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Final Fantasy X: Yuna 05

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

final fantasy x cosplay - yuna 05

Nomura Tetsuya designed Yuna with hibiscus flowers as her name depicts. Her name also means “night” so her weapons are empowered by the moon. Yuna also has heterochromia, which explains her different colored eyes; her blue eye comes from her half-Spiran bloodline and her green eye comes from her half-Al Bhed bloodline.

Beautiful cosplay! Good location too. I wonder if she had a hard time keeping her hair fixed? Thanks for sharing this!

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Final Fantasy VII Advent Children: Tifa Lockhart 02

Sunday, July 19th, 2009

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Though she plays a more minor role in Advent Children than in Final Fantasy VII, Tifa did battle against Loz and later, against Bahamut SIN. She has shorter hair than her original character design mainly because animating long hair was proven to be quite difficult.

She looks like an older, more mature version of Rinoa to be honest. But I think a few people will get mad at me for saying that. Beautiful cosplay though! And the characters for the cosplayer’s name means “little fish”, Xiao Yi. Great cosplaying!

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Final Fantasy VIII: Zell Dincht

Friday, April 17th, 2009

The impulsive, overconfident, comic relief of the series, Zell Dincht is a martial artist and a student in Balamb Garden. He grew up in the same orphanage as Seifer’s, which is when he had begun to bully him, earning him the nickname "chicken-wuss". He wanted to become a soldier in memory of his late grandfather.

final fantasy viii cosplay - zell dincht

Rather impressive, wouldn’t you agree? I like the lighting of this shot and the details of the coplayer’s tattoo. Great work!

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Final Fantasy X-2: Paine, Rikku, and Yuna

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

final fantasy x-2 cosplay - paine, rikku, and yuna / yuripa

With Tidus’ disappearance, Yuna sets out to find clues to lead her back to him with the help of Rikku and Paine. Although Yuna and Rikku have changed their lives to live in a more positive lifestyle, their companion, Paine, is more emotionally distant and prefers to keep her past a secret from the two.

You have to love the location and the characters’ poses on this photo. Wonderful job on the props too! Great work!

Final Fantasy X-2: Yuna 03

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

final fantasy x-2 cosplay - yuna 03The kind-hearted summoner changes for after the events in Final Fantasy X. Yuna still puts others’ needs before her own, but she becomes more open and direct, looking up to Rikku as a sort of role-model. She even picked up Rikku’s expressions such as “disasteriffic” and “oh, poopie!”; something the younger Yuna wouldn’t have dreamed of saying.

Yuna still seems to be one of the cosplayers’ favorite character to cosplay even though the game’s already somewhat old. I love seeing different versions of Yuna from different parts of the world.

EDIT: Thanks to Raiku for the Deviant Art Link!

I’m not sure if Koffel is the cosplayer or the photographer of this image since I found it in a random website, but if anyone would like to point me in the right direction where this is originally from, please do let me know!

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Final Fantasy VII: Yuffie Kisaragi

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

unknown cosplay 016 And then there was 16.

I never thought I’d be posting so many different anonymous cosplays here in this blog. But I’m really curious to know who these cosplayers are and what series they’re cosplaying from.

Her headband reminds me of Naruto, but I don’t remember any ninjas like her. I could be wrong though, since I’m not all that familiar with Naruto.

Thoughts? Guesses? Please leave them at the comments section, thank you!

EDIT: Thanks to Anime Illusions’ Snoozer for the reference pic showing this is Yuffie from Final Fantasy VII!

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children: Cloud Strife 03

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

This is the third Cloud cosplayer I’ve seen that’s taken my breath away.

final fantasy vii 7 advent children cosplay - clous strife 03

It’s a simple shot, but very artistic. Cloud does have a tendency to go about by himself to think things through, and this is why I think this photo captures Cloud’s personality perfectly.

Nice work on this! I wonder if he used hair cement too?