Cosplay Holic

箭矢漫天飛舞
Arrows dance and fly in the sky
竟然在城牆上遮蔽了日出
Unexpectedly they cover up the sunrise on the city wall
是誰 在哭
Who is crying?

“Unparalleled” Lyrics and Translation by
Jay Chou Studio

This is probably old news, but I've only recently heard about Jay Chou, and I'm surprised to find one of his music videos to be a Cosplay MV for Dynasty Warriors Online! He looks so cool as a warrior, doesn’t he? But I wonder if Jay Chou’s cosplaying a character in particular? Do you guys know?

Yes, I know I already posted the first trailer, but oh dear… Sato-san’s got the part right, down to the “Oro” and “de gozaru”! Haha~ It’s so cute that I couldn’t resist! Takei-san is also very convincing as Kaoru! And we get to see Aoki-san as Sanosuke in this trailer!

Ok, I’m rambling. Please watch and enjoy!

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!

I've featured Kaname in his Cloud cosplay twice in Cosplay Holic already, but never have I featured him in a video… reading doujinshi?!

Messing around at Anime Expo 2009, Kaname reading doujinshi for a bunch of people.

The Plasticgrl

I guess now people can’t deny that Cloud Kaname is real!

Happy New Year everyone! Thank you for all your patience and support for Cosplay Holic. I sincerely hope this will be another year of amazing cosplays and cosplayers!

Because Kipi has a lot of fans, this also means that there will be a lot of people who think she's “just another photoshop princess”. Even though I already posted a video of her before, here is another one made by amateur cameraman, Elpheal.

Yes, this really is her! Taken at the Singapore Toys Games & Comics convention 2011 !!!
She's really tiny, skinny , beautiful and FRIENDLY! Down to earth and all

Merry Christmas to one and all! We hope that all your dreams come true~!

I was quite skeptical about this piece of news when I first heard about it. However, after viewing this 40 second trailer, I’ve realized that this possibly has all the ingredients of a very epic movie.

And they also have an all star cast:

• Sato Takeru as Himura Kenshin
• Takei Emi as Kamiya Kaoru
• Eguchi Yosuke as Saitou Hajime
• Kagawa Teruyuki as Takeda Kanryuu
• Kikkawa Kouji as Udou Jine
• Aoki Munetaka as Sagara Sanosuke
• Taketo Tanaka as Myoujin Yahiko
• Aoi Yuu as Takani Megumi

Although I have to admit, this is rather confusing. Saitou Hajime was introduced during Shishio Makoto’s arc, not Udou Jine’s. Further more, Takeda Kanryuu is the antagonist of Takani Megumi’s arc which was also before Shishio’s. This leaves me to wonder how they’ll add Saitou to the mix… Could this movie’s ending be left hanging as an intro for a second movie? There have been talks of Warner Bros. Japan wanting to turn this into a series…

Now I can’t wait for 2012.

There is no way that I am a Gundam expert, and neither is my Chinese language skills all that well, so I’m relying on the comments posted in the video’s page to say that this is a “family” of Gundams: Exia, RX-78, and Z-Plus! Please do correct me if I’m wrong, and feel free to comment on their proper names so I can edit this!

…and am I right to say this was actually a wedding? Oh wow, talk about a unique approach! Thank you so much to Tania for sharing this video with us!

In 2009, Gackt, the voice behind Gakupo, challenged the users of Vocaloid to a song competition using Gakupo. The grand prize winner would not only receive 10 million yen, but Gackt would also sing the song and include it in his next album if he liked it enough. The winner was announced as “Episode 0” by mathru/KanimisoP, which was released as Gackt’s 39th single on the 13th of July 2011.

Oh wow, Gackt himself cosplaying Gakupo… I think a lot of fangirls will be happy to see this. Thanks again to Fumiki for sending this!

I took the liberty of looking into this further, and found Gackt's Music Video. He's cosplaying Gakupo in it! Enjoy!