/cgl/ is a board for the following:• Cosplay• Lolita• J-fashion• Conventions & gatherings• Sewing & prop-making• Craftsmanship tools/materials & tutorials• LARPing• Discussing accessories such as wigs/circle lenses/prosthetics/makeup (These must be within the context of the board-related topics listed above; weight loss threads should be kept in /fit/, beauty and fashion generals should be kept in /fa/)Our board rules are simple:• Thread content must be related to one of the categories covered in the list above. Off-topic threads and replies will be deleted.• Singling people out maliciously is not tolerated and will result in a ban. 4chan is not your personal army. The singling out rule applies to vendetta threads and replies being made to attack a specific person, as well as predatory behavior like doxing. Discussing an individual in general isn't against the rules as long as it's done within context of cosplay/lolita/j-fashion.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
“Shit, only 2 months left?”Edition65 days to goPrevious thread>>10896044>You Preregistered?>for the premierfags, you still miss being a premierfag this year?>did you manage to get a hotel? Just a yes or no would suffice>How’s your AX fund jar doing so far and what’s your budget?>You got your work PTO approved?>Any setbacks so far until the con?>Cosplay Day 0/1/2/3 plans?>expectations?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>10913123i might just have to go see raise in japan in june at this ratei just came back from popipa and mygo last weekmfw roselia sold out because i wasn't really looking, only the fukuoka show still has tickets and its during fanime
>>10913123Yea I went to that one and they were both good but chuu2 couldn't make it and only half of popipa showed up. Hope they bring it back one day.
>>10913122>waiting an hour and a half in the sunHow to tell someone hasn’t been to AX without saying they haven’t been to AX
>>10913138Do you not show up on Day 1 when AX Con Ops have no clue how to manage lines and the Fire Marshal has to tell everyone to fuck off?
>You Preregistered?4 days>did you manage to get a hotel? Just a yes or no would sufficeNearby airbnb is the way>How’s your AX fund jar doing so far and what’s your budget?Probably like $500 or so and mostly for food>You got your work PTO approved?Haven't even put it in yet but I'm going no matter what>Any setbacks so far until the con?Hopefully my cosplay fits>Cosplay Day 0/1/2/3 plans?Astolfo idk which day>expectations?I'm definitely going to wish I had more money>what are your dream guests that you are hoping will get announced the week before AX?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Well hello, Florida Seagulls. It's been a slower year here, but I know you're out there and you know I'm out there. Our local scene keeps on with one location change after the other doesn't it? HolMat where MegaCon is, OtakuFest where "Super"con is (impending lols there), Mizucon where OtakuFest was, Anime Iwai at the far end of Palm Beach County>Alternate Title: Musical Venues Edition>Anime in the Park - April 20 - Groveland>Sarasota Anime-Fest - April 27 - Sarasota>KirbiiCon - May 4 - Fort Lauderdale>OtakuFest - May 17-19 - Miami Beach>Mizucon - May 24-26 - Miami>Collect-A-Con Orlando - May 25-26 - Orlando>Finn-Con@MDC June 15 - Miami>Anime Festival Orlando - June 28-30 - Orlando>Metrocon - July 5-7 - Tampa>Florida Supercon - July 12-14 - Miami Beach>SWFL Anime-Fest - August 11 - Fort Myers>FT-Lauderdale Anime-Fest - September 15 - Fort LauderdaleComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>10912904Lmayo
>>10912782just came from kirbiicon it was fun the venue was actually bigger than last year they expanded more stuff in the parking lot so i got more to see although i went alone because all my cosplaying friends moved out
>>10913056Yeah same. The extra space might explain why it felt a little emptier this year. It probably wasn't, just spread thin. I had to laugh watching all the randos off the street sneaking in through the opening next to the DJ bus
>>10912904Yeah, I was at Iwai, at the hotel party near the elevator. I think I did better at AWA, though.
So Otaku's less than two weeks away and their schedule hasn't dropped? Or is it just a badly run website? (Most con site are desu). I've got a free pass for Saturday but wanna know if Friday or Sunday's better
I'm a near-complete beginner to con culture and the "scene" due to zero exposure to it until recently and I have too many questions swimming around in my head that I need to ask. I've only been to a couple of small ones in my mostly-desolate area and I want to step up to traveling to bigger ones but I'm overwhelmed. Please bear with me.>Do a majority of congoers cosplay? I know it's common, but is it seen as a faux pas to not cosplay?>Likewise, is it seen as a faux pas to wear the same cosplay more than once in a multi-day event, or to not wear it some days?>I've read a lot on this board about "after hours" events and parties that aren't scheduled by the con staff. Do you have to get invited to things like that, or how do people find out about them?>Do cons that don't have a stated sub-demographic (ones that use terms like "fandom" or "pop culture" instead of specifically "fantasy" or "otaku" or something) tend to accept all demographics? Would you be looked at weird for going to something more "western" like SDCC in an anime cosplay, or would you expect to see a lot of them? >Why do some huge cons like Colossal and Dragon seem to place such significance on getting a hotel room onsite as opposed to just being nearby? Surely not just traffic, right?>What's a "gull"? >How do you not get sick every time you go to one? >How do you keep track of scheduling for multiple cons across multiple years? Do you get notified about them? When is "con season"?>If you're partying, how do you deal with inevitable hangovers or crashes?And some more personal questions>If you cosplay, what's normally your budget? Both in terms of time and money. >How do you make friends at a con if you're not going with a group?>How many cons do you go to yearly or on a recurring basis? There are a fuckton I want to see but I'm not sure if my expectations are unreasonable.Thank you for your time.
>>10912971From the experience of people I know, jp cons pale in comparision to the big US cons, cosplay restrictions really kill the vibe, and you'll meet the occasional racism in sellers refusing to sell doujin to foreigners for fear of them scanlating it. But Japan is Japan, you'll still have fun.
>>10913007I'm not American, the biggest con I've been to was Japan Expo in Paris but from what I've seen on /cgl/ it's more or less organized the same way. >you'll meet the occasional racism in sellers refusing to sell doujin to foreigners for fear of them scanlating itI don't plan on scanlating anything to begin with, I hope there won't be any misunderstanding because of this. I look racially ambiguous but I don't think that's going to help in my case. I also plan on shopping in Akihabara's and Nakano's Mandarake but if I want new stuff I might as well get them during the con.
>>10913014Might be a lot more fun for you then, I've been to a few Euro cons and they were shit.It's not like you walk up to a seller and announce you're going to scanlate. They assume just by the fact that you look or sound foreign that you're going to scanlate. If you look Japanese and either your Japanese is perfect or you can do the entire interaction without saying anything then you should be completely safe. If that's not the case just be prepared that someone may refuse to sell to you - and I'm not saying all sellers are like that but some are.
>>10913158This isn't just about doujins. As a white foreigner who speaks Japanese, when I tell Japanese people I consume anime/manga they often assume I do it illegally and they start to take an automatic moral stance. It blows their mind when I say I use Rakuten eBooks, Abema, Japanese Amazon Prime and so on and do it legally. Or maybe I've just met jerks.
>>10913158>>10913160I'm French, and Japanese people usually know that France is nearly as obsessed with manga as they are so I doubt anyone will assume I read manga illegally. At least the ones I interacted with. Maybe they assume this because the first country they think of when thinking about the West is the US, and anime are way more popular than manga there and for a long time it was easier to find series by pirating them than by actually buying VHS or DVDs or blurays? idk I'm trying to understand.>If you look JapaneseAbsolutely not, the closest to this was when Indians in Japan assumed I was Indian and Pakistanis assuming I was Pakistani. I don't look Asian at all though, and certainly don't look mixed either. and either your Japanese is perfect or you can do the entire interaction without saying anything then you should be completely safe.I have an intermediate level in Japanese, I can do small talk easily but can make some mistakes here and there because I forgot a lot of words and kanji, and I'm not used to talking in Japanese in general. It's not a problem at all when shopping in actual stores but I don't know how conversations tend to go with sellers/fans in cons in Japan. How is it usually, you just say or show which doujinshi you want to buy and you give them your money, or can small talk happen? In small cons in my own country I've made small talk with some artists but Japanese cons look so crowded I have a hard time imagining it.
May 17-19, 2024Are you going for the whole weekend?What are you cosplaying?Is your cosplay done or are you con crunching?Are you hosting a panel or working a booth?Going to the rave?Favorite part of the con?Any other activities you’re looking forward to?
>>10912960And their hotdog flavoured water?
I can't afford ACEN I'm going to Anime Midwest instead.
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>>10913197Hi Ryan.
>>10913197Did you pay for the ad I keep getting on this board?
When did anime conventions in the west become pride events?
>>10912892You don't get it. Seinen is the biggest contender of shounen ai. Sanctuary, Monster & Devilman are three examples.
>>10913012the characters being massive fags doesn't make the source material yaoi
>>10912931Who the fuck do you think consumes yuri, you thoughtless whore? Men? Only transvestite gooners and fujos like yuri.
>>10912931Its the other side of the coin that consumes yuri, untouchable middle age men that are sliding down the autogynephilic troons pipeline. both genres are just made for loser men/womenchildren to fantasize about fag teens in compromising situations.
>>10913032most yuri is written by lesbians and intended to be consumed by lesbians.
Looks suspiciously the previous OP pic but with a new account
>>10913127i feel like it has to go out of the trend cycle at some point, i mean theyre called trend-hoppers for a reason. i just feel like its been getting particularly bad these past few months. i have been seeing some people lowering the price of old-school and old-school adjacent pieces to some extent on lm.
>>10913130this is truealso the funniest thing is she cries about current prices the most.she’ll say she’s depressed because of the current prices but her blogs and fame chasing made it that way.how do you expect to post about old school every second you get and act surprised when people start wanting the pieces you talk about kek
is it possible to convince the lacemarket mods to ban scalpers, genuinely? Is this possible? What would the criteria be?
>>10913186if actual rule breakers don't get banned, what makes you think scalpers will? lm is hardly moderated anymore
>>10913186what they really need to do is pass the site on to people who actually want to manage it, or hire more mods.
A thread for telling stories about anything and nothing - funny, roommate horror, party shenanigans, creeps, things you wished you didn't see, etc.>Be me>Walking around con floor with friend I just met the day before>He is fairly high at this point in time>Tells me he wants to try and find some bitches to bring back to the hotel room>I'm down, decide to try to be a wingman to him at the very least>He is cosplaying as Loid Forger>See thicc qt3.14 Yor cosplayer>Approach.wav"That's a really sweet Yor cosplay, my friend here has been trying to find a Yor cosplayer for a photo">She sees him behind me>They start talking>To my surprise, he has some fair rizz>A second Yor cosplayer approaches, she seems to know the other oneComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
A recent one>At con karaoke, just about had my fill>See "Love Dramatic" (Kaguya OP) on the queue and decide I'll stay till that one>Guy's completely off-key, can't keep time, doesn't even try to pronounce Japanese>I'm in my spot singing along without missing a beat>Eventually he stops altogether and just stares at the crowd>As it ends and I turn around to leave, I hear him say...>Can we start it again from the beginning?
>can't get hotel room this year>no problem, we live in the area and mostly just get rooms for parties, we'll just bring party supplies and crash in someone else's room>friends with rooms all bail first day of the con>we are now dragging a heavy wheeled cooler with a 24-pack of beer, two handles of vodka, and a bunch of 2Ls of soda around the hotel lobby openly asking for room party invites>no takers>set up cooler in one of the forgotten corners of a higher floor, start drinking and offering beer to passersby>people start to join us>within an hour there is a full on crowd and someone has set up a mini-keg>con security shows up>everyone scatters and it's just me left with a cooler>"Uh, I'm taking this to a friend's room downstairs">drag heavy-ass cooler down three flights of hotel stairs, somehow go straight past the lobby, emerge in the fucking bowels of the building>con security catches me dragging cooler BACK up stairs>"Uh, I got lost">Consec is just following me nowComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>bored in the lobby>decide to pretend an official Con Parade is about to start>Wander around lobby telling everyone the Parade starts outside the atrium in 15 minutes>Friend deputizes a guy dressed as Doctor McNinja (carrying a clipboard for some reason) to come with us and recruit people for the parade>Realize it's getting noisy, look behind us, see 50 fucking people following us>Proudly lead group back to the atrium>Group is chanting "JOIN THE PARADE, JOIN THE PARADE" at top volume>Parade continues up glass staircase in atrium, JOIN THE PARADE and lockstep marching start echoing through the room>Con security out of nowhere>Everybody bolts, nobody speaks of it againNo fucking idea how we pulled it off. The clipboard must have made it look official.
>15+ years ago in seattle>crossplaying in sailor uniform, look terrible, trying to get from hotel to con, smartphones don't exist yet>stop to ask for directions from the first person i see, it just so happens to be some japanese salaryman, probably in his 50s>asks me what i'm wearing, i say a costume for an anime convention>old japanese guy gets super excited, saying stuff like "we have anime in japan! you look just like a japanese! i'm so happy you like japan!", doesn't give a shit at all>japanese guy goes into his hotel lobby to get a map, helps me figure out which direction to go. never see him againthat was probably my first "damn japanese people are nice" moment
>>10912806Aw, that's a sweet story! I would have expected an older Japanese person to flinch at someone crossplaying, glad to hear he was cool with it and nice to you
new larp threadNow with 87,45% more polearms and a little bit of hydrophobiaprevious thread>>10813669
>>10912738>>10912745Thanks anons! now for the hardest question, where do I find quality calf length leather boots? I'm willing to spend extra for form and function if possible.
>>10912839Perkele is really good. They've raised their prices a bit over the last few years, but I've gotten some great bargins off their sales tab. Decent customer service, and I've used the same wool tunic and linen undertunic from them for at least 5 years at this point and they're still good as new.
>>10912645Vaguely 1500s german-ish. Think Warhammer fantasy empire.
>>10912942Sounds rad anon! Where do you get your kit?
Leatherworker of/larp/, I need your help once again. I finished the leather bottle and it works perfectly (except that I can't find a fitting cork). I started a new project. An arm guard for my archer, but I have problems getting unto the stamping part. Do you wet your leather before stamping it?
Foid here,I'm starting to think cosplaying is only worth it if you're attractive
>>10912945keep crying dicklet. even if im a loose whore i can buy a 10inch dildo but a woman will never cum on your dick.
>>10913008Now that you mention it, the ones I have seen been empathetic towards men have been ftms.
>>10913155a lot of ftms these days made up something called transandrophobia which is just MRA shit for ftms
>>10836557Jessica isn't or wasn't particularly attractive though she was just thin and got a boob job later on
>>10913008You've never seen a married couple with children in public with the mom hugging the dad? Where do you live? Russia? Gotta be some slav non-whtie shit hole. Even in Africa women love their men.
Alternate title: "Eager for a New Thread After a Full Month at Bump Limit Edition"Keep it /cgl/-related! Cosplay or J-fashion like Lolita/Brolita, Aristocrat, Kimono, Nanchatte, etc.!----------------------------------------------------------------------ITT you may post:- Useful guides that can be applied to crossplaying/crossdressing- Questions, help, sharing advice to improve your appearance to pass temporary as the opposite gender (Male -> Female, Female -> Male)- pictures of crossplay/crossdressing coords, selfposts- personal experience/stories regarding crossplay/crossdressingNOT allowed:- Anything in sexual context/fetish stuff- Anything related to gender transition like hormones, operation etc.; >>>/lgbt/ might be the better place for thisComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>10912991Just look the square in the face and tell them you're not an inconsiderate jerk who rides a Harley.
>>10912991Happened to me first time but i just own it i mean, what are you supposed to do?
>>10912991what hurt more than fag was being told I was in "drag" I felt so ashamed I retired that cosplay. like damn thats how people see me huh
>>10913133what was the cosplay?
>>10913133some people think drag just means cross dressing, maybe they didn't mean it that way
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>>10913028they're a great brand for staple items and the prices aren't bad at all. good luck anon, hope she likes what you pick out!
>>1091299040/41might also be too big. im a pretty consistent 42 and im a US size nine (26cm to be exact, which is a lot of size 42's on taobao). that's an 8-8.5 depending on the brand
>>10913114it's always best to go by the cm measurement, it's the only thing that's ever relatively consistent
are the antaina rocking horse shoes actually decent... i coords w them and they look okay in pictures, but do they hold up okay and are they ugly in person?
>>10913159they look fine, but the quality is really mediocre. the originals are leather and wood. most replicas are pleather and foam. sometimes that's a plus because they're easier to walk in and much cheaper. the baby victore RHS use wood and pleather so they're an interesting middle ground.
groundbreaking
How come they’re never as cute as JP idols?
>>10912728It's a different crowd. More of the cosplay scene than anything.
>>10912911Kinda weird, most groups started as cosplay groups
>>10913015>>10912911Even amuse were a cosplay group. So with cosplay cover groups we’d have none of the popular idols that we have
>>10913148*without
What are some of the ugliest outfits you’ve seen?
What are some cosplay stories that you'll remember for the rest of your life?Wholesome: Cosplaying some My Little Penis characters with my then-gf when a little girl started freaking out over how great we looked. She got her dad to take loads of pictures with both of us.Less wholesome: I saw a fur-suiter yelling at his wife.Least wholesome: Walking to the convention center behind my friend's sister in her Sailor Saturn cosplay, on a windy day. She either didn't notice or didn't care that her bare ass was playing aggressive peekaboo with me. Only time I've ever wanted the walk from the hotel to be longer.Sad: I was at Twitchcon when that lady broke her spine.
>>10910669Perhaps the most cringe post ITT.
>>10910678Cringe?!?!?! on 4chan?Fuck off kid
I once ran into Vic Mignogna while getting out an elevator at AnimeNEXT back in 2005. I was around age 15/16 and a big weeb obsessed with Fullmetal Alchemist at the time so I thought that was the coolest thing to happen. I even snapped a picture of him with my shitty disposable camera. Although it’s kinda weird to look back at it now with all the sexual harassment allegations that came out
I miss AnimeNEXT from the years before they went to AC.I appreciate how popular they got, I just wish they didn't choose a venue in such a rough and expensive area. There HAS to be a better option between Somerset, AC, and Edison; cuz that was the final nail in the coffin for them.I told my friends we should start our own version of ANEXT and call it NextANIME and just do everything they did but with hopefully a little less suck xD
>>10913045i know what you mean. i never reported my encounter with him because i was too starstruck at the time. by the time it bothered me it felt too late to mention.
