The Cosplay Crib Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Storm, a cosplayer from North Carolina, is here today. He was first introduced to cosplay by two of his friends in 2009, who told him about cosplay conventions and what they were. After moving to North Carolina in 2010 and setting up internet access at his new residence, he began researching everything there was to know about cosplay. Storm, who enjoys video games, chose to model...

Send us Fan Mail Mathilda from Georgia is our guest for today. Following her father's immigration to the US, she became acquainted with cosplay. Her father, a die-hard Star Wars fan, started attending local conventions in the costume of Darth Vader, accompanied by her daughter Mathilda, who was cosplaying Princess Leah. She would therefore be more inclined to pursue cosplaying after having th...

Send us Fan Mail Minno of Hong Kong is today's visitor. It began when one of her pals offered her a costume to try on. Minno recalls that her first cosplay experience did not go well due to her make-up and wig style, which were at best amateur, but this only encouraged her to practice more and become better at it, and soon after, she finally achieved at least doing her make-up even better and...

Send us Fan Mail Naru, a cosplayer from Germany, will join us today. In the 2000s, Naru was inspired to become a Mangaka/Comic Artist. By 2005, a colleague artist had brought her to a local carnival, where she witnessed a variety of people in costumes. Back then, "cosplay" was not a buzzword. Upon learning that in front of her is what is now being recognized as cosplaying, her attention...

Send us Fan Mail Lovemisswhitney from Canada is our visitor today. She grew up enjoying anime and being a fashion aficionado from an early age, but her first experience with cosplay came when one of her friends brought her to a cosplay convention. She fell in love with the experience right away, and she's been attending cosplay events every year since. Check out and support her content: Insta...

Send us Fan Mail Crystalmoth from Italy is joining us today. Back in 2013, one of her friends approached her and asked her to do a cosplay with her at a comic festival, despite the fact that she had no idea what it was. After her friend chose to stop doing cosplay, Crystal stayed because she fell in love with the hobby itself, and she is still doing cosplay and loves it to this day. Check out and...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest for the day is Jelly from Germany. She discovered a large number of Harley Quinn cosplayers in 2017 while perusing the internet in preparation for the then-upcoming Suicide Squad film. Upon realizing that dressing up was not just for Halloween, she conducted more research and discovered that Comic-Con was happening. She therefore made the decision to attend the event and...

Send us Fan Mail Today we have Californian Jimmysherfy joining us. Even though the term "cosplay" wasn't even invented back then, he was already attending San Diego Comic-Con as a young comic book enthusiast in 1992–1993, watching people dressed as characters from all sorts of pop culture media. Jimmysherfy commenced his involvement in the cosplay world around in 2010, and he hasn&a...

Send us Fan Mail She began exploring the world of cosplay in 2006, while also introducing the concept to her city with her group. She began by making photoshoots but quickly transitioned into a competitor herself, even winning one of the major cosplay events in the Southeast Asian region of the world. She took a long break from cosplay owing to circumstances and priorities, but she was able to ret...

Send us Fan Mail She was interested in many activities back in 2017, when she was still quite young, including photography, makeup, hair styling, and design. She enjoyed playing video games and watching anime, but it wasn't until she went to a cosplay convention for the first time that she realized all of her interests were connected to cosplay, and it was only natural for her to become invol...

Send us Fan Mail She became interested in anime-related stuff on Instagram when she was fourteen. She was then introduced to a cosplayer who made a before and after cosplay of the character Widow Maker. She pondered how she managed it with everything cosplay-related, from the make-up and outfit to the nitty-gritty details. As a result of this, she began to research the activity itself, which pique...

Send us Fan Mail Bloom loved dressing up her favorite characters from the cartoon series Winx as a child, although with less precision and more for the sake of wearing a costume. During her high school years, a friend hosted a Halloween party, and she was the only one who went all out with her costumes, demonstrating that she was meant to be a cosplayer herself. She was eventually introduced to co...

Send us Fan Mail Ash got exposed to cosplay in 2016 when she attended her first cosplay convention. There, she was taken aback by the many outfits and characters presented by the cosplayers at the time. As an anime fan, she became fascinated by some of the anime characters themselves. Because she genuinely wanted to portray them, she decided that cosplay would be her avenue of choice. Check out an...

Send us Fan Mail Kumita, a cosplayer from Spain, will be joining us today. She was introduced to cosplay when she was around 12 years old and found herself surrounded by cosplayers; she was amazed to see so many fictional characters brought to life. Kumita began to plan her first cosplay after that event, as she was about to embark on her cosplaying journey. Check out and support her content: Inst...

Send us Fan Mail Temis from France joins us today. She was introduced to cosplay at 13 or 14 at a cosplay convention. She decided to become a cosplayer at an age when most teenagers are rebelling. Her motivation for cosplay was to meet new people initially, but she was fortunate enough to find her circle of friends within that group. Cosplay will always be regarded as a delightful hobby that she w...

Send us Fan Mail Fire Lily from Washington is our guest today. She used to enjoy creating and needlework when she was younger. Because she didn't have a sewing machine at the time, she had to make the majority of her outfits by hand. Lily is able to create both textile and armor sorts of outfits due to her early interest in arts and crafts. This inspired her to become a skilled cosplayer in t...

Send us Fan Mail Queenie from Singapore is today's visitor. Queenie grew up watching anime and did her first cosplay when she was nine years old. This was because her older sister had purchased a costume and she was the only one brave enough to wear it outside. She enjoyed the attention she received from cosplaying, and this was her main motivation for continuing the activity till now. Check...

Send us Fan Mail Selkie Flame from Belgium joins us today. Her first exposure to cosplay was when she and her friends attended Castlefest in the Netherlands, where they had been for nearly 7 years. It wasn't exactly what one would equate with cosplay, but it became her firsthand experience with costume-related activities. Her true cosplay began when she cosplayed a character named Bakugo from...

Send us Fan Mail Today's visitor is Mii-mii chan from Japan. As a major fan of Kurosawa Ruby, a Love Live! persona, and her desire to embody the character, she opted to cosplay her during a concert by the character's voice actor. Her experience as a cosplayer has brought her many hurdles in life; being a mother of a baby boy and working as a pharmacist has shown that she can love cosplay...

Send us Fan Mail Today's visitor is Kiwi from Germany. She began as "the little anime fan kid in elementary school" who also happened to play Pokémon TCG with her friend during school breaks. Because there was a minor cosplay event nearby, she began to observe an influx of cosplayers in her neighborhood. This aroused her curiosity, and she soon began cosplaying herself. Check out an...

Send us Fan Mail Milka from Estonia is today's guest. She was introduced to cosplay as a young and new-gen cosplayer through Tiktok, specifically by a user named Silvillious and their unique approach to cosplaying original characters. Milka had already dabbled in cosplay, but she had taken a few breaks from it as well. Around 2020, cosplay grew fashionable in her area, and she decided to give...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Just Peaches from California. He was introduced to cosplay in high school and immediately wanted to do it since cosplayers seemed cool to him, but he didn't have the luxury or means to do so. A year later, while working on his Link costume for Halloween, he discovered a cosplay event in his region, so he chose to wear his Link outfit to that event, and h...

Send us Fan Mail Punderfullll from Canada is today's guest. She was introduced to cosplay while she was young, circa 2005, and she began cosplaying the following year. The majority of her cosplays come from the Touhou Project series, which has a large number of characters to pick from. She also had a Twitch channel where she played games and cosplayed simultaneously. Check out and support her...

Send us Fan Mail Winter Sayuri from Portland is today's guest. Winter's life had been difficult, and anime had been a coping mechanism for her as she grew up. She was introduced to a cosplay convention when she was about twelve years old and became quite interested in it, but she didn't get the chance to attend one at the time. Fast forward to the future, when she went to her first...

Send us Fan Mail Minty from Vietnam is our guest today. She became interested in cosplay after becoming a fan of a well-known cosplayer named Hakken Ryou. Hakken was known to cosplay male characters, which inspired Minty to do the same. She then had her first go at cosplaying Seth, a male character from a Manwha anime. Check out and support her content: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/he_zhe_...