Pokemon cosplay is one of the most popular costumes to chose from. Cosplay is costuming as favorite characters, sometimes these characters are from video games, but most often, they are from animes. Cosplayers then go to organized events called conventions where they meet with other fans who dress up too.
The purpose of Pokemon is to catch and train them. It started out as a game but now has evolved into an anime series a well. There were originally 150 of these creatures, but as more games were released, there are now 500 to chose from. These new characters will probably be seen cosplayed as in the next coming months as their is a new version coming out called Black and White. There are always three Pokemon to start off with, so they are usually chosen to costume as. Pokemon are characters too and when dressing up as them, it is important to remember to stick to your character. The only one of them that talks is Meowth.
Pokemon Gijinka is when cosplayers give human aspects to the Pokemon they cosplay as. Usually the most popular ones to cosplay as is Pikachu, but others such as Mewtwo, Charizard, and Squirtle are fan favorites. Other forms of this type of costuming involve giving human qualities to objects that normally wouldn’t have human qualities, such as machines or even mundane things like a lamp or a washing machine.
In order to do this right, make sure that you have an original idea, but don’t make your character look too original so that you don’t know what Pokemon it is. This can be a common problem that is seen at conventions. To make sure that this problem doesn’t happen, it is important to draw your original designs out before creating your costume. Make sure you essentially what makes your Pokemon special in your costume, but don’t be afraid to use some originality also.
The conventions are always filled with Pokemon characters, and will continue to be filled with them for a long time. There are new games always coming out, and now there are over 500 Pokemon for fans of the series to create costumes of.
CosplayPro is a great resource for all cosplayers. They feature the Cosdex, which has over Pokemon Cosplays