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Nostalgia time! Cosplay and event photos from the 00's (2000-2009). Stories are welcome too. I miss the time where was cosplay.com very active and no social media and instagram cancer like today.

>> No.10346412

>no response
Is this board is already full with zoomers?
Yeah, oldfag here. The mid-end 00s was my best cosplay and event time.

>> No.10346426

That decade was shit. I remember normie mocking cosplayer constantly. Let's leave it and move on

>> No.10346428

>>10346412
yes, this board is mostly zoomers. also mostly lolitas.

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I have really old con photos but none from the 2000's era.

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vivi from sakuracon in seattle

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I'm cringing and disappointed at how bad my photography was.

In 2007, my friend accidentally cosplayed L from Death Note and somehow did better than most people.

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I have lots of pics I saved from early 2000 or so that I didn't take myself, but from cons I've attended. I'll dump some of my faves. I was so young and enamored with people's skill back then. I still am, but I think it's incredible what a lot of people could do without YouTube tutorials left and right. I liked to plan my con lineups in my signature on the cosplay.com forums, and read other people's too to get hyped for who to look for. I'm so sad it just isn't the same anymore.

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>> No.10357563

>>10345160
Here's a pretty good vid compilation vid talking to cosplayers of 2004:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f9x_ddD-uU

>> No.10357566

>>10357563
also lol at the guy lugging a huge selfie camcorder

>> No.10357647 [DELETED] 

i miss that era. No thots with patreons,e-fame wasnt as prevalent,no pretend-nerds coming to cons...

Simpler times,it looked shittier but i felt like it was more fun

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2010 count?

>> No.10359827

>>10348395
Humble times

>> No.10360476

>>10351408
Mufuggin MYOTISMON

>> No.10360636

>>10359827
Its funny cause thats also the time when cons were adult events and some nudity was allowed.

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not my pic and technically 90s but this is one of my favorite older cosply pictures. to me there's something so nice about these, people just dressing up for the sake of fun.

>> No.10364994

>>10359719
Not op but id say anything underneath 2010

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AND NOT A SINGLE MAN-FAYE PHOTO!? WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!?

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>>10345160
I love conventions during the early 2000s. There's just some sort of nice energy they radiate despite how crappy the 2000s kinda were.

>> No.10365009

>>10365004
Thats because this was still a subculture thing and it wasn't infested by the mainstream.

>> No.10365011

>>10365009
there u go. It feels really gross and corporate now.

>> No.10365014

>>10365011
Absoultely. Back when i was going to cons in the early to mid 00's I always felt like that the Subculture would actually overtake the mainstream. That feeling stopped for me by the later part of the decade. Now look at where we are...

>> No.10365016

>>10365014
BTW who else is an oldfag here thats pushing or in their 30's or older? I'm curious now...

>> No.10365089

>>10365016
35 here
Where's my senior discount?

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>>10365089
I am 31...

>> No.10365437

>>10365435
pic also very related because thats how i feel about the old days now...

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>>10365016
Just turned 41 last week.

>> No.10366872

>>10364993
this is one of the best cosplay photos I have ever seen

>> No.10366943

Old fag here. Early 2000s was my favorite time for conventions. I was lucky I went to them when they were full of genuine fans of anime and japanese pop culture. Our cosplays may not have been amazeballs like they are now, but there was so much heart in it. Here are some nostalgia photos for you.

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>> No.10366956

>>10365016
31 here. My last con was last summer and was shit. I only started cons in 2008 but those first few years were such fun, and while /cgl/ has always talked shit, the cosplayers cared a lot less with how perfect their stuff was if they were there for fun.
I don't have a lot of pics, but I do have my old ass cosplay videos
youtube.com/watch?v=1H2oKi6QQA0

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There was always the obligatory DDR pad cosplay

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Occasionally there would be a giant mech that would blow our minds all away with how large it was.

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Yaya pre-boob job

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Tiffany Grant used to cosplay the character she voiced

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Also early 2000s "Visual Kei" cosplay was a thing

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And I'm ending with some Eva.

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>>10366958
here's another DDR cosplay! devil-zukin.

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>>10367020
and one more, jet set radio

>> No.10367024

>>10367023
YESSSS

>> No.10367356

>>10366955
Even with as bad as it is I still find it incredibly endearing.

>> No.10367862

>>10366956
god bless. this is pure and wholesome

Reminds me of the second con i went to back in '09; me and my sis watched a game of cosplay duck-duck goose in the outdoor park of the con grounds and we saw and L and Light do a mock-fight as funny shenanigans. Everyone was laughing and having a good time until a security guard barked at them and broke the group up

I think it was the same year there was a Caramelldansen flash mob lined up against a wall in the Dealers' Room too

>> No.10368065

>>10367023
Nice! I've seen only two JSR cosplayers since I started going to cons in 2013. The character designs are perfect for costumes; it's a shame the series is so slept on.
I'm too young to have lived through anything like what's in in this thread. I'm not so naive to say that I'd trade my convention experience for yours; there are positives and negatives to both. But I enjoy seeing and reading your memories.
Thanks for taking a few minutes out of your day to share snapshots of your life with strangers. You may not think it's a big deal, and in the bigger picture, it's not. But it's still special, and I hope these threads always have a place here.

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>>10367023
Fuck that feels good to see anon. Legit highlight of my day

>> No.10368136

>>10364993
this 100% would be what anthy would look like IRL

>> No.10368137

please im actually a fan

>> No.10368496

>>10367862
This was my 2nd con actually I'm the Rune Knight (green hair) and the Naruto actually ended up becoming one of my close friends but not through the conventions, then when I was going through these years later I realized it and we both laughed our butts off over it.

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>>10368496
oh my goooooood that's adorable!

>> No.10369873

>>10367023
in-fucking-credible. So cool.

>> No.10369919

>>10365001
Because over a decade later I'm still trying to forget.

>> No.10370114

>>10365016
38!

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>>10345160

>Just hit 30
>Went to local cons every year from 2005-2010
>20's was filled to the brim with work, existential crisis, loss, and more loss
>Realize this year will be the last year I can go to a con without being the dirty 30
>Corona virus guarantees final year of con-going to be non-existent
>See this thread

It's all so tiresome.

>> No.10370171

>>10370141
They're not the same at all anon. Unless you have a group of friends to go with the chances of fun are really low. Women are quick to use cosplay is not consent shit even if you're just trying to talk to them (seen first hand) and the amount of aspie dudes is even higher and they don't know when you're trying to end a conversation ever. Have legit had to walk away from people because they're not getting it.
Only go if you're a con drinker and can find parties after dark. The amount of emotionally stunted 20yr olds crying and causing drama is stupidly high.
Again though these are Sac Anime observations and it is a shit con.

>> No.10370322

>>10370171
>Women are quick to use cosplay is not consent shit even if you're just trying to talk to them
>just trying to talk to them
I used to be very open and friendly with guys at cons but dude I dont think you realize how many creepers, horny dudes trying to get a quickie or otherwise super off-putting guys there are at cons after women. Those retards ruined it for all of you.
And honestly in my experience there's only what I would call one "normal" guy for every 5 creepers that bother you, so yeah ofc women are gonna be flighty at cons. We ain't their looking for dick anyway, we're there to hang out with friends, shop and wear cosplays with said friends.
I feel like that's kind've a misunderstanding between male and female congoers, or at least younger ones.

>> No.10370371

>>10370171
Men are never "just trying to talk" to attractive women.

>> No.10370476

>>10370322
female too my dude. It's not even at just guys. I've seen girls freak out on other girls for simply complimenting their bead work on a dress where it was across the chest "my eyes are up here!". Tumblr children have ruined cosplay at cons basically.

>> No.10370531

>>10370322
young girl congoers are annoying though. someone yelled at my bf for "violating her personal space" in an event where we were all told to link arms.

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>> No.10371097

>>10365016
33 here but people can not believe I am that old. On the last event they said I look 10 years younger. Back then I was really a legal shota. I am now glad I look like a typical 20's guy and no longer the such underage appearance.

>> No.10371154

>>10371097
dude, stop larping

>> No.10371190

>>10370542
world heritage image

>> No.10372086

>>10370542
God this fuckin pic

Is... is that lube below the paddles

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>>10365001
I remember taking a photo w/ Mansty in 2009 or 2010. Wish I still had it.

>> No.10372529

Oh man, I want this to keep going. I need to see if I can find any old photos of cons from 2005 that I have.

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>>10370141
> 32, been going to AX since 2006
> 20's was directionless and filled with depression
> Took too long to graduate and feel it was a waste of time
> Never been to other cons while favorite series were still fresh
> Why are we still here? Just to suffer?
I wish I could get a do over.

>> No.10372634

>>10364993
I'm in love

>> No.10374533

>>10366964
I wish vk cosplay would come back but the popularity is as good as dead in the US

>> No.10375524

For me the cosplay community was much better without facebook, instagram and tiktok cancer. I miss the good old cosplay.com days.

>> No.10375525

>>10351325
You probably didn't know, anon, but I had this picture you just posted saved on my computer for ages until I finally managed to finish my Ovelia costume! Thanks for taking it!

>> No.10377154

>>10364993
Sooo cute

>> No.10377452

>>10370141

Right down to the fucking Spades Slick reaction image you got me Anon.

>> No.10377659

even though the cosplaying was awful and more for fun i wish i was born in the order generation (i say this because i wouldnt want to be any younger when i got into cosplaying which is 18 in 2015, im currently 23). I hate seeing all these cosplayers trying to get famous and sexualizing everything.

And the worst thing is when people assume you have a tiktok just because you cosplay

>> No.10377663

>>10375524
same here anon, it saddens me i got into cosplaying when all this started to blow up

>> No.10379989

>>10377659
I was 18 in 2005 and did the first time a hard and more complex cosplay. Feels weird you was a little child back then or in general all the zoomers are not born or babies. lol

>And the worst thing is when people assume you have a tiktok just because you cosplay
I am too old for this tiktok shit. I don't understand this site. Why this is so dumb and cringe? Srsly!

>> No.10385978

>>10345160
I can't beat airman

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>>10370542
Now i understand

>> No.10385989

>>10375524
I miss cosplay.com

>> No.10385997

>>10385989
Me too, what happened to it

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>>10365016
29 here. I actually really miss cons between 2005-2010, nowadays is just about the appearance and not anymore about having fun.

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>> No.10386490

>>10385997
Pretty sure it still around.

>> No.10386494

>>10346426
I'd rather be mocked than have todays watered down e-fame bullshit.

>> No.10386495

>>10386494
This.

>> No.10386515

>>10386494
In every hobby and fandom there seems to be those ones who feel a ton of guilt over their hobby, and the way they combat it is either hoping or working towards it becoming mainstream and accepted. Some kind of "I'm not a weirdo any more if everyone likes it" logic.

And then they attack anyone who feels the opposite, who want the hobby to be "our" thing as gatekeepers and the like.

>> No.10386548

>>10386490
It is but all the forums are locked an dit looks like they deleted a bunch of threads

>> No.10387472

>>10386548
Yeah that’s quite unfortunate

>> No.10387917

>>10386515

thats actually a pretty astute observation, but I will suggest a correction

yes there are gatekeeper types, but the purist types are not always overlapping with gatekeeper types.

and the gatekeepers can be broken down further into custodian/scholarly types, and administrative/control types.

>> No.10389304

>>10385997
The site is pretty dead or more in a coma state.

>>10386494
Oh, yes! This! Instagram is the best example for the e-fame bullshit. I don't like this site. Sadly most cosplayers these days use this site.

>> No.10396429

I miss Guilty Gear and Ragnarok cosplayers, if anyone have good photos of either franchises I will really appreciate it, anything's fine really

>> No.10396430

>>10346426
You have to be 18 or older to post here

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Me on the left

>> No.10400675

>>10396432
Legendary photo!

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I've been going through archived old geocities sites from the 90s-early 2000s lately and it really makes me miss a simpler time. I think this happens when you get older regardless of who you are or what kind of life/hobby you're talking about, things just felt so much less complex when you were younger and the internet wasn't so fast-paced and all-consuming.

I wish I still had friends my age who wanted to just dress up and have fun. But anyway I'll stop whining like the grumpy old man I'm becoming and just post some pics.

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>>10402766
Oh yeah, some of these are probably from the 90s rather than early 2000s but I didn't make notes.

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And this is much earlier than the 00s, but I thought they were interesting to see - pics from AWA 1995. Wild to compare this to what cons are like nowadays.

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>> No.10402817

>>10366960
AHHH THATS YAYA HAN! nice find

>> No.10403394

>>10402787
Make your own thread. 00s only. 2000-2009.

>> No.10404258

I kinda miss the slightly crappy very homemade looking costumes looking back. (t. rose tinted lenses) because these days you can get far superior costumes off the rack (or commissioned if you have the money), and maybe that's part of why cosplayers seem much more pretty than when I was in my prime, they have so much more time to think about makeup... and their filters.

>> No.10404261

>>10366961
she looked MUCH better this way

>> No.10407351

>>10370322
No big loss.

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Time to dig out my old 4chan folders?

>> No.10407355

>>10370322
As a dude who's been in the scene for 20 years I totally agree. I hate that things have become this way but I've seen so many acquaintances and even a few people I once considered friends go down for being absolute scumbags (not to mention quite a few who've gotten away with it for years) that I can't really see how it'd be any other way at this point.

>>10370171
I've been to a lot of cons and SacAnime is probably the absolute worst of them, at least the worst that's managed to survive multiple years. My ex-GF was invited to be a masquerade judge one year (she was a pretty well known cosplayer at the time) and the whole experience was excruciating, and to top everything else off some teenage chucklefucks ran up behind her and tried to pull her wig (which was elaborately styled and had taken a ton of work to make) off of her head.

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>>10389304
>>10385997
>>10386490
Those were the days. Haven't logged in in ages, but I assume I still have some pics up there.

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>> No.10407642

>>10407355
are you either PikminLink or the Rapunzel cosplayers boyfriend? They're the only two popular ones I remember from it.
The masquerade has always been a shit show for management, and the few times it ran decently they changed it around again by the next time. Hell I almost got into a fight with the main chick in charge because I checked in on friday one year and they didn't give me a fucking post it note with a number. Thankfully someone else in line near me had also checked in friday and spoke up too. This was after she had already slammed a door open into the line right where my group was.
I'm glad I don't go anymore but there is a part of me who wants to go for just a day when it gets moved back to the convention center after the rebuild (if it lasts that long, summer ain't looking good for them right now)

>> No.10407689

Culture is dead.

>> No.10407752

>>10407642
No but my ex and I used to be pretty good friends with PikminLink when she lived in the area. I'm still basically blacklisted from the cosplay community thanks to her so I don't want to give too much away and have her internet defense force show up.

>> No.10408149

>>10407355
WindoftheStars?

>> No.10408209

>>10366953
No 2000’s con would be complete without a DiGi Charat cosplay definitely.

>> No.10408295

>>10408149
oh god no I'm not CJ. Gonna have to stop confirming or denying anything after this because it's gonna end up narrowing down too fast though.

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>>10365016
>>10365447

I also just turned 41.

And yeah cons are way too perfection centered now. I just want to talk about the show you are cosplaying from and maybe want to know how you did some nice looking part of your cosplay.

But now it's a crapshoot on if you are talking to a diva who doesn't know how to talk to a person outside their friend group or if you are talking to someone who just bought their cosplay and so has nothing to say about the construction at all.

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>>10366962 Tiffany Grant used to cosplay the character she voiced

Yes she did.

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>>10402766
>>10402767

Holy shit. I took these photos.

Here have some ye olde Escaflowne.

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>> No.10412825

>>10364993
This is breathtaking

>> No.10412898

>>10365016
I'm 28. Getting there.

>> No.10414032

>>10365001

Whatever happened to this guy?

>> No.10414047

>>10365016

32 myself, I think cons are starting to lose their magic for me. I feel too old to be at them.

>> No.10414063

>>10407360
That’s not a cosplay that’s just a regular looking dude

>> No.10415144

>>10414047
>I think cons are starting to lose their magic for me. I feel too old to be at them.

Same and I am in my early 40s.
I might be starting to look it too. Not sure.

After 5-7 years of cons you completely realize that a huge chunk of it is ALL the same. Same rave, same panels, same dealer's room. Different anime.

So the only thing I go for now is costuming. I really still enjoy seeing nice costumes and wearing nice costumes.

>> No.10416069

>>10372086
I think it says "BL body wash"?? Fucking insane

>> No.10416089

>>10414047
>>10415144
34 and I've felt that way for the last few years. I don't really go for the con anymore, I just go because I need a break from life and because I want to see old friends I don't get to see otherwise, and I guess because cons are still the only place where I sort of feel like I fit in, even if they've changed a lot.

>> No.10416169

>>10416089
>>10414047
>>10415144
I've been thinking that we need more boomercons, a ton of the audience that grew up with this stuff have well, grown up but still crave that con experience, to meet friends, maybe consume, and just well, generally chill out with less rainbow vomit raves.

I know they sort of exist in the form of broad spectrum boomer sci-fi cons but the age range of those places is in the late 40s-60s range, We need something to cater to ther late 20s-early 40s range. Though i know swinging is a big thing at those boomer cons. wonder if we'd see that at ones more aimed at 30s.

>> No.10416174

>>10416169
I actually went to a "boomercon" a couple of years back, Star Citizen's con of all things. It was a total sausagefest but it was great otherwise, pretty much everybody was between 25 and 45, and the atmosphere and interactions really reminded me of the way anime cons used to be. I'd love more cons like that.

I wonder if maybe somebody could start a con specifically for older anime and attract a good audience that way.

>> No.10418653

>>10416174
>everybody was between 25 and 45
Best age range! People in their early 20s are sadly often too childish (especially in the anime con scene) if you ask me. I know a lot people in their early 20s and use dumb shit like TikTok. Mid 20s is good as youngest age.

>> No.10419676

>>10416069
Yeah it says BL body wash lol

I wonder what the scents were... morbid curiosity

>>10416174

>I wonder if maybe somebody could start a con specifically for older anime and attract a good audience that way.

GOD PLEASE i'd love that so much. It'd be so cool to talk about the same obscure [for these days] stuff I like with others

>> No.10430187

>>10419676
>I wonder what the scents were... morbid curiosity
Sweating Seme

>> No.10431088

>>10430187
So fat guy dick sweat, gotcha

>> No.10431498

Anybody got a link to that website with photos from early 2000's cons?
It was posted on a different thread some time ago.