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Welcome to the Cosplay Crib Podcast! If you don't know what cosplay is, it's when people dress up as their favorite characters from anime, manga, video games, or other forms of pop culture media. It's a great way to show your love for a character or series while also having a lot of fun! In this podcast, I'll be interviewing some of the most passionate and skilled cosplayers from around the world and showcasing their amazing costumes. They talk about their experiences dressing up as their fa ...
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She began exploring the world of cosplay in 2006, while also introducing the concept to her city with her group. She began by making photoshoots but quickly transitioned into a competitor herself, even winning one of the major cosplay events in the Southeast Asian region of the world. She took a long break from cosplay owing to circumstances and pr…
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She was interested in many activities back in 2017, when she was still quite young, including photography, makeup, hair styling, and design. She enjoyed playing video games and watching anime, but it wasn't until she went to a cosplay convention for the first time that she realized all of her interests were connected to cosplay, and it was only nat…
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She became interested in anime-related stuff on Instagram when she was fourteen. She was then introduced to a cosplayer who made a before and after cosplay of the character Widow Maker. She pondered how she managed it with everything cosplay-related, from the make-up and outfit to the nitty-gritty details. As a result of this, she began to research…
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Bloom loved dressing up her favorite characters from the cartoon series Winx as a child, although with less precision and more for the sake of wearing a costume. During her high school years, a friend hosted a Halloween party, and she was the only one who went all out with her costumes, demonstrating that she was meant to be a cosplayer herself. Sh…
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Episode 47 Little Hikikomori - (Poland)
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Ash got exposed to cosplay in 2016 when she attended her first cosplay convention. There, she was taken aback by the many outfits and characters presented by the cosplayers at the time. As an anime fan, she became fascinated by some of the anime characters themselves. Because she genuinely wanted to portray them, she decided that cosplay would be h…
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Kumita, a cosplayer from Spain, will be joining us today. She was introduced to cosplay when she was around 12 years old and found herself surrounded by cosplayers; she was amazed to see so many fictional characters brought to life. Kumita began to plan her first cosplay after that event, as she was about to embark on her cosplaying journey. Check …
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Temis from France joins us today. She was introduced to cosplay at 13 or 14 at a cosplay convention. She decided to become a cosplayer at an age when most teenagers are rebelling. Her motivation for cosplay was to meet new people initially, but she was fortunate enough to find her circle of friends within that group. Cosplay will always be regarded…
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Episode 44 Fire Lily - (Washington)
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Fire Lily from Washington is our guest today. She used to enjoy creating and needlework when she was younger. Because she didn't have a sewing machine at the time, she had to make the majority of her outfits by hand. Lily is able to create both textile and armor sorts of outfits due to her early interest in arts and crafts. This inspired her to bec…
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Queenie from Singapore is today's visitor. Queenie grew up watching anime and did her first cosplay when she was nine years old. This was because her older sister had purchased a costume and she was the only one brave enough to wear it outside. She enjoyed the attention she received from cosplaying, and this was her main motivation for continuing t…
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Selkie Flame from Belgium joins us today. Her first exposure to cosplay was when she and her friends attended Castlefest in the Netherlands, where they had been for nearly 7 years. It wasn't exactly what one would equate with cosplay, but it became her firsthand experience with costume-related activities. Her true cosplay began when she cosplayed a…
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Today's visitor is Mii-mii chan from Japan. As a major fan of Kurosawa Ruby, a Love Live! persona, and her desire to embody the character, she opted to cosplay her during a concert by the character's voice actor. Her experience as a cosplayer has brought her many hurdles in life; being a mother of a baby boy and working as a pharmacist has shown th…
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Today's visitor is Kiwi from Germany. She began as "the little anime fan kid in elementary school" who also happened to play Pokémon TCG with her friend during school breaks. Because there was a minor cosplay event nearby, she began to observe an influx of cosplayers in her neighborhood. This aroused her curiosity, and she soon began cosplaying her…
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Milka from Estonia is today's guest. She was introduced to cosplay as a young and new-gen cosplayer through Tiktok, specifically by a user named Silvillious and their unique approach to cosplaying original characters. Milka had already dabbled in cosplay, but she had taken a few breaks from it as well. Around 2020, cosplay grew fashionable in her a…
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Today's guest is Just Peaches from California. He was introduced to cosplay in high school and immediately wanted to do it since cosplayers seemed cool to him, but he didn't have the luxury or means to do so. A year later, while working on his Link costume for Halloween, he discovered a cosplay event in his region, so he chose to wear his Link outf…
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Punderfullll from Canada is today's guest. She was introduced to cosplay while she was young, circa 2005, and she began cosplaying the following year. The majority of her cosplays come from the Touhou Project series, which has a large number of characters to pick from. She also had a Twitch channel where she played games and cosplayed simultaneousl…
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Winter Sayuri from Portland is today's guest. Winter's life had been difficult, and anime had been a coping mechanism for her as she grew up. She was introduced to a cosplay convention when she was about twelve years old and became quite interested in it, but she didn't get the chance to attend one at the time. Fast forward to the future, when she …
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Minty from Vietnam is our guest today. She became interested in cosplay after becoming a fan of a well-known cosplayer named Hakken Ryou. Hakken was known to cosplay male characters, which inspired Minty to do the same. She then had her first go at cosplaying Seth, a male character from a Manwha anime. Check out and support her content: Instagram: …
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Episode 34 New Game Plus - (Philippines)
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The New Game+ cosplay group from the Philippines joins us on the Cosplay Crib Podcast for our final episode of this year. New Game+ is a cosplay group based in the Philippines. They are a 12-person team, but only 5 of them, including a recurring guest, were interviewed. They are primarily a cosplay group, and many of the titles are from video game …
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Sylmel from Belgium's passion for art as a child, combined with her discovery of a sewing machine, paved the way for her self-created cosplay adventure, though she is open to purchasing costumes. Check out and support her content: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sylmelcos/ The Cosplay Crib is a podcast channel that mainly focuses on inviting c…
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Sarayuki from Germany was introduced to anime such as Pokémon and Sailor Moon by her best friend, leading her to cosplay. Seeing Usagi in her Serenity form at a 2015 convention motivated her to start cosplaying herself, particularly enjoying bridal or gown styles. Check out and support her content: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cosplaylady.s…
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Kona from Ukraine started cosplaying after being introduced to Naruto and Naruto cosplayers. Her first cosplay was of Okama Sanji from One Piece. She excels in cosplaying video game characters. Check out and support her content: Instagram: https://instagram.com/k_o_n_a?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter: https://twitter.com/KonaKonaCosplay Tiktok: https:/…
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Today's guest is Yukitora from Indonesia. She enjoys performing arts hobbies including singing, dancing, acting, and more, so she believed cosplay would allow her to combine her passions. She was inspired by her grandmother to take up cosplay as a serious hobby, and as a result, she has established herself as a well-known cosplayer in terms of both…
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Umaruun from Belgium was inspired to pursue cosplay after witnessing several cosplayers at a Japan Expo event in Paris with her family member. Her grandmother's sewing skills gave her an advantage in making her own outfits. Check out and support her content: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umaruu.n/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Umaruu_nn Twitc…
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Today's guest is Yukiro from Spain. She first participated in cosplay around 2007 at a convention. She loved seeing cosplayers bring her favorite characters to life. Her cosplaying has been so artistically done that it exceeds my expectations; it's like staring at a painting while wearing cosplay. In June 2022, she held her first cosplay photo exhi…
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Episode 27 Magnolia Pixie Dani - (Philippines)
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Today's guest is Dani from the Philippines. Dani was introduced to cosplay at a young age by her father, who is also a cosplayer. With her background, it's no surprise that she eventually became a cosplayer herself. During the interview, I was surprised to learn how talented Dani is, and how she became, quote, "an official Genshin Impact content cr…
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Today's guest is July from Germany. Being an anime/manga enthusiast, like most of the guests on this podcast, it always leads to someone getting into cosplay, and July was no exception as well. One time, her uncle invited her to go out, and as they went to a particular convention, a cosplay event was taking place at that time. Seeing this, Julie ma…
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Today's guest is Bryson from California, USA. As a guy who has been involved in various forms of arts and literature, enjoys comics, watches cartoons, and was influenced to participate in cosplay, his interest was piqued. Bryson became a cosplayer with a good mantra in mind, and that was to have his own take on cosplaying the characters he chose. B…
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Today's guest is Kiku from Tokyo, Japan. Back in her childhood days, she was introduced to the anime character Ranma from Ranma 1/2. She immediately fell in love with the character and decided she wanted to take on her roleplaying persona. When she eventually discovered cosplay, which is vital to roleplaying, she didn't even think twice about attem…
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Today's guest is Kelen from South Texas, USA. Having a thing for attending EDM(Electronic Dance Music) concerts where everyone was dressed in their favorite costumes. At that time, a friend of hers convinced her to attend conventions, but she thought that it was too intimidating for her. The push, however, came to shove, and so she was able to atte…
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Today's guest is Xerenite from Toronto, Canada. At a young age, she was into anime and the characters, the fight scenes, or just the animations in general, even the story and character development for her were very interesting and cool. As someone who used to dress up for stuff like Halloween, her destiny as a cosplayer became inevitable. Tifa from…
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Today's guest is Amanda from Los Angeles. When she was young, she loved Halloween dress-up and drag, an indication that she would be into cosplaying. As a teenager, she experienced her first anime convention and noticed that she felt out of place, wearing only regular clothes apart from the cosplayers who went. She started to research a bit about c…
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Today's guest is Kisaki Himeka from Indonesia. Lots of events involving cosplay in her country became a window of interest for her, and thinking it looked fun and enjoyable, she decided to step into the world of cosplay to become a cosplayer herself. Like other cosplayers, she too was a fan of a famous Japanese cosplayer named Hibiki, Touya, and th…
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Today's guest is Lady Avianna from Las Vegas. Back in 2008, she was supposed to go to a DND convention when unknowingly, people who visited would dress up as characters in the movies instead of the usual DND characters. Once she was there, little did she know it would be her introduction to cosplay. As a fan of horror games, she cosplayed the monst…
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Today's guest is Kadirine from Switzerland. It started with her reading mangas collected by her big brother, which continued to transition to watching anime, and eventually experiencing a cosplay convention. Cosplay became a big part of her life as she continues to participate in any events or activities related to it, this includes becoming a host…
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Today's guest is Skeld from Lyon, France. A Vocaloid, specifically Hatsune Miku, inspired her to do cosplay, and it became her starting point. At first, she started buying her costumes but eventually decided to make some of them on her own with the former being an option still. She had a group named Gones.n.Craft and she currently manages their Ins…
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Today's guest is Ixtran from Wales, UK. Seeing famous cosplayers on the internet, cosplay piqued his interest and hence became a part of his bucket list. A video gamer at heart, Ixtran pursued cosplaying as a next-level experience for the characters he played. He started to cosplay at the age of twenty-seven and from there, he let his inner geek lo…
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Today's guest is Faye/♣Chroiio♥ from Wales, UK. Faye/♣Chroiio♥ was into alternative fashion, and after incorporating anime into it, they realized that they could just do cosplaying instead. Unfortunately, covid struck and the world shut down for a while. Cosplay conventions and events halted but their interest in cosplaying was very strong for them…
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Today's guest is Mika from Hong Kong. Mika is one of the young, fresh, and upcoming cosplayers who started cosplaying in 2021. Cosplay like most of the guests in this podcast was also introduced to her after she went to her first cosplay convention. It was fun for her to see characters she liked come alive from cosplayers portraying them that when …
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Today's guest is Flo Boy from Paris, France. Like most guests here in the Cosplay Crib, going to cosplay conventions had always been an eye-opener for potential cosplayers and Flo Boy was one of them. Cosplaying can be done in a variety of ways, and he decided to pursue armor cosplay. Most of his costumes are based on the franchise called Monster H…
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Today's guest is Herbz from Ottawa, Canada. Cosplay was introduced to him way back in 2007, going to cosplay conventions and such. Wearing costumes for him before was merely a prank and wasn't taken too seriously, eventually, he found a reason to step up his cosplay game. Being a cosplayer can sometimes invite unwanted prejudice, and to Herbz it wa…
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Episode 11 - Ysabel/ Ao Okami (Philippines)
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Today's guest is Ysabel from the Philippines. Like some of the guests here in the podcast, Ysabel was also introduced to cosplay by attending a cosplay convention here in the Philippines. She started trying her cosplaying by just wearing costumes but as time progressed she started to try other aspects of cosplaying which includes her trying out mak…
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Today's guest is Biotom27 from Houston, Texas. He had acquaintances that do cosplay already, but it was during 2018 when he went to his first cosplay convention and saw all the cosplayers there, that sparked his interest in cosplay. 2019 came and he was dead set on cosplaying and began his journey as a cosplayer. Eventually, he discovered that he h…
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Today's guest is Louie from Queens, New York. Louie didn't start as a cosplayer immediately instead got introduced to the hobby by his brother who was a cosplayer among them. As a fan of sentai and Mortal Kombat, he mostly focuses his cosplay between these franchises. Not being able to make his own costume, didn't stop him from doing what he like. …
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Today's guest is Randy from Winsconsin, USA. Cosplay came into his life after he watched a show called Cosplay of Heroes, and there he was introduced to one of the famous and iconic cosplayers named Yaya Han. Cosplaying helped him a lot in communicating with people, and though he considers himself a novice, the room for improvement allowed him to c…
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Today's guest is Hasa from Vietnam. Thinking that it was very interesting, Hasa started to cosplay in 2019. Recently her favorite character to cosplay was Violet Evergarden and at the same time, the hobby helped her learn some skills in making some parts of the costumes by herself as well. Hasa's biggest criticizers are her mother and brother but e…
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Today's guest is 冬目huyume from Taiwan. Her first impression of cosplay was that it wasn't fun but then one day a friend invited her to cosplay and that changed her view about the hobby after. She enjoyed her first cosplay and was able to overcome her shyness and gain a lot of friends in the process. Making ways to fund her own costume, especially t…
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Today's guest is Sabrina from Peru. Sabrina tells her story about being a cosplayer; going to cosplay conventions with cosplayer friends; and how she met her husband within that community. She also talks about her love for Digimon, which to me personally is a rare sight to engage with, as somebody who likes the franchise as well. Much like cosplaye…
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Today's guest is Nayumi from the Philippines. At 8 years old she was given a Chibimoon costume by her mother and it became her most cherished dress. She then started reading manga, watching anime, and collecting cosplay magazines, an otaku at heart. It wouldn't be a surprise when she eventually ventured into cosplaying. Nayumi is a cosplayer most o…
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Today's cosplayer guest is Mona from the Philippines. She was inspired by a known cosplayer in the Philippines as a young girl back in 2012, Mona decides to pursue her dream of cosplaying apart from her studies. Though already a cosplayer, she was unable to attend any live cosplay events. This year marks her date to finally remove such a drawback. …
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Welcome to another episode of The Cosplay Crib Podcast, today's guest will be Jacob another cosplayer from the Philippines. He began to enjoy cosplaying last 2019 but unfortunately, 2020 came and the pandemic hit the world, cutting his time short with cosplay. Now that 2022 is here, his excitement is building up again as cosplay events are now star…
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