Last month, Kotaku introduced Australian cosplayer A.K. Wirru’s terrific Mai Shiranui. Not content to only bring Mai to life with padding, Wirru also does a very good rendition of Mai’s moves.
[referenced url=”https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/09/how-one-male-cosplayer-became-mai-shiranui/” thumb=”https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_ku-large/wg3emtiazvxjb74zdvq8.png” title=”Aussie Cosplayer Transforms Into Mai Shiranui, Thanks To Plenty Of Padding” excerpt=”Australian cosplayer A.K. Wirru pulled off a terrific cosplay of iconic fighting game character Mai Shiranui. Here’s how he did it.”]
Have a look in the clip below:
Check out Wirru’s practice clip:
Becoming Mai isn’t easy! Just look how much padding goes into this production.
If you like this cosplay (or cosplay in general), you can follow Wirru on Twitter here.
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Please could we avoid 14mb gifs on the home page? It’s death by a thousand cuts on meagre cellular data plans (at least in Australia).
I disagree, we should add even more gifs, flood the screen like the days of Angelfire and Geocities yore! *Laughs maniacally*
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The opening gif makes them look really awkward and heavy footed.