The Cosplay Crib Podcast
Welcome to the Cosplay Crib Podcast! If you don't know what cosplay is, it's when people dress up as their favorite characters from anime, manga, video games, or other forms of pop culture media. It's a great way to show your love for a character or series while also having a lot of fun! In this podcast, I'll be interviewing some of the most passionate and skilled cosplayers from around the world and showcasing their amazing costumes. They talk about their experiences dressing up as their favorite characters and going to conventions. They also have some great tips for anyone thinking about getting into cosplay. So, if you're interested in learning more about cosplay, or if you're just curious about what it's all about, be sure to subscribe!
Episodes
69 episodes
Episode 69 Elί - (Canada)
Elί, who is from Canada, began cosplay as a hobby with his sister when he was fourteen years old. After a couple of cosplays together, he was the only one who kept up the cosplay. He ultimately improved to the point where he could compete in on...
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Episode 68
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45:07
Episode 68 Soltaire - (Texas)
Anime Fest, an anime festival in Dallas in 2012, is where Soltaire first encountered cosplay. Soltaire grew up with a deep love for anime and was amazed when he first saw cosplayers wandering the conference decked out as anime characters. After...
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Episode 68
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41:19
Episode 67 Wannes - (Belgium)
In 2013, Wannes wanted to create a crossdressed version of a Vocaloid female character because he was obsessed with her. His lack of cosplay expertise, however, made it difficult for him to locate the costume, so he would look for clothing that...
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Episode 67
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46:40
Episode 66 Shuu - (Portugal)
Shuu is a Portuguese cosplayer who first made friends in 2007 who were aware of her passion for Japanese rock, or J-rock. When her friends offered to join her as a cosplayer while they were watching a cosplay competition at their local conventi...
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Episode 66
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56:21
Episode 65 Alini - (Belgium)
Around 2014, Alini, a Belgian cosplayer, was first exposed to cosplay at a conference. She became intrigued by this and attempted to look for images related to cosplay. In the same year that she was first introduced to cosplay, she started taki...
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Episode 65
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58:17
Episode 64 Pufa - (UAE)
Pufa, a native of Ukraine, began her professional career there and has approximately eight years of cosplay experience. Her area of expertise is primarily photoshoot cosplay, and she has subsequently started modeling for cosplay. She continues ...
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Episode 64
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57:19
Episode 63 Airin - (Malaysia)
Curious, Airin from Malaysia, who had access to the internet from an early age, tried looking up everything there was to know about cosplay. She began as a closet cosplayer and couldn't manufacture her costumes or even buy them from cosplay sho...
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Episode 63
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57:02
Episode 62 TiredDad/Matty - (Norway)
Tired Dad from Norway has always been an enthusiast of stage productions and a highly imaginative individual. has been a part of the cosplay community for fourteen years, having first been introduced to it in 2010. Since 2013, Tired Dad has tak...
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Episode 62
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58:50
Episode 61 Sora Kitsune - (Japan)
Sora Kitsune, who is originally from the United States, enjoyed the Halloween season, which is centered on the notion of dressing up or wearing costumes, particularly with people and children giving and receiving treats. With this type of backg...
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Episode 61
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58:56
Episode 60 Hanari - (Singapore)
Greetings from Singapore, Hanari. She was interested in fashion, makeup, and anime from an early age, so before she even became a cosplayer, she already possessed all the traits of one. Cosplay was one of the things she started looking for to t...
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Episode 60
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59:27
Episode 59 Storm - (North Carolina)
Storm, a cosplayer from North Carolina, is here today. He was first introduced to cosplay by two of his friends in 2009, who told him about cosplay conventions and what they were. After moving to North Carolina in 2010 and setting up internet a...
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Episode 59
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58:02
Episode 58 Mathilda - (Georgia)
Mathilda from Georgia is our guest for today. Following her father's immigration to the US, she became acquainted with cosplay. Her father, a die-hard Star Wars fan, started attending local conventions in the costume of Darth Vader, accompanied...
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Episode 58
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42:59
Episode 57 Minno - (Hong Kong)
Minno of Hong Kong is today's visitor. It began when one of her pals offered her a costume to try on. Minno recalls that her first cosplay experience did not go well due to her make-up and wig style, which were at best amateur, but this only en...
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Episode 57
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49:13
Episode 56 Naru - (Germany)
Naru, a cosplayer from Germany, will join us today. In the 2000s, Naru was inspired to become a Mangaka/Comic Artist. By 2005, a colleague artist had brought her to a local carnival, where she witnessed a variety of people in costumes. Back the...
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Episode 56
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1:27:15
Episode 55 Lovemisswhitney - (Canada)
Lovemisswhitney from Canada is our visitor today. She grew up enjoying anime and being a fashion aficionado from an early age, but her first experience with cosplay came when one of her friends brought her to a cosplay convention. She fell in l...
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Episode 55
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1:05:19
Episode 54 Crystalmoth - (Italy)
Crystalmoth from Italy is joining us today. Back in 2013, one of her friends approached her and asked her to do a cosplay with her at a comic festival, despite the fact that she had no idea what it was. After her friend chose to stop doing cosp...
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Episode 54
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1:15:36
Episode 53 Jelly - (Germany)
Our guest for the day is Jelly from Germany. She discovered a large number of Harley Quinn cosplayers in 2017 while perusing the internet in preparation for the then-upcoming Suicide Squad film. Upon realizing that dressing up was not just for ...
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Episode 53
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1:21:02
Episode 52 Jimmysherfy - (California)
Today we have Californian Jimmysherfy joining us. Even though the term "cosplay" wasn't even invented back then, he was already attending San Diego Comic-Con as a young comic book enthusiast in 1992–1993, watching people dressed as characters f...
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Episode 52
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1:17:03
Episode 51 Zhel - (Philippines)
She began exploring the world of cosplay in 2006, while also introducing the concept to her city with her group. She began by making photoshoots but quickly transitioned into a competitor herself, even winning one of the major cosplay events in...
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Season 3
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Episode 51
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1:43:11
Episode 50 Anya - (Bahrain)
She was interested in many activities back in 2017, when she was still quite young, including photography, makeup, hair styling, and design. She enjoyed playing video games and watching anime, but it wasn't until she went to a cosplay conventio...
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Episode 50
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56:10
Episode 49 Major Shigo - (Indiana)
She became interested in anime-related stuff on Instagram when she was fourteen. She was then introduced to a cosplayer who made a before and after cosplay of the character Widow Maker. She pondered how she managed it with everything cosplay-re...
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Episode 49
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56:01
Episode 48 Bloom - (Netherlands)
Bloom loved dressing up her favorite characters from the cartoon series Winx as a child, although with less precision and more for the sake of wearing a costume. During her high school years, a friend hosted a Halloween party, and she was the o...
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Episode 48
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1:00:44
Episode 47 Little Hikikomori - (Poland)
Ash got exposed to cosplay in 2016 when she attended her first cosplay convention. There, she was taken aback by the many outfits and characters presented by the cosplayers at the time. As an anime fan, she became fascinated by some of the anim...
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Episode 47
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1:03:50
Episode 46 Panda Kumita - (Spain)
Kumita, a cosplayer from Spain, will be joining us today. She was introduced to cosplay when she was around 12 years old and found herself surrounded by cosplayers; she was amazed to see so many fictional characters brought to life. Kumita bega...
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Episode 46
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1:09:46
Episode 45 Temis - (France)
Temis from France joins us today. She was introduced to cosplay at 13 or 14 at a cosplay convention. She decided to become a cosplayer at an age when most teenagers are rebelling. Her motivation for cosplay was to meet new people initially, but...
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Episode 45
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