Hmmm, this is really interesting. As a half Japanese half American girl, I have to say, people just need to stick to things they can cosplay well as. I have some white friends who cosplay well, and going to conventions I have seen disturbing cosplays and very very amazing ones here in America… :0

But in general, yeah, Americans don’t know how to cosplay. XD

Hey genius, your example of Cloud, Sephiroth and Vincent are from the Advent Children movie, they arn’t people dressed up, no doubt they look good.

wow…..wow…..rofl! @ the American Rei and Yuna….just pathetic. It’s not that Americans don’t know how to cosplay its just that they don’t know where to get the costumes from. In Japan there are a ton of cosplay shops compared to America which has about zero. Then again they could import from Japan, but that would cost them to much gill. rofl! If I were to do some cosplay, I would definitely import or go to Japan and buy the right costume, because there is nothing more embarrassing than looking like the American Cloud. ROFL!

People shall do what they want to do.
The reason Asians have an easier time is becuase cosplay is respected in Japan and stores selling outfits/commisions are everywhere.
Whereas America doesn’t cater to cosplayers. Thus, we must search for our stuff and sew it (yes I’m a cosplayer, but I’m Asian-American, so hooray for me!).

But hey, American or Asian, they have fun cosplaying, so to them they probably don’t care if others think they suck.

well if you just take the best ones from japan and the worst from america, i understand how you could make the argument

I think Alan pegged it. The av. anime fan in America is no sweet young thing with a killer bod. But what the hell, good cosplay costumes are something to ooh and ahh over, but BAD costumes… well those will entertain you forever It’s all for fun anyway, why hate?

half of the good cosplayers are professional models…..

yeah… not sure if that’s a GOOD representation of normal Japanese cosplay

Hey concerned constituent, You haven’t been to many conventions have you? There are way too many people that put on outfits not meant for them. At least overseas, they people try a little harder. If you don’t believe it, look at cosplay sites in Asia and cosplay sites in the US, there is a MAJOR difference.

:) I feel kinda bad but that was definitely funny X)

great blog entry I found the first one funniest tho, so it went downwards from the start

*adds your RSS feed so i can check back continiously for new stuff*

But still. Most of the Asians you have here are either the models, the live actors, or not real. I did notice that most of the Americans looked like they were having fun. At least give them that. Not everyone in this world has access to a makeup artist, or a clothes designer. So i think that it takes a lot of guts to do this kind of thing, and i appreciate that.

‘The Americans are just regular people throwing together costumes from what they have in their closet. NOT FAIR’

The Americans are not paid spokesmodels, or actors playing a role? Then they should keep the costumes in the closet, or better yet, burn them to a crisp. They are obviously socially blunted, sexually frustrated MMORPG addicts. These are the same people that will clamor for ‘acceptance’ of their ‘lifestyle’ from the misunderstanding, hateful masses. You will not be accepted, kids, because cosplay is stupid. Like the girl who wears her Rennaisance Faire costume at halloween time. Like the furry who parades around in a hotel lobby wearing an anime wolf suit.
Lil’ American Rei.. you should be ashamed of yourself for showing your giant mooseknuckle in public. You should all be ashamed. You are adults, or soon to be.
Shame is nearly dead as a learning tool these days. Shame would have kept these people from acting so rediculous outdoors. Grow up. You don’t have a magic sword or dragon to fight. You are trevor, and you work at the Cinemark.

well, you see, basically you ignored the hot white girls, and sexy white boys that also cosplay, and focused on the worst that show up at cons xD. i’m sure there is bad cosplay in japan too.

hahhah, that’s so funny omg. I love it, how did you manage to find all the pictures? also the peoples dressed as vincent and tifa are rad haha. =P

I stumbled on this page and have absolutely no experience whatsoever with cosplay (although I knew what it was beforehand).
That said, it’s painfully obvious that all the American pictures are of amateurs (and likely the worst pictures the author could find) while the majority of the Asian pictures are of professionals (in terms of model, costume, makeup, even the camera work).

I’m Asian myself, and there are obviously a lot of factors that make Asian cosplay more aesthetically pleasing than Western cosplay (availability of costumes and less social stigma, body type, and the fact that the characters in these RPGs are almost always follow some Asian phenotype), but is something like this really necessary?
Looking at the American girl in the Yuna picture, she is fat, physically unappealing, and the costume is a very poor choice for her, but she looks like she’s having fun and obviously put some time into making the costume (as opposed to buying it).

What’s next? Maybe write an article on why unattractive people should not be allowed to go to beaches.

this is not fair, you took the best pics of asian cosplay and the absolute worste of white people. i could find you the opposite and make a sensationalized site as well. you fail

Actually the American Tifa is a friend of mine. She’s much better looking than the picture and there are much better shots of that costume. Still, compared to the rest you have to admit that it’s the best of the american costumes shown here.

Ima be frank and blunt

The “good” Japanese cosplayer either look as ridiculous as their American counterparts, or look like they are made of plastic. ASIDE from the Asian Yuna *drools*

Anyway, those pictures are very selective. It’s not an even comparison. It’s obvious that the Japanese cos players put a lot of money into their gettup, while the Americans look like they just bought a costume from a Halloween store.

Still, some of these pics are funny. and a worthy thread overall.

My 2 cents.

As others have said, the Asian cosplayers look like they were professionals paid to do the costume stuff and then supplied with the costume, unless everyone in Japan is an expert tailor. Yeah, the American ones are obviously homemade and perhaps were not wisely chosen to match the wearer’s body type, but who cares? I have personally seen some very good cosplays including Lulu from FFX and Chun-Li from street fighter.
In response to Applecart: Yes, indeed, how DARE anyone have fun or be different from you? Simply unacceptable, eh?

You guys are missing the point. Obviously there are alot of pasty, plump potential fan with dubious artistic or fashion talent that are begging to be targeted for the next big video game.

Do what Mr. Lucas did with Jabba the Hutt, Gammorrean guards and the plump dancer and give these people an avenue for their misguided creativity!

[…] Americans Shouldn’t Cosplay […]

It really does all depend on body shape. Not one of those Japanese cosplayers (and/or actors) could EVER pull of Dr. Ivo Robotnik (a.k.a. Eggman), without looking ridiculous.

Actually, fat people shouldn’t cosplay. This goes for American and Japanese.

wow this is so one sided. You took the worst american cosplayers and pinned them up against some of the best in japan, why don’t you try finding the better of american cosplay and compare them? There are plenty! I’ve seen many many american Rikku’s that are just so good.

Americans shouldn’t cosplay, huh? You could try displaying some decent American cosplay instead of digging up the worst shit you could find. Not only that, but half of the “japan iz superior” pictures are photoshopped to hell and back.

Cloud:
http://www.cosplaylab.com/lab/557-7267.jpg
Sephiroth:
http://images.cosplay.com/photos/98/986144.jpg
Vincent:
http://images.cosplay.com/photos/98/981673.jpg
Tifa:
http://images.cosplay.com/photos/61/616670.jpg
Yuna:
http://images.cosplay.com/photos/42/429994.jpg
Face shot, as that one isn’t very flattering: http://images.cosplay.com/photos/42/421542.jpg
Rikku:
http://clef.chan.free.fr/petite_feuille/cosplay/rikku_kh2/cosplay_rikku_kh2_00.jpg
Sailor Moon:
http://www.cosplaylab.com/lab/1569-158682.jpg
http://www.cosplaylab.com/lab/1569-158805.jpg
Naruto:
http://images.cosplay.com/photos/58/580591.jpg
Rei:
http://images.cosplay.com/photos/81/812231.jpg

:/ They may not be the best, but god damn, what you posted is not an accurate representation of American cosplay.

“ASIAN people in general have kick-ass bods that can pull off these costumes; you can do your own search and find any number of fantastic costumes with an Asian body in it.”

Please tell me you’re kidding. Some do look great, sure.

Sorry if it bursts anyone’s fantasies, but yes, there are fat ugly cosplayers in Japan too. They would be living in their mom’s basement, only in Japan most houses don’t have a basement, so they live in 3-mat rooms on the second floor of their mom’s house surrounded by old food wrappers and 13094106 little plastic toys bought in vending machines. And yes, regular people consider them nerds, and not in a good way either.

That said, I think the American Vincent isn’t half bad, neither is the blond Sailor Moon sitting on the back of the sofa. I like the…Naruto guys too, although they’re doing a more cartoony interpretation I think, with the big wig and less detail (the guys next to the balding guy).

Something else to consider, models or not the J-pictures have better photography. Certainly the backgrounds are better. The US ones are often clearly “hey, look, my friend took this in the dealer’s room at the Con” which doesn’t help the mood.

For additional hilarity, we can examine the phenomenon of Japanese wannabe rappers (distinguished from actual Japanese rappers, I’m talking just the style kids who wear the costume and hilariously misuse words in the same way a certain segment of anime fandom seems obsessed with putting “kawaii” “ne” into regular English conversations).

I second the “Vincent isn’t American” claim. The obviously one-sided choice pic choice (half body, bad lighting) should really be pointed out, considering that the guy won one of the top prizes in that event (which had 220+ cosplayers).

[…] Stupid Americans. 1,2,3,4 […]

As a retired cosplay judge from America, yes there are some great American Cosplayers out there but what you see here is pretty much the norm. and the reason I quit. There is only so much blubber wraped in spandex you can take on one lifetime.

hey um excuse me, this page is titled wrong. It should be “FAT americans should not cosplay”
there are plenty of SKINNY AMERICAN cosplayers that do a fricking awesome job, Okay?
so pull your head out[of your ass], and get a clue.
Its a steriotype that asians are hecka skinny and have great hair. But i have seen effing ugly [u-g-l-y] asian cosplayers that i could easily make a hate website about.
so suck on it and never make gay-ass asumptions about the american society!
(and PS: so the majority of americans are obese. We’re curvy, and we like it!)

So, this is how I should go about getting massive hits… just pick a subject that has HUGE numbers of underground fans and which also has very black and white issues and then pick one side and ridicule it.

Brilliant!! thanks for the tip

Great pics btw

Thank you for bringing this up. Me and my friend were actually discussing this topic before I saw this. We both agreed that most American cosplayers didn’t do a very good job of cosplaying.

americans look different than japanese, even in anime

yeah author is right!!!

Ahhh all these overweight white girls in costume are giving me flashbacks of my ex-girlfriend!

yeah, i’m not asian, and i do agree with most of those, man, i’m ashamed to go to cons now. but i’ve seen some actually pretty good cosplay, but most of it is crap, you’re right.

I ran a cosplay business for a few years and you know, some of my customers were great at what they did… but it hardly made up for the horror of having to make a tifa costume for a girl probably twice the size of that Rei cosplayer. Not to say there are no good American cosplayers. I cosplay myself, but dear god, have some sense! Also, the “balding guy” with the American Naruto cosplayers is Chris Patton. He’s an English voice actor.

oh my goddess! americans are fat! fat! damn right fat! elephants look skinny in comparison

I agree with this to an extent. I am only good at cosplaying one or two characters, and don’t pretend that I can look like anyone else. On the whole, I have seen an extremely amount of outright gross American representations.

Two things may be the problem: 1- Laziness. 2- Trying to look like a cartoon character.

Aren’t the characters representations of real life? Why do you then try and look like the cartoon itself instead of looking like the character as an artistic representation of something that is real?

I’ve seen Japanese cosplay that’s far worse than the American Rei, and real, unedited American cosplay that’s better than the Japanese Tifa. Your JP Tifa is a horrid example of ‘good’ because it’s photoshopped to hell and back.

That first Tifa… Wow… that’s all I gotta say.

Seriously? You CAN’T be serious, and think this is as black and white as you try and make it out to be. it’s F-ing raceism, in essence! For one, you’re compairing a culture that has had this ideal for what… 50 years? And one that has had it for… 5 years. I know those aren’t the real dates, but Japan has places for the costumes, and a large portion of the people know someone who can make costumes if anything. In america, cosplayers are people with some extra cash, and free time to make their costumes.
Sure, they aren’t great… and some people just have no taste in what looks good on them. But at the same time, Anime is aimed at Japanese people to being with, as in body type, so of course they’d look best. It’s like when a white person tries to emerse himself in african culture. He just doesn’t really fit. Heck, American’s always try and mingle… but at lest they TRY, isntead of isolating themselves.

But back to this complete pile of steaming BS… you picked the BEST Japanese cos-players EVER, and the WORST American ones. Do a bit more research, and you’d find some better americans, and worse japanese…. then agian, maybe not worse, japanese… They’re more ashamed of their shame. American’s have balls, and therefore little shame.

Money and availability of stores that sell COSTUMES is what you are promoting here.

Fantasy should remain in the mind, so when you take expensive Japanese movie models whose sole purpose in life is to model these characters, and place them against amateur part time cosplayers, guess who comes off as most accurate in portrayal?

Plus, you could improve your spelling, try throwing some money at it, hire a tutor.

That’s my comment, not my ‘commnet’.

Run Mepis, for gaming, for fun.

Haha. People shouldn’t CosPlay. Period.

But the Japanese cosplayer you have for Sephiroth is actually Yazoo.

Otherwise, AMAZING

The American “Vincent Valentine” is wearing a spray-painted Freddy Krueger glove. That is too criminal for words. For this reason alone (coupled with all the morbid obesity) do I reject American Cosplay!

But if you outlawed cosplay in America, what would us not-insane or fanatical geeks have to point and laugh at?

Aside from the fact that the American costumes suck and they don’t do anything for the facial features in these pictures, this was written in a bias.

The bias of this is that the Japanese look good and the Americans look bad. So with that you grab the best Japanese and the worst American photos and you have your article. Not good for comparisons…

Putting that aside, however, why is it that when I look at that American Cloud picture I think of Mario (from “The Mario Brothers”)? Sad day indeed…

Oh yes, and those pictures the American Rei and Yuna nearly had my stomach turn about what I just ate.

ya know, the japanese do have a couple of things in their favor:
1) Decent photos (not cheap-ass digital snapshots).
2) They aren’t fat-ass americans. maybe if you researched and found some good-looking americans involved in cosplay (to compare w/ the hot japanese chicks… and dudes) the results may be better. of course, most good-looking americans avoid this culture all together, so this may be a moot point.

I don’t think it’s that Americans don’t know how to cosplay. Because I’m Canadian but I see people with like GREAT costumes at Anime North it’s just because you just picked Fat, Geeks(no ovence). Which is very stereo typocail that all Amricans are Fat and have no sense of style…

Americans are either gay , or sucks balls

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Cosplay or whatever is retarded anyways.
Who cares if we suck at something that is ridiculous? God job Japan! Your the least retarded when it comes to dressing up like video game charcters and Anime “Heroes.”

A funny article. I can see how some would take offense. But seriously, the whole reason the author even created this article is to give a one-sided look on cosplaying. It is true that Japan has a wider selection of costumes and that Americans can arguably cosplay just as well. What I have to say is: If you like cosplaying, do it if you’re not too embarassed or shy. Personally, I think cosplaying is retarded. But hey, you’re entitled to your opinions and so am I. I have to agree with previous posts saying that people should choose a character that fits their body type. It’s generally a wise choice so that the effect is more authentic. Just because you have an authentic costume, doesn’t mean you will match the character’s appearance. Maybe one day I’ll muster up the required shamelessness to cosplay, or even go to a convention for that matter. (Sorry, but I have to say, after my first one… I just can’t stand the many people who have no sense of personal hygiene.) I might try cosplaying one time or another by starting off as someone… normal. Like, L or something. That could work.

Do you know how crazy most japanese cosplayers even photoshop thier pictures? the only thing that doesn’r look photoshopped is the Rikku, Rei and Naruto pictures.

I’ll admit I’ve never been to a japan convention, but my cousin has and most of the pictures she has taken is nowhere near what the mainstream Japanese picture looks like. The only thing they got an advantage of is body size and well, premade costumes.

I’m pretty sure they couldn’t pull a zangief, ryu or ken [ street fighter] look.

they would look so pretty, if they did.

What do you expect? All the examples you give are of Japanese animé, it kind of goes without saying that the Japanese cosplayer will almost always look better and closer to proportion. Though I have to point out that all the Japanese ones had costumes that looked professionally made while the Americans were decidedly home-made looking, makes me somewhat suspicious of your selection.

Furthermore if you want to see Japanese people looking ugly and stupid at the same time go to any karaoke bar in Japan.

There is also a pretty good reason why the Japanese are so into animé because they suck at making real movies and by the time they hit their late 20’s early 30’s they’re ugly as sin.

Needless to say I’m neither Japanese nor American.

haha. So, I definitely agree with all those people that are like “Mer mer, you got the crappiest of the Americans and the best of the Japanese”
But ok, I’ve never been to a cosplay convention, nor do I ever want to be seen at a place like that, but I’m pretty sure the Americans aren’t as good at cosplay as the Japanese.
I live in Japan and I know that in the Japanese culture, you dedicate yourself to everything you do and you do it at your best. You’ll find the best customer service here, and anything in general will be the best because a Job to a Japanese person is not just a Job, it’s something they enjoy, it’s something they commit themselves to, and they do it to the best of their ability, they take real pride in what they do.
That type of behavior isn’t taught to people in America.

hahahaha, this posting is hilarious and people are taking it way too seriously. Lighten up people! There are people being killed all over the world and you sit at home and eat your cheetos and play your online RPGs and that’s fine. But someone pokes fun at something so mundane on the scale of worldly affairs and that gets you britches in a bunch?

Jeezuz people… a little perspective here…

Being older, I find this quite comical.
First, the feud resembles the ones I had when I was a kid, concerning who was going to be the good guy and who was stuck as the bad.
Second, in dressing and pretending, it is not as much as who looks the part but who can act the part. A heavy person cannot act as a small flower among small trees (slim people). Likewise slim people cannot act as a Lord Of The Rings ogar among heavy frightened children. If you are going to play, play. If you want to criticize look in the mirror. What can you pretend to be and be good at it.

Italian-American

“There are people being killed all over the world and you sit at home and eat your cheetos and play your online RPGs and that’s fine.”

There’s people being raped in Africa, and the only thing you can talk about is people getting killed? You selfish fuck!

Also lol @ “ASIANS CAN NEVER COSUPREY BADU”

God damn it you are an ignorant fuck. There are quite a few fatty (or more likely ugly) asian people who cosplay. You need to browse cure.livedoor.com. The asians who aren’t hideous have been shopped to hell.

Both sides have the good and the bad, keep that in mind. But keep on jacking off to your asian fetish, whatever floats your boat.

By the way, i forgot to say I laughed alot to this site, because it’s so true.

I decided to beat you at your own game:

Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto
Japanese one:
http://nycblog.citysearch.com/photos/uncategorized/cosplay.jpg
She made the pattern of his second (black) costume, but used the colors from his first (blue) costume. The coloar is way too flimsy

Now and American doing Sasuke
http://www.pikminlink.com/EndlessRealm/cosplay%20pictures/sasuke.jpg

Racism. Just what we need.

I dare someone to find a japanese cosplay site of cosplay and make a post like this jackass’s.

And by the way, that’s not Sephiroth. o.o;

Fuck you for posting the shittiest Americans you could find and over-shopped, fetish magazine Japanese cosplayers.

The “American” Vincent wasn’t Caucasian..? He looked to be surrounded by Asians. I think you must have found a crappy Asian cosplay.
Got a little overzealous with your one-sided argument there didn’t you?

I’m not into anime or dressing up like my favourite cartoon…lol…or I’d be walking around like Lisa Simpson!

But, I think, to be fair, you all need to show a little respect for one another. It seems you ALL love this stuff and that is why you want to live it in real life. (although, I hope you find a real life someday) In the meantime, can you just stop insulting one another? It’s immature, and well, maybe that’s what some of you are, but no worries, there’s hope. (God help us…our future depends on them!???)

You have this one thing in common, so instead of hurling fat jokes, “jap” and american insults at one another…why don’t you have an intelligent dialogue about the very thing you love…instead of subjecting readers to this waste of space. Unless it was meant to be an unintelligent waste of space! In that case, carry on!

(somebody out there save us! we are doomed!)

haha…im sure americans dont really care how well they look….but the japanese go crazy and try to be better than japanese as usual

You are kidding right?You posted the worst pics you could find from white people and pics from models from the japanese?LMAO and you start discussion with this evidence…sorry but it is pathetic my friend.And the racism…omg…i am speechless.
And the best Rikku i saw,as well as other costumes was an American girl…and i am not even American.This article just make me sad.

omg this is soooo funny xD I almost died laughing xDDD
I like how TRUE
But I don’t think it’s so much ‘If you’re an american, don’t cosplay’
I think it’s more, ‘If you’re fat and ugly, don’t cosplay– especially if the cosplay involves skimpy or tight clothing, because NO ONE wants to see your rolls hanging out all day at some con’

anime are made by japanese…they shud be the only one cosplaying it. americans can go cosplay gi joe or what ever u guys have…

you are all pathetic

what the fuck
you are in your 30s and 40s and still cosplay?

find something better to do, retards

Cosplay is something that isn’t very well known yet here in Portugal BUT most of the cosplays that i’ve seen r pretty awsome and somewhat accurate! I guess we(few VERY FEW) portuguese cosplayers have to thank American cosplayers for showing us how HORRIBLE PUKE-O-RAMA a cosplay can be if don’t choose your character/materials well! XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD
Someone here said that America doesn’t have any cosplay costume shops! NEITHER DOES PORTUGAL! If u look up events like Anipop(Lisbon), Otakawa(Cacilhas), FIBDA(Amadora) or FUPO(Lisbon) you’ll see some really AWSOME cosplays and ALL of those costumes were hand made! Sure, we can order online but the fun part about cosplaying is actually DOING the costume and believe me, ANY of my otaku friends will agree with me!

Hmm, so basically your claim is nobody over a size 2 should Cosplay, right?

Despite what you might be led to belive, those images of Japanese girls clearly are Photoshopped. Nobody looks that perfect in real life. That is what they do with models. You are promoting a fantasy vs a reality.

OK, many people need help…Lots of help with their costume and shape of their body. ^_^ sry…anyway, Most people are really good at cosplaying but others aren’t or aren’t at all.

to cosplay you need to be very skinny, have a short torso, long legs, and have the right face shape. (like a model) you can find japanese people like that, and american people like that. its just that the magority of the americans that would even attend a convention are ugly nerdy gross fat people… and most of the japanese conventions they have good looking cool peoples.

iiii am an american, and i do find those american costumes very sad. but you should see me as a cosplayer. cause some of us DO look the part. even more so then some japanese cosplayers.

I think it is fantastic that the fat ugly morons actually dress up and show themselves off in public. I mean, in any other society a person would kill themselves in shame after such a stunt.

Either the infamous american ego has grown so incredibly huge that ugly people dont realize they are ugly anymore. Or being fat/ugly is accepted as being different and perfectly normal.

I am pretty sure there are allot of ugly Japanese people who would like to cosplay but wont because they are to ashamed of their appearance. So which society got it right, really?

Being aware you are fat/ugly should be a good thing since that makes you realize you need to get your fat ass out of the couch / do something about your appearance. Being unaware of it like some of these cos players seem to be is just pathetic. On the counter side, not daring to show off because of the same reason isn’t such a huge source of life long happiness.

Since I live in Sweden we don’t have that problem since the good lord blessed us with divine beauty.

Okay, I’m Asian American and think cosplaying and all that anime crap is just stupid. People who like it become loners and nerds. As much as I dislike it I’ve got to respect it, if people like doing all that anime shit then let them do it, its their life, not mine.

I agree with most of the friendly people here that there are good American cosplayers and bad Japenese cosplayers. This is racism. Not all asians got great bods. Lets take me for example, I’m skinny and my younger bro is taller than me.

Americans DON’T suck and I agree that they got more balls than any other people. Example: The American Revolution. If I weren’t in the U.S., I’d be eating grasshoppers and taking a shit on the ground back in Laos. Hell, the reason why people hate the U.S. is because they’re jealous of democracy and diversity.

I noticed some people are calling everyone losers and other names here. What the fuck, leave everyone here alone and stop with the insults. How do we know you don’t do this crap? You think your’re badass behind your computer.

I don’t really care about Final Fantasy but that Japanese Tifa is the hottest Asian woman I’ve ever seen in my life.

All in all, this is a never ending conflict between racism and culture. Can’t we all just get along?

This is possibly the dumbest thing I have ever seen…

all this proves is fat chicks and people who do not want to spend 3 weeks to 4 monthes on a custome should not cosplay.

I am an american and I have seen wonderful ones, but they require a lot of time charector designs, steches, lots of materials, ect….

yes americans on average are way below par on these designs, but some of us can actually be good

White people usually don’t have the right facial structure to be anime characters. It’s not like it’s an insult or something, it’s just that japan’s cartoons and videogames are based on their own aesthetics and not America’s.

This comparison is totally unfair, because you found the already bad looking americans , in pictures with bad costumes only, not even showcasing the good cosplayers of america. Second of all, of course asian people are going to be fricking better at playing these characters BECAUSE THE CHARACTERS ARE ASIAN TO BEGIN WITH!. Just because skinny asian chicks look better in skimpy out fits than fat american ones doesnt mean you are better at cosplaying. Might i point out how in all the male characters the cosplayers barely show their faces or body? and when they do it makes the costume worse. Asian people, open your eyes. Not everyone in america is fat and ugly. I would even say at least the men of america look ten times better than the pasty asian guys who dress up in these concealing costumes. You know if there ever was a shirtless male character in anime, even an ” superior asian cosplayer” wouldnt be able to pull it off and still look good.

Hey I’m pretty sure the good cosplay you have of Sephiroth is actually Kadaj. >>; HERE’S a good Sephiroth cosplay: http://lillyxandra.deviantart.com/art/The-March-42224348

Alright, you made some good points… But just because you put all of those terrible cosplayers on the list doesn’t mean that ALL Americans suck at putting together a good costume. I’ve seen TONS of amazing costumes somtimes, and you’re right, I do see these pathetic ones also. So, maybe we should just ban all the people who suck at it? =P