Archer from Fate Stay Night : mrajcosplay // photo: @henteko.jpgI feel like I owe so much to how my

Archer from Fate Stay Night : mrajcosplay // photo: @henteko.jpgI feel like I owe so much to how my outlook on life has changed because of it Cosplaying has given me confidence in how I present myself and allowed me to grow out of my shell. Through it I have met some people that are now integral parts of my life including my current partner. My cosplay was ordered overseas on Taobao. The cosplay had actually gone through several revisions in order to get it at the level we see today On top of being a cosplayer, I’m also an independent journalist who tries to shed light on the inner workings of the western anime industry. For about 3 years, my team and I over at the Cartoon Cipher have made countless videos answering questions, covering show specific dubs while also breaking down general industry questions. We’ve contacted and worked closely with industry professionals including writers, ADR directors and well know voice actors in order to be the most informed on the subject. Our goal moving forward is to keep growing as a brand and make sure that anime fans are armed with the tools necessary to understand the innerworkings of how anime dubs are made while also expanding the discourse around them. For Aniplex, I was hired through an open submission to be a cosplay model for the Aniplex booth at AX 2017 and since then I’ve worked as a cosplay volunteer under them for about two other events. One was the first year of Anime NYC and the other was AX 2018. My duties were similar to other volunteers where I helped hand out fliers, answer questions about products and the fate franchise while also just helping draw attention to our booth in the dealers room.My favorite experience with them would be from 2018 when I was in charge of their stamp contest. Basically Aniplex had these exclusive lanyards that you could get if you got a card stamped by 6 cosplayers that were scattered throughout the con. I was stationed in an upper area between the game room and the dealers room. Everyone who came to find me was such a pleasure to meet, they loved my cosplay and I even did my first autograph from a subscriber from my channel that recognized me. The only feeling that topped that was the following year when my partner and I decided to organize a Cartoon Cipher fan meetup when I was done working and I fully expected not a lot of people to show up. Not only did ALL of our friends in the area arrive, but we even had a 20-30 of our subscribers show up and I was so overwhelmed with joy that I legitimately wanted to cry.Anime NYC is currently my go to local convention. It’s still pretty new but I could easily see it grow into a more dominant convention on the East Coast. I like that I’ve been a part of it as a press representative and as a working cosplayer since it was made with the FATE events in particular standing out to me. I look forward to seeing what else it has in store when things open up again.Often times it feels like certain POC groups, especially black cosplayers, have to work a lot harder to stand out or get a fraction of the recognition that others do. It feels like a lot of people are stubborn and show an unwillingness to be empathetic to the struggles of others just because they didn’t go through the exact same things. A community isn’t just made up of you and me. We need to listen to each other and be willing to help others that might be struggling or need advice. Even something as little as a like or retweet can carry a lot. It doesn’t take much to set an example for others and realize that a lot of the toxicity inherent to a lot of communities doesn’t need to be what defines this one. https://linktr.ee/mrajcosplay_____________________________Fate Stay Night on Amazon https://amzn.to/3qbm5fC -- source link

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