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The Pirate Captain from The Pirates! Band of Misfits
The Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) is the main character in the stop-motion animation feature film The Pirates! Band of Misfits. The Captain leads his crew on an adventure to try and steal enough gold to win the Pirate of the Year award, but is plagued by bad luck as they strike ships without the bounty they seek, eventually coming in contact with Charles Darwin on the HMS Beagle. The Pirate Captain has a bushy red beard and wears a long red coat with gold details. His shirt and sash are different shades of yellow, while his pants are tan and his boots brown. He also carries a sword.
(Keigo Takami) Hawks from My Hero Academia
Hawks (voiced in Japanese by Yuichi Nakamura and in English by Zeno Robinson) is one of the main pro heroes in the anime/manga My Hero Academia.
He is currently the No.2 Pro Hero, and has a variety of ties to different groups, both current and former. His Quirk incorporates his wings, allowing him to fly and control individual feathers for attacks.
Hawks has golden messily spiked hair, and golden-brown eyes that he wears yellow goggles over, in tandem with ear protectors. His outfit is built for flight, streamlined for the black and gold underlayer, with bulky and warm tan outer layers. He wears a thick pair of black gloves, black socks, and black boots, and has a large set of red wings coming from his back.
Shino Aburame from Naruto
Shino Aburame (voiced by Shinji Kawada and Darek Stephen Prince) is a character from the anime and manga series Naruto. He is a member of Team 8, under Kurenai Yuhi, alongside Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka. He can control bugs that live inside his body as part of his clan’s special technique. Members of the Aburame clan are known for wearing dark glasses that obscure their eyes, and Shino is no exception. In the original series, he also wears brown pants and a grey-green jacket with a high collar that covers his mouth. When creating your costume, try to find a jacket with a high-stand collar. In the later episodes of Shippuden, Shino wears a green hooded jacket with a black shirt beneath instead having the collar that covers the lower portion of his face. A cowl neck zip-up can serve this purpose well. During the Fourth Shinobi War, he also wears a Konoha standard-issue flak vest. No matter which version you choose, don’t forget your forehead protector, kunai pouch, sandals, and round sunglasses.
Chizome Akaguro/Stain from My Hero Academia
Stain (voiced in Japanese by Go Inoue and in English by Robert McCollum) is one of the initial antagonists in the series My Hero Academia/Boku no Hero Academia.
He is a villain known as the Hero Killer, and one of the main antagonists early on in the series, focusing on Iida’s part of the story.
Stain has extremely spiky and messy hair, and tiny red eyes that are framed by a tattered cream mask. He wears a thick red headband, a tattered red scarf, a black and grey tank top/vest combo, black pants, and a large variety of holsters, with spiked boots with knee guards, black bracers, a tan belt with a holster, and cream arm wraps. Also several blades.
Miss Hattie from Despicable Me
Miss Hattie (voiced by Kristen Wiig) is a minor antagonist in the Illumination film Despicable Me. She is the cruel operator of Miss Hattie’s Home for Girls where Margo, Edith, and Agnes live before they are adopted by Gru. Miss Hattie has brown hair and wears a pink cardigan with a red plaid skirt. The ruffled collar of her blouse sticks out over the collar of her sweater, and she wears a red gem brooch at her throat. Complete your costume with a coiffed wig, sheer stockings, and red shoes.
Baki Hanma from Baki the Grappler
Baki Hanma (voiced by Nobunaga Shimazaki and Troy Baker in the 2018 anime) is the protagonist of Baki the Grappler. Baki trains as a fighter so he can surpass and defeat his father Yuujiro Hanma as vengeance for the death of his mother Emi Akezawa. Baki has shaggy brown hair and a beauty mark over his lip that resembles Emi’s. For your costume, you’ll need a pair of red shorts to emulate Baki’s preferred fighting uniform. While finding an exact match might be difficult, plenty of options exist that are very similar, so choose your favorite. You’ll also need white hand wraps and athletic tape, and you can use a pair of open-toed grip socks to protect your feet. Baki is covered in scars from his hard years of training, and you can use scar wax to recreate these. Depending on how many you decide to wear, you may need extra wax. Choose a concealer in your skin tone (the one linked comes in many) to conceal the edges. Finally, use a black eyebrow pencil to add your beauty mark and you’re ready for a fight!
Lars from Go Jetters
Lars is a member of the Go Jetters, a group of four heroes who travel the world in the British animated children’s series. Lars is the resident expert mechanic who can fix just about anything. Even though he’s British, he loves the Eiffel Tower in France. His catchphrase is “Geographic!”
Ethan Clade from Strange World
Ethan Clade is a character in the 2022 Disney movie Strange World. He is a typical sixteen year old who enjoys hanging out with his friends. He gets shy around his crush, Diazo. Although he longs for adventure away from the quiet farm life. When his dad, Searcher, embarks on a mission, Ethan sneaks onto his airship. The whole Clade family must work together to save the miracle plant in a mysterious subterranean land. Voiced by Jaboukie Young-White, Ethan is an openly gay character. Sew the trim and buttons onto the navy blue crewneck sweater as shown here.
Atsuhiro Sako/Mr. Compress from My Hero Academia
Mr. Compress (voiced in Japanese by Tsuguo Mogami and in English by Kent Williams) is part of the League of Villains in the series My Hero Academia/Boku no Hero Academia.
He is very showy and more of an entertainer oriented criminal, much in the way that Gentle is. His quirk is compressing things into small, tealy-blue marbles.
We haven’t seen his full face in the anime yet, so mild spoiler warning, but he’s got upswept brown hair, and light brown eyes. He has a variety of patterned white masks that he wears over a black ski mask that leads all the way down his collar, a burnt orange button up shirt worn with the collar popped, a green bolo tie, a black vest, black pants, white and black high boots, reddish-orange gloves, and a brown top hat with a red band and a very long white-ish feather sticking out of it.
Garou from One-Punch Man
Garou (voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa and Greg Chun) is a martial arts prodigy who dubs himself the “Hero Hunter” in the manga and anime series One-Punch Man. Though he spends much of his time as a villain, Bang eventually undertakes his rehabilitation so he can become a hero. Garou has stark silver hair that he wears styled up into two points. He wears a tight black long-sleeved shirt, white trousers, and black shoes. Replaced the sash on a pair of martial arts pants with a yellow one to complete the look.