Otaku-Haven Cosplay Meet-Up
On Wednesday, Terrhimself and I trekked through the blistering cold to check out Otaku-Haven’s massive cosplay photoshoot and meet and greet. Otaku-Haven is a group of designers and cosplayers that are trying to bring cosplaying into main stream and to show everyone that it’s not something you should be ashamed of or hidden. It was our first time heading out to a cosplay meet-up so we didn’t really know what to expect, but we were hopeful. It was held at Teak on the Hudson , a swanky bar/restaurant in downtown Hoboken , NJ
Once inside we headed upstairs to where the event was taking place and upon entering we were met with swarms of cosplayers dressed up in costumes me and Terr were quite unfamiliar with. Girls with long pink and blue hair in elaborate outfits and guys with short, spiky white and blue hair permeated the front area along with some more familiar sights such as Dead Pool, Tony Stark, Ezio from Assassins Creed, Rikku from Final Fantasy, Venom suit Spider-Man and Noob Saibot from Mortal Kombat.
The nice thing the event had going for it, to the delight of the cosplayers were the professional photographers on hand to take high quality, professionally edited shots of all people in costumes. My favorites were the shots of Tony Stark, Spiderman, Dead Pool and others sitting around a table engaged in a game of high stakes poker as well as Ezio about the perform an air assassination from the second story balcony on an unsuspecting victim below.
Everyone there was very friendly and it was a fun night. Terr strapped on his custom made Arc Reactor (stay tuned for a how-to post on that and more in our upcoming convention cosplay how-to series) and had some fun shenanigans with the other present Tony at the bar. We also finally got an explanation to the origins of the wild hair and outfits a majority of the cosplayers were wearing. It’s from a Japanese voice synthesizer program called Vocaloid that’s gaining popularity here in the US
In April, Otaku-Haven is sponsoring a singles cosplayer meet-up, so visit their Facebook page below for more info and make sure to throw them a ‘Like’. Also check out some more pics of the event in the gallery below.
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