Cosplay Holic

On the 4th of December 2011, Nico Nico, in cooperation with Japan’s largest cosplay community website “Cure”, came together to introduce the world to Japanese Cosplay Culture.

Niconico’s special stage replicated each cosplayer’s world in detail using 360 degree LED screens accompanied by powerful sound systems! Top cosplayers from popular anime series including Tiger and Bunny, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, Final Fantasy, Touhou Project, and even Vocaloid made their appearances on stage!

If you missed the event like I did, you can download the show through torrent. If you’re a cosplay fan, this is a rare chance for you to see your favorite cosplayers moving and without photoshop! Even Kipi made a special appearance dressed as Hatsune Miku!

Thanks to Marcello for letting me know about this! For now, I will leave you with a video of Danceroid members Ikura, Aikawa Kozue, Yuzuki, and Maam performing Maji Love 1000% from Uta no Prince-sama!

She’s a cute, red-haired, bishoujo, but with only a portrait shot like this, she could probably be anyone! I’d have better lucky identifying that character behind her (who’s either Kyon or Koizumi Itsuki from The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi)!

But I’m sure you guys know better than I do. So please leave a comment if you know who she might be! Thanks again to Fumiki for sending this in!

EDIT: Thanks to anon for letting me know this is Rio Rollins Tachibana from Rio: Rainbow Gate!

Alright guys, here’s another “unknown” for you, because I’ve given up trying to figure this one out.

I know the girl on the left is Takane Manaka from LovePlus, but as for the other girl(?) beside her, I’m about as clueless as it gets. There’s not a lot of information with regards to this game, so she might be a minor character unlisted in wikipedia. Then again, she could just as easily be from a completely different series.

So how about it? Any ideas? Thanks to Yuri for sending this!

EDIT: Thanks to satori-chan for letting me know this is Nino from Arakawa Under the Bridge!

I wanted to write something witty about this epic cast of cosplayers, but I don't think any article will be able to give this photo proper justice!

…at least, that’s what I want to say, and it’s really half-true! But as for the other half… well, I don’t know a thing about the Five Star Stories! I only know this is such a beautiful set of cosplayers, and that I had to feature it!

Can anyone name all the characters in this photo? I know Skuld, Belldandy, and Urd, but none else!

EDIT: Syaza has pointed out a few of the characters from Five Star Stories:

Back row from left to right: unknown, Alecto, unknown, Candana(orange), Machi(blue?)

Front row from left to right: Violet Tryton, Lachesis

Is she right? Let me know and help me identify the rest of the cast if you're familiar with the series. Thanks guys!

Now here's a crossover that’s highly unlikely to ever happen.

I’m sure a lot of people recognize Yuna in her songstress / Lenne costume from Final Fantasy X-2, but do you know Jack Skellington? He is the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town from the series “The Nightmare Before Christmas”! A perfect November feature! Thanks to Al for sending this!

…hm, do you guys think it’s about time I added a “Disney” tag on Cosplay Holic?

You can probably tell that's Nagato Yuki from The Menlancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi giving a notice to the Gundam; but that’s just the thing: I have no idea what Gundam model and make that is! And those “03” markings make me think it’s an Eva Unit more than a Gundam.

So I shall be leaving this in the Unknown section while I quietly sit down and wait for my readers to let me know from which series that Gundam is from… please? While I try to figure out how to title this blog entry properly seeing we have a crossover between two series. A very cute one at that. Thanks to again to Miriam for sending this!

EDIT: Thanks to anon for identifying the RX-178 Gundam Mk-II from the Zeta series!