004. And yes, those sexy art books. Damn

>>7308091
Yeah, cons are just so self entitled now. Everyone seems to be so busy looking pretty and so few people are actually friendly anymore. Even now with Magfest everyone I met was under 24 and it seriously irked me. I want to meet people my age, not cosplayers fishing for likes on their Facebook page. Damn it all. I miss that friendly, accepting environment that doesn't exist anymore.

>>7308112

The cute Vaan I totally had a crush on in less than a minute.

He was super sweet and offered to run upstairs and get his sword from his room for a quick pic. I waited and back he came.

>>7308116
you're welcome. I loved Escaflowne too. I wish it were big again.

>>7308126
I ain't gonna lie though.

I thought it got stupid at the end. Bad guy was a lost sister the whole time? What the fuck.

AND THEN HITOMI WENT BACK TO EARTH AND LEFT VAAN. WHAT. THE. FUCK.

NO. I NEED CLOSURE.

>>7308114
>>7308117

That's right!
Man, I remember there were a couple of dudes in the show too. I think one of the guys had a crush on the other guy....

>>7308111
yup that is H-chan

>>7308084
>>7308090
>>7308091
>>7308093
So the solution is either go to Georgia or don't go at all, lol well that's depressing. Thanks though.

It's so sad. I wish anime cons attracted/retained the older crowd more than they do. I feel like I'm finally at a point in my life where I could really enjoy cons to their fullest - I'm an adult, have my own income so I have the skills and money to make costumes, the money to buy merch I want and the confidence to actually talk to people and get to know them. I could volunteer and host panels and so on... But the crowd is special snowflake excited tumblrfags who only want to talk about who they ship and whether Eren or Levi is hotter.

In a way it makes me wish I had spent more time at cons when I was younger...

>>7308120
I love Lain! That's awesome. You look comfy

I did Angel sanctuary in 2005. I want to remake Mika so badly.

>>7308120
Yes! Before kigurumi got big! No one would recognize Lain at a glance now; they'd just think you're someone being lazy by wearing a bear kigu :( But it was so iconic back then.

All this stuff's just making me want to cosplay 80's and 90's anime. (then have my picture taken with a disposable camera.)

I have convention photos from 2000, but they're real photos in a box that I'd have to scan. I guess 2005 constitutes as old now, so have a some of those instead!

>>7308142

>>7308130

yeah, Dialandau and all that crazy fate machine shit. That was WHAT?

And damn it Hitomi leaving...no, I wanted them to have winged babies in her world or his.
It felt so unfinished...and the movie too.

Though Yubiwa (the movie theme) was seriously beautiful.

In college when I took Japanese part of our 1st year final was to recite a poem from memory or sing from memory.
I did the OP from the TV show and got serious applause from my teacher and classmates. I was never so embarrassed.

<<Since we are self posting. Me in 2001

>>7308143
Be sure you scan the photo in and crop it so you leave a little line of white to the side!

Katsucon 1999

>>7308144

>>7308003
33 here and still cosplaying! i make more historical and movie stuff these days though...but there's still a ton of japanese-origin stuff i want to make. did a sanq kingdom relena from gundam wing a few years back, and have some plans for a zeon minerva zabi from gundam unicorn.

>>7308078
these days the con scene is a little hard...i moved to the west coast about 18 months ago, leaving all my cosplaying friends. cons were easy with them because we're all older and hung out all the time, but i felt SUPER old and out of touch when i went to fanime last year. i try to go to dragoncon as often as possible (though probably not this year) because i don't feel like an oldfag there. i'd like to start hitting up things like costume con and costume college, which also have older audiences.

>>7308143
I was always so excited at the end of a year, I'd get my photos developed at a one hour place and it would cost like $25! But I couldn't wait to see all my con pics taken with my two disposable cameras.

>>7308147
Sweet man! I would love see your Relena. And fuck yes, Gundam Unicorn. I'm really excited to keep cosplaying into my 30s, but I am getting a little sad with the increase of 15/16 year olds at cons lately. Even Magfest wasn't safe. A lot of 18 year olds went.

>>7308147
CostumeCon's another one I'm looking forward to, especially since it's in my neck of the woods this year (Toronto, in the same area as Anime North) and it has student rates ($25/ticket) if you're still in school. There are also group rates if you're not in school, which would save you nearly 20 bucks per person. I'm excited to learn a lot at the various costuming panels.

>>7308147

I'm 34! I'm not alone! Thank goodness!

Ippongi Bang
2002

>>7308142

>>7308078
I'm 31 this year and stopped going to anime conventions about a year ago. I feel out of place and am not enthusiastic about everything as I used to be. Now I go to general conventions like Fan Expo and enjoy it more.

>>7308134
Personally I started going to other events, like gaming cons, because my tastes for costumes (and hobbywise) tend to skew that way anyway, and the crowd tends to be a bit older there and I get to talk more about the actual game I'm cosplaying with other players.

>>7308147
Aw, I think I've seen your Relena, that was great.

>>7308142

>>7308144
>>7308148
>>7308160
These all look like a college I used to live near.

>>7308166

They're taking at SFU in Burnaby.

>>7308134
There really be like a forum or something for all us oldtaku to discuss meeting and hanging out at cons. I definitely agree that being an adult is better for cons but the crowd has changed completely.

>>7308168
Welp, that wasn't the one. Apparently all colleges look the same. My bad.

>>7308169
should be**

>>7308163

2003

>>7308169
I second this. There needs to be a place or forum where older cosplayer above 26 can go and be nostalgic and discuss meeting up irl.
I started going to gaming cons myself last year. The crowd is definitely a bit on the older side. I'm also a big fan of older Snes , genesis and ps1 days games, so it would give me an excuse to cosplay from that era.

>>7308169

Search for facebook group called "Old Timey cosplayers"

for people 25+

>>7308179
You're awesome. Thanks!

>>7308160
Vancouver represent! Our anime convention community is ridiculous now with all the vendettas and drama cons. I have some younger friends who still follow all the AE, AR, CE crap and its mind numbing just reading about it. Fanexpo is cool but the lines to get in are bonkers and I think I might pass on it this year because after one day of looking at the dealers hall there is not much to do.

>>7308179
But anon, I'm 23. :(

>>7308187
Then you're not old enough to join? 23 is still really young in today's cosplay scene anyway.

>>7308187
Same ;_;

>>7308189
I feel like there are many of us who came to the hobby in the oldschool-mindframe but are still technically younger that started around middle-high school in the early-mid 2000's.

>>7308187

aww, I'm sorry.

Well on the bright side at least you can still hang with the 18 and 19 yr olds right?
The rest of us stick out like a sore thumb when we do.

>>7308189
Is this accurate? I'm just starting to cosplay at 23 and have kind of a complex about it.

>>7308161
>Personally I started going to other events, like gaming cons, because my tastes for costumes (and hobbywise) tend to skew that way anyway, and the crowd tends to be a bit older there and I get to talk more about the actual game I'm cosplaying with other players.

Are you me? This is pretty much what happened to me but it sucks because its kinda like PAX Prime and thats it in my area.

>>7308190

Is there a Scott in this thread?
I think I just saw him join the Old Timey group.

>>7308192
I wouldn't say so, most cosplayers in their early are already fairly experienced- but only started around the 07-08 boom from what I've seen.

>>7308199
>early 20's

>>7308187
Damn, I just turned 24 and I'm like "Old fag cosplayers! sign me u- oh I'm not allowed in? Shit! But I don't have anything in common with the majority of teen cosplayers."
Time to cry and drink myself into a year long coma I suppose.

>>7308200

>>7308192
I feel sorry for you. You can still cosplay and have fun of course, but you beyond missed the boat before cosplay turned to shit. 2008 was the peak I believe. Cosplayer since 1999 here.

>>7308190
>>7308189
Hell no. <20-somethings are still under mommy's wing and don't understand the value of your time and money. They're also the Tumblr generation and all obsessed with being SJW special snowflakes and god forbid you don't call them by ze/zir or whatever the crap. I've been screwed over so many times trying to reach out to people that age you don't even know.

Guess I'm stuck in limbo, then. >>7308191
is completely right, I was into into cosplay when I was really young (drooling over cosplay.com at 11, first con at barely 13, first costume at 14) so my mindset is with the older crowd but I'm younger than most of the cosplay crowd from that time.

>>7308187
>>7308203

well in the rules it does say something about 25 with some leeway. I'd ask to join anyways


1999

dropped mah pic.


1999

>>7308217
That wig is epic. Love it!

>>7308199
>>7308211
Damn shame. Guess I'll have to learn quickly.

I assume you're talking about how cosplay has been overrun by shilling and facebook likewhoring and other normalfaggotry? I regret repressing wanting to cosplay for this long, but I guess I'll have to start somewhere. Think the cosplay community will ever push back as a whole?

>>7308209
>They're also the Tumblr generation and all obsessed with being SJW special snowflakes and god forbid you don't call them by ze/zir or whatever the crap.


That is a real thing? I had no idea. Wow, ok no wonder you want no part in that. Sorry I even suggested it.

>>7308219
>Think the cosplay community will ever push back as a whole?

I think it might eventually. Heck even now people are calling the like whoring people out.

Once the 'nerd is the new cool' thing is over regular society will find another protected enclave to poke into and misrepresent.

>>7308220
Thanks anon. My last con I tried to introduce myself to several under-20's and I'm not even kidding a little when I tell you MULTIPLE people responded this way:

"Hi, I'm [female name], but call me [male name]! I'm trans! This is [androgynous name], they're genderfluid."

I'm all for respecting peoples' identities/genders, but good fucking lord. I finally found an 18-19 year old group (with only ONE trans person!) to hang out with during the con but afterwards they fucked me over when I went to visit them.

Basically, at this point, if you're not old enough to legally drink I don't have time for you.

>>7308231
>"Hi, I'm [female name], but call me [male name]! I'm trans! This is [androgynous name], they're genderfluid."


They are going to laugh and cringe at themselves so hard when they remember things they used to say and read the stuff they put online for everyone to see.

Thank goodness my teen stupidity stayed in a diary I wrote in and not online.

>>7308231
What I've never understood is why they feel the need to put all that personal info into an introduction. I'm trans, but I don't go around saying "I'm [birth name], call me [chosen name], and I'm trans!" I just say the name I want people to call me, and if they accidentally call me the wrong gender, I correct them and move on. It's like their trans/genderfluid/sexual preference is all they base their identity around.

Sage for off topic.

>>7308236

DHY and Azusa

>>7308231
Horrifying. Why would that even fucking come up in an introduction? That is something you tell friends not new people you just meet. Am I the only person who doesnt introduce themselves now a days with my gender/sexual partner preference? Why wouldnt they just introduce themselves with their preferred name? Whats wrong with these young kids.

>>7308157
>>7308161
okay selfposting...photo is from last year, but i made this maybe 5 years ago. was my first foray into historical patterns.

if i can find photos of my matrix trinity costume from 1999 i'll post them....what a time to be alive and cosplayiing back then!

>>7308236
That Kaneda jacket is awesome.

Yeah, screw tumblrtards. Most likely if you're under 25 and claiming to be trans/gender fluid, you're not..

I'm sick of meeting so many supposed trans people at cons. I hate what tumblr has done. I just want to meet cosplayers and video game fans my age or older and not deal with pc and sjws.

>>7308244
Yes! I saw this and I loved it, so well done.

>>7308240
Devil hunter Yoko!! Yes! I still want to cosplay from this series. The music was so good.

>>7308244
You are a gorgeous Relena. I love it.

>>7308184

The drama has massively settled down in the past year though, so there's not really much to follow. With AE & CE merging with this Northwest Fanfest business (why it's not called WestCOAST I'll never understand), AR is kind of left on its own. It's better this way in the long run, so hopefully it all works out.

Fan Expo I had the most fun at, as I was interested in a lot of the guests, so I braved the long lines for panels. The dealers room was ok, but too cramped.

>>7308247
>>7308253
d'aww thanks!

>>7308239
>>7308241
That's the thing; if you feel the need to say you are to a total stranger, you're probably not. It's a huge red flag. Definitely the type who wants to be special on the internet.

>>7308258

moar Ifurita

I think this was AWA 2001?

>>7308254
Maybe your just luck and dont have exposure to it. I have friends on both sides and they rage all the time for no reason. These last couple weeks some dumb asses made an event called Anti-con where they were raging against cons or some nonsense and both sides were in there fighting. And then ever summer whenever innocent ppl come into cgl and talk about going to AR or AE or CE the other side will always come in and say stupid shit. Please anon... take me into your world where I dont have to see this crap anymore because its alive and will be this summer again.

>>7308267

>>7308272

time for more Utena.
It was my go to anime for a good couple years.

>>7308273

>>7308277

>>7308273
>>7308277
>>7308279
Used to be you couldn't go to a con without running into at least 1 rose bride Anthy. So much nostalgia. Keep 'em coming!

>>7308269

I curled my lip while I was reading that.

I think I'm not exposed to it as much as other people, that's for sure. I can't tolerate it and remove myself from situations with negative people like that. That being said, I have heard gossip back and forth from some friends, but nothing too dramatic. Even the anti-AR people are commending them for their marketing and guests.

Well, maybe that sort of stuff will subside after NWFF does their first con this year and is no longer officially competing with AR as CE & AE.

I miss the old days at SFU, but at the same time, I appreciate the new content different conventions are bringing. At least they're getting the hint we don't need like 5 anime cons.

>>7308289
>you couldn't go to a con without running into at least 1 rose bride Anthy.

Totally!
I was one. I'm here >>7308145
I took pics of every Rosebride I ran into cause people wearing the same thing as you were instant friends and not rivals then.

I remember completely commiserating with them about how much red fabric we had to buy. It was my first expensive cosplay and I still look back on it with happiness.

>>7308309

>>7308314

OK, I think I am done for tonight.

It was really great seeing older people around here. Made me feel really light hearted talking about the pre-famemongering era.

>>7308333

Just for Nostalgia...

El Hazard OP:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CLwk_WRXeA

Utena OP
http://youtu.be/0mQFGdHSbTY

Escaflowne OP
http://youtu.be/MNRFOiqksNI

Sing along, you know you want to...

>>7308200
That's me! I just joined!

>>7308369
I'll say hi!

>>7308078
I think because I've been staffing almost exclusively for so long, I've made a lot of friends that I wouldn't have. I mainly staff cosplay or run the department entirely. So I've made friends with a lot of the usual contestants as well as the staffers. Then, there's a whole slew of my old con friends. While I find it a bit more difficult to just make random new friends at cons like I used to, I still manage to and I still have a good time no matter what.

I don't get involved in the cosplay scene too much. So when I do cosplay, I do it for my own shits and giggles, as well as for the challenge and love for the character. If other people like it, great. But I'm not doing it for them.

There's just certain things that I can't do anymore, like go into a rave. Because I'll be hit on by some kid who's old enough to be my son and that's awkward. So my con nights usually involve hitting up bars with people my age and chilling with my one or two drinks.

I remember getting into cosplay via magazines and ezboard forums when I was still in middle school. Kipi was the first big name cosplayer I knew of, and Chii/Freya were the characters I remember being overcosplayed in a way SnK is today.

I was never allowed to go to cons, but regularly cosplaying has been my number one dream (as unfortunate as that is). I used to do closet cosplays of the kids from Digimon back in middle school, and my home ec sewing project was a cosplay or Rika/Ruki from Tamers.

Only a handful of my original wishlist has stayed the same. I've had to toss out a lot of characters simply because I don't look like a teenager anymore, like Etna from Disgaea 1, Linia from the Evolution games on Dreamcast, Komugi Nakahara, and Lilia Pascalle from Galerians.

Regardless, a lot of my wishlist is from Dreamcast and PS2 games, and anime that came out between 2001 and 2005.

>>7308225
Preeeetty much.

Nerds are having the same thing happen to them that happened to punks and goths; their entire look, culture, and lifestyle is being butchered and commercialized. It will die eventually, not completely, but we at least won't be seeing complete self-entitled bitches cropping up every other month pretending to be cosplayers for nothing other than e-fame.

>>7308231
The sad part is, I have a friend who is 25 just like me who is progressively getting more and more into that shit. He's started using "PoC" pretty regularly.

>>7308697
>There's just certain things that I can't do anymore, like go into a rave.
Oh god I can't stand the raves at cons. I tried one at Ota a couple years back. I don't enjoy being rubbed up against and shoved around by sweaty people. Most of the people I encountered in there weren't even drinking age, or were but were terribly trashed.

I hardly even go to panels, either, because much of the things I like are a decade old so the most attention they get from panels is if there's a genre-specific panel that features mention of them.

>>7308236
Ah, I liked that Kanaeda cosplayer. I saw him almost every year at AX. We were even pretty like minded about anime. Used to see him post on the cos.com anime board. Sure enough, him and I were opinionated in the same way. (We were both kinda elitist about anime, but never about cosplay) Kinda predicted the problems with the newer "fad" anime fans that came in post 2000's (no respect for the classics, more of the party crowd than thinking crowd, and most aren't even into anime anymore)

I went to AX2013 for a single day this year. It wasn't my cup of tea, but I saw a gorgeous Ryoko cosplayer, took her picture, and thanked her for doing the cosplay. I tried to talk and connect with people, but everyone was either very young, or I would only see them all of once the entire day.

Anyways, self posting. AX 2000.

My girlfriend at the time was dressed as Akane.

Also, I've been wondering...how much does it cost to run a convention? I'd been kicking around the idea of a "Classi-Con" (classic anime convention for the older crowds, emphasis on fan panels, not so much partying, lots more socializing)

>>7308192
I want to start, and I'll be 25 this year. No fucks given. It's not like you have a large red "23" or "25" on your badge for every attendee to see. I do feel like I missed out on all the 90s-00s fun in this thread. You can't just sit around feeling sad though, you have to begin somewhere. I don't worry about this "current" cosplay scene. I'm sure it goes through waves like everything else, and all the spotlight grabbers will move onto the next big thing once the attention dries up. And it always does.

>>7308056
What character is this?

>>7308864
Motoko from Ghost in the Shell.

>>7308309
You're cute!
And I loved seeing all the Rose brides, because I knew how much work they had to put into their dress. You couldn't buy cosplay back then like you can now. Utena cosplayers always made me happy. Akio is still ok my list.

>>7308960
On my list^

Digimon was what I was really into way back when, so those are most of the old cosplay photos I have...

>>7308966

>>7308967

>>7308970

>>7308971
2000

For some reason i loved seeing this photos

>>7308981

>>7307980
cute

>>7308989
Love this Mimi cosplayer!! Love Digimon!

>>7308989

>>7308006
I got to agree with you on this one

>>7308814
Yeah, I think this is the correct mindset to approach starting older with. Bandwagoners will jump ship eventually.

>>7309007
I love this.

All this is making me nostalgic for the simpler times. Mostly everyone looked like crap and no one cared.

>>7308997

>>7309041
Don't I know it. I miss it a lot. Wish we could just go back to "Oh wow! I love that character! Great work on your cosplay!" instead of insulting everyone online. It makes new people scared to participate I think.

>>7309007
Azumanga was the shit!!

>>7309045
I think it's because cosplay materials have become so readily available that there's really no excuse to closet cosplay or look dreadful when you could easily spend the same amount buying a closet cosplay from Walmart that you could getting the actual costume online if you can't sew.

>>7308003
I'm 28 and "on hiatus". I stopped having fun with cosplay last year, so I'm taking a break this year. I might get back into it in a year or two, I don't plan to quit for good. I'll still go to a few cons this year to see friends and such, but I'm not going to bother creating anything new, and I might not even dress up in my older costumes.

If I do quit cosplay, I'll probably get back to art and have an artist table. I just can't stay away, lol.

>>7309049
True. It was a lot harder back in the day! I remember going to a costume shop once and asking if they had a wig close to the color/style I needed for an outfit and the lady looked at me like I was psychotic.

I find the old closet cosplays of old charming in a nostalgic sort of way, but if I saw them now it just wouldn't be the same.

>>7308134
Ever since the exchange rate went up, there's never any good merch anymore it seems. I miss buying awesome imported shit, almost all of the dealers that focused on that went out of business or are online only. Now it's the same shitty t-shirts or bags. At. Every. Both.

I kinda mad I never bought one of the Duelist rings from Utena when I had the chance.

>>7308067
If I had a time machine I would now go to that con

>>7308078
Go to smaller cons. There are a lot less people concerned about beating everyone else, and a lot more people concerned about having fun.

My favorite con has a max attendance of maybe 500-1000 people (I'm... really bad at estimation) and it's so much fun. They actually get decent people in for panels (Last year they had Vic Mignogna, and a few other people from Soul Eater) and everyone is just really great, plus there aren't huge hoards of homestucks, there are just small groups of them.

>>7308217
what is that black thing around his/her waist?

>>7309074
Hnng, I know. I wanted one forever, but I'm just going to make my own with clay. Do they sell them on esty or store envy maybe?

>>7308231
>Hi, my name is [my name]! I'm heterosexual! I was born a female, and continue to be a female!

That's always my response for those fucking morons.

>>7308126
oh man what a cutie

Do you guys remember taking your disposable cameras to the store to get the pictures developed. I'd either get a strange look when I got my photos back, or the people there would be really excite by everyone in costume.
I miss those days

>>7308231
If they want to be known by [male name] why didn't they just introduce themselves as [male name]? Why bother including [female name]?

>>7309170
Oh jeez, the disposable camera days. When you got your pictures back half would either be really blurry or super dark.

>>7308011
Jrock cosplays.. I remember when a photoshoot had at least twenty people, 50% were cosplaying the GazettE and now you go to a convention and you're lucky to see five the whole time.

I've never posted this for anyone but... here's my first cosplay. 2004, Soji Okita from Peacemakers Kurogane. This is the only picture I have left of my first con. I look awful, I know. I was 12 and this was my second-ever sewing project(s)

>>7309170
I miss those days! I always just smile innocently because I was genuinely excited to get my prints back.

>>7309217
Yeah. My Toshiya cosplay fell apart finally from overwear in 2009, but I'm planning to remake another version. Hoping to get a Yokan or Garden group someday. I still really love jrock, and I'm in my late 20s now. I think I can still do it.

>dream to have a full dir en grey macabre group.

>>7309224
Aww come on! You're cute. And Souji is awesome in Peacemaker. I love that series so much. I would still cosplay Hijikata to this day.

>old
> a year starting with the number 2

PICK ONE

This is so cool to see! It makes me wish I was older to cosplay and go to cons back in the day.

>>7309246

It's not old in terms of age, but the cosplay community has dramatically changed since then, so has photography available to congoers. I mean, when I did my first cosplay, you couldn'tfind a wig for under $50 and they were almost all natural colors. And coloed contacts weren't a thing et, and... you get the point

>>7309084
A tail

>>7307961
>mfw young and see Ranma around
>read sister's Ranma 1/2 manga
>boobies
>too young at the time to see such things, afraid I'll get in trouble
>years later think it's an ~old anime~ don't bother watching it
>decide to start watching it yesterday

Holy shit, what have I done? So many years wasted.

>>7309436
Haha. my local video rental store had a couple Ranma VHS tapes. After all my Chobits manga was thrown out by my mom for being "too lewd" and "degrading to women". I knew what I was getting into, and I watched that shit when she wasn't around.

>>7309474
Ranma 1/2 is superior to chobshit

>>7309483
Well no shit, I'm not saying it was better.

I enjoyed it a lot when I was a derpy teenager. It was the first manga I ever owned back when Gamestop sold anime stuff.

Tenchi was another one I rented and hid.

>>7309483
>chobshit
Ok I liked Chobits and I found this funny.

>>7309208
>Oh jeez, the disposable camera days.

Yeah. Parents didn't let us borrow the family camera cause we'd lose it or break it. So thankful for digital cameras now. You can see what you are getting as you take it. If it's shit, delete it. SO MUCH FREEDOM now. It's amazing how far we came in like 10 yrs.
I wasted like 3 shots a camera cause the flash wasn't on or I was shooting something so far away flash did nothing.

>>7309504
No kidding. That's one thing I'm grateful for. Digital cameras and phone cams with good megapixels.

>>7309074
>I kinda mad I never bought one of the Duelist rings from Utena when I had the chance.


I have a regular one and a dark duellist one and I have always been grateful I managed to get them.

They were expensive for my poor ass student self at the time. But you can't even find them anymore, not even on ebay.

Someone out there was making them to order but hell if I remember the site. That was like 3 complete PC reinstalls ago.

I miss Utena. Some of the art from the show was absolutely gorgeous.
Remember the Toki Ni Ai wa scene from the movie...wow.

>>7309567
dropped my pic

>>7309569
All my envy!!
I'm just going to make my ring for Akio. I just want to own one ( I know he doesn't wear it. )

>>7309049
>getting the actual costume online if you can't sew.

A big part of me wishes this had never become a thing to do. It made it much easier for the bandwagoners to jump on in and be fake.

Another part of me wants everyone to be included and have fun even if they don't have any skills.

I miss knowing for a FACT that if someone was dressed up as Tamahome or Shayla Shayla we could talk up and down about the show. Then I could admire something they did on the costume and they would tell me about the crap they had to go through to make it.

It's hard to switch to the mindset that a lot of what I am looking at online wasn't even touched by the wearer until it arrived in the mail. That if I talk to them they'll just say "Oh I didn't know that happened in the show, I'm only 3 eps in, don't spoil me." And if I am curious how they got the collar to look perfect or I admire the fabric used they can't tell me jack shit about anything.

>>7309600
My thoughts exactly. I love the fact that cosplay has become an easier thing to get into, which equals more cosplayers for me to befriend. And hey, cos-PLAY, right? But then the bitchy side of me kicks in with snide comments about mass production and flash-in-the-pan fans. And worse, people are getting to the point of claiming an excellently crafted costume is on the same level as something from Hot Topic. Give me a break.

>>7309600

Yeah, I know how you feel. Cosplay seems to mean something totally different now. I always remember it being more about signaling to other fans or otherwise demonstrating your interest/love for a series. Arguably there's nothing really preventing a bought costume from serving the same purpose, but it seems like all my friends care about these days are photoshoots.

Like, it's never about wearing a costume all day to enjoy a con anymore (at least with my friends now, maybe this is more an isolated attitude, idk), it's about seeing how many costume changes they can fit into one afternoon and whether they can get a photographer to take pictures while pretty much ignoring the rest of the convention. Maybe I'm just being butthurt because I hate photoshoots and think they're extra pointless if you just bought your outfit (but maybe that's a dated attitude too, rather than the photos being a record of your work/accomplishment they're more of an ends in and of themselves).

>>7309661
I know some attention whores who bring five costumes to a con and then schedule three shoots. I'm laughing , because I go to the dealers room , AA, and panels and socialize while they miss out doing bullshit. Their loss. I've made some amazing friends by networking at cons. I've been going back to my video game roots too and doing pre 2002 games and animes to signal older fans. I'm doing FF9 and Utena next.

I was cleaning a while ago and found a thing from Back In The Day (tm)

>>7307967
ElfEater!!!!

>>7309814
oh wow i want that

>>7308021
This remains one of the cutest skits I've seen. I know one of those Aeriths! I wonder if she still cosplays, she was BEAST MODE level when it came to sewing for her groups.

>>7308080
Holy crap! It's Harry pre-Jrock makeover!
That's a rare pokemon there son.

>>7310174
10/10. Would laugh again.

>>7308267
I'm pretty sure that's Katsucon...2000? I remember that guy's awesome Ura shield and he was a east coast cosplayer

>>7309814

Oh my god, I remember signing that petition.

Negavision (?) was also doing their fandubs at the time. I did some voice acting with them, it was fun.

>>7308179
This sounds cool and I just joined!

>>7309814
omg
Now THAT is fucking amazing.

>>7310174
>Holy crap! It's Harry pre-Jrock makeover!
>That's a rare pokemon there son.


Haha. When he redid his style I was surprised. Everyone else is used to him being like that cause they've never seen anything else.

>>7311142
Bakuretsu hunters! Yes!

>what's up? Hitomi wa kawashite

>>7311144
>what's up? Hitomi wa kawashite

I didn't read that, I sang it.

Found this on tumblr, but I can't find a bigger res.

>>7311254

>>7309567

I think there's someone on etsy making replicas.

>>7311254
>>7311260
Everything seems so different from the present ever since double eyelid tape and circle lenses became popular. They look like they're having so much fun.

Katsucon 2000

damn it this thread makes me want a nostalgia-con to actually be a thing but it's a terrible idea

Oh boy...so much nostalgia. I miss the early 2000's

http://www.usagichan2.com/AX92Memories/masquerade92.html

32/guy here and still go to cons and cosplay sometimes, although it helps that i look about 10 years younger

i wish i could go back in time and go to these early cons, didn't start until 2007, i didn't even know about them back then :(

I'm super tempted to put what I harvested off my old geocities con page and host it up. With all the embarrassing fonts, graphics and comments on pics. Like a cosplay time capsule. Time frame around 98-2002ish

>>7311795
Geocities was so much fun. I had a Koyasu Takehito fan page in 2002.

>>7307996
Are you the Tiramisu in the middle? I think I have a picture of you from that convention! (Now that I think about it, I think I took a picture of you & my ex because he loved Bakaretsu Hunters)

>>7311795
I would LOVE that! Those old sites are embarrassing compared to what kids have nowadays but they're such a precious piece of history and SO great for nostalgia.

>>7309279
I remember my first wig was a waist length light blue affair that cost $60+shipping... and at the time that was actually a decent deal for a wig that length! Cosplayers now have SO much variety for so cheap, which is great, but damn.

>>7309569
Good lord, I want this so bad. I really, really regret not buying some of these cosplay accessories back when they were abundant... Another thing I really regret is not buying animation cels back when they were EVERYWHERE and super cheap compared to now. I haven't even SEEN anime cels at a con in years and years.

>>7309600
>>7309661
Basically, all of this. :( I'm happy things are cheaper and more readily available, and I'm happy that people can participate even if they don't have the time/money/skill to sew or style a wig or whatever, but the scene has changed SO much in a way that I really dislike. I feel like a lot of cosplayers are unapproachable now, either because they're so busy and stressed out changing costumes 4 times a day, or just full of themselves, or not knowledgeable about what they're dressed as.

>>7311795
If you had a geocities page there is a chance it was saved on oocities.com. You can look at it in all its terribad glory there.

Maybe I'll post mine when I get home.

>Remeber when cosplay was about having fun and wasn't full of at hores?

You rolled up to the con & saw this.

Good number of old con pics here http://www.usagichan2.com/

Loving these Sailor Starlights from AX 1997

>>7308168
Wow, UTDallas uses the same building style

Tables full of books of anime cels. Miss these so much.

>>7311855
HOLY HELL THANK YOU FOR THIS.

>>7311996
Dealers rooms were so much better in the late 90s/early 2000

>>7312064

You are quite welcomed.

I'm very glad so many things were preserved.

>>7311996
Cels in general are a thing I sorely miss, even though I could never afford to buy them I always liked to admire them in the booths... Now it's nearly impossible to find a booth selling them.

>>7312219

Well things were hard to get then. Based on a seller's connections they had all kinds of things. Now stuff is easy to get because of the boom and everyone has the same shit at every booth.
Plus internet sales let us just buy what we want straight from Japan now.

Hell, in some malls there are anime stores. So you don't even have to wait for a con if mom won't let you use her card for something.

So yeah, things were more special then. Now it's just a room full of "Seen it, seen it, have it, have 2 of them, seen it, bought one a min ago, seen it...."

>>7312270
Love seeing the booths nowadays that have the old cels, art, and posters but those are few and far between.

Just scanned in some old magazines from 95 and 97. All the B/W's are meant to be. I have some yr2000 J-fashion too, but I'll have to find a j-fashion thread for that.

2/4

3/4

>>7312265
I saw one at Colossal two years ago, but it was a tiny booth shoved against the wall. :(

I keep seeing Mezzo Forte cels on Ebay that I want, but I have more important things to spend my money on. :(

>>7312219
While I've followed the scene on the internet for that long, my first con was at the beginning of 2010. What were they like back then? Was there actually diversity?

All I see now is wallscrolls, plushies, and figures at every booth, with 1-2 snack booths.

4/4

>>7307984
Wings of Honneamise.

>>7312603

AHHH, finally an answer. Thank you.

AZ 2000

Grabbed from Ollie's old page.
I don't know why but I don't think he's ever liked me.

>>7311945

You knew you had arrived and the excitement was palpable when you saw the HoA van.

>>7312427
>>7312430
>>7312433
>>7312438 very cool

>>7312630

>>7312632

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>>7312640

>>7308011
>>7312639
*longing sigh* Those days when vk/jrock cosplay was a thing...

Call me crazy, but I actually love that most of these cosplays suck. Cosplay back in the 90s had very little to do with any sort of elitism, nobody cared if you were "good" or "accurate" or not, they just wanted to dress up to show their fan spirit and everyone else loved it because OMG ITS THAT CHARACTER I LOVE THIS IS THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE etc. Back then people actually loved anime and took pride in being an otaku because it was something that was theirs and few others knew about it. It was truly the happy times of conventions.

Nowadays that's all gone. People just cosplay to try to show off and turn the con into their personal fashion show so they can garner photos, followers and facebook likes. Costumes have gotten better, but the spirit is gone.

In any case, have some classic Yaya.

>>7312433
Issat... Taliesin Jaffe in the bottom left-hand corner?

>>7312872
I think it's mostly that old generation cosplayers didn't have the internet like we do. If they wanted to cosplay something it had to be entirely handmade and wigs and things like that were super hard to find. Now we can get better stuff easier.

>>7313019
easy doesn't make it good

>>7312265
I still have boxes of cels stores away. Tenchi, Big O, Bebop, Gasaraki, Princess 9, and probably another two dozen shows easily.


Sometimes I think about getting a both and clearing them out, but I don't think the kids now would care as much about them or those shows. :(

>>7313037
But it raises the bar of what is expected, drastically. Not only in construction and materials, but how the person fucking looks.

Prior to 2007, nobody bemoaned about not being able to pull-off a character for something as simple as "my nose isn't right". It's just one giant thing that grinds my gears. Here I was, 12 years ago cosplaying characters I loved, knowing I looked nothing like them and having a fun time making and wearing them at a con. Then here's some kid fussing over being an exact visual representation of the character.

I mean it's cool and all when you do look the part, but I feel like that's all it's become with a majority of people and less of the "I really love this character!"

>>7308220
>fushigi yuugi

Yes!

>>7308219
I'd like to see some web 2.0 backlash where people start moving back towards individual websites and message boards, away from sites that rank fleeting denominations of efame.

>>7313084
>Gasaraki
My nigga

Holy crap. I remember all these people and events. Old AWA and Animazement... MEEMORIIEEEZ.

>>7313184
Yeah I really miss the days of everyone having their own site with a matching message board or guestbook. But even with the nostalgia glasses on it was still the prettier girls or ones that did "I'm in a pink wig & bikini so I'm _____ in a swimsuit." still got more visitors/more active forums than anyone else.

>>7308056
>>7308056
dat Multi kig

>>7308142
Photos from my very first con... ); Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

OMG I love this thread! ;__; I miss old cosplays ;__; bah

I'm so glad my thread got so many replies (and a second thread!) :')

Remember the old rules the community used to live by? The things we used to do?

If you watch a fansub, you buy the legit release at least up to where you watched.

Purchase DVDs instead of downloading everything. Support studios so we can see more.

Avoid bootlegs at all cost.

Make friends, have viewings, and introduce others to shows that normally may not try. Especially if they can't afford to follow that many shows at once.

Cosplay as characters you love. Trying is better than not.

Anime Cons were once a year near you and if you wanted to attend more then you were traveling to other states.

>>7314421
>If you watch a fansub, you buy the legit release at least up to where you watched.
>Purchase DVDs instead of downloading everything. Support studios so we can see more.

If shows being produced were actually good then I would still follow this rule but their not. Its either moe crap or slice of life high school garbage that this oldfag just cant stand/relate too. And I used to buy all of my fave series on DVD. My most prized DVDs collection is the full Kenshin series that they released in 3 box sets. Cost me boat loads of money but worth every penny.

Also I think another problem is that fandoms have a high turn overrate now. I have friends who say "ZOMG LOVE THIS SERIES" and then after it's over they are onto the next one. Which is fine but it would explain why none of them would be willing to buy the DVDs because its just a small phase for them.

>>7314421
I actually wrote an essay about this is high school for my junior year. It was a big deal, talking about how the industry was dying, the history, and the evolution of it all. It was so sad... I'm bummed by how it's changed, and not for the better. I really miss the old days when people tried very consciously to not kill the thing they loved. Why can't people legally support the stuff like they used to?

>>7314486
>Why can't people legally support the stuff like they used to?

Because the US industry effectively suicided in like 2006-7.

I probably buy more legit stuff now than I ever did 15-years-ago, but that's probably because I have money now and the internet makes acquiring non-bootleg shit infinitely easier.

I'm honestly more concerned with this bizarre trend of people 'not having time' to even actually enjoy series/games/etc because if they actually sat down and watched anime, they wouldn't have time to cosplay from it.

>>7314495
>I'm honestly more concerned with this bizarre trend of people 'not having time' to even actually enjoy series/games/etc because if they actually sat down and watched anime, they wouldn't have time to cosplay from it.

I cant help but think this would only be the case for games. You can just put on series in the background while your sewing even if your watching a sub version. Maybe they need to cut back on their tumblr/fb browsing. I have younger friends that are amazed by how many video games I play but when I explain I just prioritize that shit over tumblr and fb they look at me all mystified.

>>7314052
And if you weren't hot and did get the visitors, you'd find them in your sitemeter coming from mexican forums where they post your pictures followed by "jajajajajajajaja" (this was about when things started to change a bit from being nerds to the early beginnings of beauty pagentry)

I changed all my images over the next day and made giant huge page stretching images to replace them.

>>7314502
>but when I explain I just prioritize that shit over tumblr and fb they look at me all mystified.

Those kids drive me nuts. I used to work double shifts and then cram in some GTA3/VC/SA or FPS gaming after work. Sometimes I'd veg out on the couch with a joint and watch some anime. Found some good dubs from Pioneer and Bandai while trippin.

Just last night I put in a decent DVD order. Everything Dirty Pair that RightStuf re-issued and the TV series. Next to A!MG and YUA, DP is one of my fav series over the years.

>>7314705
>Just last night I put in a decent DVD order. Everything Dirty Pair that RightStuf re-issued and the TV series.

P.S., happy to retire my ADV DVD copies, VHS Streamline tapes and R2 TV series imports after all these years.

tfw this Rabbi Wolfowitz pic is from ten years ago.

>>7307967
>>7307964
Is that Arisia in Boston?! or the first AB?

>>7308179
> old cosplay
> 25+
Kill me now.

>>7313088
Fuckin' word. All of this.

I don't know if this photo is old, I have no idea when it was taken, but in the spirit of the thread, Slayers is the shit.

>>7311981

Holy shit, thank you so much anon!!!!

>>7312630
I reeaaally like this but it also makes me feel a little sad.

Bummmmmmmp I love this.

Amazing thread! This is really amazing how fast the time is! 2004 is 10 years ago... time is so damn fast!

By the way, in the next days I am already 27 years old. Feels damn old and I do cosplay since 2003. I still wear cosplays and go of conventions but the time I make so many new costume is already over.