Carbon Costume

Meryl Stryfe (voiced most recently by Sakura Andou and Sarah Roach) is a supporting character in the anime and manga series Trigun.  In the 2023 reboot Trigun Stampede, Meryl is a rookie reporter investigating Vash the Stampede alongside her seasoned partner Roberto De Niro.  In addition to an update to her vocation, Meryl’s wardrobe underwent an overhaul for the new series.  In Trigun Stampede, she wears a white blouse with blue frog button detailing, black tights, and blue shorts with a rolled hem.  Her accessories include gold earrings, a blue beret, black fingerless gloves, a black belt with gold buckle, a cream-colored jacket, and white high-top sneakers.  If you really want to get as close to her look from the show as possible, take a little light blue fabric paint to the buttons on a white blouse to make them pop.

Goldilocks (voiced by Florence Pugh) is all grown up in the Dreamworks animated feature Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.  The leader of a criminal gang which includes the Three Bears from her well-known fairy tale, Goldilocks allies herself with Big Jack Horner in a bid to secure the Last Wish so she can be reunited with her biological family.  Goldilocks wears her hair into two enormous curly buns with two locks trailing down her back.  Her costume includes a puff sleeve blouse under a blue corset top, a multicolored skirt, and brown boots.  To recreate her look, you can layer multiple skirts together, and even use a pair of scissors to give them a more shredded look.  Use a blonde wig with pigtail clip-ins styled as two buns and secured with teal hair ties (in the film, her hair is held in place with beaded ties, but any texture will do).  Finally, wind a leather strap around your right wrist, and accessorize with pearls, a multicolored necklace, and mismatched earrings.  Her staff, which has a v-shaped top, also has pearl strands wound around it.

Asa Mitaka is a character in the best selling manga and hit anime, Chainsaw Man. Illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the series was serialized in Shonen Jump for two years with new chapters bi-weekly. The current chapters focus on Asa, a female student who doubly hosts Yoru, aka the War Devil. Like most devils, Yoru seeks to kill Chainsaw Man, and forces Asa to seduce him. However, Asa is quiet, unsociable, and awkward. Asa/Yoru have the ability to turn anything into a weapon. If you want to dress as Asa, put the hair pigtails. If you want to dress as Yoru, wear the hair down and draw scars across your face.

May (voiced by Annabelle Dowler) is one of the protagonists of the adventure video game It Takes Two.  The mother of Rose and wife of Cody, May finds her mind transported into a doll her daughter has made in the midst of her separation from her husband.  Cody is transported as well and they must work together to find their way home.  May’s doll likeness includes blue hair made of yarn, a yellow sweater with a blue button and rope details, patchwork pants, and a pair of black shoes.  She also wears black round-framed glasses.  To recreate her costume, take a pair of scissors to a turtleneck sweater.  You can style a blue wig into a bun and then wrap yarn around it to get closer to May’s appearance in the game.  You can also fashion a blue button from a paper plate, and add stitching details with the remaining yarn if you feel up for a little sewing.

Zakuro (voiced in Japanese by Junko Noda and in English by Mollie Weaver) is one of the main characters of the anime/manga Tokyo Mew Mew (2002 anime).

She is the fifth and final of the Mew Mews to join the main group (not counting the ones that come in later in follow-up volumes), and has the DNA of a grey wolf. It takes her a while to be open to join the team, as she is very fiercely independent and unsociable, due to past trauma. She’s got a lot of varied talents, many of which having to do with performing, such as dancing, singing, and modeling.

Zakuro has purpley-blue eyes and long, deep lavender colored hair, topped with grey wolf ears, which have an accompanying tail. She is the only one out of the girls that wears a two piece outfit for her Mew look, with her whole color scheme being a dark magenta/purple. She has a cropped tube top with puffed side sleeves, wrist cuffs, short shorts, a matching garter and collar set, and thigh high boots.

Pudding (voiced in Japanese by Hisayo Mochizuki and in English by Kether Donohue) is one of the main characters of the anime/manga Tokyo Mew Mew (2002 anime).

She is the fourth to join the Mew Mews and has the DNA of a golden lion tamarin. Pudding is a circus performer and highly experienced in martial arts, thanks to the tutelage of her father. Out of the girls, she is the one that most closely matches with the traits of her animal.

Pudding’s look is very yellow and brown themed, including her short fluffy blonde hair, brown eyes, and brown monkey ears/tail. She wears a yellow one piece jumpsuit with separated side cuffed sleeves, a matching set of a brown and yellow choker and garter, brown fingerless gloves, tied yellow leg pieces, and brown slip on shoes.

Roberto De Niro (voiced by Kenji Matsuda and Ben Bryant) is the latest character addition to the Trigun franchise.  In the 2023 reboot Trigun Stampede, Robert is a seasoned reporter with a bit of a drinking problem.  He and his rookie partner Meryl Stryfe are dispatched to investigate and report on Vash the Stampede by the Bernardelli New Agency.  Robert appears far more disheveled than his partner, with brown hair that hangs in his face and a beige button-down that is often partially untucked.  The rest of his outfit includes a brown blazer, brown boots, black pants, and a black belt.  His mustache is darker than his beard or hair, and you can use a temporary root touch-up tool to achieve this look.  Don’t forget your favorite libation in a silver flask to complete the transformation.

Tadashi (voiced in Japanese by Kensho Ono and in English by Brandon Johnson) is one of the semi-main characters in the Sk8 the Infinity anime.

He is the one that taught Ainosuke how to skate, and is the one that (by proxy) is in charge of all the background monitoring and coordination of the crew for the “S” meets. Despite being reprimanded and eventually prohibited from outright seeing him because of their mismatch in social stature, Tadashi remained a constant support pillar in his life, even to the point of becoming his secretary and most loyal companion.

Tadashi has professional looking semi-fluffy black-blue hair and green eyes. For the most part when we see him, he has a white button up, a lavender tie, a fitted black suit and slacks, and brown loafers. He has another look for when he’s at the “S” meets, which will be covered at a later date.

Uo (voiced in Japanese by Atsumi Tanezaki and in English by Elizabeth Maxwell) is one of the secondary characters in the anime/manga Fruits Basket.

She was formerly involved in gang activity in middle school, but ended up leaving her gang with Tohru‘s help, being saved by Tohru’s mom from being mortally wounded by the remaining members. Finding her own path, she ended up becoming fast best friends with Tohru, as well as Saki once she transferred to their class.

Uo has very long golden blonde hair that she generally wears over one eye, which are golden brown in color. Like her friends, she also wears the blue and white school uniform, but prefers to wear the top with the sleeves half rolled up, no tie or mid-piece, and with a maroon shirt underneath. She wears a much longer skirt than Tohru, reaching to nearly her ankles. She seems to have a few different types of shoes she wears, but the ones I went with were white slip-ons.

Hatori (voiced in Japanese by Kazuyuki Okitsu and in English by Kent Williams) is one of the secondary main characters in the anime/manga Fruits Basket.

He’s part of the mabudachi trio along with Shigure and Ayame, having grown up together since they were kids, and is one of the older members of the family. Out of the cursed zodiac, he is the dragon. Hatori operates as the Sohma family’s personal doctor as it wouldn’t be safe for anyone outside of the family to treat the other members.

Hatori has short black side-parted hair and greyish purple eyes. He generally dresses for work, with a white button up tied with a navy blue tie, a black vest over top, a black belt, dark brown slacks, and black loafers. Sometimes he’ll wear a white labcoat over top of everything.