Sporting a pimped out Toyota Corolla Axio, Team Evangelion made their debut (back in early May) at the 3rd round of the Super GT racing series which was held at Fuji Speedway Circuit. Even with a highly respectable ninth place finish, the real crowd pleaser was by race queens, Noa Mizutani and Yuuna Chiba. Donning “race queen” version of the entry plug suits made famous in Gainex’s Neon Genesis Evangelion anime, these gals where the perfect duo to compliment the EVA Unit 01 inspired race car. Even the driver’s race suits are designed to look like Shinji Ikari’s entry plug suit as well. Lately, a lot of anime studios and merchandise companies has become very fond of sponsoring Super GT race teams so why not have Rei and Asuka cheering on their team track side? With these lovely cosplay race queens at the races, I doubt people will be paying much attention to the race. Just in case you were wondering, Noa is cosplaying Rei Ayanami (on right) and Yunna is Asuka Langley Soryu (on left).
Considering, I’ve been a huge fan of NASCAR and World Rally Championship, I kinda wish there was a possibility of something like “Team EVA” making it over to the United States. I would definitely be more interesting to watch in my opinion. I would rather look at couple cute race queens in sexy costumes versus some drunk ass douche in a sweaty fucking sleeveless shirt with a huge beer belly. Bleh~
Hit the jump to check out more pix of the race queens of Team Evangelion!
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“Garments made of the scales of fallen Zora warriors. They let you breathe and swim in water but are weak against fire and ice.“
DeviantArt-ist Zoroko showed all the cosplay noobs at Ohayocon (a popular anime/manga convention in Cleveland, Ohio) how a real Zelda costume is done. Zoroko chose Link’s Zora Armor from Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. Zoroko decked herself out with the full Zora armor including the Zora tunic and flipper. Don’t think ya can just go down to the store or King Zora’s grave to pick up one for yourself. Like the true uber cosplayer Zoroko is, she designed and crafted the whole costume by hand.
In the end I never really kept track of the final amount, but I estimate this costume cost at least $300. Each part took a good amount of time-I would say that the helmet was probably the most difficult out of the entire costume. It was interesting trying to get the helmet to fit comfortably and get it to stay on my head without any problems (lots and lots of hidden velcro!). The hat is filled with poly-fill to give it a more full overall look.
For those of ya that is content with the cardboard sword wrapped in aluminum foil, I hate you. Zoroko, on the other hand, I adore. Great job!
Hit the jump to check out pix of Zoroko’s Zora Armor Link cosplay (I never typed soooo many “z” in my life…)
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If you were like me and missed out on the festivities of WonderCon 2010 that was held this past weekend in San Francisco, CA., than your in luck (kinda…). YouTube community member, “MarkDayComedy” cranked out a music video chock-full of cosplayers (both good, sexy, and terrible), crowds, random stuff, some big boobed model, more crowds, and more random stuff all to the soundtrack of some crazy annoying euro-trash style bing-bong wakka-wakka electronica dance music that makes you feel like your ear just got raped by a hyena. Regardless, my hat goes off the MarkDayComedy. Considering, I have been to many comic/anime conventions in the past, MDC does a great job of capturing the mayhem that is convention. Due to the HD quality video that MDC captured on his Canon EOS 550D T2i (gawd damn, I’m jealous), the video is so crisp that I can almost smell the sweaty convention goers. Look out for Part 2 of MDC’s WonderCon 2010 coverage. Hopefully, we get some more hyena rape chikka-wah-wah music.
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Oh my, oh my… Oh how I love Japanese female cosplayers. Japan’s cosplay community has an insane ability to produce mind blowing hand made costumes. Japan’s cosplayers really go all out when it comes to wigs, costumes, accessories, weapons, make up, etc. Their uncanny ability to design and produce costumes based on two dimensional anime and CGI video game characters and their relentless attention to details makes cosplayers in Japan the best in the world. I guess it wasn’t a big surprise to come upon these three lovely ladies donning cosplay costumes of Vanille, Hope, and Lighting from Square Enix’s newest release epic, Final Fantasy XIII. Considering I would love to give credit where its due, I just don’t have names for these three gorgeous cosplayers. Regardless, great job ladies. (/drool)
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Colorado resident Anthony Le must REALLY love his Iron Man. Considering his feat of making his own bad-ass War Machine costume for the premiere of Iron Man 2 in May is quite impressive. Anthony’s costume is no simple, half-assed cardboard cutout with black sharpie marker colored all over it. This War Machine cosplay is the result of labor intensive work and precision. More impressive is the fact that his War Machine costume was drafted and designed based on a small tidbit that he saw of War Machine during the Iron Man 2 teaser that premiered at San Diego Comic Con this past year. Considering, it is most likely that he had to guess on some of the parts, he did an amazing job. This bad-ass is completely made of high impact urethane material and actually uses about 600+ rivets to give War Machine a little more bite. On top of that, this cosplay features light up repulsor gauntlets and a vibrant arc reactor. This sir, sets the bar pretty high when it comes to fan created armor costumes. The late Stan Winston would be proud. Cheers to you Mr. Le. I want to buy you a Corona.
Hit the jump to check out the epic madness (pictures and specs) by Anthony.
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