Halloween For Anime

Have you ever seen people cosplay? At least a picture of it? Oh my god, right? You don't know what to think.

Your First Thought (don't deny it):

What the hell?

Excuse my French, but I'm right, right? What are you supposed to think? "Hey, that person who looks nothing like Mr. X looks JUST LIKE Mr. X!" I mean, you have to look like the person to begin with, no matter how cool your costume is.

Better. Yet.

Have you ever seen a guy cosplay as an anime girl?? *Shiver*. It looks something like ...

Yes. This is real.

There is another side to cosplay. The really rare side. The side where people actually look like who they are pretending to be. For example:

This is Gaara from the anime Naruto, which I am a big fan of. At first, I thought this was just a regular picture of him, something drawn. Yes, it has been all dolled up (who one earth says that other than ryn?) with pretty colours and a nice glow, but that is a real person! People who don't know who Gaara is might not be as impressed as they should be, but hell. It's better than "Sailor Tranny" up there, right?

However, no matter what, cosplay always seems ... a little ... off. Right? No matter how you look at it? Here's why.

What you realise by watching cosplay:

1. It isn't as cool as it was in your head.
2. You do NOT want to grow up to be Mr. X.
3. You will never burn that horrible image of Mr. X kissing Mr. Z out of your head. (Nor Sailor X and Sailor Z.)
4. It's SO not worth the cost of the costume, makeup and hair dye.
5. You're doing tricks for no treats.

Okay, let's say you're a cosplayer. You got the costume, all $100 of it, and the dye. You got the makeup, so you can have the same tattoo and everything. However, what if your character has no eyebrows, like Gaara? What are you going to do? Well, you've only got so many options.

1. Wax 'Em. Enjoy you convention weekend, cause you not going to enjoy ripping off your delicate hairs. And it'll only be about ... six months or so until they grow back in.
2. Bleach 'Em. This'll work if you're going to have really pale make up on. And you can just dye back after the convention, right? Be careful, though. Those chemicals are blinding if they touch your eyes.
3. Hope No Notices. ... We noticed.

And one more thing. I feel so bad for the people who have REALLY awesome costumes, and who did their hair perfectly, but still don't look anything like their character.