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I think I speak for all that is holy... Americans do it for the lulz...

Japanese Version:
::power humps:: Tifa
Sephiroth and Vincent look really fuckin badass too.

American Version:
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Yeah, but they picked the worst american cosplayer examples ever. I guarantee if you go to a con in Japan, not everyone there is a bitchin' cosplayer.

That being said, I would very much like to introduce the Japanese Tifa to Mufasa. (Mufasa is my penis.)
 
Yea, but it was still entertaining =D
 
That being said, I would very much like to introduce the Japanese Tifa to Mufasa. (Mufasa is my penis.)
At least it isn't named Nala, or Banzai, or Scar, lol.

But the more important question is: Does it taste like this man?

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That Tifa one.....wow....just...wow.
 
lol, first off, that evangelion american one is just... terrible.

second, that japanese rikku is cute :D
 
All the Japanese ones are models/magazine shoots


The American one are just random chubby round eyes
 
All the Japanese ones are models/magazine shoots


The American one are just random chubby round eyes

the Rikku ones and down on the Japanese side were all Con goers.
 
There's some good American cosplayers out there. I agree they are much more rare than JP, however.

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All others fail in comparison:

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I find that picture and the pose of tifa extremely erotic somehow......
 
Yeah, but they picked the worst american cosplayer examples ever. I guarantee if you go to a con in Japan, not everyone there is a bitchin' cosplayer.

That being said, I would very much like to introduce the Japanese Tifa to Mufasa. (Mufasa is my penis.)

Actually driving by one in Japan (not going to it because cons are just lame imo) I'd have to say that you're uh... wrong.
 
A lot of japanese cosplay looks better than American just because they CARE more and they're less fat and a lot of pre-made costumes are already available there.

If you read Gaijin Smash he has a good post about Japanese people laughing at American cos-play. Link post later if ya'll want it.
 
It also helps for the japanese that theyre more conscious of what they look like(to the point of narcissism perhaps?) so when they look stupid they know when to not show themselves in public.
 
I've been to several conventions and even tried cosplaying myself, making a good costume takes a shit ton of work and more money than you'd think. Like someone else mentioned, in Japan there are places where you can simply go buy a premade costume, but I've never seen a cosplay store in America. There are some sites where you can get premade accessories and weapons, but unless you scour ebay, there wasn't many good premade costumes to be found. Not to mention that if you simply bought your whole costume, you generally got looked down on for not making it yourself.

Anyway, those Japanese costumes shown were indeed amazing.

Also, this:
http://www.nt2099.com/cosplay/INTERVIEWS/05/05_7.jpg
 
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