Carbon Costume

Swindler (voiced in Japanese by Tomoyo Kurosawa and in English by Macy Anne Johnson) is the main character of Akudama Drive, and the main reason that the entire story of the series kicks off in the first place. At the start she was just an ordinary girl working for the city she lived in, which had a very firm crackdown on crime and criminals, until an innocent mistake threw her headlong into the world of akudamas where she joined their ranks to s…

Aya (voiced in Japanese by Kaede Hondo and in English by Corina Boettger) is one of the secondary characters in the anime/manga Kemono Jihen. Revealed in Shiki’s backstory, Aya has complicated ties between the kemono and human world, as she was born to be used as a tool, instead of raised as a proper child. Since reconciling with her brother and mom, Aya has stepped extremely outside of the shell that she used to be and is very loudly her own per…

…eeded. Her ability ‘Anne of Abyssal Red’ allows her to create an alternate world she can enter, that is known as “Anne’s Room”. Lucy has long red hair tied into two thick braids, with choppy bangs and top layers, and has bright tealy-green eyes. She wears a flower in her hair. The main outfit we see her in is a white button up short with a high collar, and she wears a sleeveless black dress over top, with several colorful accents. For her socks I…

…In the “Wuthering Heights” music video, English singer-songwriter Kate Bush is seen dancing out in the wild windy moors, adorned with flowers and a flowy red dress. This look has been recreated countless times for pop culture and holidays, including Halloween and The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever, held annually around the world….

Alfons (voiced in Japanese by Shun Oguri and in English by Jason Liebrecht) is one of the secondary main characters in the follow-up movie to the 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist series, Conqueror of Shamballa. He is a movie-only character, that Ed meets after being sent to Munich in 1921, and ends up boarding with. Alfons is a rocket scientist, and Alphonse Elric’s counterpart in that world. Al has short, light blonde hair, and light blue eyes. He wears…

Otabek (voiced in Japanese by Yoshimasa Hosoya and in English by Mike McFarland) is one of the secondary characters in the anime Yuri on Ice. He went all over the world training in skating, after meeting up with Yuri at a training camp, going on to take several high level trophies in competitions. The two of them did eventually end up meeting up later on, becoming friends during the course of the show. Otabek has short black hair, shaved on the s…

…in English by Brandon Adams) is a prominent character in the Twilight Town world in the Kingdom Hearts franchise. He, like his friends Fuu and Vivi, are part of Seifer’s self-created and run Disciplinary Committee in Twilight Town. Like the others, he is also a repurposed Final Fantasy character (VIII specifically), though in a much younger role. He’s mainly the muscle of the group, where Fuu is the logic. Rai has short blackish-brown hair with si…

Alluka (voiced in Japanese by Maaya Uchida and in English by Xanthe Huynh) is the second youngest child of the Zoldyck family of assassins, as well as only daughter, in the anime Hunter x Hunter. She is Killua’s younger sister by a year, and is very close with him, as he’s one of the few people in the world that treats her kindly. The rest of the Zoldycks, including her parents and older brothers, locked her away because they felt she was dangero…

Mai Taniyama (voiced in Japanese by Kaori Nazuka and in English by Cherami Leigh) is one of the main characters in the anime Ghost Hunt. She ends up getting thrown into the world of ghost hunting by accidentally injuring Kazuya Shibuya’s assistant, Lin, and having to sub in for him. Even though it was completely circumstantial, she ended up becoming a very valuable member of the team, and started being able to use her own latent psychic powers. M…

Richter Belmont (voiced in the English games by David Vincent and the Japanese by Kiyoyuki Yanda) is the bane of Dracula’s existence. Well one of them anyway. A vampire hunter from a long line of them, Belmont wields the Sacred Whip in his efforts to rid the world of evil. There are several variations on Belmont’s costume. This write-up will focus on the one pictured above. To start you’ll want a long blue military coat. You’ll have to cuff the s…