Cosplayers Unite!!!

Its almost Halloween (Yeah....!!!!!)
Guess what will be the treat for the young ones and what will be the tricks that they will threat you?
 
Halloween from some countries is already traditional to wear scary costumes and going door-to-door saying "trick or treat" that gives out candy to little ones (or so that's how I saw it in movies).

From my perspective of my doing in Halloween is different. Halloween is where I could completely treat myself with some threatening Scary movies to watch for me and my cousins usually a test on whose courageous enough. This is how I celebrate Halloween since I don't have a time dressing myself as some scary old hag or pretty princesses. Though more countries imitates their kind of culture since it kinda gives out that influence of enjoyment to children.

Its same with the culture of being an OTAKU. Usually when it comes to anime lovers its called "Cosplaying" from the combined words of Costume and Roleplay. Its way different from getting a candy as a reward and its not just the kids can join in even adults can take part. Here you will be surprised of the amazing events involving Cosplay competitions on your anime outfits by showing it off and making a public like a celebrity. Cosplaying is portraying the Anime/Game/Comic character you want to be. Meaning its not just how you dress, you also have to act it.

From my cousin's perspective:
Why are you inspired to cosplay?
 because when I cosplay, I want to portray, embody that character because it's either I love or had interest in that character or have related situation.

"Pau-pau" my cousin as Saya Otanashi from Blood+

Here in Philippines, it's still living up the Otaku days. In Conventions where Cosplayers can gather and display their getup to the public. It's something that Filipinos love to those who are inspired by Otaku pride. In this article this will further explain by Kristine Servando entitled Pinoy Cosplay craze getting bigger, better
In accordance with the article, for some people who are really into Cosplaying it usually takes a lot of effort in making a creative outfits and imitating the character you want to be. For making necessary needs of  looking like their favorite character. Mostly fans of Anime/Games/Comic are the ones enjoying this.

That states:
"It's really addicting," admits Pablo Bairan, administrator of Cosplay.PH, the country's biggest Cosplaying website and an organizer of Manila's biggest Cosplaying convention called "Cosplay Mania" that was held last September 13 at SM Megamall. Bairan has been Cosplaying since 2003 (when in his early 20s) and has lost count of the characters he has played.

Many outgoing Cosplayers out there tend to be creative with costumes. Wearing make-ups, contact lenses, glitzy outfits and the harder the character looks like the more Filipinos get challenge. Sometimes for this events some people would completely mistook it as a Halloween celebration. It started becoming a hobby for some Cosplayers displaying their interest without being afraid of criticisms.

"It's like being able to live out the life of your idol, your hero, even for a day. That's like a wish fulfillment," Bairan said. "It's total self-expression, you know. Because if you're worried about people thinking bad about you, just wear a mask so that they can't see your face. And you can literally be anything you want to be."

Though there are times some people (like parents) wouldn't understand Cosplaying its for the fact that it wastes so much time and money for something so irrelevant.  So at least rather than doing somethin like smokin and drinkin wouldn't be it be much irrelevant.

It also says that some foreign countries buy Costumes here in the Philippines from costume-makers like Guy Singzon who was before a social worker now a Cosplay maker."Actually, [other countries] should be the ones to catch up to us because Pinoys are more creative," he said in Filipino. Since Filipinos get challenge when it comes to making creative ideas. When it comes to awareness in the environment that they make costumes out of a pile of junk instead which is more eco-friendly. 



Basically in the Philippines, cosplayers are creative among countries when it comes to costume making. Especially, initiating these competitions makes it more desirable to Cosplayers to compete and make an appeal from their hobbies. Also it isn't just wasting someone's time and money its for the attraction of their creativity. Filipinos can even profit by making these kind of costumes and it can create bonds for relatives and friends.

Since Filipinos are getting crazier about Cosplay they even Crowned a Cosplay Queen with her inspired looks and character style. Alodia Gosiengfiao one of the known Cosplayers in the Philippines. Whose looks are like an anime character and acts like one for a living. She's has Cosplayed many anime characters that inspired a lot of Filipinos youth in cosplaying.