Dont know what a Kigurumer is?
Kigurumi is the Japanese name for costumed animal characters. The name comes from the Japanese term ( - kiru: to wear) and ( - nuigurumi: a stuffed toy animal). These suited performers are sometimes found at shopping malls, theme parks, and booths at anime conventions. For example, Disneyland costumed characters such as Mickey Mouse would be referred to as Kigurumi by the Japanese. Sometimes these characters are to entertain children, sometimes as promotional tactics to grab attention from adults on busy city streets.
A subdivision of Kigurumi is a form of masked cosplay, called Animegao. Dollers, the performers, wear Kigurumi based on characters from manga or video games for fun at cosplay events, often making their own elaborate suits by hand.
I really really want to get into it, but it's REALLY expencive. It's more expencive then a dollfie at some times. The first time I heard about this was from a book called, Cruising The Anime City; An Otaku Guide To NeoTokyo, an AWESOME book by the way.
A friend of mine gave me this link, said the guy who does the stuff is pretty nice.
http://kanakig.accsalon.com/I just thought there should be a thread for it, I think it's one of the coolest forms of cosplay, and by far the most extream.
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