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AFA09: Kaname Cosplay Panel

Submitted by Alafista on Monday, 23 November 200911 Comments

One of the highlights of AFA09 is the cosplay panel session featuring Kaname, a renowned Japanese cosplayer. He appeared on stage with this amazing cosplay of Cloud from Final Fantasy VII.

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

There was a huge turnout for the panel session and the event hall was filled all the way to the end. Thankfully I had the media pass and could stand in front to take photos.

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

Kaname covered quite a few topics on cosplay, including character selection, costume selection, makeup, and posing.

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

I was amazed to hear that he had cosplayed over 20+ characters and 34 versions. He shared that in order to have more variety in character selection, he had to maintain a neutral body shape so that his arms would look slim when he relaxes but looks muscular when he flex his arms.

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

When taking about selecting costumes, Kaname shared that he like costumes which allows him to reveal some masculine parts such as his arms or back. One disadvantage would be that it is very chilly in the winter ^^

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

There was quite an elaborate discussion on applying makeup. I had no knowledge of makeup at all so I was clueless about what was the difference between an eyeliners or eyeshadow.

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

Next Kaname revealed that he was still learning to sew his own costumes. He would be interested to learn from anyone who was experienced in this area. I’m sure there were losta female who want to be his personal tailor at that moment.

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

Finally Kaname shared on the different type of poses: Action, Still and Professional Photoshots. For action poses, sometimes it might be useful to move about with the photographer trying to capture all that motion with a fast shutter. For still poses, it was important to bring out the mood of the character. He also shared on some of the dynamic poses that he had to do for professional photoshoot for magazines.

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

AFA09 Kaname Cosplay Panel

Kaname then gave a great final messages to all his fans and cosplay enthusiast. He shared he had only started cosplaying 2 years ago and he was very touched (he had some tears of joy) to see so many people outside of Japan sharing the same passion as him.

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