@Deenight:
You expected no line for games once other gaming events reached E3 and TGS proportions? Just be lucky GC isn't up to 3+ hours of waiting for one game...yet.

SpishackCola

Not a very imaginative bunch are they? Talim and Neku looked pretty good though.

ReignFury

I've always had a soft spot for Rikku (the girl from FFX, not the dude from KH), and the girl there shows why! The TWEWY cosplay is fantastic though, and the Jack Sparrow one is really good too.

Kazzahdrane

haha... saw her today... :D

but this years gc kinda sucked hard... i had to wait for every game i wanted to see 'bout 30minutes or something...

but beating my brother on street fighter 4 in 20seconds was worth it xD

Deenight

Is that Neku a woman?

Come on guys, it's not hard to rotate an image 90 degrees :P.

yargh

... only in Germany?

Estel

The majority of them pictures show why Japan continues to be the best when it comes to cosplay.

Some of the costumes where good though, I just wish people would spend a bit more time making their costume and at least try to dress as someone they won't ruin the look of.

Emiat

@djricekcn: Looks like a chick to me.

TackyLamp

I think the world would implode if there was ever a cosplay convention without someone cosplaying a Square character.

Furious_Liver

[kotaku.com] = lol at the guy on the right

djricekcn

My neck hurts from turning my head sideways.

DuckPoo

Needs more TF2.

Pezdispenser

Jack Sparrow was the best.

Firemane

I love the use of the word "Hive" here. Cosplayer Hive. Brilliant.

MrBionic

yeah, the world ends with you is the best one in my opinion as well.

oneshot_

I think... that's a she. In that case, she's cute. If it's a he, then he's cute.... but I mean it in a totally not gay way.

xeleion

Yeah, I think Neku was the best, followed shortly by the Org XIII guys.

Still, I think the best cosplay ever is the TF2 team.

NeonLight

Loved the Neku cosplay, prolly one reason because of the girl cosplaying it, rawr...

Hearts_Are_1

I really do admire the work people put into these costumes.

A lot of them are immediately recognizable and very well made.

TackyLamp

You know, I love all that is created equal; but 95% of cosplayers outside of the land of the rising sun should really reconsider dressing down as Aerith.

PsycheE

Now that is some cosplay! Thanks Mike for the pics. Conventions are not conventions without some cosplay going on!

Mike's Stalker

Nice to see more TWEWY cosplay emerge!
Props to the Jack Sparrow, somehow it's become a custom for each convention to have at least one ?

Maybe I'll visit Leipzig as well next year, is it open to general public ?

Iceman B.

@schLuen: Better the good series than the bad ones.

Anyway I liked those cosplay, surprisingly good for european stuff.

Llost

naruto an Finalfantasy cosplayer ... they are like bugs ....everywhere ..you can't hide from them °~°

schLuen

My only problem with most cosplays is that people cosplay as someone they do not look like AT ALL. The most awesome cosplay I saw was some kinda large, almost balding guy who dressed up as Link's "dad" from A Link to the Past. He was even slumped on the floor. Awesome :3

Ryumeka

@yargh: Yea she's a woman. I got a picture with her. She's tiny.

JibbyJam

@Emiat:

u also tend to forget that lots of otaku's in the U.S tend to be fat, and those people also tend to cosplay.

maraxusofk

That Rikku cosplay looks really nice and cute

Deruji

Awesome Neku Sakuraba cosplay. I really want to cosplay as Sho sometime, but have no idea where to get that trucker hat of his design.

JAcK0R

@maraxusofk: I didn't forget, I just didn't want to say all western cosplayers are fat and end up stereotyping them, but sadly most of them are.

Emiat

When I went to Otakon 2006, I saw no fewer then 53 Soras and Rikus. No Kairis, even though about half of that 53 were girls anyway.

Mascott

Hahaha, look at all the thin people! No, seriously - for a nerd convention that is crazy. I see like maybe one chunky girl and a bigger guy.

Hooray for cigarettes!

FightingChance

Aw, no Shiki cosplayers?

M

@UltimatePancakeSensation: Well some people just enjoy dressing up, it all about the fun of it.

DranzerKire

@M: There actually was a REALLY CUTE Shiki cosplayer, but it was hard to get a picture of her cause she was with some strange entourage. I have like half of her face in a shot that my brother took with his shitty-ass photography skills.

JibbyJam

Cosplay can be cool when done well, but I'll never understand the desire to dress up as a fat bizarro version of your favorite character.

UltimatePancakeSensation

No love for lazy uploading

UltraMagnus

@schLuen: As long as results like:

+ Watch video

I generally hate western cosplay, they have no chance to present awesome results on JP games/anime. But at least they often get the costumes right.

somarix

the place looks ... dirty ...

ffmusicdj

well ....most of them are fugly as hell *_*;;;

but i agree if they do a great job, then it's a picture worth =)

btw. are here more germans who recognize those cosplayer :D?

schLuen

Heavy Yuffie with bare midriff.

No thanks.

urutapu

As long as you asked for their permission to take the photos, you're all good. The one thing cosplayers hate is "ninja shots", basically where they're not even doing anything and you take a fast camera shot of them while not ready.

Anyway, good photography etiquette for people in the future at conventions - always ask the person for a photo first. Advice from a Comic-Con picture taker veteran.

BTW - that's a nice Talim. Dunno why there isn't any Filipino girls cosplaying her more though...

AnimeGamer

@urutapu: Yep Yuf was Phail

Man, the Org 13 chicks(?) were really good. Those weapons looked awesome. Jack Sparrow was great too. Neku was a good one, but maybe some bigger shoes. Now the Cloud with the halfstache... fail.

FalconMbuster

I never understood cosplaying, it usually ends up terrible and more than anything it draws an annoying crowd of people that people are forced to walk around. On top of that, ive never seen even one good instance of cosplay in picture or in person.....(yes, I even hated halloween as a child)

If anything they should ban cosplaying from conventions as they distract from the real point of the convention. Additionally, in many cases when the public is obviously disturbed(ie. when fat men are dressing up in miniskirts and trying to act like little girls) they should be arrested and charged with indecent exposure.

Some poeple will argue that cosplaying doesnt hurt anyone and that its all in good fun, but its also a nuisance with no logical meaning behind it to a lot of us.

RuneX21

I should really try to make a Lost Vikings cosplay.

Scherzkeks

What is with all the hate on all the pictures, seriously? The costumes all range from fairly good to great.

So skinny people have all the rights in the world to run around half naked, but people who are at all "chubby" have to cover themselves up and hide so as to not offend anyone's eyes? If someone's face is "ugly" to you, they can't ever cosplay?

As a guy who's worked his ass off to lose 60 pounds and gain some muscle in the last year and a half, let me just say I know what it's like to be treated differently because of how you look, and it really sucks. I'm shocked at all the bile I've found on these pictures. Really, Kotaku Commenters? Has the media really brainwashed you so much that you shun anyone who wouldn't fit into a Calvin Klein photo shoot? Pathetic.

Before you analyze the splinter in others' eye, take the log out of your own.

AlexDitto

I'm getting too old for this shit.

ProdigalMoon

This con called Anime Evolution was happening at Vancouver (Canada) this weekend. I went to check out their stores for robots (don't "watch manga" myself) and ran into a truly amazing RE4 shopkeeper. He never said "come back anytime" though, and I felt a little ripped off.

What else, uh, a great Sol Badguy, except they didn't let him bring his sword (it was metal and Vancouver RCMP are dicks).

Gunhaver

Seriously, I'd shag that first chick so hard, but...

1) She needs to fucking shave her armpits.

2) I -think- there's a total nipshot in there.

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Trendy . Ideology

@djricekcn: Beat me to it! He's totally checking out that Kasumi!

Chanthas

The World Ends With You one is amazing, the other ones are God awful. Especially yuffie.... oh dear god.

devpeck1

@M:

My thoughts exactly =[ I haven't seen a good shiki cosplay yet.

hrabbit

I was walking around Times Square this evening and saw some The World Ends With You Cosplayers as well. Perhaps they were doing a spiritual unity thing...

superbagman

I'm pretty sure a couple of Lost Odyssey cosplayers said they were going to attend? A Kaim, and possibly a Sarah (maybe a Seth as well). I'll check with their main thread on Cosplay.com to see if they went.

Byakko

@Deenight: oh and gettin back on topic... when we attended the gc there was a girl/guy? in a pyramidehead from silent hill costume... man i wish i had made an pic... cause she/he looked awesome...

Deenight

@SpishackCola: didn't expect to wait 1hour for playing rock band 1...

the last time i went to the gc i had never to wait... maybe because it was the friday or i was just a lucky bastard or most possible because it was 3 years ago and the gc wasnt as popular as it is now, but i had never to stay in a line for any of the games i wanted to play... good old times...

but i had no big problem with waiting in line but the whole time i was like "hey lets watch whats up at capcom/sony/etc maybe theres no line" and sometimes i was right, sometimes i was wrong... i think patience is my biggest weakness and what made my gc experience not the best in years... :)

Deenight

Now Pyramid Head - that's a costume! Would that mean the girl in question would have to go topless to replicate it?

Mr Butterscotch

The Hall of Justice, you will never find a more wretched hive of scum & villainy, we must be cautious.

Huzzah indeed.

KilOMisFit

Props for the article pic. Haven't seen a TWEWY cosplay pic yet, and that Neku takes the cake... even though the hair is a bit ugly.

Vlox

@maraxusofk: I lol'd

daddybojangles

Neku ftw.

trogam

Girl in Green, oh yeah.

Thank god for german girls, if this GC was in America they would ALL be some sailor moon character, and ALL be overweight.

DevCo

I have to hand it to some of those cosplayers. They sure can nail the "spiky hair" we all thought was impossible.

TRT-X

@AlexDitto: Yes. Only skinny people do have the right to run around half naked. No one wants to see fat people except other delusional fat people.

Capt. Struggle Bunny

I noticed half of the photo comments go something like, "Is that a guy or a girl?" :p

Not that I know much about cosplay, but if I was a chick into cosplay, I'd do a female version of a male character. I haven't seen it done often, and it would at least add some creativity and personal twist to it. Other way around though? I don't think that'd work so well.

everybest

@AlexDitto: Thanks, exactly what I was thinking. I'm blessed to have been thin and good-looking for most of my life, but the bile and hate (especially the sexist bias of it, it's way worse to be a less-than perfect female obviously) is disgusting. It would be one thing if this was Oh No They Didn't, but I expect more from commenters on Kotaku.

That said: I'd been considering Neku for Halloween, and this is inspirational. Unfortunately, my wife (the one who knows how to sew) can't understand why I'd want to be such an obscure video game character...

beeporama (brian.j.parker)

saw the neku character live and he/she really did a good job posing. looked all very good and professional.

0tak1n9

at the recent con that just passed in toronto, i couldn't believe how many dressed as Neku + the gang from world ends with you.

sweet pics!

Desfunk

There were quite a few Nekus at the con last weekend here in Toronto. 90% of TWENY cosplayers were female. 99% of D Gray Man cosplayers were female. True story.

Honestly, I don't mind people having some meat on them and cosplaying, as they do turn out good as well.

Lyner

@DevCo: 2/10. Find yourself a new series and we'll talk. Meanwhile, have some MGS cosplayers (yours truly included) from this Otakon [www.acparadise.com]

@Lyner: girl versions of guy characters usually end in tears :\ guys cosplayed by girls, on the other hand, can sometimes be very tricky.

not_tom_brokaw

Is it so hard to get the pics right side up?

blindeye