Petshop of Horrors group for Anime Boston or AnimeNext?

[ladyofthethread]

A few months back, I asked if anyone were interested in doing a Petshop of Horrors group sometime but there weren’t any definite plans made. But novaraven (who has also cosplayed D plus his father and grandfather) is now working on plans to come down from Canada for Anime Boston so I thought it might be a good time to try for a group. She’s also making the 19th Century D outfit so we’re going to be confusing and wear our versions together as D and his grandpa. :-D Plus, she should have a Leon with her and possibly a Pon-Chan.

Currently, there are no plans to do a skit or the hall contest together but we were talking about applying for cosplay chess and I’m sure we’ll do pictures at some point. ^_^ If you’d like to join us, let me know. See the links for reference pics or if you want to look at the whole album: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v342/LadyoftheThread/psoh%20reference/. We can also try to have a smaller group for AnimeNext if people are interested since I know at least one person isn’t able to make AB.

Count D – myself (although I can also wear his sister’s dress for a while if someone else would like a turn playing D)
D’s grandfather –novaraven
D’s father –
D’s sister –
Leon –novaraven’s friend
T-Chan (totetsu) – kiwi_lady is going to do T-Chan for AnimeNext but probably won't be able to make AB ;_; 
Pon-Chan (racoon) – novaraven's friend if she comes
Honlon (3-headed dragon) – a couple of people are interested in this although I don't have a definite yet
Ten-Chan (9-tailed fox) – bloodied_tears
Medusa (basilisk) – heartxofxlilith
P-Chan (bird of pardise) – Lilly from cosplay.com
Alice (rabbit) –
Keirin (kirin) –
Eva (mermaid) (obviously this one needs some modifications so you don’t get kicked out of the con if anyone wants to do it ^_^;;;) –
Suioh (phoenix) –
Alex (vampire) –
Norma (vampire) –
Dreizehn (doberman) –
Toki birds –jezeroth is tentatively doing the male ibis; the female bird has not been claimed
Mellow (digital fish) –
Pandora (Maine coon cat) –
Tina (jaguar) –
Butterfly – 
Sohki (kirin) (Sohki is actually from Genju no Seiza, another of Matsuri Akino's manga, but he goes to visit D in a bonus story in one of the Genju no Seiza volumes)– 

If anyone wants to do something I didn’t list, let me know and I’ll add it in. I omitted a bunch of the little kid characters with less interesting designs, pets we never saw human versions of, and stuff from the sequel since I didn’t think anyone would be likely to want to do those. Also, there are a lot of pets that only appear as background characters (you can see a few in the pic with Norma) and a few that are only in artbook pictures or extra illustrations. (I think the lolita catgirls are cute but D needs nicer clothes in that picture. Ripped cobweb patterned stuff and a bondage collar is so out of character. O_o;;) 


And, jumping to a somewhat related topic, I got the collar for the new costume finished. I ended up appliquéing the trim along the edges and I think it came out pretty well. ^_^ Need to work on the main robe next. 
 
 

Comments

[novaraven.livejournal.com]

Can we add Lord Sohki to the possible cosplay list? I know he's technically from Genju no Seiza but he knows D and he's been to the shop at least once. He's also my fav kirin ever. ^^

It's the same style of robe as Honlan and the girl Kirin from PSOH, the colours are blue and silver, and his hair is blue. (if it's the same colour as his mane from the cover shot he was on) I think he'd be a very pretty cosplay.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Okay, added Sohki to the list although my camera batteries died and I don't have a reference pic to post at the moment. ^_^;

Looks like if things work out, there should be around 6 or 7 of us. ^_^ Hmm... Maybe, if no one claims P-Chan, I could go to cosplay.com and try PMing the P-Chan I took pictures with this year to see if she's planning to bring the costume again. Her costume was gorgeous but I don't know her other than having met at the con and have no idea if she's on LJ. ^_^;;

[novaraven.livejournal.com]

That's a very good sized group. i hope everything works out alright! PSOH deserves all the love it can get. It's odd how little it's cosplayed even tho everyone seems to know it. My sisters school friend from Japan was over tonight and coincidentally it was the only manga on my shelf she'd read before. I thought my others were much more well known, like even fruits basket should be more popular?

Messaging P-chan player on cosplay.com is a good idea. If she already has the costume made then it might be easier to convince her. ^^

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I’d think Fruits Basket would be more well known, too. o_o Hmm… Maybe, it’s not cosplayed as much since it’s older and only had an OVA and not a real anime series? A lot of the popular series seem to have both an anime and manga and I can’t think of many that were popular as manga only. And maybe, people don’t want to do minor characters? Although a lot of the pets have pretty designs, many of them only appear for one chapter and the only main characters are really D and Leon. It seems like I’ve been finding more Petshop cosplay online this past year or so though. Like I’ve seen 4 cosplays based on the peacock dress since I’ve made mine o_o even though all the earlier ones I’d seen were from some years ago. Maybe, it’s due to the artbook coming out?

[novaraven.livejournal.com]

I don't think the art book is well known at all. It's hard to find and only in japanese. I think people are cosplaying the peacock dress because they've seen how well yours turned out. ^^ Actually most of them don't know about the art book and choose the colours randomly. It's a very plain outfit unless you change it anyways.

More popular series have far more cosplayers. Maybe we can get things to go the other way. By cosplaying a series will get it more attention? Maybe if we cosplay enough we'll get PSOH a real anime series someday! ^^;

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I don't know. My peacock dress has gotten a couple of photoshoots and has been to more conventions but it's not as if I'm particularly known. ^_^;; I think at least one of them did see the artbook though since they had the accurate colors.

Oh, and I PMed the P-Chan cosplayer a few days ago. Might take a while to hear back though since it looks like she hasn't been to cosplay.com for a few weeks.