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.
>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
Well, nobody else is posting. A few more memories:>Second-ever con, I'm still a nervous shut-in who can barely talk to anyone>End up in elevator alone with woman dressed as Chocolate from Sorcerer Hunters>Desperately holding on to spaghetti>"H-how are you liking the con?">"I'm having a great time!">Why does this woman sound so familiar?...oh shit it's Tiffany Grant>Struggle to think of anything to say>Asuka Langley Soryu tells me "this is my floor. Enjoy the con!">Manage a "you too" and feel like I just met a celebrityAnother time:>Cowboy Bebop VA cast reunion panel>Audience Q&A portion, everybody's asking pretty good questions about working on the show, voiceover in general, etc.>Guy gets to mic, looks at Steve Blum and says "this is the stairway to heaven...ya know that, don't you?"Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Does anyone have any examples of gyarus/gals from thsg time? I know that gyaru as people know it now didn't start until the 90s-00s but I've heard that the term started around in the 80s. So I was wondering if anyone had any examples of these 80s gals. Really anything works.
the term gyaru was introduced into japanese in the 70s, not the style. this is a conflation by westerners. gyaru wasn't a name originally used by girls who wore the style, but rather labeled as such by the media. even in your image it says that the term gyaru was used to refer to any trendy girl in their 20s, giving the example "ikeikegyaru" which translates to vibrant energetic gal.
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.
Thread for good cosplays that are suggestive but still for a blue board (no nudity)
>>10913019A Tiona cosplay would be pretty risque and sexy too.
>>10913019Imagine her walking around the convention dressed like this
>>10913019I'll masturbate to your gf anon
>>10913043That wouldn't be a surprise, she's a cute petite girl.Enjoy yourself.
Previous thread >>10803531 died from a lack of posts. Not all that surprising with how little there was to post about at the time. Personally I'm also somewhat done with /cgl/ and all the pointless con drama and have been focusing on other things. But now that we've got several conventions around the corner, have a new thread!Question of the thread: What convention are you looking forward to the most this year and why?Upcoming major events>22-23 Sep: Elfia Haarzuilens, a large popular outdoor fantasy event in Haarzuilens.>6-7 May: MIA NL, a popular commercial anime convention in Gorinchem.>21-21 May: Comic Con Brussels, a large commercial geek convention in Brussels.>9-11 June: Animecon, the oldest anime convention of the Netherlands, hosted in Rijswijk.>24-25 June: Heroes DCC, the largest commercial geek convention with a focus on dealers. >30 Jun-2 Jul: Dokomi DE, a large popular anime convention in Dusseldorf.>8-9 July: Atsusacon, Belgium's largest anime convention... I think?>3-6 August: Castlefest, a(nother) large popular outdoor fantasy event in Haarzuilens with tons of great food.>11-13 August: Abunai!, the second oldest and probably now largest anime convention of the Netherlands, hosted in Veldhoven.>12-13 August: Showmasters Comic Con Amsterdam, a geek convention in Amsterdam.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Facts 2024 spring had too much funko's. Lotsa cute girls though
>book hotel for anime con>think of it I booked right by the event center>check reservation from email>hotel is inside chinatownHow badly did I screw this up? Will train be okay? I do not want to taxi.
>>10910719Chinatown's street leads to Hollands Spoor on one side. If you take Tram 17 towards Wateringen from there and get out at the Volmerlaan stop, you're pretty much there already.Be careful not to miss the last tram back though, I think the last one is around midnight or so.
>>10911895And there is Uber
>>10910719it's so over for you.
So I roomed with other people this year of the first time and it was actually a fantastic time. Why do people always make this seem like shit? Any of you got any horror stories
>>10810063J for Jamal and M for Melissa (who was white)
>>10816851Lmao amazing
>>10901290I've taken to using instant film for a lot of that as I get older. Gives people a cool memento, but it's gone for 20 quid a pack to over 100 and they're a lot less reliable since the last ones expired in 2019. Still feels special. I might just adapt the damned thing to run on instax.
My horror story isn't so bad but sucked at the time - roomed with friend (con-goer) and their mom (non-con-goer). In the days before public wifi. Friend's mom is obese and snores insanely loud all 2 nights of 3 day con so neither me nor my friend get any sleep. Then the mom racks up hugeass phone bill by calling relatives on hotel phone - didn't listen to the receptionist's instructions during check-in, nor read the instructions written on the phone, both explaining it's not free. Friend's mom can't afford to pay own phone bill, irately argues with hotel staff for 2 hours while my mom drives down to bail her out and pay for her.
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>covid is over>too shy to cosplay without a mask
>>10907364YWNBAW
>>10907364know what you need?
>>10912244If 162cm 47kg is fat, then sure.
>>10908739cosplay is a hobby with a lot of leftists who love virtue signaling. covid related stuff like masks, social distancing, vaccines, are the ultimate form of virtue signaling because you are literally saving lives and those who don't are literally killing people I despise these people because they made conventions a no-go zone for 3 years
>>10912828All true, but there were also plenty of pussies who outright said "I love that we all need masks because, nobody should see my ugly face". Peak skill issue + not my problem, so not sure how that works. Plus kids either in or right out of uni are STILL the most likely crowd to mask in general, so some of them must still be afraid of getting sick. Not that any of this invalidates what you wrote, more the exact opposite really
peter griffin or cosplay whoever you want dude xd
What do yall think of her? honestly i love her so much, she reminds me of belle delphine a bit. i think of buying her patreon but idk if it's worth it, like tell me what you think
>>10912871I hate Belle Delphine.
she looks like belle but i dunno if it's a flex to look like a child bait for pdf's
>>10912887>look like a childEven she claims that she looks like a child and calls her fans pedophiles but all I see is an emaciated 20yo-proportioned woman.>pdf'sYou can say pedophiles without being demonetized here. Not that the mods here aren't pedo groomers like in other platforms. They're just negligentful and won't ban you unless you insult their posse or they hate your show.
>the year is 2017>everyone at the con is checking their streetpasses every 30 minuteswe'll never get this back, and it hurts so much
>>10909224I wasn't being cynical when it comes to cons in the current decade. Cons now are still not as good as 00's cons, but they're way better than 2010's cons. The only big thing I miss from the 2010's that's gone now is viewing rooms since they were somewhere to go when you ran out of things to do and didn't feel like going through the dealer hall for the fifth time.
Is it still possible to do local? Example, acnl locally? Thanks
>>10900384Pre-2009 was peak conventions.Basically just people interested in anime, games and Jrock.That was before they started milking Marvel/DC movies, so you didn't have to deal with people cosplaying cringe Super Heroes™ at cons.No cancel culture around that time either (People didn't see "Boothbabes" as a problem that can LITERALLY DESTROY THE SOCIETY), we didn't have organizers dedicating panels to discuss "diversity" or "how we must do X in order to fight against Y in the gaming industry".
>>10905358I went to a small local con this December and I only met 4 people with my 3DS, it was so sad. I plan on going to Japan in June and will go to some big event, I'll bring my 3DS with me and see how it goes but I have low expectation and will mostly take my 3DS to play in the plane anyway.
i went to a 100 gecs concert last year and people were doing this in line
Hadn't realized how long it's been since we last had one of these. Would love to hear everyone's thoughts!>Hi there ! Here's my coord for my friend's (@roridoll) b-day ! >JSK, OTK, Clip : Angelic Pretty>Bonnet : La petite boutique de Mamie Zwiffi>Cutsew : Sleepyland Shop >Apron : @MlleEpine (on instagram)>Shoes : Modo
>>10912551you should kill yourself
>>10912558Cringe level of offense
>>10912535so what language then?
>>10912558just trying to appreciate the effort op put into designing and making original dresses, if you hate them that's fine but you could at least say what u don't like and actually contribute to thread discussion. peace and love <3
yeah i agree, i normally don't like it but this is the one time i've seen it work well bc it fits the theme and she has the same/very similar trim on the collar
Sewing Thread: post your sewing related questions here.What threads do you guys use? I need recommendations for strong wholesale thread sites
>>10910663Well then I guess you're not going to bend your arms or flex the entire time. Suck it up for physics.A looser sleeve for the whole length will look less awkward than a bulge or a hole at the elbow.
Is there any truely invisible thread, that's not shiny? Or could I dunk transparent plastic thread in something to remove the shine and make it less visible?
>>10867953I specifically bought a $50, 1950s children's sewing machine because there's no bobbin (and it doesn't use electricity, and it fits in a backpack). It improved my motivation to sew.
>>10911026sort of. go in person to buy the matching thread. bring a scrap of your fabric along with you. hold it up, scan around the shop display with it, and zero in on the spool of thread whose color is identical to the fabric. and then leave it there. don't purchase this color thread that looks so exactly the same you think there's no way in hell it could be anything other than a perfect match. instead check this spool's immediate neighbors because the /actual/ perfect match is still that same color but just a shade or two darker. an exercise. if you live with or near someone who sews, you can maybe raid their stash for edification. gather three spools of the same color thread that are, relative to the fabric: 1) exactly identical in HSV, 2) one shade or two lighter in V, and 3) one shade or two darker in V.>set fabric on table flat>set spools on fabric>pick a spool>unreel few inches of thread from it>lay this single strand across fabric>repeat other two spools>step few paces backwards>observeresults? thread 1 will visibly stand out a little. thread 2 will stand out a lot more. thread 3 has effectively disappeared.
I'm embroidering my girlfriend an animal crossing hat for her birthday, does this look like the right pattern for LA ISLA? I'm most dubious about the Ls
Do you agree with this popular cosplay girl's opinions on male cosplays?
>>10911848cosplay an utena boy
>>10865342Looks ok to meBut I'm a man...
i miss the era when men would at least wear shitty half-assed cosplay for fun. feels so rare now. the last con I had fun at was one where I could say "uh yeah I guess you ARE waluigi"
>>10911848I only cosplay as guys, but it seems to me that many "typical" male chars in anime/manga have boring or downright ugly as hell outfits even if their personalities are ok. See: Dr. Stone. Great male chars often have clothes so generic (such as a random-ass suit or the same clothes and hair as 600 other characters) that he's not recognizable as a cosplay. Female chars and bishie chars seem, on the whole, to always have more recognizable clothing. Dunno if this plays into anything.
>>10912752This is always cope There’s plenty of easily recognizable interesting male outfits, you’re just too gay to watch them. Literally just pick a random character from any generic fujobait gachagame
Excluding the superhero and scifi genres (which seem to be their own crazy things), does cosplay of Western or heavily America/Europe-inspired series attract a better or worse level of cosplay than typical anime?
Discussion and analysis of CAP & SNK cosplayers.Post cosplayers names if you know them.Also Event & Year of pic.
>>10906883Not at all. EVO has tons of games being played other than Street Fighter and there would be tons of Capcom fans there that would appreciate seeing them. Although it would probably be more well-received if the character was at least from a fighting game in some regard.
>>10822930wish i could dwarfmaxx like this
