Concert at ChisaiiCon, Animecon and Comic Con Germany

Concert at ChisaiiCon, Animecon and Comic Con Germany

May 19, 2016 | Events, On Stage, Travel, Uncategorized | 0 comments

I am very happy to announce that Ill have 3 concerts before heading to the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya!
I am recently very busy with my preperations for the WCS but still giving my best to practice and prepeare my concerts as usual. 🙂

I would be happy if you would visit my following concerts:

~* ChisaiiCon *~
4th June, Hamburg (Germany)
Saturday -> 15:30 hr > Main Stage

~* Animecon *~
11th June, Den Haag (Netherlands)
Saturday -> 14:30 hr > Small Stage

~* Comic Con Germany*~
26th June, Stuttgart (Germany)
Sunday -> 14:15 hr > Cosplay Stage

Hope to see you there. 🙂

Interview Cosplay World Cosplay Summit 2016 -> Progress

Interview Cosplay World Cosplay Summit 2016 -> Progress

Mar 3, 2016 | Cosplay, International Cosplay Contests | 0 comments

I already announced our Interview Cosplays for the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya this summer.



The decision:

Some of you know that I already cosplayed this version of Asuka before. I am a big fan of Neon Genisis Evangelion and my favorite character is of course Pen Pen. I also cosplayed Rei in her maid version so we decided to go for this Anime quite quickly.

We wanted to Cosplay something we love, something easy in order to gain time for the other Cosplays and something traditional for the courtesy visits. I also have been to Japan in summer before and can tell you that Japanese summer is hilarious hot and humid. Although it was very hot I felt comfortable while wearing a Yukata. So we went for the Matsuri version and decided not to fake the obi but to wear this Kimono as traditional as possible.

Because my friend actually is a typical German girl we thought it would be a great idea that she would cosplay the German Asuka.

The progress:

Actually I already finished this Cosplay in November 2015. I started it directly after choosing our Cosplays for Nagoya. I guess it was a week after the preliminary.

I kept it as a secret until now because we wanted to announce the Cosplays with a quiz on several social media platforms.

As mentioned above it was very easy to sew this Cosplay. It actually took me 2 days to finish the sewing part and 4 more days for the crafting part. Mostly I just waited for the next layer to dry.

The Kimono:

The Kimono pattern is quite easy. It actually consists of stripes which you just put together.

I have a lot of Kimonos and Yukatas at home. So I just took one out of my board and used it as a pattern. I modified the sleeves because they are not typical in shape and length.

I just cut everything out and put it together. Nothing really difficult so far.

The sleeves:

One of the most interesting parts -> sleeves.
 

I needed to line them 2 times. Why 2 times?

As you can see, the inside of the sleeves are red, but if you just line the sleeve in red you can see the reddish color through the white sleeves. So I put a middle layer in white between.

We also discussed the way of attaching the black stripes to the sleeves.

We talked about painting, gluing, applying and embroidery.
In the end we used flock foil. It was the best way to attach the stripes neatly. And the structure looks really nice. 

The Obi:

Because we wanted to wear the Kimono in the traditional way we sewed a normal Obi.
 

As you can see in the original picture, the Obi is folded in the front and shows a brown color. That’s why we used black fabric for one side and on the other side brown.

The Obi is about 18 cm wide and 3,60 m long.

We still need to practice to put the costume on faster than 20 minutes. (XD Yes, it takes time.)

I already bought a lot of different straps in Japan for my Furisode and got some for my partner Chiko-chan last year. So we are hopefully prepared. 🙂

The props:

The next interesting parts are the accessories for the wig.

I not only crafted the small prop but also the fox mask. I found a better one in Japan, so I changed the mask after finishing the self made one.
For me it was the first time working with Styrofoam.
At first I drew a pattern and cut it out with a cutter.
Afterwards I grinded the Styrofoam into shape and used a white acryl grounder.
I waited until the coat dried and grinded again. Than again I painted it with acryl grounder, waited and grinded. I did this about 17 times, to get a smooth surface.

The paintings are simply made with a permanent marker. Afterwards I finished the props with a clear coat.

I spent a lot time waiting for the layers to dry.


Grinding took not that much time, because the pieces are quite small.The pieces are attached with some press buttons at the wig.

The shooting:
 

We decided to make a shooting with this Cosplays in order to try out how comfortable they really are and if we need to make some changes. We are also planning to wear them at a summer event to experience if we can handle the heat.
It was quite difficult to find a Japanese room in Germany but we were successful. Thanks VW for taking these awesome pictures!

I hope you like our choice and costumes!

We are really looking forward to wear them in Japan!

Thanks for all your support in 2015!

Thanks for all your support in 2015!

Oct 27, 2015 | New Release, On Stage, Uncategorized | 0 comments

This weekend I gave my last concert for 2015 at the Mega Manga Con in Berlin (Germany).


I had a lot of fun and could meet a lot of awesome people, friends and fans.

I already miss everyone!

This year happened a lot and with 22 concerts and the new release of my pressed album “Anime No Sekai“ I was quite busy.


I could not only visited France, the Netherlands and Finland but also could sing in front of a foreign audience. Although it was not Germany the people rooted for me. 

Thank you! It was an awesome experience. Especially Finland!

I was invited as the guest of honor and could meet so many sweet people. It was one of the highlights in my year 2015! Thanks Kosucon for this great opportunity!

Another highlight was my album release “Anime No Sekai“.


It was the first time for me to produce a CD from scratch by my own hands. I could choose the songs and pictures, made own songs and lyrics and also designed the whole booklet by myself. It was quite challenging because I never designed something like this before but I had so much fun and can really say that “Anime No Sekai” is an album where I poured my whole heart into it.

That’s why it was always a pleasure to see, that the people like “Anime No Sekai”.

Thanks for visiting my signing sessions and concerts, taking your time just to meet me and cheering for me. I feel so honored and lucky to have so many great people who are supporting me in the things I really love.


Thank you! You cannot imagine how happy I am!

This year I also could participate successfully at international cosplay competitions.

Thanks Chiko-chan for her support and patient and for being a really great partner.

I was so overwhelmed that we could place 2nd at the German European Cosplay Competition Preliminaries. And I never even dreamed of becoming Team Germany 2016 for the World Cosplay Summit in Japan.

Thanks everyone for your support and helping me to overcome my insecurities.

I am very grateful to have so many awesome friends.

Picture by Octawana

Also thanks Marcus and Kai who are always doing a great job! I would not be able to manage all the concerts and schedules by myself. I am happy that you guys are supporting me in every way you can for a successful concert. Although it wasn’t always easy you are still by my side.

And of course Eddy who always records the songs patiently and gives me so much freedom regarding to the songs. I am happy that I can record the songs I really love.

I am so lucky and so happy that so many awesome people are rooting and supporting me.


Thank you for an awesome year 2015!

I hope 2016 will be as awesome as 2015.

Thank you!