Carbon Costume

Chrollo (voiced in Japanese by Mamoru Miyano and in English by Robbie Daymond) is the founder and current leader of the Phantom Troupe is the anime/manga Hunter x Hunter.

The outfit I’ve chosen for this article is the disguise that he wears in the York New arc when he’s infiltrating to steal Neon Nostrade’s nen ability, though he does have several other outfits that will be featured in another article later on.

Chrollo has soft grey eyes, and while he usually wears his hair slicked back, for this outfit he wears it loose and down, with a greenish grey ribbon covering the cross tattoo he has on his forehead. He wears the bauble earrings that he usually has on for this, but the rest of it is a pretty standard suit jacket and pants over a white shirt, black tie, and black oxfords finishing off the look.

Rem is a character that’s found in the anime/manga Death Note, and for this version the focus will be on the live action stage adaptation of the series, where she’s portrayed as a lot more human-like in appearance than her regular shinigami (death god) form. For this specific design I’ve gone with what I believe is Megumi Hamada’s portrayal of her, as there are variations of the character between each version of the musical.

Rem is the shinigami that Misa Amane has ties to, by way of her Death Note, and throughout the series came to care very deeply for her, despite the fact that Misa was human. This comes out even more strongly through the musical soundtrack, with much more love showing through how she sings about and with her.

In this particular version, Rem has pale, pearlescent skin with grey and blue highlighting tones, blue makeup, and long silver-white hair with blue strands trailed throughout it. The outfit she wears is a long, torn and draped robe/dress-like piece with a cloak over top, simple white pants underneath, and white shoes. One standout piece of this design that ties in nicely to the original shinigami form that she has is the extra-long fingernails, mimicking her long pointed fingers.

Misumi Nagisa (voiced by Lara Cody in the American dub) is a high school student and lacrosse player in the anime series Futari wa Pretty Cure.  Nagisa gains the power to turn into the Black Cure, a warrior who fights alongside Yukishiro Honoka‘s alter ego the White Cure.  The Verone Academy’s uniform is very straightforward; pair the outfit with a messy ginger wig to transform into Nagisa.  If you want to emulate her Black Cure look, you might have to decide how much effort you’re willing to put in to get closer to her appearance on the show.  To start, you can deconstruct a purple mess shirt by cutting the arms and midriff off so you can layer it under a black short-sleeved crop top.  Then, don a pink belt over a black ruffled tulip skort and pull on black arm and leg warmers.  You can hot glue a white bow to the front of your shirt and use iron-on heart patches to add details to the costume.  Lastly, if you’re up for a little extra DIY, you can cut and glue ruffled organza lace to add the finishing touch to her look.

Gilbert Nightray (voiced by Kōsuke Toriumi) is part of the main trio in the anime/manga Pandora Hearts, and Oz‘s closest childhood friend.

Gil is one of the characters that goes on through life at a usual timeline pace while Oz got trapped in the Abyss, and by that happening, he ends up going by the name ‘Raven’ for a short while, as a way to hide his true identity from his best friend and former master. The name came from the Raven chain he’s contracted with, and he has the ability to seal the B-Rabbit powers that Oz can use, to lessen the strain on his body.

He has fluffy black hair, and vibrant gold eyes. His usual outfit matches his hair, with a hat, long and elaborately decorated coat, pants, and boots, all in black. The coat details are a silvery color, and the undershirt and cravat tie he wears are white.

Yūichirō Hyakuya (voiced in Japanese by Miyu Irino and in English by Micah Solusod) is part of the main duo of characters in the anime/manga Owari no Seraph/Seraph of the End.

After being the only child (as far as he knew) to escape from the vampires, Yu ends up growing up and joining the Moon Demon Company, under the Japanese Imperial Demon Army. When he finds out that Mika (his best friend and pretty much reason for living) is still alive, but a vampire, he makes it his main goal to save him.

Yu has fluffy, semi-spiked black hair and forest green eyes. He wears the Moon Demon Army uniform, which is black with green accents and gold buttons, and has black boots with gold and white detailing over the ends of his pants.

Alice (voiced by Ayako Kawasumi) is part of the main trio of characters in the anime/manga Pandora Hearts.

She is the chain, B-Rabbit, that Oz has formed a contract with, but her main part of the story is to figure out her own past and where she came from. Despite her abilities, she’s also just an all-around menace, and loves to eat meat and tease Oz and Gil.

Alice has very long reddish brown hair that spikes out like ears on the side, and purple eyes. Her outfit consists of a long red and white coat with a giant white bow over top, a white button-up shirt underneath, a very short black skirt, and white and black lace up boots.

Himeno is a character in the best-selling manga, Chainsaw Man. Illustrated by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the series was serialized in the weekly Shonen Jump magazine for two years until December 2020. It was adapted into an anime series in 2022 which now premieres weekly episodes on Crunchyroll and Hulu. Chainsaw Man takes place in a world where devils are born from fears. Himeno is a Public Safety Devil Hunter who works for Makima. She is partnered with Aki, and they both take hunting devils very seriously. She has a contract with the Ghost Devil. In exchange for her right eye, Himeno can summon and control the invisible arm of the Ghost Devil.

Mikaela Hyakuya (voiced in Japanese by Kenshō Ono and in English by Justin Briner) is half of the main character set in the anime/manga Owari no Seraph/Seraph of the End.

While originally starting off the series as a human, Mika has gone through several form changes. Where we see him currently in the manga, he is a vampire, though he prefers not to drink from humans if he can help it. This mainly leads to him feeding off of Yu, his best friend and most important person since childhood.

He has very fluffy blonde hair with a white sheen over top, and his eyes are blue or red, both slitted, depending on the scene. The outfit he wears is the typical vampire uniform, a creamish-white jacket over a black button up shirt, white pants, lots of gold detailing everywhere, and thigh-high black boots.