Cosplaying is really in for
today’s generation. A growing number of cosplayers are really putting too much
of their effort, time and money into their outfit/costume.
What is cosplaying?
According to Wikipedia,
Cosplay came from the root word Costume Play. It is a type of
performance where people/performer dress up on their desired costume. The
performers are called Cosplayers and they interact with each other creating a
subculture centered on a play.
In the Philippines, Malls and
parks are the usual avenue for cosplayers to meet and greet. Fashion shows are
organized to showcase the best costumes and designers. According to my
colleague cosplayers favorite sources of their costumes came from Manga and
anime, comic books, video games and films. It is basically any entity from the
real or virtual world that could inspire them to come up with a dramatic
interpretation can be taken as a subject of their cosplay costumes.
Many became really famous by
cosplaying not only in Philippine Arena but rather all across Asia. One of them
is Alodia Goshien…..
Myrtle Sarrosa also is a
cosplayer who recently won the Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition.
Both represent a subset of
cosplay culture centered around sex appeal. According to wekipedia, this subset
of cosplayers specifically chooses their characters that are known for their
attractiveness and/or revealing (even explicit) costumes.
There are also other types or
kinds of cosplayers, “the dollers”,
wherein they represent a different type of niche. According to Wikipedia these
type of group is called kigurumi in Japan which means “mascot”- style role
players. They are basically covered from head to foot or they hide their real
image to the public by wearing a head dress or head gears. They could be
robots, space alien, or even animal. A doller could be a female representing a
male character or vice versa.
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| Francis Veloso |
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| Mike Rider Black |
My colleague Marie Tinio is a
female doller who wears Gekichoper costume.
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| Marie Angelique Tinio |
Other cosplayers are:
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| Loki Heart |
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| Serreniethy Fiona |
4 comments:
Wow... this is such an interesting read. I've always known that such a thing existed, but I never knew it was called cosplaying. It's so neat... like Halloween all the time lol. It's such a cool way to show dedication to things you like... I'm a theater person and I'm always in random costumes, so I can totally relate to this. I wish it were bigger in the US. I feel like our only equivalent is something like comic-con where everyone dresses up... but its still not the same thing. Hmm... anyway, nice post!
yeah at first i didnt know that it was called cosplaying.... Gosh I missed those days when we wear costumes during haloween...
Excuse me, but Tokusatsu cosplayers (such as kamen riders, power rangers, super sentai) cannot be considered as Kigurumi/Dollers.
Kigurumis represent anime/cartoon (which are usually anthropomorphic/humanoid). As the name suggests, they're meant to look like dolls. Doller outfits are usually composed of flesh toned suits combined with clothing a a mask that represents a face that is covered with a wig or a hat.
As for those tokusatsu cosplayers, they can be somewhat similar to Ironman/Warmachine cosplayers. The only difference is they are based on those "japanese fantaserye."
Thank you for the information! I really appreciate it Anonymous!
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