convention & cosplay lore (est 2000)
Point of Contact: Kristine Location: New England (but willing to travel to MidAtlantic) Website: Marmalade Sky Photography Contact: Send a PM on her Facebook page Rates: Depends on the event. Community events are typically free, but there may be a charge…
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Point of Contact: Bart Location: San Francisco Bay Area (but willing to travel) Website: Team Misaki Studios Contact: Send a PM on the Facebook page Rates: Free Communication: Just send Bart a PM on the Facebook page to book a shoot. Let…
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Coord Info: This is what I like to nickname “Amish in Paradise” JSK. This was a second hand Innocent World dress from the gal who got me into Lolita. I got this about a couple years ago when I…
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Convention: Anime Expo 2013 Location: Los Angeles, CA Editor’s Notes: Back in the game again! After watching many “cosplay music videos” (aka CMVs), I decided to go back to my roots and do “convention music videos.” Of course cosplay is…
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Much has been said about cosplay by journalists and bloggers in the past few months. There’s no denying that the community today is different from the early 2000’s. On the eve of Anime Expo, the largest convention in North America,…
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Convention: Anime Expo 2004: It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me Location: Anaheim, CA and Disneyland Resort Why is There Disneyland Footage, Scarlet?: I wasn’t press during 2004. This was a “vacation video” at the time before filing it as…
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Ever read seen those movies where the protagonist has to save a fantasy world from oblivion? Yet, the concept is based around fictional characters dying because people have stopped reading the stories and legends. Sounds like the plot of…
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Kaleido Ruby – Type Moon Universe It started out as a joke. I refused because it was never on my top list of things to do. However, in May, BizarroDx started playing around with a skit idea for masquerade. Since…
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I enjoy a good debate. We shake hands and present our arguments, point out the flaws of said arguments, rebuttal, and then shake hands once more knowing it was a civil and friendly discourse. There’s insight into constructive argumentation…
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Written by Stan O. Originally posted on Plastic Ronins, republished with permission. It all started few years ago, when (Patient 0) Jessica Nigri bursted into cosplay scene. There was nothing significant about her. By all account, everything about her was…
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