The A, B, C's of Cosplay!

The A, B, C's of Cosplay

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From Antropomorphic to Zebra (or Invader Zim!), the A, B, C's of Cosplay is a 26 week 'workshop' to bring to you, in all its costumed and creative glory, some of the most spectacular and colorful work in the Cosplay gallery. Complete with a section on tutorials, and a small history on obscure words or anime used, this week I bring to you...
The letters J, K and L!

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Cosplay, short for costume play, is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character, or idea. Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan, but recent trends have included American cartoons and science fiction.

Favorite sources include manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, hentai and fantasy movies, as well as anthropomorphic manifestations.

Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture centered around role play. A broader use of the term cosplay applies to any costumed role play in venues apart from the stage, regardless of the cultural context.

_{Informational text cited from Wikipedia.org.}

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J is for Jigglypuff!

Jigglypuff, known in Japan as Purin or in other countries as "liikad", is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Jigglypuff first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and subsequent sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed adaptations of the franchise.

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J is for Jill Valentine!

Jill Valentine is one of the two protagonists of the original Resident Evil game, where she was introduced as a member of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service (STARS), trapped in a secret research complex of the sinister Umbrella Corporation.  

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K is for Kuroshitsuji!

Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji) is a manga written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. Since its debut on September 16, 2006, it has been serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy.

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K is for Kingdom Hearts!

Kingdom Hearts is a series of action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix. The series features an all-star voice cast, which includes many of the Disney characters' official voice actors and well-known actors such as Haley Joel Osment, David Gallagher, and Hayden Panettiere. Characters from Square Enix's Final Fantasy series make appearances and interact with the player and the Disney characters.

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L is for Link!

Link is the protagonist of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series. Link is commonly depicted as a child or young teenager of the elf-like Hylian race, originating in the fictional land of Hyrule. Link often travels through Hyrule, defeating creatures, evil forces and the series' primary antagonist, Ganon, while attempting to save Princess Zelda and her kingdom. Link was awarded with a star on the Walk of Game in 2005, alongside Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog.

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L is for Lara Croft!

Lara Croft is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Square Enix (previously Eidos Interactive) video game series Tomb Raider. She is presented as a beautiful, intelligent, and athletic British archaeologist-adventurer who ventures into ancient, hazardous tombs and ruins around the world.

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If you come across anything in the Cosplay gallery that you think would fit the upcoming alphabet, please feel free to suggest to me for future articles!

Next week: M, N and O!

My thanks go to HyruleIke, Neitzarr, and Kukiikun for their fantastic word suggestions this week

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Previous Installments:

A,B,C | D,E,F | G, H, I |