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When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« on: July 26, 2010, 08:23:18 pm »
I've been wanting to know how long you've all been attending cons and such, and what your first cosplays were.

My first con was the very first Kumo, I remember the road trip, it was terrible. My first cosplay was at the same con, I was Henrietta from Gunslinger Girl, and then Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2010, 08:28:44 pm »
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2010, 08:40:32 pm »
Kumoricon 2004 :P
Missed Kumoricon 2003 by a few days, heard about it from a friend and spazzed out. "THERE'S AN ANIME CON IN OREGON WHAT??!! WE'RE GOING NEXT YEAR!!"

Went as Kagome from InuYasha. Almost didn't cosplay cause I wasnt sure if people would or not, didnt wanna be the odd man out. GLAD I did. Went as a schoolgirl though since I was my first and its simple. :P


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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2010, 08:51:55 pm »
Kumoricon 07 and a horrible horrible Ristuka.

Sakuracon 08 was better, I had a real costume. Ristuka was just thrown together at the last moment. I had a jacket that looked like his and hair kinda the same as his and ears and a tail XD

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2010, 12:31:27 am »
My first con was Kumoricon '09. I was a rather pathetic looking Zimmy from Gunnerkrigg Courton the last day. However, I suck at makeup, decided to go with my real hair and try to make it black temporarily(which didn't work too well) my shirt was too big, and I ended up looking like a washed-out panda in a sort of schoolgirl outfit. (FAIL) I'd like to think, though, that the first ever cosplay I actually did was when I was nine and dressed up as Misty for Halloween. I was a pretty cool little kid, when I wasn't having emotional instabilities.

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2010, 01:11:01 am »
My first con was Kumoricon '06.  My first cosplay was male-type Ranma Saotome, worn at Kumoricon '07.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2010, 01:58:23 am »
Mine was Kumo '06 and I did not cosplay cuz I wasn't at all prepared, being a newborn to the con world at the time. I just threw on a Yu Yu Hakusho tee and a Naruto headband, along with some accessories and anything anime-related I owned. So basically, I looked like a plain otaku.
Oh, and I only went on the last day cuz... well, I didn't know anything. =w=;

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2010, 10:52:02 am »
My first con was actually AX '07 (I had no idea Kumori-con existed o.o) It was quite amazing despite the lack of any real plans except just walking around in a first cosplay that was Yami Marik, though I was very unprepeared and it was practically closet with no wig (bad idea x.x),  with my mama. Not too bad of a time believe it or not~
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2010, 11:21:54 am »
My first con was kumoricon '08, and my first cosplay was Ichigo Mew from Tokyo Mew Mew~
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2010, 12:05:43 pm »
My first con was Kumoricon '08, I was Hinata from Naruto. Never again. >.>
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2010, 12:46:04 pm »
@ Demony
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2010, 02:03:11 pm »
Kumoricon 2008... I was dressed as Rikku from Final Fantasy X-2 in the white mage dressphere along with two of my friends as Yuna and Paine.

It was a nicely made costume (Our Yuna's aunt is a seamstress and made them for free), but at the time I wasn't as good with make-up as I am now and sucked at posing. So it wasn't as good as it could have been. XD

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2010, 02:32:43 pm »
My first con was Sakura-con 2010, I cosplayed as Suzaku Kururugi in his knight of the round costume. I just recently started going to conventions and started to cosplay. I am going to Kumoricon this year in that outfit and also in his Knight of Zero outfit.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2010, 02:50:34 pm »
My first con was Kumoricon 2009 and i was Matt from Death Note the first two days and then i was L from Death Note the last day.

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2010, 03:22:25 pm »
SakuraCon 07 was my First con, my first cosplay was a Terrible and last minute Battle Royal student cosplay that I threw together in a day.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2010, 06:43:28 pm »
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2010, 08:00:44 pm »
Wow, There's a lot of you guys who are still fairly 'new' to cons and cosplay. I was talking to my friends mom who said she took me to AX in 2000. 10 years of cons and cosplay I'm old haha
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #17 on: July 27, 2010, 08:30:26 pm »
Sakuracon 2004 - did not cosplay and felt totally stupid for not having a cosplay
Kumoricon 2004 - Staffed and cosplayed as Maes Hughes from FMA

everyone thought I was a bellhop >.<
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2010, 05:51:44 pm »
kylite, O: that's terrible! though slightly funny.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #19 on: July 29, 2010, 07:22:41 pm »
First con was kumoricon '07. Didn't cosplay, though, until 2008's Asian celebration in Eugene. I was a fail! and also casual!Sora (I like to think I have gotten better at him hahaha) If you would like to laugh at my fail and lack of knowledge about binding and glasses-wearing, here is a picture from the event :D

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #20 on: August 10, 2010, 06:08:30 pm »
kumoricon 2008 was my first con and my first cosplay was vergil from DMC

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #21 on: August 10, 2010, 06:53:13 pm »
My first con was Kumoricon 2004. They hit the cap, and my friend and I could only get into the dealer's hall. We were fine with that :D

My first (technical) cosplay was Hanajima Saki from Fruits Basket. I made it in about four hours on an impulse after my friends invited me to Kumoricon '06 and were cosplaying Uotani Arisa from Fruits Basket and Sloth from FMA.

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #22 on: August 10, 2010, 07:04:39 pm »
Mine was SakuraCon 2008 and I was....an extremely bad...Alphonse Elric from FMA.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #23 on: August 10, 2010, 07:06:06 pm »
KCon '08 Dark Link with my sisters Link.... no other costume ><

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #24 on: August 13, 2010, 04:45:37 pm »
Kumoricon 2007 chibi temari with no wig >.<
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #25 on: August 13, 2010, 04:53:42 pm »
Sakuracon 07 was my first time, I cosplayed Seshi

I had to go all the way up to seattle to find out about kumoricon.
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« Reply #26 on: August 13, 2010, 05:12:31 pm »
KUMORICON 2008!
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #27 on: August 13, 2010, 10:10:04 pm »
i also went to 08 for my first con. Last day and first in line to get my badge. I was my oc a white fox in red and black
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #28 on: August 14, 2010, 03:21:33 pm »
Kumoricon '05, and I was Shadow the Hedgehog. It was my first time wearing the costume, so it was pretty bad. XD I look back on that year and cringe. But hey, everyone starts somewhere!


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« Reply #29 on: August 14, 2010, 03:35:40 pm »
Kumoricon 2005 and Greed from FMA.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #30 on: August 14, 2010, 04:02:18 pm »
Kumoricon 2009. . .Itachi Uchiha. . . enough said
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #31 on: August 14, 2010, 09:48:55 pm »
...Kumoricon, 2009.
Technically, my 'first' cosplay was at a friends' house and I got bored and tried on her Tifa stuff.
Con-wise, was Haruhi Fujioka, from Ouran High School Host Club from the first episode. Y'know, with the sweater, messy hair and glasses and all that. No one knew who I was T^T

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #32 on: August 14, 2010, 09:51:22 pm »
Last year at K-con 09 was my first con
my first cosplay was vash the stampede

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« Reply #33 on: August 14, 2010, 09:52:47 pm »
...Kumoricon, 2009.
Technically, my 'first' cosplay was at a friends' house and I got bored and tried on her Tifa stuff.
Con-wise, was Haruhi Fujioka, from Ouran High School Host Club from the first episode. Y'know, with the sweater, messy hair and glasses and all that. No one knew who I was T^T
*pats* It's alright, no one knew who I was either. Of course, I WAS a lesser known charaxcter, and my cosplay sucked, but...still. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #34 on: August 16, 2010, 12:34:39 am »
My first con was Kumoricon 2004.
My first cosplay was actually before I even knew about anime conventions. I went as female-type Ranma for Halloween back in middle school on Halloween AKA a long time ago.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #35 on: August 16, 2010, 01:11:45 am »
Kumoricon 2008, that was my first anime convention x)
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #36 on: August 16, 2010, 10:16:05 pm »
Sakuracon 2008
Kagome from "InuYasha". It was the best because I got a picture with an older Inu/Kag couple who had awesome cosplay. xD  I still want to redo Kagome and make it better.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #37 on: August 16, 2010, 10:20:30 pm »
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #38 on: August 16, 2010, 11:38:26 pm »
2 years ago at K-con. I went as Demyx from KH2(minus his Sitar), and my Organization XIII O.C.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #39 on: August 17, 2010, 02:05:26 pm »
Hmm, First Convention was Spokane's SciFi, SpoCon around 1985 ish, My cosplay was a Star Trek captain's uniform from the 3rd movie.

As for Anime cons, it was 2004's Sakuracon and I wore a men's traditional silk kimono one day and a matsuri festival Happi coat & headband the next.

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #40 on: August 18, 2010, 11:49:19 pm »
I love how many people are like, "Yeah, my first cosplay was pretty fail."

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« Reply #41 on: August 19, 2010, 02:12:51 am »
I love how many people are like, "Yeah, my first cosplay was pretty fail."
Espically if it was their first time last year at Kcon, My friends and me feel so bad for all the 1st timers tht had a bad 1st expierence.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #42 on: August 19, 2010, 09:29:09 am »
K-Con 07 was first convention but first cosplay was at S-Con 08. It was The Earl from D-Grey Man.

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« Reply #43 on: August 19, 2010, 06:53:22 pm »
I love how many people are like, "Yeah, my first cosplay was pretty fail."
Espically if it was their first time last year at Kcon, My friends and me feel so bad for all the 1st timers tht had a bad 1st expierence.

Yeah o: I hope nobody got scared off all cons.

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #44 on: August 19, 2010, 09:49:53 pm »
k-con is my first con a.k.a this year and i will be roxas snake ion his camo box and roxas again

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« Reply #45 on: August 19, 2010, 11:44:26 pm »
omg, your first con.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #46 on: August 19, 2010, 11:49:08 pm »
k-con is my first con a.k.a this year and i will be roxas snake ion his camo box and roxas again


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« Reply #47 on: August 19, 2010, 11:51:18 pm »
omg, your first con.
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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #48 on: August 19, 2010, 11:56:55 pm »
OH YAY 8D if you see one of the cosplays listed below on the days in order (starting with friday o:) COME SAY "ARE YOU SORA 8I" AND I WILL BE ALL "YEAH 8D 8D" AND THEN WE CAN CHILL

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Re: When was your first con, and what was your first cosplay?
« Reply #49 on: August 19, 2010, 11:58:32 pm »
oh sweet!!!! im going to be roxas.. but i didnt see the sora below