Cosplay experiances in Thailand: Gender and Sexuality

By Daddylion. 16/02/12, 12:07 am

Before I reply to the rest... did you just say Captain Jack?? As in Captain Jack Harkness!!!! And Jayne Cobb?

I think I love you. Marry me!

I may be only an anime/manga cosplayer, but that doesn't mean I only watch anime and manga. I haven't seen Dr.Who the new series since they got rid of Rose but i do love Torchwood. And Firefly! OMG! I so love that show! Jayne is definitely a favourite. Him and Simon and River :)

And I love Guns n Roses too :)

Thanks for the pics hehehe you guys look like a fun group :)

Ah right, well NZ seems like a wider spectrum of cosplay than here. Cause here it's very very japanese centric. On top of anime/manga/game cosplay, we also have a J-rock cosplayers. So really most Japanese stuff gets the highlight within the community... though i have a friend who wants to do Disney cosplay, and another who planned a Scooby doo cosplay project. There was also a lovely Human version Transformers cosplay group held by a friend which i was unfortunately not able to get into in time sad

but they were awesome!

hahaha i can understand not wanting a costume to go to waste.

By Pura. 16/02/12, 06:15 pm

We hardly ever have J-rock cosplayers ... We have fans of the bands, but no one really cosplays them. Then again, you can probably get away with it better if you're actually asian xDD.

We actually have quite a lot of game cosplayers here ... The best overall in New Zealand/Australia was from Granado Espada (we have a competition between the two countries) best from Australia was Xena Warrior Princess, best group at auckland was Granado Espada, best Solo was Warhammer xDD. And then anime and manga is quite popular too. Most things I've cosplayed from have been anime or manga series Razz

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I think our cosplay scene mostly comes from Japanese culture, but recently we've had a lot of NZers wanting to cosplay from American comic series xDDD or Disney Princesses, haha.

By Rolly. 16/02/12, 06:53 pm

I am going to shamelessly plug Doctor Who... you are missing out on some sweet sweet scriptwriting! The new series with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan (the 11th Doctor and companion) is so awesome, I just, don't even. My fav character is Rory. ;D

And on topic, I agree with the cosplays here having much more variety. There's heaps of stuff from games and TV shows (not necessarily anime and manga from Japan) that people tend to cosplay from. :)
We've got a great community.

By Highlander. 16/02/12, 07:46 pm

By Daddylion. 18/02/12, 10:03 pm

Sorry for the slow reply, i've been really busy with coming here :) sorry i missed the picnic.

Pura: that's true... asians get away with quite a few things... guys crossplaying for one. Plus in Thailand we're very on Japanese and Korean things. More so than american and western things you could say...

hehe i don't know anything about games. I'm mostly anime/manga myself. I watch more western tv than most thais but my cosplays are still more geared towards japanese media. I have one friend who wants to do disney but hasn't decided on which yet... I myself want to be Rider Flynn... but i don't have a rapunzel.

Rolly: thing is, i downloaded new seasons of Dr. Who with every intention of continuing watching the series... then my external harddrive broke and every single western show was mostly obliterated. I didn't feel like getting everything back since by then i was already more into anime.

And it might be interesting to try other stuff too... though my plate is already so full it might be a long time before i do.

Highlander: Of course! I know who the no.1 women in your life is! Anyone who truly loves Jayne Cobb would never try to come between him and Vera!

And don't worry, i'm harmless *blink blink* *makes innocent face* *hides knife*

Ooo i wanna dance with Kitten in drag tooo!

hahaha i don't know how to make anything. That's the problem. I intend to hire a tailor in thailand to make my outfits, come back and collect it over school break. Being River might be a bit hard for me. I have no sewing talent... so far the only thing i've really done myself is the face paint for characters. I might learn to make my own weapons at some point, but i'm not so sure about sewing.

Be interesting to be River though... it's very very very very very rare that i cosplay a girl. I'm predominantly a crossplayer... even if i have a rather girlish face and can't pull off manly to save my life. I just don't really care, i feel better in crossplay than as a girl.

That's ok :) As long as you can pull off Captain Jack's attitude ;)

By Highlander. 18/02/12, 11:03 pm

By Pura. 18/02/12, 11:21 pm

I have lots of western shows! We should have a external party sometime xDDD. (Although not Dr Who ... but I'm pretty sure I know people in Welly who do have it xD).

I hardly know much about games either. I hardly ever play games, but they seem to be the thing that have the coolest designs xD. But I generally don't have time to play games anyway. (Although I really want to cosplay from the .hack//GU games =w=)

I've sorta wondered about cosplaying as Rapunzel but I don't know if I ever would end up cosplaying her xD

hehehe, while surrounded by wellingtonians who can sew you can learn to sew too! Razz

Hannah and I quite often get together and sew, so I'm sure you'd be welcome to tag along, even if it only to just talk while we sew xD. (She lives just up from Vic Uni too... for now xD)

By Daddylion. 19/02/12, 01:22 am

Highlander: In Thailand panels aren't so big here. Especially not guests though like i said, we did have Thai-Japan Anime Music Festival, and a Miku concert.

hahaha have fun with security. I'd love to see it.

As for River, I know she's not much of a girl, but sometimes i just feel more comfortable in male cosplays... that said I do want to cosplay girls, but only the messed up ones. I have types for who i like to cosplay. For guys, I like ones that aren't so cute, I like the more butch characters despite the fact that my face is anything BUT butch. I have large anime-ish eyes and a round face, actually very good for cosplaying anime girls but I just don't like it hahaha.

I do cosplay some milder male characters too though. And i also like to cosplay a guy who's crossdressing... but not girls hehe, it's kinda weird.

For girls i'm more specific. I like messed up tragic female characters for cosplaying so River actually fits the bill perfectly. The girls i want to cosplay are Princess Euphemia from Code Geass, who at the end was controled by Lelouch (her half brother) to massecre Japanese people, i want to cosplay her with a gun in her hands and covered in blood. And i want to cosplay Chikane from Kannauki no Miko, whom near the end raped her female love interest, in order to make the girl hate her enough to kill her... it's complicated. Then i want to cosplay Nina Wong, from Mai-Otome who fell in love with her own adopted father, who was in love with the heroine, her best friend, and then accidentally killed her other best friend and then became used as a weapon to massecre people by the bad guys.

So yeah, River fits right up there.

hahah i'd like to see you TRY to pass for a 15 yr old girl.

I might have to look at River's picture again... My favourite outfit of hers was from the movie, the first dress she wore in it had one long sleeve one short sleeve and an uneven skirt that i really liked. Buuut that would definitely be a difficult one, and not the most recognizable of her outfits.

And good luck with the skirt :) i like those too.

Pura: That sounds good, as long as i can get a costume with my limited amount of cash it should be ok. I should learn to cosplay here, cause in thailand i get to cosplay and get as difficult a costume as i want since the tailors aren't that expensive. Here i would need a different strategy.

For western shows i like, there's Smallville have been my beloved since a long time ago. Then there's Supernatural, Gossip Girl, Buffy (my first love you could say), Angel, Chuck, Firefly, Reaper, Merlin, Torchwood, Queer as Folk and i used to be really really into Glee but the later seasons i kinda lost interest. There's also the L word, the OC, Veronica Mars, Popular (don't know if anyone still knows that one), Dark Angel. And like i said, i watched Dr. Who but only the first 2 seasons. I'm in love with 9th, when he left i was sooooo devastated.

I also watched Dexter and briefly, Vampire Diaries.

That was before i got into anime. Then anime kinda took over hehe.

And i'd really really love that, thank you :)

By Highlander. 19/02/12, 06:29 pm

By Pura. 19/02/12, 06:33 pm

We have a Code Geass group for Auckland Armageddon which you're welcome to join if you're able to get up to Auckland Very Happy

(AuckGeddon is in October).

How long are in in New Zealand for? Is it just for this year, or longer?

By Daddylion. 19/02/12, 07:52 pm

Highlander: It depends on the con... because we have 2 cons a month, or more, (sometimes every week) each con isn't a summary of everything fandom related like it is here (from what i can tell). You have ones which do have guests like i said, like the Anime Music Festival, but there's doujinshi cons, ones which focus more on selling merchandise, game oriented ones. Often there's an auction at every con, sometimes performances by cosplayers, karaoke. Very very often you will have a cosplay competition. We also have anime specific conventions, like 'Reborn Only', 'Ultimate Galaxy' (Saint Seiya con), K-On Party, Vocaloid Party etc.

There are also charity events which isn't a con at all but rather, charity groups sometimes like to invite cosplayers to come as part of the attraction to get people's attention to the event.

Last year a theme park also said free admissions to all cosplayers for a day for their 10 year aniversary too, because we as cosplayers bring attention, we help them advertise without actually costing them anything. Usually at cosplay events that aren't conventions, ones set up by charity groups or at department stores and theme parks, they will have a cosplay parade.

hahaha i understand. Though creepy jokes can be fun too. And i have no idea who any of the characters you just mentioned are. Kilt sounds really expensive though.

I'm kind of overweight. I'd make a really chubby River sad

Pura: The problem is i'm not sure i can get anything done in time to join any group. I already have cosplay projects waiting for me at home when i go back for the holidays and outfits need to be made for that too. And Princess Euphemia doesn't sound like an outfit that will come cheap.

As for me, i will stay in NZ at least for a year, at most 3 years, depending on whether i can get a scholarship for a master's or not. If not i will have to find a cheaper place to study.

By Highlander. 19/02/12, 08:42 pm

By Daddylion. 19/02/12, 10:56 pm

What do you mean by chibi then? Because i get a lot of comments about being Chibi... ChibiBunny ChibiRenji etc.

I never saw that anime, but i have heard the name.

And her! Oh i remember now. From Love Hina, the one with darker skin right? I don't remember that much because I only saw a little bit of Love Hina but never really finished it.

By Highlander. 20/02/12, 05:55 pm

By Daddylion. 20/02/12, 09:39 pm

hahaha right, got it :) thanks.