Cosplay 2013 - my promotional video for my website!

Attack on Titans, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Assassins Creed and Naruto Cosplay

Cosplay2013.biz Amazon shopping page has been updated.

 

Attack on Titans Cosplay costumes

Kingdom Hearts Cosplay costumes

Final Fantasy Cosplay costumes

Assassins Creed Cosplay costumes

Naruto Cosplay costumes

 

Plus heaps of other Cosplay Fashion.

Featured artist Lorde - songwriter, fashion icon, teenager

New Zealand's own Lorde

Team by Lorde - the catchiest tune I've heard in a while.  The above live performance filmed when Lorde played for an audience on Letterman back on November 12, 2013. 

And just performed at the Australian ARIA music awards.

Born Ella Yelich O-Connor to Sonja and Vic.  Lorde sang for a talent show when she was 12 and this was forwarded to a record company.  Lorde started writing songs when she was 13.  Her song Royals which skyrocketed up the charts is about growing up in New Zealand.  Before you can get into Clubs and stuff you pretty much sit around and wait. 

Having watched a few of these videos off Letterman I am kind of reminded of Bjork.  Just the way she moves her arms and body.  Quirky but mesmerizing.

Lorde performing live on Ellen

 

Mentioned as fashion role model.  Check out Lorde's style:

The second long black dress also available in red.

See Lorde's interview on FasterLouder.com.au

Download Lorde's debut album

Stan Lee's Comikaze 2013 cosplay video

Cosplay video from Comikaze 2013 held early November 2013

I have to say Dustin Young does the best Cosplay vids.

Here are a couple of photos that I liked from Comikaze Expo.

Steampunk cosplay



 

Steampunk cosplay 

 

Check out the Steampunk and Cyberpunk fashion on my webpage

 

 Happy Cosplaying!

Have a Happy Plants vs Zombies Thanksgiving!

Play-AsiaTV latest gaming releases and Cyberpunk Cosplay and Fashion

Play-AsiaTV latest gaming releases

Get the Playstation 4

Get the games

Metal Gears Solid 5: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gears Solid 5: The Phantom Pain
Thief
Infamous 2nd Son
Uncharted
Destiny

The Special Power Neon in Infamous 2nd Son. This made me think of Cyberpunk.  Check out these Cyberpunk Cosplay images and Fashion.

 

 

Happy Cosplaying!

Japanese influenced Costume wins Fashion Design award

Brittany Glassey winner 2013 HETTANZ Fashion Awards

I have to shout it from the rooftops when I get news like this.  I am very excited as I too love the Japanese Street Fashion.

16 year old Brittany Glassey from Christchurch, NZ came 3rd in the Senior Creative Section of the 2013 HETTANZ Fashion Awards.  Her dress was inspired by Tokyo Fashion and costumes and involved sewn-in LED lights and luminescent wire.

In December 2012, she also came 2nd in the Intermediate Creative Section.  2012 was the first year the awards were co-ordinated by HETTANZ.

When she was very young she used to make dolls clothes with a sewing machine.  Then had a renewed interest in sewing when she studied Textiles at High School last year.  She has been making dresses and things ever since.

Check out Brittany's DeviantArt page

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/9344714/Teenager-won-t-be-held-back

Japanese Street Fashion At Amazon America

Epic Rap Battle: Nerd vs. Geek video featuring Cosplay

This Music Vid is Epic!  Funny as!

Sung by Rhett & Link, WHO!? 

From the US,
"Rhett and Link is an entertainment and advertising duo consisting of Rhett James McLaughlin and Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal. Self-styled as "Internetainers" (a portmanteau of the words "Internet" and "entertainers"), they are known for their online viral videos and comedy songs as well as for their one-season TV series Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings on the Independent Film Channel in which they filmed low-budget commercials for local businesses across the United States.  The duo run two YouTube channels, a main channel, Rhett&Link, which has over 200 million views and over 1 million subscribers, and a second channel, RhettandLink2. On the 25th of April 2013, they began their weekly 30 minute program "The Mythical Show" on RhettandLink2 which aired Thursdays at 5pm EST for the next twelve weeks."

^{Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhett_and_Link}

View Yaya Han's Cosplay Q & A video

Yaya Han talks Cosplay

Yaya Han is a professional cosplayer, artistic model and costume designer based in the United States. 

Yaya Han as Jessica Rabbit below

Yaya is a regular judge at Cosplay Cons (as in Conventions). 

Yaya was featured on the Syfy channel's Heroes of Cosplay.   This show has not aired in New Zealand.  But for me I guess I am happy if Cosplay has grown enough in popularity to warrant a reality TV show.  Regardless of any negative comments surrounding this I still think it's good publicity for the hobby.

Yaya appeared as a guest judge on another TBS reality show King of the Nerds.

Yaya used to work as a technical analyst for a software company, but now gets booked to appear at events and sells calendars and prints of herself in costume, as well as operating her own store of handmade cosplay products. She no longer competes in cosplay contests, and instead chooses to serve as a panelist and judge for them.

Yaya's brand new website is about to be launched!

http://www.yayahan.com/

Iron Man 3 with cosplay character profile

Iron Man 3 movie

 

Iron Man Character Profile

Character's Name - Robert Downey Jnr acts as Tony Stark who wears the Iron Man suit.
Featured In - Marvel Comic books Superhero and Iron Man the movie, Iron Man 2 and now:

Iron Man 3 [3D+2D] (available at Play-Asia.com)  

Costume and Cosplay -

DIY Iron Man costume

 

 Boys handmade Iron Man costume

 

DIY Iron Man arc reactor
 

Personality and background -

 

Born to Howard and Maria Stark on May 29, 1970. Tony's early life was often dominated by the absence of his father who he would later describe as 'cold' and 'calculating'. Tony was also highly annoyed by Howard's constant talk about Captain America. However from an early age, he quickly stole the spotlight with his brilliant and unique mind. At age four he built his first circuit board, at age six his first engine, and at seventeen he graduated summa cum laude from MIT. Stark claimed that at age 14, he still had a nanny. Then his parents were killed in a car accident in 1991. Howard Stark's lifelong friend Obadiah Stane became the CEO of Stark Industries. At age twenty-one that same year, Tony became the new CEO and ushered in a new era for his father's legacy, creating smarter weapons, advanced robotics, and satellite targeting. He changed the face of the weapons industry.

 

Anthony "Tony" Stark is a billionaire industrialist and inventor. He runs Stark Industries, originally started by his father, Howard Stark. In Afghanistan Tony was captured by Ten Rings and they ordered him to build the Jericho missile for them. Instead Stark, with Ho Yinsen, used their resources to build a suit of armour and make their escape. Returning to America, Stark improves his armor and becomes the invincible superhero, Iron Man.

 

Stark is still human with the exception of his Arc Reactor in his chest. He is one of the richest, smartest and most powerful men in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. His power however comes from his high-tech battle suit known as the Iron Man Armour, which grants him extraordinary strength, durability, flight capabilities and various on-board weaponry. He is a founding member of the Avengers.

 

Quoted from http://marvel-movies.wikia.com/wiki/Anthony_Stark

 

Girls' Generation Japan 2nd Tour Limited Edition 2013 HD

Girls' Generation  - Watch the full concert!

Spectacular lighting and sound, water effects.  Brilliant costumes and choreography.  And the most beautiful girls!

Visit Amazon's Kindle store for Cosplay ebooks

Will the local library and video store be gone soon?

With the increasing popularity of tablets and e-readers - I have pondered this question.

We are a family with 3 children, and possibly about to get our first tablet.  The experts forecast that soon one in three people will have a tablet and they have become more affordable. 

You can now download movies, music and e-books online these days.  Often cheaper than the real thing.

Here are some cosplay e-books available at Amazon.  Mostly DIY cosplay ideas and one is a thriller novel taking place at a Cosplay convention.

Happy Cosplaying!

Comic Con 2013 and Iron on designs

Comic Con 2013

Using iron on designs for DIY Cosplay

If you are making your own cosplay outfits - then using iron on designs can add that extra pizzazz to your costume.  Without spending a fortune on already made costumes.

Many of the costumes seen at Comic Con were made from stretch vinyl and lycra spandex fabrics.  Most of our comic book heroes have outfits made from lycra:

Cat Woman - Superman - Batman - Spiderman - Wonder woman

Happy Cosplaying!

Looking for quality collectible game figures?

Featured Collectible - Tharja from Fire Emblem:Awakening

Tharja is a Dark Mage who has the power to read fortunes using a Manakete's claw, and can divine the location of anyone or anything using one. She is well versed with curses ranging from a constant runny nose curse to a cooling hex to bring down fevers. She has the nicest body in the Chrom army and has the darkest thoughts.


It is very easy to fall in love with characters from the games we play.  And the attention to detail is remarkable on these collectible figures.  Buy Action Figures, Statues, Gashapons And Other Toys and Video Game Merchandise
 

 

One Direction - This is us released soon

One Direction's new 3D movie This is us is due to be released soon.
Check out the Movie Trailer



Download the single Best Night Ever here:

PlayAsiaTV goes to Tokyo Game Show! Get hyped with a Cowboy Beepop themed promo video!

The PlayAsiaTV crew will be attending the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2013! To move everyone into the TGS spirit our director has created a phenomenal promotional video - in the style of one of our favorite Anime shows ever, Cowboy Beebop!

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The Tokyo Game Show 2013 is kicking off, and PlayAsiaTV wouldn't ever miss the opportunity to head over to Japan and play tons of video games! Join Gold Mountain in the coming days as more and more TGS content filled with games, booths, and a great convention experience hits the PlayAsiaTV YouTube channel!
Click below to watch the awesome promo!

Plants vs. Zombies fan art Hatsune Miku Zombie

Hey Cosplayers,
I think this is soooo cute!  What about you?

 

PvZ Fundead Legionnaire, Andro Juniarto, created this version of Hatsune Miku Zombie self using MS Paint.

Do you have a drawing of yourself as a Zombie? Have PvZ art you want to share with us? Send it our way by posting to the page or by sending us a message to the Plants vs. Zombies Facebook page!



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Cheers!

Walking Dead's Norman Reedus - this week's Cosplay character profile

 

 

 

Character profile Walking Dead's Daryl Dixon

AKA Norman Reedus

Character's name - Daryl Dixon

Featured in - Walking Dead, TV series about a virus that takes over Earth and causes people to become human-eating Zombies.  His weapon of choice is the crossbow.  Daryl Dixon is played by Norman Reedus.  Norman Reedus attended the recent San Diego Comic Con 2013 convention.  He has a son, Mingus Lucien born 1999 to model Helena Christiensen.  He has been a model and featured in various music videos.





Hair - brown spikey hair, facial hair (moustache and goatie).  Rough and ready look.

Eyes - Hazel green.  In 2005, while in Germany, Berlin, Reedus was in a car accident. He had to have surgery and his left eye has a titanium eye socket and 4 screws in his nose.

Costume - Sexy warrior.  Best feature I think is the crossbow.  He wears a brown worn or ripped t-shirt, black torn pants, black leather vest.  Accessories include a necklace with bloody human ears.  And if you get a hold of a motorbike that would be super cool!

 

Personality and background -
Daryl is a Southern hunter and expert tracker who constantly lives in the shadow of his brother, Merle. Like his brother, he is initially shown as volatile, short-tempered, and of questionable repute, but is tolerated by the group due to his survival skills. Daryl becomes furious when Merle goes missing due to Rick Grimes having handcuffed him to a rooftop in Atlanta , eventually leading Rick Grimes to start a search party for him. However, they are unable to find Merle. It is later revealed in season 3, that Merle and Daryl had initially intended to ransack the Atlanta group for supplies.
As the series progresses, Daryl becomes more independent and eventually starts to bond with the group. At the end of the second season, he becomes Rick's right-hand man as Shane becomes more and more unhinged. By season 3, Daryl becomes one of the series main protagonists and has largely shed his aloof personality, with the exception of dealing with strangers. From very early in the series, he is shown to be an extremely proficient zombie killer in both close quarters and ranged weaponry, and later becomes Rick's trusted right-hand man and protector. He also becomes "the go-to guy" of sorts for the group and is now well-liked and respected for his endeavours.

Daryl is now one of only five members of the original Atlanta group who continues to survive, along with Rick, Carl, Glenn, and Carol.

Daryl appears as the main playable protagonist in the 2013 video game The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, focusing on him and Merle during the early days of the zombie apocalypse.  Daryl is shown to be an expert marksman, but his signature weapon is a Horton Scout HD 125 crossbow, which Reedus says he takes home after filming.

New PAX Prime 2013 cosplay fan video

Hot off Youtube!  Awesome vid!

Plants vs. Zombies 2 very popular right now!

Are you one of these??  25,000,000 downloads to date.  Get your copy now.

Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 - PopCap

Featured artist GRIMES

G R I M E S

I was checking out the Webby Awards list and came across this young lady. So I thought I would share this video (below) with you - which is PRETTY DAMN COOL!!

Claire Boucher, better known by her stage name Grimes, is a Canadian artist, musician, and music video director. Wikipedia

Born: March 17, 1988 (age 25), Vancouver, Canada

Full name: Claire Boucher

Parents: Sandy Garossino

Record labels: 4AD, Arbutus Records
 

 

You can find her at this website. http://www.grimesmusic.com/

Plants vs Zombies 2 FINALLY RELEASED!

Hi Guys!

The long awaited sequel to the very awesome Plants vs Zombies is FINALLY HERE!  Plants vs. Zombies 2 - It's About Time!

Plants vs. Zombies™ 2 - PopCap
Plants vs. Zombies 2 is free-to-play and initially available exclusively on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, with more platforms to be added later this year and beyond.  Click the above link to play it now.

Screenshots

This game will give you hours and hours of enjoyment.  Trust me!

Plants vs Zombies 2 - behind the scenes

A short video just to keep us interested and eagerly awaiting the release of the sequel to Plants vs Zombies

Anime Expo 2013 and Cosplay character profile

 

 

Hey Cosplayers!

I came across this Baby today.  A video put together by Dustin Young.  An awesome soundtrack and Cosplay pics taken at the 2013 Anime Expo.

This week's character profile is Syndra from League of Legends!

Character's name - Syndra, the Dark Sovereign
Featured In - Syndra is a Champion in League of Legends. Syndra was born with immense magical power. A bit of a rebel she uses her power without restraint. Her abilities include transcendent, Dark Sphere, Force of Will, Scatter the Weak and Unleashed Power.
Hair colour - Super long and SILVER



Eye colour - They appear to be PINK/PURPLE

Costume - I would describe her as a sexy warrior.  Thigh high tights or boots, corset, shoulder pads, cool neck jewellery and beautiful headress.  In some cases you don't actually need to spend a fortune on a Cosplay outfit.  You can take some simple pieces and dress them up.  In fact most awesome costumes are handmade!



Personality and background - Throughout her youth in Ionia, Syndra's reckless use of magic terrified the elders of her village. They took her to a remote temple, leaving her in the care of an old mage. To Syndra's delight, the mage explained that the temple was a school - a place where she could develop her talents under his guidance. Though she learned much during her time there, Syndra no longer felt her power growing as it had in her youth. Her frustration grew, and she finally confronted her mentor, demanding an explanation. He revealed that he had dampened Syndra's magic, hoping to help her learn control and restraint. Accusing him of betrayal, she advanced on the mage, commanding him to lift the spell that was holding her back. He backed away, telling her that if she couldn't control herself, he would be forced to nullify Syndra's magic completely. Furious, she summoned her power and dashed the old man against the walls. With her mentor dead, Syndra felt the rush of her unbounded potential for the first time in years. Though she had won her freedom, she refused to return to the society that had tried to steal her gift. Instead, Syndra decided to claim her former prison as a stronghold. Pushing the boundaries of her magic, she tore the structure from its foundations and raised it into the sky. Free to delve further into her art, Syndra now aims to grow powerful enough to destroy the weak, foolish leaders of Ionia - and anyone else who would dare to shackle her greatness.

''Power belongs to those who can wield it.'' - Syndra