Alice in Avalon

Happy World Cosplay Summit 2013! The crowning winners are in 3rd Place, Team Thailand! In 2nd Place, Team USA! And in 1st Place, Team Italy, reclaiming their former winning streak! I wanted to write this post in just commemorating the awesome work that a number of skits  had. It was a fun experience to also watch the stream with some of my cosplay partners and family members, who also really got into the whole experience. World Cosplay Summit is a fun experience for cosplay duos to represent their countries in an international msquerade. Most of them really bring out the best of their work, and it was really obvious by the looks of several of the skits that they put their strongest efforts. While the stream and individual videos are trickling in, I have to commemorate some of the best skits of the night: - Team USA brought back their amazing Alice in the Country of Hearts skit with probably one of the best (if not the best) costume changing sequence yet. They also carried a...

                                     Continued from Part I                                How do you feel about the cosplay culture and community? It’s changed a lot, for the better and well, for the worse in some cases. I think it’s adaptable so there isn’t a massive issue with trying to keep it like an older tradition or style. Cosplay to me was a form of icebreaker at conventions so people could initiate a conversation and become friends and so on. It’s taken a different approach now because conventions are indeed more commercial and based on popularity, so the attitudes may not necessarily be always as friendly or open. I think having a social hierarch...

So I filled out this questionnaire to talk about more about why I cosplay, and just more information about what I do what I do! Cosplay Questionnaire Part I          Introduce yourself. Tell your cosplay name or whatever name you go by when you cosplay.        I’m Kagura! My cosplay name is Ohtori Kagura.           What got you into cosplay?       I was raised with the belief from my parents that every day can be a dress-up day aside from Halloween, which I wasn’t allowed to celebrate when I was younger. My parents bought me Halloween costumes to use year-round, and it became a natural thing. Not long after, I got into anime and manga, and the idea of wearing a costume from an anime character seemed thrilling and exciting. It only took my first convention trip to really solidify my need to cosplay.       ...