The Cosplay Crib Podcast

Send us Fan Mail The New Game+ cosplay group from the Philippines joins us on the Cosplay Crib Podcast for our final episode of this year. New Game+ is a cosplay group based in the Philippines. They are a 12-person team, but only 5 of them, including a recurring guest, were interviewed. They are primarily a cosplay group, and many of the titles are from video game franchises. Fire Emblem, Valorant...

Send us Fan Mail Sylmel from Belgium's passion for art as a child, combined with her discovery of a sewing machine, paved the way for her self-created cosplay adventure, though she is open to purchasing costumes. Check out and support her content: Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sylmelcos/ The Cosplay Crib is a podcast channel that mainly focuses on inviting cosplayers or people who hav...

Send us Fan Mail Sarayuki from Germany was introduced to anime such as Pokémon and Sailor Moon by her best friend, leading her to cosplay. Seeing Usagi in her Serenity form at a 2015 convention motivated her to start cosplaying herself, particularly enjoying bridal or gown styles. Check out and support her content: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cosplaylady.s/?hl=de                          ...

Send us Fan Mail Kona from Ukraine started cosplaying after being introduced to Naruto and Naruto cosplayers. Her first cosplay was of Okama Sanji from One Piece. She excels in cosplaying video game characters. Check out and support her content: Instagram:  https://instagram.com/k_o_n_a?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter:  https://twitter.com/KonaKonaCosplay Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@konakonacospla...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Yukitora from Indonesia. She enjoys performing arts hobbies including singing, dancing, acting, and more, so she believed cosplay would allow her to combine her passions. She was inspired by her grandmother to take up cosplay as a serious hobby, and as a result, she has established herself as a well-known cosplayer in terms of both activities and events as we...

Send us Fan Mail Umaruun from Belgium was inspired to pursue cosplay after witnessing several cosplayers at a Japan Expo event in Paris with her family member. Her grandmother's sewing skills gave her an advantage in making her own outfits. Check out and support her content: Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/umaruu.n/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Umaruu_nn Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/u...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Yukiro from Spain. She first participated in cosplay around 2007 at a convention. She loved seeing cosplayers bring her favorite characters to life. Her cosplaying has been so artistically done that it exceeds my expectations; it's like staring at a painting while wearing cosplay. In June 2022, she held her first cosplay photo exhibit; let's hope fo...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Dani from the Philippines. Dani was introduced to cosplay at a young age by her father, who is also a cosplayer. With her background, it's no surprise that she eventually became a cosplayer herself. During the interview, I was surprised to learn how talented Dani is, and how she became, quote, "an official Genshin Impact content creator" hersel...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is July from Germany. Being an anime/manga enthusiast, like most of the guests on this podcast, it always leads to someone getting into cosplay, and July was no exception as well. One time, her uncle invited her to go out, and as they went to a particular convention, a cosplay event was taking place at that time. Seeing this, Julie made a firm decision to become...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Bryson from California, USA. As a guy who has been involved in various forms of arts and literature, enjoys comics, watches cartoons, and was influenced to participate in cosplay, his interest was piqued. Bryson became a cosplayer with a good mantra in mind, and that was to have his own take on cosplaying the characters he chose. But really, it all started wi...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Kiku from Tokyo, Japan. Back in her childhood days, she was introduced to the anime character Ranma from Ranma 1/2. She immediately fell in love with the character and decided she wanted to take on her roleplaying persona. When she eventually discovered cosplay, which is vital to roleplaying, she didn't even think twice about attempting to join in. Check...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Kelen from South Texas, USA. Having a thing for attending EDM(Electronic Dance Music) concerts where everyone was dressed in their favorite costumes. At that time, a friend of hers convinced her to attend conventions, but she thought that it was too intimidating for her. The push, however, came to shove, and so she was able to attend one. Being a fan of comic...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Xerenite from Toronto, Canada. At a young age, she was into anime and the characters, the fight scenes, or just the animations in general, even the story and character development for her were very interesting and cool. As someone who used to dress up for stuff like Halloween, her destiny as a cosplayer became inevitable. Tifa from the Final Fantasy 7  was he...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Amanda from Los Angeles. When she was young, she loved Halloween dress-up and drag, an indication that she would be into cosplaying.  As a teenager, she experienced her first anime convention and noticed that she felt out of place, wearing only regular clothes apart from the cosplayers who went.  She started to research a bit about cosplay and eventually deci...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Kisaki Himeka from Indonesia. Lots of events involving cosplay in her country became a window of interest for her, and thinking it looked fun and enjoyable, she decided to step into the world of cosplay to become a cosplayer herself. Like other cosplayers, she too was a fan of a famous Japanese cosplayer named Hibiki, Touya, and this changed her perspective o...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Lady Avianna from Las Vegas. Back in 2008, she was supposed to go to a DND convention when unknowingly, people who visited would dress up as characters in the movies instead of the usual DND characters. Once she was there, little did she know it would be her introduction to cosplay. As a fan of horror games, she cosplayed the monster nurse character from Sile...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Kadirine from Switzerland. It started with her reading mangas collected by her big brother, which continued to transition to watching anime, and eventually experiencing a cosplay convention. Cosplay became a big part of her life as she continues to participate in any events or activities related to it, this includes becoming a host, participating in a stage c...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Skeld from Lyon, France. A Vocaloid, specifically Hatsune Miku, inspired her to do cosplay, and it became her starting point. At first, she started buying her costumes but eventually decided to make some of them on her own with the former being an option still. She had a group named Gones.n. Craft and she currently manages their Instagram page. Like any other...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Ixtran from Wales, UK. Seeing famous cosplayers on the internet, cosplay piqued his interest and hence became a part of his bucket list. A video gamer at heart, Ixtran pursued cosplaying as a next-level experience for the characters he played. He started to cosplay at the age of twenty-seven and from there, he let his inner geek loose and never looked back. C...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Faye/♣Chroiio♥ from Wales, UK. Faye/♣Chroiio♥ was into alternative fashion, and after incorporating anime into it, they realized that they could just do cosplaying instead. Unfortunately, covid struck and the world shut down for a while. Cosplay conventions and events halted but their interest in cosplaying was very strong for them and so they found an altern...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Mika from Hong Kong. Mika is one of the young, fresh, and upcoming cosplayers who started cosplaying in 2021. Cosplay like most of the guests in this podcast was also introduced to her after she went to her first cosplay convention. It was fun for her to see characters she liked come alive from cosplayers portraying them that when she finally stepped into cos...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Flo Boy from Paris, France. Like most guests here in the Cosplay Crib, going to cosplay conventions had always been an eye-opener for potential cosplayers and Flo Boy was one of them. Cosplaying can be done in a variety of ways, and he decided to pursue armor cosplay. Most of his costumes are based on the franchise called Monster Hunter, and he does justice t...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Herbz from Ottawa, Canada. Cosplay was introduced to him way back in 2007, going to cosplay conventions and such. Wearing costumes for him before was merely a prank and wasn't taken too seriously, eventually, he found a reason to step up his cosplay game. Being a cosplayer can sometimes invite unwanted prejudice, and to Herbz it was unavoidable, however,...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Ysabel from the Philippines. Like some of the guests here in the podcast, Ysabel was also introduced to cosplay by attending a cosplay convention here in the Philippines. She started trying her cosplaying by just wearing costumes but as time progressed she started to try other aspects of cosplaying which includes her trying out make-up, contact lenses, wigs,...

Send us Fan Mail Today's guest is Biotom27 from Houston, Texas. He had acquaintances that do cosplay already, but it was during 2018 when he went to his first cosplay convention and saw all the cosplayers there, that sparked his interest in cosplay. 2019 came and he was dead set on cosplaying and began his journey as a cosplayer. Eventually, he discovered that he had a nick at crafting costum...