Carbon Costume

Akira (voiced in Japanese by Ayumu Murase and in English by Cassie Ewulu) is one of the main characters in the anime/manga Kemono Jihen.

He is part of Inugami’s Detective Agency and the younger brother of Yui. Like his twin, he also has the ability to manipulate and create snow. Akira tends to not enjoy fighting, and prefers to spend most of the day taking pictures or taking large amounts of showers.

He has blue-white long fluffy hair and light blue eyes. The button up shirt he wears is the same color as them, and he wears white pants with suspenders over top. The look is topped off with white mary janes, black crew socks, and a gold bolo tie.

Ghoulia Yelps is a character from the Monster High franchise. She is a zombie as well as the smartest student at Monster High. She used to be shy until befriending Cleo de Nile, who helped her become more social. With dolls, cartoons, and a live action movie, Ghoulia has many different styles. Therefore, our costume guide features a variety of pieces to assemble a unique outfit. Her main colors are red, black, and white. Her signatures are a pair of glasses and bright blue hair.

Lady Inari (voiced in Japanese by Kana Hanazawa and in English by Kristen McGuire) is the leader of the main group of antagonists in the anime/manga Kemono Jihen.

She is a Kitsune shifter that rules over the majority of Shinjuku by hypnotically leading the Shinjuku police team, and can be violent and ruthless at the drop of a hat, not hesitating to go full fox mode and tear into someone. Kon used to be her subordinate before defecting, and Nobimaru follows her but absolutely cannot stand her.

Lady Inari has purple eyes and reddish burgundy hair. The outfit she wears is business-like, a purple two toned shirt topped with a blue neckpiece, a white pencil skirt, and white stiletto heels. She wears a (possibly) faux fur coat meant to mimic the appearance of nine fox tails, and she finishes off the look with dangling earrings, red lipstick, and matching nail polish.

Riley (played by Storm Reid) is the roommate and love interest of Ellie on HBO’s series The Last of Us.  Riley is a former classmate of Ellie’s who escaped the Fedra school where they lived together and joined the Fireflies to help liberate the Boston QZ.  Riley lives in an abandoned mall where she’s been stationed by Marlene and sneaks Ellie out of her dorm to see it before she leaves the city.  Riley wears her long blonde braids in a ponytail, with a green headband.  The rest of her attire includes a t-shirt, a navy twill button-down, a hoodie, and jeans.  She also dons sturdy boots and a burgundy backpack.

Rin (voiced in Japanese by Aki Toyosaki and in English by Brina Palencia) is one of the members of the Sohma family in the anime/manga Fruits Basket).

She is the Horse of the zodiac, and one of the few characters that is only in the second iteration of the anime, due to the short length of the original series. She has a close romantic relationship with Haru, even despite the hatred directed at her by Akito about it.

Rin has long dark hair cut in straight across bangs, and distant looking brown eyes. Like the others, her appearance does change a bit throughout the series, but for this outfit she has a looped cross necklace and wrist cuffs as accessories, and wears a white tank top with a low scooped back and ruffled sleeves over a red bra, with a black skirt/skort, and black knee high boots.

Phi (voiced in Japanese by Chiaki Omigawa and in English by Karen Strassman) is one of the main characters in the second and third games of the Zero Escape series, and for this one I’ll be focusing on her Virtue’s Last Reward design.

She has short pixie cut white hair, with two black dahlia floral hair clips sitting offcenter on her head, and greyish-blue eyes. Her outfit all follows a blue/white/black theme, with layered black and white tank-tops, a beaded long layered necklace over top of them, a black miniskirt with a blue underlayer, and she wears a light blue long cardigan. The brooch she wears attached to the coat is a lasting memento of her mother. She finishes the look off with shin-high black slouch boots.

The Twins (voiced by Anita Pudikova) are ballerina robots created as bodyguards for Dmitry Sechenov in the video game Atomic Heart.  Known as only Left and Right, the humanoid Twins were created with the most advanced technology available, making them as deadly as they are lovely.  The twins have smooth silver faces and lithe bodies.  To recreate their look, you can start with a full head-to-toe metallic silver bodysuit and layer a black leotard overtop.  If you don’t have hair long enough to style as a braided crown, use a wig, but either way, you’ll want to go heavy on the gold hairspray to get as close to the static metal hair look as possible.  Depending on which Twin you choose to play, you may also need a gold cropped jacket.  Lastly, add a red star sticker to the center of your expressionless forehead and, if you’re feeling particularly ambitious, you can also add gold details to your elbows, wrists, knees, and feet with some fabric paint.

Yoko Tanaka (Naomi J Ogawa) is a minor character in Netflix’s Wednesday. She is a vampire student at Nevermore Academy, and secretly a member of the Nightshade Society. Yoko and Enid are close friends – the two temporarily become roommates after Enid’s fight with Wednesday. Because of show’s success, you can now purchase your very own uniform!

V is a member of the popular K-Pop band BTS. This is his outfit in the music video for their song, “Butter” (Cooler Remix). All the members wear athleisure, such as tracksuits and oversized t-shirts, and accessorize with necklaces. Use the multi-colored sharpies on the cowry shell necklace. You can match the colors of V’s necklace, or customize with your own favorite colors! For added accuracy, swap out the white shoelaces on the sneakers with the black shoelaces listed here.

Mother Miranda (voiced by Michelle Lukes) is the antagonist of Resident Evil Village.  Mother Miranda was once a biologist who became a cult leader after she is infected by the Mold following the death of her daughter.  Mother Miranda experimented on villagers in the hopes of reviving her daughter, including Alcina Dimitrescu.  Eventually, she kidnaps Rosemary Winters, which draws Rose’s father Ethan as well as Chris Redfield to the Village in an attempt to thwart her.  Mother Miranda’s most recognizable costume includes a gold headdress and ornate black wings. To recreate her look, you can start with a black and silver renaissance gown and fingerless gloves.  Add the wings and drape a folded scarf over your shoulders.  If your hair is too dark, you can don a blonde wig, though it will be covered with a head wrap.  Lastly, you’ll need your gold crown and face chain mask to complete the look.