Cosplayers must have the right attitude
by Lee Hui Ying
Cosplay has
recently become popular among youngster in Malaysia. However, some of them,
especially newbies, they don’t have the right attitude towards cosplaying.
Experienced cosplayers explain that, a professional cosplayer should be able to
fully represent the characteristics of a character.
Shawn Ngu, 25,
has been cosplaying since year 2009. He found that the newbies just want to
look good like their favorite character but they don’t really study the
character’s mannerisms.
“They must
present the characteristics of the particular character by watching series and
pay attention on how the character carries himself or herself.”
For Leon Seow,
20, Malaysian cosplayers can be classified into 4 types, according to the
purpose of joining cosplay.
“First, they
serve cosplaying as a springboard for the sake of to be famous, to gain more
exposure. Second, they take cosplaying as a platform to know more friends who
shares same interest. Third, cosplay is just a hobby and entertainment for them.
Lastly, they join cosplay for fun, which is the new badge of cosplayer.”
Newbies requires self-enhancement
Generally, the
new cosplayers didn’t understand what cosplay is. In their cognition, cosplay
is just wearing costume, accessories and photo shooting.
Leon explained, “A cosplayer must show their
respect to the character. Cosplay is not just wearing the costume, wig and
accessories, but the character’s behavior too. This is what the newbies have to
learn. ”.
Yap Hui Wei, 18,
has been cosplaying for 4 years. She added, new cosplayers usually have low
self-enhancement as in costume, wig styling skills, make up skills, performance
and making of accessories and props.
“I don’t like
their attitude. They think they are good enough when they have photo shooting
with some famous photographers. In fact, they should put more effort in
improving themselves in all aspects.”
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