Cosplay

Is it just me, or do Japanese cosplay models not look like they're having any fun? They all sort of have a dead look to them.

That dead look is needed to maintain a face suited for the character, since high amounts of expression are generally considered immodest and not as beautiful (in terms of physical appearance.)

Bleh, I say. Bleh.

The Misa is cute.

It was a good Misa. And Auron.

That dead look is needed to maintain a face suited for the character, since high amounts of expression are generally considered immodest and not as beautiful (in terms of physical appearance.)

What an appalling idea. Not every character is Aburame Shino; to strip out the nature of a persona in exchange for a uniform standard of charm goes against the very thing that makes cosplay and acting interesting and lovely to begin with.

That's Japan for you. The more I learn about the Japanese, the more I think that their social standards must be set by a secret cabal of emotionless robots.

edited 17th Oct '10 7:21:32 PM by Sporkaganza

...built by the Japanese.

Cosplay and acting are rather separate in Japanese cases, since cosplay, for them, is more about just giving off the look of the character more than actually being them.

But they cease to look like the character when the cosplayers do a mannequin impression.

Why is that?

Because acting.

Why do you need to act as the character to match the general image?

I'm also not exactly sure what you meant by a "dead look" to begin with, though.

I think she meant cosplayers going :| instead of actually acting like the character they look like.

^^^ Yeah, if you're going to dress as the character, you should at least try to act the role for photos.

edited 17th Oct '10 9:24:13 PM by TobiasDrake

I view cosplay as making an impression of that character, so I prefer to cosplay characters that not only I think are interesting to cosplay, but also characters I'm familiar with.

I mean, an Ace Attorney cosplay isn't the same if you don't know about that infamous finger-pointing pose. ;) Speaking of which, I haven't found a recent and appropriate opportunity to shout OBJECTION! at a gathering or convention while in my Apollo cosplay, at least without getting called out for noise violations. :(

edited 18th Oct '10 12:21:28 PM by TsundeRay

Ciel◊

I think she meant cosplayers going :| instead of actually acting like the character they look like.

What if going :| is what the character would do?

Then they're acting in-character.

Air Gear: Simca the Swallow

And an actual good Naruto cosplay...Gaara. Another one who's a dead ringer for the character.

Another Air Gear fan?

That's a pretty good Simca, but I like this Aeon Clock better.

I can't tell if that Aeon Clock is a boy or a girl... PERFECT!

And just for the record: I am still reading Air Gear, but it has crossed the line three times IMO. In other words: I want to see how it ends, but it is so over-the-top rediculous lately that I have lost a lot of my interest in it.

Gurren Lagann: yesssss I'd hit it.◊

I don't follow cosplay much, but this Marle impressed me.

DAYUMM.