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Post by Bejiita » Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:10 am

Goku's_Inner_Saiyan wrote:Thank you for your help Jerseymilk it is very much appreciated, and to Bejiita I am sorry if my post was hard to read or understand and in future I will look over my posts more carefully for grammatical or spelling errors. Thanks for the tip and sorry again.
Ha! I feel bad now. You don't have to apologise.:|

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It wasn't that hard to undertand, just to read, it looked like you could type well, you were just a bit careless.

And yes, it does seem like the Japanese do a better job of cosplay than other countries.
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Post by Goku's_Inner_Sayian » Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:45 am

Hey dude dont fell bad its all good i understand. :P
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Post by Chaos Saiyajin » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:44 am

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/ ... FT7109.jpg
Dr. Gero's first draft of 17? ... Back to the drawing board.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/ ... 020019.jpg
Come on! Did he borrow his sister's pink pantyhoes for this one?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/ ... FT7112.jpg
He could of at least washed his foam hair.

The word "nerd" and "Dragonball" would never be in the same sentence if these people would just stay home.

By the way, what's the best way to find more Japanese fans dressing up? I can't get enough of those cute Japanese girls!
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Post by Bejiita » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:27 pm

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/ ... FT7112.jpg

If I walked past this man I would honestly start cracking up in front of him, the look on his face is saying: 'why am I here?'

I feel embarrassed for him.
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Post by M-Vegeta » Fri Dec 23, 2005 12:39 am

Da Black Vegeta
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/ ... /VegA4.gif

I've shared these photos with another message board that has nothing to do with Dragonball. They seemed to enjoy them. I hope you'll keep them up for a while, Jerseymilk. :D

Sheesh! I hope these people don't visit Daizenshuu EX. Maybe they don't care that people make a little fun of them ... or they're use to it. :lol:

Are most of these Dragoball fans who go to these anime conventions fans of the dub, or the original show? Maybe you don't know, I was just kind of curious.

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Post by t-bone135 » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:04 am

M-Vegeta wrote:Are most of these Dragoball fans who go to these anime conventions fans of the dub, or the original show? Maybe you don't know, I was just kind of curious.
Not to be critical, but even if most are just dubbies they are still seeing the same characters. The animation doesn't change, just the dialogue, so even dubbies have no excuse for slaughtering their costumes. :) But I would assume that most of them either started with the dub or have at least seen it. There is always going to be some that have only seen one or the other and that's just a given.
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Post by Tsukento » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:11 am

Bejiita wrote:And yes, it does seem like the Japanese do a better job of cosplay than other countries.
If you've seen Japanese girls cosplaying characters from Naruto, you'd know that they're automatically superior to other female cosplayers. :P

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Post by M-Vegeta » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:42 am

t-bone135 wrote:
M-Vegeta wrote:Are most of these Dragoball fans who go to these anime conventions fans of the dub, or the original show? Maybe you don't know, I was just kind of curious.
Not to be critical, but even if most are just dubbies they are still seeing the same characters. The animation doesn't change, just the dialogue, so even dubbies have no excuse for slaughtering their costumes. :) But I would assume that most of them either started with the dub or have at least seen it. There is always going to be some that have only seen one or the other and that's just a given.
Yeah, I wasn't trying to say fans of the dub are the reason for the bad costumes. I've never been to an anime convention, and I was mostly curious as to what type of people go to these things, or what the ratio was between "dubbies" and the people who the like the original show/s. I guess the question was for experienced people, the ones who go to these things a lot and know the scene.
Tsukento wrote:If you've seen Japanese girls cosplaying characters from Naruto, you'd know that they're automatically superior to other female cosplayers.
Do you have a link?? I think I'm becoming obsessed with these Japanese girls in their costumes. :lol:

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Post by Super Sonic » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:59 am

Tsukento wrote:
Bejiita wrote:And yes, it does seem like the Japanese do a better job of cosplay than other countries.
If you've seen Japanese girls cosplaying characters from Naruto, you'd know that they're automatically superior to other female cosplayers. :P
The only Japanese girls I've seen cosplaying Naruto were these two:

http://tinypic.com/ak8rcl.jpg

Did see a good pic of an American Vegeta cosplayer in an issue of Animerica a few years ago. Though I can't picture myself going as any DBZ character.

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Post by t-bone135 » Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:10 am

M-Vegeta wrote:
t-bone135 wrote:
M-Vegeta wrote:Are most of these Dragoball fans who go to these anime conventions fans of the dub, or the original show? Maybe you don't know, I was just kind of curious.
Not to be critical, but even if most are just dubbies they are still seeing the same characters. The animation doesn't change, just the dialogue, so even dubbies have no excuse for slaughtering their costumes. :) But I would assume that most of them either started with the dub or have at least seen it. There is always going to be some that have only seen one or the other and that's just a given.
Yeah, I wasn't trying to say fans of the dub are the reason for the bad costumes. I've never been to an anime convention, and I was mostly curious as to what type of people go to these things, or what the ratio was between "dubbies" and the people who the like the original show/s. I guess the question was for experienced people, the ones who go to these things a lot and know the scene.
That bit about the costumes was supposed to be a joke. I've also never been to a convention so it was not my place to answer then. :( Sorry.
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Post by Jerseymilk » Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:03 am

Well, you get fans of both subs and dubs at conventions. It really depends on the particular series they might be a fan of. For example, at the convention that's held here in my city, a lot of the Inu-Yasha fans are more familiar with the dub because that's what is broadcast on YTV and that's where most of them watch it. Then you have a series such as Tsubasa Chronicles, that's quite new in Japan and of course isn't available over here yet. So, naturally the fans are fans of the subbed, since besides just raw Japanese, that's the only version there is currently.
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Post by Chaos Saiyajin » Fri Dec 23, 2005 9:41 am

The only Japanese girls I've seen cosplaying Naruto were these two:

http://tinypic.com/ak8rcl.jpg

Did see a good pic of an American Vegeta cosplayer in an issue of Animerica a few years ago. Though I can't picture myself going as any DBZ character.
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Post by Duo » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:53 am

Uh...wow at those Female Naruto Characters...I certainly didn't expect such a, uh, positive outcome?

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Post by M-Vegeta » Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:44 pm

Do the Japanese use a word such as "cosplay" ... but in Japanese?

Maybe I could use a Japanese search engine. Although, I have never had much luck looking for things with their search engines ... even when I use a translator.

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Post by El_Diablo » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:25 pm

English stole "cosplay" from the Japanese combination of "Costume" and "Play", "kossupurei" or something like that.
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Post by El_Diablo » Fri Dec 23, 2005 7:51 pm

My faith in humanity meter just dropped a few notches.
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Post by M-Vegeta » Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:33 pm

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I thought he had that blue painters tape around his wrists. ... the Nike shoes are a nice touch.

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Post by t-bone135 » Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:19 pm

Well I thought out of all of them, the Trunks one was the best. The only thing I saw was the jacket was a little too short. I remember it being slightly longer then he made it. Otherwise, I thought he almost had it.

Other noteable mentions:
-Ox King
-Chaoutzu (sorry if I spelled that wrong.)
-The Chibi Trunks in this one (so cute!):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/ ... FT0015.jpg
-SSJ4 Goku and Vegeta doing Final Flash Kamehameha

Please note that all of these are IMO.
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Post by Mr. Robot » Sat Dec 24, 2005 1:04 am

I'm not sure if this has been said before, but...

The reason Japanese cosplayers look better is probably because the shows they are imitating are Japanese and facial features and other stuff like that are more Japanese than American. By the same token, I think it would be much easier for an American to cosplay, for example, Peter Griffin from Family Guy thatn a Japanese person.

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