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Star Platinum (voiced by Matthew Mercer in the English animated versions) is one of the first stands introduced in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures. Largely silent and easily moved to violence, it is incredibly powerful. Star Platinum doesn’t wear much but creating a cosplay for it takes more DIY than you might expect. You can achieve its purple skin either through the use of body paint of the use of a purple body suit with paint only on your face and n…

Freddie Sykes (Jake Wardle) was an English-born security guard at the Great Northern Hotel in Twin Peaks, Washington, and a friend of James Hurley in the 2017 Showtime series Twin Peaks: The Return. He was visited by the Giant/Fireman, who shows him a green gardening glove. When he put it on, it became stuck to his hand and gave him immeasurable power. This allowed him to face his destiny and go toe to toe with the demonic entity Killer BOB / Evi…

Gabriel Agreste (voiced by Keith Silverstein in English) is a fashion designer and father to Adrien on the animated show Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. Gabriel’s villainous alter-ego Hawk Moth is the main antagonist of the series, often butting heads with Cat Noir and Ladybug. Because Gabriel is a fashion designer, his clothing is very clean cut and exact. He wears a grey vest, white blazer, and red tailored pants with a white dress shi…

Osamu Dazai (voiced in Japanese by Mamoru Miyano and in English by Kaiji Tang) is one of the main characters in the anime/manga Bungo Stray Dogs. Dazai used to be a member of the Port Mafia, partnered with Chuuya, until he defected and went to join the Armed Detective Agency, the opposing organization. He has the ability to nullify other’s powers, and this has been largely beneficial with keeping Chuuya’s god powers in check. He has fluffy brown…

…l Japanese and Ben Diskin in the English dub) is a laid-back hyena with a crush on the shows title character, Retsuko. While he spends most of his time at work, he’s known to haunt record shops and punk shows in his off-hours. When he’s not kicking coffee cans and landing face-up in a puddle he’s a great calm counterpoint to the high-energy chaos that is Retsuko. To get Haida’s off-hours look you’ll want to start with a messy brunette wig. Makeup…

Meirin (voiced in Japanese by Emiri Katou and in English by Monica Rial) is part of the housekeeping and defense staff in the anime/manga Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler. After spending the early years of her life as an assassin, she gets taken in by Sebastian after trying to attack Ciel, but ends up being hired on as the family’s maid and defensive sniper. She is often a clumsy maid when tasked with the duties she’s formally hired as, but is a very sh…

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 rem…

Pai (voiced in Japanese by Canna Nobutoshi and in English by Pete Zarustica) is one of the main antagonists in the anime/manga Tokyo Mew Mew (2002). He is the most mature, and presumably the oldest, out of the alien trio. He shares in Kisshu and Tart’s goal with reclaiming the Earth in the name of their people, but focuses a lot more on getting the tasks required of them done, instead of getting distracted. Pai has purpley-grey hair worn in a lon…

Tart (voiced in Japanese by Kiyomi Asai and in English by Jimmy Zoppi) is one of the main antagonists in the anime/manga Tokyo Mew Mew (2002). He is also part of the aliens, along with Kisshu and Pai, but is much more childish than the other two. During the time he spends on Earth, he ends up saving Pudding from a chimera anima, which leads the two of them to become very close. Tart has short, copper colored hair, tied up into two small pigtails…

Kisshu (voiced in Japanese by Daisuke Sakaguchi and in English by Andrew Rannells) is one of the main antagonists in the anime/manga Tokyo Mew Mew (2002). He is a part of the main alien trio that we see, also consisting of Pai and Tart, who he shares a goal with of reclaiming the Earth. While his main goal is taking over Earth with the power of the chimera animas, he does tend to get very distracted by his fascination and obsession with Ichigo. K…