Carbon Costume

Sasori (voiced in Japanese by Takahiro Sakurai and in English by Johnny Yong Bosch) is part of the main group of antagonists in the latter half of the Naruto series.

He is a member of the Akatsuki, and his specialty is puppetry, up to the point where he himself has a puppet body. His partner in the Akatsuki is Deidara, the explosives expert.

Sasori (in this form) has shaggy, short red hair and brown eyes. He wears the same Akatsuki cloak as the others, but instead of wearing the same mesh shirt, because of his puppet body he goes without it. His torso is segmented, with a canister in the right side of his chest, and an open hole in the center where he stores a poisoned corded tail, and he has bladed metal wings seated low on his back. For the rest of his outfit, he wears similar pants to the others but with a white waistband across the midsection, and then the same white spats over his ninja sandals. His nails are painted a dark teal color and he wears a deep blueish purple ring with the Kanji ‘gyoku’ on it.

Deidara (voiced in Japanese by Katsuhiko Kawamoto and in English by Roger Craig Smith) is part of the main group of antagonists in the latter half of the Naruto franchise.

He is the youngest member of the Akatsuki, and specializes in clay creations and explosives, in combination. Throughout his involvement with the Akatsuki, he was partnered with Sasori, and later on, Tobi.

Deidara has long, golden hair, worn partially up in a very high ponytail, with the bangs parted heavily over one side, draping all the way down to his chin, over his missing-nin designated slashed Iwagakure headband. His visible eye is a light blue, and the other one is often covered by (in addition to his hair) a long-range scope. He wears the standard Akatsuki cloak, as well as a dark tank-top over a mesh one, elastic cuffed capris in the same shade, white spat wrapped ninja sandals, and a blue-ish teal ring with the kanji ‘sho’. Around his waist he wears pouches filled with clay that he uses with the mouths on his hands and chest, and the look is finished off with black nail polish on his fingers and toes.

Itachi (voiced in Japanese by Hideo Ishikawa and in English by Skip Stellrecht) is a major character in the Naruto franchise.

He is Sasuke Uchiha’s older brother, a former member of the Anbu, and a prominent member of the Akatsuki after defecting from the village of Konoha. While part of Akatsuki, he is partnered with Kisame Hoshigaki.

Itachi has long black hair, worn down in the front in long side-draped bangs, and his eyes, with deep set bags underneath them, are a dark greyish black, though more often he’s shown using the Sharingan, turning his eyes red. He wears a slashed version of the Konoha headband, signifying his status as missing nin, as well as a metal circled necklace, blackish purple nailpolish, and a ring like the rest of the Akatsuki, with his being red with the kanji ‘shu’. His under layer is typical ninja wear like the majority of the rest of the cast, with a slightly meshed dark top with elasticized matching capri pants, as well as typical ninja sandals with white spats on top. He wears an Akatsuki cloak over top of all of this.

Kazuma Satou (voiced by Fukkushima Jun and Arnie Pantoja) is the main character of KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!  Kazuma was a lazy student who loved playing video games.  When he dies, he is transported to a fantasy world where he fights the Devil King alongside his allies Aqua, Darkness, and Megumin.  Kazuma has messy brown hair and wears a white tunic, dark pants, brown boots, and a green cloak.

Nami is a character in One Piece. She’s a thief in search of a map to the Grand Line, where the One Piece is rumored to be. Her goal is to navigate and map out the entire world. Her personality is enigmatic, and she often reacts with aggressive indifference. In the 2023 live action Netflix adaptation, Emily Rudd portrays Nami.

Cana Alberona (voiced by Eri Kitamura and Jamie Marchi) is a potential S-Class Mage and a member of the Fairy Tail Guild in the manga and anime series Fairy Tail.  She is the daughter of Gildarts Clive.  Cana is a heavy drinker, though she hardly ever becomes intoxicated.  She favors revealing outfits and has her guild mark on her left abdomen.  To create your costume, you’ll need a long brown wig and a temporary tattoo to start.  Complete the look with a navy blue bra top, brown capri pants, a pink belt, and navy blue gladiator sandals.

Riza (voiced in Japanese by Michiko Neya [2003] and Fumiko Orikasa [2009], and in English by Colleen Clinkenbeard [Funimation Dub] and Muriel Hofmann [Animax Dub]) is a major character in the Fullmetal Alchemist series.

She is Roy Mustang’s closest confidant and personal bodyguard, as well as the military’s best sharpshooter specialist, in addition to her rank as Lieutenant. She also has a pet dog named Black Hayate that she acquired after he was brought in by Fuery, being the only one suitable in the crew for taking care of him.

Riza has long, golden hair, usually worn up in the back with a flat brown clip, and her eyes are a deep chocolatey brown. She also wears silver stud earrings. The main outfit we see her in is a rank-specific Amestrian military uniform, all in that shade of medium blue, with silver detailing everywhere. She also wears black, shin-high boots, and is generally seen carrying some sort of firearm (she has a few, up to you which one would work best for your cosplay purposes, please keep in mind that cons generally have peace-bonding restrictions on prop guns!).

Homura (voiced in Japanese by Chiwa Saito and in English by Cristina Valenzuela) is one of the major main characters in the anime/manga series Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

She is a very diversely written character, treading a fine line between being the protagonist and technically being the villain, due to the constant wearing down on her mental state from every new time iteration she goes through to keep Madoka safe. For this one, I’ve chosen to do her main magical girl outfit.

Homura has very long black hair, that she wears a dark headband on, and greyish purple eyes. Her magical girl outfit consists of a white, grey, and black top with a purple ribbon on the neck, a grey and white skirt, and black tights with purple diamonds down the sides, which lead into a sort of high-heel end (I included some flats if you want it to blend in better with the tights, but high heels of choice are also an option). She also carries her reality warping shield while in combat.