Ep 25 - Anime Banzai: In the Green Room

What is the Green Room? This is where cosplay contestants hang out before going on stage and performing! This fun episode goes behind the scenes and interviews cosplayers both before and after they go on stage. This is the last of our Anime Banzai episodes but most certainly one of our favorites.

SummonerDoormat in her elegant Deku Princess cosplay.
Photo courtesy of Anime Banzai

Going on stage can give someone butterflies and be incredibly scary. The Green Room is a great place to be among others as nervous as you are. The camaraderie at Anime Banzai is very strong and everyone was so supportive of each other. Many competitors make news friends on the green room as well as see old faces they may only see at conventions. The creativity of the people who compete in these contests is admirable. Enjoy the rest of the pictures from the contest below.

SummonerDoormat on stage and owning it!
Photo by Midnight Pursona

X Angel Design and Cosplay in her street fighter cosplay.
She kicked butt!

LaVieve Cosplay and her friend as Catbus and Totoro.

Alexis as an amazing Brigette from Overwatch!

Eleph an Faerie cosplay duo looking sassy as
Magical Boys.

Complete with Magical Boy transformations!
Wait, there are skirts! XD These two had an
amazingly funny skit.

Renelle Ephona and Erika from Kirakira PreCure a la Mode,
Chocolate Dog and Macaron Cat!

Candace and Tyler won the Cultural Award!

Thanks for reading!

The Stitch and Seam Team

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How to Make Auron's Blade - The Cosplay Armory

As promised, James of the Cosplay Armory shares his knowledge on how to make Auron's Katana from the game, Final Fantasy X. I have been very excited for this as I followed his page as he worked on the blade. I hope you enjoy it! - VFire

Auron's Katana Build by James

A note before I start. I will be mentioning the use of several machines that I have the luxury of having in my shop that I am well aware not everyone has. This project is definitely easier with them than without but everything I describe can be done without them or with simpler tools. I will also include steps that I do that are not necessary in parenthesis()

I was commissioned to build the Auron Katana by Lolita Zombie Cosplay and knew immediately that I wanted it to be light, yet durable. The first step to building any prop is figuring out what you’re going to make it out of. A lot of prop makers use light woods like poplar and MDF and while I have used some wood I decided it would be my first sword that I built e…

Ep. 010 - Cosplay Contests 101

This episode will be the first in a series. The series will start in a few weeks as we get through some old episodes, but we wanted to get some hype going and get questions brewing about cosplay contests. This first episode covers some basics and questions/answers from cosplayers in our community.

We hope this summary episode gives everyone a good idea of how to prep for a contest and what to expect if you have never heard of one before.

Thank you for listening. We are loving the feedback and Horror Stories. You all rock!
- The Stitch and Seam Team

Ep. 009 - The Cosplay Golden Rule

This week we go more in depth about cosplay, consent, and bullying in our community. Our community should be uplifting and encourage creativity and here is how to do it!

If you are being bullied or just need a bit of sunshine in your life, message us at the cosplay stitch and seam and we will shower you in happy messages!

Also, share your horror stories at CosplayStichAndSeam @ gmail.com or send a request/question and you may hear it on the podcast. You might even inspire an entire episode.

Stay tuned to the end to hear a question from Zerelixon in Norway on cosplay judging! Thank you Zerelixon for submitting such a good question!!

Music by Maycey Roberts
Sound Editing by David Jeffress

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