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#1 | Back to Top04-18-2008 04:30:40 AM
Good Utena Cosplayers
Because I didn't see a thread like this.
Anyone have good pics of Utena cosplay?
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#2 | Back to Top04-18-2008 04:36:19 AM
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Actually I have one. My camera focused on her hand rather than the rest of her body, but I think one of my peeps has some good shots of her.
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#3 | Back to Top04-18-2008 06:35:34 AM
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This is one of my best cyber buddies, Ana Belen (Cntl_c_copy over here i guess).
This are like.. the best cosplayers ever...
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#4 | Back to Top04-18-2008 08:41:46 AM
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Epi....that is some gorgeous cosplay you have there......the Juri and Shiori in paricular were doubly amazing......
I know this is a cosplay thread but I had to post up some preformances, and the second link in this thread is an example of what I thought was good cosplay too.
http://forums.ohtori.nu/viewtopic.php?pid=87297#p87297
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#5 | Back to Top04-18-2008 12:36:26 PM
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That Juri is absolutely gorgeous, and I do not use that term loosely.
If I ever met that Shiori... (I'm trying not to type LOL RAEP TIEM)
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#6 | Back to Top04-18-2008 12:50:25 PM
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Oops, double posting because I've got a few.
Artbook Utena... 
So innocent.
One of my favorite Anthys. She's just so cute!
That hair astounds me... 
The Panther in on the prowl.
Little something for the shippers.
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#7 | Back to Top04-18-2008 02:59:57 PM
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Wow, those really are awesome. Dollface's 2nd pic looks exactly how I imagine Utena would look as a real person.
I previously posted these on other threads, but they bear repeating. From SakuraCon 2007/2008.
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#8 | Back to Top04-18-2008 03:30:16 PM
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These are great cosplay and all but it kind've makes you realize how fucking ridiculous the uniforms are.
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#9 | Back to Top04-18-2008 03:57:00 PM
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Haha! The uniforms do look good in the show, though.
That's my friend in the pokemon shirt. This was about the coolest cosplay at the convention, and it became even cooler when I popped in the first disc of Utena (which I bought there) and saw what she was actually cosplaying from!
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#10 | Back to Top04-18-2008 03:57:15 PM
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Hedgehogey wrote:
These are great cosplay and all but it kind've makes you realize how fucking ridiculous the uniforms are.
Thats because all the characters in SKU have the sort of figures that make supermodels feel fat in comparison and while those closthes look good on them, they look less appealing on real people.
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#11 | Back to Top04-18-2008 04:49:17 PM
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Holy crap! Someone actually made that dress?! And it looks even better in real life than on the show!
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#12 | Back to Top04-18-2008 07:27:38 PM
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Oops, double posting because I've got a few.
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d51/t … eStars.jpg
Little something for the shippers.
Nice details.
I would love to be the curly haired one in that shot...Ruka 
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#13 | Back to Top04-18-2008 10:36:27 PM
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Blah, I had some cosplay pics on my old PC but I lost them. :/
A quick search got me these, though:
See more here: http://f.hatena.ne.jp/MICKey/20060518214903
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#14 | Back to Top04-18-2008 10:45:57 PM
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EEE! Series!Utena x Manga!Utena FOREVAZ!!1!11!
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#15 | Back to Top04-18-2008 10:53:06 PM
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EDIT: Is it wrong about how I now want to write crack!fic about those two?
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#16 | Back to Top04-19-2008 12:29:12 AM
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Epi_lepsia wrote:
This are like.. the best cosplayers ever...
I swear to god this Juri is Archambeau from here (though she's not got the time recently to be here). I'll try to get her to confirm.
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#17 | Back to Top04-19-2008 12:41:07 AM
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Holy cow, Yasha, I think you're right.
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#18 | Back to Top04-19-2008 12:54:04 AM
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Nope, it's not, but it is a friend of hers. The Juri there actually contributed some really fantastic art to the fandom section here, and she and Archambeau look remarkably alike.
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#20 | Back to Top04-19-2008 01:40:47 AM
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Iris wrote:
Lady Nilamarthiel wrote:
EDIT: Is it wrong about how I now want to write crack!fic about those two?
Oh, please please please do!
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#22 | Back to Top04-19-2008 05:15:07 AM
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That picture of Juri and Shiori is extremely hot.
edit:wow.
My friend Ashlie and I cosplayed as Black Rose Duelists recently, but our costumes weren't finished. I'll get pics up of us when the time is right!
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#23 | Back to Top04-20-2008 11:03:11 AM
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Oh, god... that Kanae cosplayer made my day.
And in regards to Archambeau, I swear I have a picture of her as Nanami. I just can't find it! 
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#24 | Back to Top04-20-2008 06:41:58 PM
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She's done Nanami and Juri, and I think Utena as well. I'll ask her for a link to some pics next time I email her.
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#25 | Back to Top04-20-2008 07:30:21 PM
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Ah, I found one of my favorite cosplayers!
So cute! I love Shadow Girl cosplayers.
I also found an expansion on that Kanae picture.
She has a very elegant look, fitting for Kanae.
The colors just draw me in.
So rare to see manga-Anthy in her final outfit!
...Or Aristocrat-Anthy, for that matter.
This picture always makes me want to say "Take my revolutiooooooonnn"
Something in her face just... it's so hard to say! It's regal, but soft, but innocent, but frightened, but elegant... it's Anthy! I love the touch of the different colors of roses.
... Okay, fine, all Shiori cosplayers are good cosplayers in my eyes.
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