Alice in Avalon

                                     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.       ...

And here's another personal review of Anime Expo 2013! I arrived back last week and had a great deal of fun. Here's the review: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of the convention: THE GOOD: - The cosplay quality was really nice! It felt great to see a great deal of anime cosplays than it had been the past couple of years. I don't necessarily condone anit-anime cosplays at all, but they were dominating a bit too much over the last couple of years. Or, there were too many people not in cosplay. I got the opportunity to take lots of pictures, and there was such a variety of old cosplays and new ones, even rare ones! I was so excited when I see the Nanami Haruka and Heroine from Amnesia. All the sweet otome-game excitement! - It's a double-edged sword, but the masquerade process was significantly easier than Fanime. The only major con to this side of the issue is that it was easy for me and most of the contestants out there, but the staff had a major hell ...