Anime

Rohan Kishibe

Rohan Kishibe is a primary character in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable. At first, he’s an antagonist towards Koichi Hirose, but he later becomes an ally in the search for Yoshikage Kira. Rohan is a successful manga artist, best known for his series Pink Dark Boy in Weekly Shonen Jump. His Stand is called Heaven’s Door, which he uses to turn people into books to read their life stories. He is also the protagonist of the anime spinoff, Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe.

Ino Yamanaka from Naruto

Ino Yamanaka (voiced by Ryoka Yuzuki and Colleen Villard) is a character from the Naruto series.  Ino is one-third of the iconic Ino-Shika-Cho formation and is a member of Team 10 under Asuma Sarutobi.  She is a friend and romantic rival of Sakura Haruno.  Ino has long blonde hair she wears in a ponytail and pale blue eyes.  In the original series, she wears a purple uniform with white arm warmers and bandages wrapped around her upper legs.  In Shippuden, her style updates to include chainmail arm and leg guards and a crop top.  You can use a cosplay set for either version of Ino’s uniform, or build your own.  Whatever you decide, you’ll also want to purchase shinobi sandals in either blue or black, a long blonde wig, and accessorize with a kunai pouch and kunai.  If you DIY your costume, don’t be afraid to take a pair of scissors to whichever skirt you choose to make it look more like Ino’s from the series.

asbel from nausicaa of the valley of the wind

Asbel from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Asbel (voiced by Yoji Matsuda and Shia LaBeouf) is a main character in the anime feature film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.  Asbel meets the titular princess Nausicaä after his city is attacked.  Asbel has dark brown hair and wears very muted colors.  To recreate his look from the film, you’ll need brown shoes, beige pants, and a tan shirt.  He wears a brown pilot’s cap and a brown belt.  Asbel also dons a darker jacket and brown gloves as well as cream colored scarf which he wraps around his mouth to protect himself from the toxic air.

Krul Tepes from Owari no Seraph/Seraph of the End

Krul (voiced in Japanese by Aoi YÅ«ki and in English by Monica Rial) is one of the major vampire characters in the anime/manga Owari no Seraph/Seraph of the End.

She is the queen of the vampires in Japan, and the one that turned Mika into a vampire to prevent him from dying, following her own plans.

Krul has very long pink hair, decorated with black wing-like accessory clips, bright red eyes, vampire fangs, and pointed ears. She wears a tiny black dress with detached frilly sleeves, and a black and red capelet-style skirt. The outfit is finished off with a lacy ribboned collar and knee high black boots.

Mei Hatsume from My Hero Academia

Mei (voiced in Japanese by Shiori Sakurai and in English by Alexis Tipton) is one of the supporting characters in the anime/manga My Hero Academia.

She is part of the Support class at U.A. High School, and is very enthusiastic about creating more support items to help her schoolmates, even to the point where she essentially took over Power Loader’s entire lab with her creations.

Mei has golden eyes with targeting reticles in them to aid in the zoom of her quirk, and salmon pink hair worn in thick dreads, often topped by an elaborate goggle headset for labwork. For this outfit, she wears a black ribbed thick-strap tanktop, a pair of black coveralls that are worn half-off and tied around her waist, black ribbed socks, white slip on shoes, and metal-working gloves to finish it all off.

Roy Mustang

Roy Mustang is a character from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist. He is a State Alchemist and colonel in the military, making him the superior officer of protagonist Edward Elric. A known war hero, Colonel Mustang is remarkable in his command capabilities with plans to become leader. This costume guide offers both a DIY and ready-made option. Use the gold rope on the shoulder and affix the pin on front. Then line the jacket and wrist cuffs with the silver ribbon trim. A no-sew option could be metallic silver fabric paint, and using painter’s tape to achieve the straight lines. If you’d rather save some effort, you can purchase the ready-made costume with the jacket, pants, and gloves.

nausicaa from nausicaa of the valley of the wind

Nausicaä from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Nausicaä (voiced by Sumi Shimamoto and Alison Lohman) is the titular protagonist of the Studio Ghibli film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.  Nausicaä is a princess who finds herself embroiled in war in a world of ecological disaster alongside Asbel.  Nausicaä has short red hair and wears primarily blue.  To recreate her look, you’ll need beige pants, brown shoes, blue leg warmers and gloves, and red teardrop earrings.  You can purchase a cosplay set that includes a hat, jacket, and belt, or assemble your own with pieces that look similar.  Her filtration mask can be difficult to find unless you are willing to pay a lot or make your own from scratch.  However, you can craft a reasonable facsimile with a respirator mask, dog ear headband, paint, and glue.  Cut the ears from the headband and glue them to the sides of the mask, using the wire inside to shape them accordingly.  Then, spray paint the entire thing brown.  Just make sure you leave yourself enough time for it to dry!

Momoko Akatsutsumi from Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z

Momoko Akatsutsumi from Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z

Momoko Akatsutsumi (voiced by Emiri Katou and Nicole Bouma) is the self-proclaimed leader of PowerPuff Girls Z in the anime series Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z.  Momoko’s alter ego is Hyper Blossom.  She has bangs and long hair that she wears in a high ponytail with a pink bow.  Her Hyper Blossom costume is mostly pink.  You can recreate her look with a pink dress or a skirt and blouse if you can’t find a dress that fits your needs.  If you’d like to add the navy details to the neck and hemline, use duct tape.  You’ll need to remove the sleeves from a pale pink and white letterman jacket; you can add the “P” by using iron-on letters.  Accessorize your costume with fingerless gloves, pink and white wristbands, a choker necklace, and earrings.  Lastly, don a pair of pink and white high tops and a white belt slung low on your hips.

Megurine Luka from Vocaloid

Megurine Luka, also known by her codename of CV03, is a Japanese VOCALOID. Since 2004, VOCALOID has combined voice synthesizing and software programming to produce music, albums, and even concerts. Voicebanks get paired with anime style avatars, such as Megurine Luka. Her voice is provided by Yu Asakawa, a Japanese voice actress and singer. This costume guide showcases her V4X standard appearance.

sadao maou from the devil is a part-timer

Sadao Maou from The Devil is a Part-Timer!

Sadao Maou (voiced by Ryota Osaka in Japanese and Josh Grelle in English) is the main protagonist of the anime and manga series The Devil is a Part-Timer!  Satan Jacob is the Devil King before he is forced to retreat to Earth where he dons the more human appearance of Sadao Maou.  Sadao works at MgRonald’s as a part-time employee.  There are cosplay sets of Sadao’s work uniform which you can purchase and pair with shoes, a cape, shoulder armor, and a dark green wig to complete the look.  If you’re particularly brave, you might also like to use a pair of red contact lenses to alter the color of your eyes.  If you’d rather make your own costume, a red polo, red visor, and black pants will get the job done.  You can use yellow fabric paint to add the signature MgRonald’s stripe across the front of the shirt.

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