Month: April 2023

Demon Slayer: Kimestu Yaiba’s boar-masked master of Beast Breathing, Inosuke Hashibira is brought to life in a new cosplay.

Demon Slayer Inosuke is excited to fight demons in his new cosplay.

Edoardovolpii, a Reddit user and cosplayer, made the warrior come to life. Though they present Inosuke without his iconic boar mask on, the costume still offers a screen-accurate representation of the intimidating mask, as well as a wig that recreates Inosuke’s surprisingly pretty two-tone blue hair. The costume also features Inosuke’s version of the traditional Demon Slayer Corps uniform, which retains the pants but ditches the shirt and haori for a fur-lined sash.

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While Inosuke is part of the same Final Selection exam as Zenitsu Agatsuma and Tanjiro Kamado, he is not met with his future allies until Tsuzumi Mansion, in which he attacks and antagonizes the swordsmen. While his friendship with Tanjiro and Zenitsu gets off to an explosive beginning, he ultimately becomes a valuable part of the trio, with the brute force and demon-tracking capabilities of his Beast Breathing style becoming an invaluable instrument in the future battles against Muzan Kibutsuji as well as the demons of the Twelve Kizuki.

The trio recently demonstrated just how far they’ve gotten during the popular Entertainment District arc, in which they worked in tandem to defeat the Upper-rank demon Daki and her brother, Gyutaro. On February 13th, the Entertainment District arc concluded the second season of the show. Crunchyroll has made subtitled versions of both anime seasons available to stream via Funimation as well as Crunchyroll. The English dub of the Entertainment District arc recently premiered in February. 20. The anime series has already confirmed that it will continue by releasing an adaptation of the Swordsmith Village arc, which is currently without a release date. The cast and crew of the two previous seasons of the show are all scheduled to reprise their roles for the continuation of the show.

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Demon Slayer Demon Slayer HTML0 Kimetsu No Yaiba was written by the artist and author KoyoharuGotouge. It’s currently among the most sought-after manga, boasting the world’s largest circulation of more than 150 million copies following its debut in 2016. While the original manga was released in the final chapter of 2020, the manga’s ongoing popularity led to it becoming the second-highest-selling manga of 2021 in Japan has sold 29.5 million copies. The entire manga series is available in English through VIZ Media.

Hinata Hyuuga ranks first in a recent study’s list of the ten most frequently cosplayed characters in anime alongside other fan favorites from Attack on Titan and Death Note.

A new study has revealed that cosplayers are most attracted to the characters of Naruto as well as Death Note.

According to the data gathered by AT&T, Hinata Hyuuga, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha rank among the top 10 characters that are the most frequently cosplayed on Instagram, placing third, fourth, and fifth respectively. This, as the researchers themselves point out is not surprising given the fact that Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto series is one of the top-selling manga of all time with more than 250 million copies sold all over the world.

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According to the study by AT&T, Instagram cosplayers also love characters from Hajime Itayama’s Attack on Titan series. Levi Ackerman was fourth while Mikasa Ackerman was sixth. Misa Amane, as well as her Shinigami Rem from Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s Death Note both made the top ten along with Shota Aizawa and Ochako Uraraka from My Hero Academia and Asuna Yuuki from Sword Art Online. The study also found that those who resided in California, Washington, Utah, Texas, and Arizona googled the word “cosplay” the most frequently in the past year.

Cosplay is the art of dressing up in costumes and portraying characters from anime, video games as well as comic books. It is an integral component of the geeky lifestyle. Conventions like Anime Expo which will be held in the Los Angeles Convention Center between July 1 and 4, feature cosplay competitions. A lot of people earn an income by dressing in and making costumes.

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Some fans have even developed careers out of cosplay: Enako, Japan’s highest-paid cosplayer, reportedly makes over 90,000 USD per month via photo shoots as well as paid appearances at conventions and other similar events. It was announced recently that she is teaming up with Inuyashacreator Rumiko Takahashi to create a unique, collaborative photo book that will be available in Japan on Sept. 6.

Although cosplay is costly and can cost hundreds of dollars for one costume, there are ways to create stunning recreations of your favorite characters without spending a dime. Low-Cost Cosplay, a Thai cosplayer, is famous for its unique and affordable costumes. They employ household objects and come up with imaginative angles. They used a lot of pieces of baby corn to recreate Katsuki Bakugo’s wild hairstyle, using ketchup and mayonnaise to replicate the slender appearance of the Colossal Titan from Attack on Titan and laundry supplies to fabricate the hairstyle that is blue and spiky of Son Goku’s Super Saiyan Blue transformation.

Photographer Hilda Glitz captures the brilliance of cosplayer Craxus Cosplay as he renders anime physics into the original Dora x Jojo pose.

Photographer Hilda Glitz of The 86th Floor posted a video of Craxus Cosplay as a mashup of Dora from the children’s TV show Dora the Explorer, and an original character from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure at Japan Expo Paris 2022.

The post on Reddit showcases the cosplayer in an iconic pose from the Jojo series. This technique of back bending is almost impossible to perform outside of the world of anime. The costume is a replica of the adventurer’s outfit with the addition of A pink crop top that exposes real and drawn-on muscles, an orange pair of shorts, a belt that exposes toned calves and thighs as well as white socks, yellow socks shoes, and her signature bracelet with beads. Craxus points a finger gun at the camera before dropping back into the physics-defying pose which has been a subject of memes and Tik-Tok space.

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Craxus also shared a Dora character on Instagram: Backpack (with Map nearby) with the caption “Chipeur and Babouche”, (Swiper and Boots). The French model and cosplayer also flaunted his “Doro’s Bizarre Adventure” abs at the Toulouse Game Show in 2021.

Craxus’ cosplays span multiple genres. They comprise anime (Miss Monday One Piece), Gaming (gender-bent Nidalee League of Legends), Western cartoons, and comics (Aladdin King Triton Tarzan, Tarzan, He-Man) With the possibility of additional projects to come shortly.

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Hilda Glitz is a videographer and producer at The 86th Floor, the largest YouTube channel for cosplay in the world. The most recent shoots she has done include DoKomi, Germany (June 2022), and MCM London Comic Con in May 2022. When she’s not shooting she performs, cosplays, and listens to musicals during her free time. After wrapping up an exciting cosplay shoot, Hilda’s next photo op hasn’t been revealed yet. There are bound to be other events to report on. Viewers can see Hilda/The 86th Floor’s complete Japan Expo Paris video here.

Fans who want to see more of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure will have to wait until fall when Netflix will release the second collection of episodes from the Stone Ocean anime. After the closing of the eighth story arc in the series Jojolion, last January, Hirohiko’s manga is currently being put on hold. The manga will return with Part 9, tentatively titled “Jojolands,” when Araki returns from his break.

A C2E2 attendant dressed in Eddie Munson, Stranger Things, shatters the opening of “Master of Puppets”, by Metallica in the presence of a crowd.

Cosplayer portraying Eddie Munson from Stranger Things is playing his guitar skills.

TikTok user Irish_princess1973 posted the video of co-star Iixvicostumez playing the opening riff to “Master of Puppets”, by Metallica, in front of a cheering crowd. This same cosplayer joined the Flash Mob comprised of people wearing Stranger Things characters. They all rocked out to classic metal.

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Played by Joseph Quinn, Eddie Munson debuted on Stranger Things in its fourth season. Eddie Munson, an archetypal metalhead, was the head of Hawkins High’s Dungeons & Dragons organization, the Hellfire Club. He quickly became a popular character in the Netflix series. The finale of the season, “The Piggyback,” was his defining moment. He persuaded an ensemble of demo bats to perform “Master of Puppets” and then he sacrificed himself to save Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), and the rest of the Party.

The popularity of “The Piggyback” has skyrocketed since its debut. Metallica has expressed its appreciation for Stranger Things using one of its best-loved songs. The group even made a tribute to Eddie during their set at this year’s Lollapalooza.

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At present, it is reported that the Duffers and their crew are in the initial stages of putting together Stranger Things’ fifth and final season. While specifics are unknown at this time, it is confirmed that the story will be a continuation of Season 4’s finale, which ended with Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) beginning to break through the barrier that separates Hawkins and the Upside Down. “Usually after the season, the show will wrap up with a beautiful bow and a little tease that says, ‘Hold on, something is unraveling,” co-creator Matt Duffer explained. “As we enter season 5, we won’t need to tie it up. It’s not possible to start over from the end of this season.

Stranger Things is available for streaming on Netflix.