Losing Interest

        It happens. You find something you like and stick with it for a long time. Sometimes you can just get tired of it and grow out of it. Sometimes its a phase or a one time thing and that's okay too. Cosplaying just isn't for everybody. And sometimes life forces you to pause what you love to do because life doesn't like to make you happy. You punch life right in the face.

        There was a time I had to not cosplay or go to a con because school and life came first. It wasn't the best feeling especially when your friends are planning their next outfit and gather the materials for the props. It wasn't the best feeling. The tips we would give each other and overall helping each other making the costume.Just knowing the feeling of not being able to go the a con that you and your friends were planning on attending is a bit hurtful once you think about it. It's never a satisfying emotion knowing that your friends may be doing something fun without. But you shouldn't stop a friend from doing what they love just because you can't at the moment,that wouldn't be fair and that wouldn't make you a good friend.

      But one things about this hobby That's its pretty much like any other hobbies you can always pick it back up and try again. You can save and invest into it later until you are ready to get back in it. It's never too late; both for the young and old,it's for everyone.

                                             (Howl(left) and Sophie(right) from Howl's Moving Castle by Studio Ghibli)

All That Skin Though

Fanservice

Definition: material in a series which is intentionally added to please the audience. It is about "servicing" the fan; giving the fans "exactly what they want".

           We all have our favorite anime, Gurren Laguan , Naruto, RWBY, and others. But one thing about it is that we would love to cosplay all the characters that are built for the fanservice.Typically most anime series have moments where the characters are in positions were slight nudity may or may not be involved such as, hot springs scene or a beach scene, where the characters would have to show a little skin here and there.Or in the more PG-13+ range the characters will have outfits (or the lack there of) that will show exposed cleavage or short shorts and miniskirts for the male audience and Lack of shirts and hi-definition abs for the female audience. Mostly anime would be more 'male friendly' than there would be more anime appeal to the ladies. Just recently has the anime community grew in a more  female audience and now there are shows like Free or Swimming Anime as is call that consists of mostly male protagonists as the subject focus of the story. rather then shows like Gurren Lagann and Kill La Kill that seems to gear more towards the male side of the fandom.

Example of Fanservice characters:

Yoko from Gurren Lagann

                              





Haru from Free:Swimming Anime

     

             And let's face it we love to see sexy characters come to life through cosplay. And a good number of the time They are pretty good. To have the confidence alone to walk around showing bare skin in a large Con filled with over thousands of people with cameras and risking the few groups of stalks that may follow them around. But sometimes we need to keep some of that confidence to ourselves. Now some of us don't have the body or the proud boldness to show it off likes others do and cosplay is for everyone of many shapes and sizes,but there is a point were it gets a bit ridiculous and as the saying goes, 'just because they make it in your size doesn't mean you should wear it.'

Example of Not-To-Do:

The Cosplay Community reaction to this.....

    ('Sorry but you can't make that work.....')

Weeaboo Cosplayers vs. Otaku Cosplayers

 Pronouciation: wēʹəbo͞o
 Definition: A person who behaves or seeks to appear Stereotypically Japanese.
 Plural:(Weaboos)

           So you have the cosplayer who can separate the fact that the character is Japanese and not try to imitate the fact that the person themselves want to be Japanese. We call them weeaboos. Many people mush cosplayers and the weeabos together and in fact that is not the case. The two are totally different form on another.

                       Weeaboos:                                                                          Otakus:

Konnichiwa (hello)                                                                            Hello,hi,What's up? (Greetings)
Moshi moshi(greeting for the Japanese when answering the phone.)               Hey(When we pick up the phone)
Desu(Will say this word after everything they say for no reason.)                        Collects anime DVDs, manga,etc.
                                                                                                                                               (The list ends here........)
(In Japan, it means am,be or is.)                             

Example of Use by Weeaboos:

• 'You are so Kawaii desu.'
• 'I am so done desu!'
• 'Why is it so hot in here? I'm going to get icecream desu."

Kawaii (They use it often)

(A japanese word meaning cute.They will over react and point at ever think that is seen as 'kawaii')

• 'You're dress is so kawaii."
• 'OMG this is so kawaii,I'mma totes buy it!'
• 'It's so kawaii desu.'

(For the sake of this page it will end here...It's too much to even put here.)

              In fact, not all weeaboos are seen in cosplay but most are seen cosplaying so they fall into this category. They are fairly annoying to interact with if you are not one of the own. They will have a mixture of Japanese words in their sentences and will be attracted to everything and nothing but Japanese things and not just restricted to anime though it is fairly common to see them into anime related things, as such,people lump the weeaboos being mistaken for the otakus. Otakus are more of people who admire the anime culture and appreciate the Japanese who made it. As such, we collect figures, manga(comics), and the DVDs  and spend unnecessary amounts of money to dress up as the character we love,without the need to speak with Japanese words in our sentences every two seconds like we have  an English speaking problem.

                                                  (As you can see Otaku Cosplayers people are better to interact. :I)