The Cosplay Collective NE

Join the Cosplay Collective for our Anime of the Month, where we all watch at least 3 episodes of an anime, and determine if it's worth finishing. This month we join professional wrestler Animal Mask as he's summoned to another world to save them from "cute" and "cuddly" animals in Kemono Michi: Rise Up! Will the collective be pinned to their seats with the humor and action of this isekai? Listen...

Join the cosplay collective as we interview Boston cosplayer Ascalons. We chat about about how competitions are more than just a battle against other cosplayers, why conventions should focus more on accessibility and how they could do it better, and what are some good representations of chronic illness in modern media. Listen Now. Follow Ascalons on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascalons/ I...

Join the cosplay collective as we dive into the Summer 2024 Anime Season. What shows are we excited for, and more importantly, which look like they'll have some interesting cosplay possibilities? Are there any shows we expect to see at all the conventions in the upcoming year? Listen now to find out! Intro/Outro Music: Upbeat Happy Logo by SoulProdMusic https://pixabay.com/users/soulprodmusic-3006...

Join the cosplay collective as we talk all things convention etiquette, from best practices in the hall, to interacting with your fellow competitors during the masquerade. What's the 5-2-1 rule and why do we find it so important? If you love someone's costume, how should you approach them and get their photo? What are our tips for handling crushing defeats at the masquerade? Listen here to find ou...

Join the Cosplay Collective for our Anime of the Month, where we watch the first 3 episodes of an anime series that might have been missed and determine whether we think it's worth finishing. This month we take a look at Mononoke, a horror anime following a mysterious Medicine seller as he tries to determine the shape, truth, and reasoning of mysterious happenings around Japan. Will the collective...

Join the Collective members Skoll and Raphael Cosplay as they chat with special guests Winged Stitches and Fluffy Sheep Cosplay. They chat about their cosplay history, coming out and how cosplay enabled them to explore gender, and recommendations of anime and manga for you fine listeners. Want to know more, Listen Now Check out Wings: https://www.instagram.com/winged.stitches/ Check out Ashton: ht...

Join the Cosplay Collective in our first ever cosplayer interview. New England cosplayer and Vtuber Mink the Satyr joins us to talk about how to design a Pokemon Gijinka, what it's like to be a cosplay competition judge in 2024, and the connection between between LARPing and Cosplay. What are her tips and tricks? Listen to find out! Check mink out on your favorite social media platforms: https://l...

Join the cosplay collective as we celebrate dad's everywhere for father's day 2024. We look back through the history of anime and video games to give you our personal picks for hottest, best, and worst dad's around as we try to satiate our host, Skoll. Which dad's reign supreme, and who is the worst dad in history in the collective's opinion? Listen to find out! . . . Intro/Outro Music: Upbeat Hap...

Join the Cosplay Collective as we venture back into the realm of medieval adventure, full of daring battle, Merry Minstrels, and Thirsty Queens at the New Hampshire Renaissance Faire in Fremont, NH. We discuss how our day went, along with the sights and sounds you'll experience at the faire. Will the merry band known as the Cosplay Collective be back next year, and would we recommend the event to...

Join the Cosplay Collective for our Anime of the Month, where we watch the first 3 episodes of an anime series that might have been missed and determine whether we think it's worth finishing. This month we take a look at Erased, a murder-mystery focused on a struggling mangaka with the mysterious ability to go back in time and make changes in the past to fix the present. Is anyone in the collectiv...

Join the Cosplay Collective NE as we ship back to Boston to spend our weekend at Japan Festival Boston, a yearly festival held in the Boston Common that only this year restarted itself after the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Join us as we talk about the sights, sounds, and smells of the event, as well as tips and tricks to make the most out of your day. Will we come back next yea? Listen to fin...

Join the Cosplay Collective as we discuss how folks can get started in the crazy hobby we all love called cosplay. We share stories about how our first cosplay's were made, tips and tricks we learned when sourcing your cosplay online or through a thrift store, what helps us enjoy being in cosplay at a convention, and how to avoid breaking the bank when starting to make your own cosplay. Hosted on...

Join the Cosplay Collective as we do a special episode celebrating the mothers of anime and video games. Host Gabby takes us through a whirlwind tour of the collective's choices for Bad Moms, Best Moms, and of course everyone's favorite, the Hot Moms. Will your favorite moms make our list, and should you be worried that soon they'll pass on because of the hairstyle of death? Will any of these moth...

Join the Cosplay Collective for our Anime of the Month review, where we watch the first 3 episodes of an anime series that might have been missed and discuss the first 3 episodes, determine if it might be worth finishing, and if there’s any fun new cosplay from the show that we might create.  This month we look at what happens when a man with an unlimited budget joins the police force and is...

Join the Cosplay Collective as we down some Soju and review Anime Boston in our first ever recording in the same room.  We talk about our experience walking the convention floor, what it’s like after the changes to the masquerade this past year, and some of the amazing guests that Anime Boston had come to the convention. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join the cosplay collective as we dive into the digiiverse world with our friends and help them change into digital champions to save the digital world.  We’re talking Digimon as the 2nd half of Monster shows from the 1990’s.  We cover the history from the toys to modern games and all the anime you want in between.  Hatake even tries to digivolve the rest of the collective with cosp...

Join the cosplay Collective as we look back at our time in the city that never sleeps and Anime NYC 2023.  We look at the preparation needed to get into the con and maximize your enjoyment of it, our experiences on the show floor, how sometimes you just need a late night slice or two of pizza, and contrast ANYC against some of the other conventions we typically attend. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

Join the Cosplay Collective as we look back at one boy’s journey to be the very best like no one ever was in part 1 of our series on Monster collecting shows of the 1990’s.  We discuss the history of Pokemon, the impact that the anime, video game, and card games had on us, and argue over the best monsters, generations, and why there's 30 different palette swaps of caterpie. Hosted on Acast. S...

Join the Cosplay Collective as we come back from a land of anime game shows of Another Anime Convention 2023.  We talk about the experience of participating in cosplay chess, death match, and the masquerade, while teaching AAC Newbie JJ the history of the convention. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join the Cosplay Collective NE as we embark on our Collective Anime Review series, where we showcase different series that members might not have seen to watch and discuss the first 3 episodes, potential cosplay from the show, and whether we think it’s worth finishing.  This month we look into a songstress android’s fight to save the future with Vivy -Flourite Eye’s Song. Hosted on Acast. See...

Join the Cosplay Collective NE as we emerge from the magical realm of King Richard’s Faire 2023 to tell our tales of love, lust, and revenge from our rainy weekend trip. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join the Cosplay Collective NE as we look back on the cosplay journey of our the founding members of the collective, Hati and Skoll of HS Creations, the founding members of the cosplay collective.  We’ll look at the cosplay that they’re most proud of, what goes into a cosplay name, and the origins of this hoard of cosplayers we call the Cosplay Collective NE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Join The Cosplay Collective NE as we travel through part of the collectives history, from our first conventions and cosplays to our current state as Master’s level cosplayers.  We discuss how cosplay has changed the way we interact with anime conventions, what cosplay has given back to us as individuals, and what motivates us to keep making these crazy larger than life costumes. Hosted on Aca...