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Description PROFESSIONAL COSPLAY PHOTO(S)

STUDIO GHIBLI’S “HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE”

DETROIT, MICHIGAN’S YOUMACON (Anime Convention) 2010

CHARACTERS:
Wizard Howl
Sophie Hatter

GENERAL INFORMATION: This is a cosplay photograph(s) of Wizard Howl Jenkins (dressed up by Josh Stockburger (myself)) and Sophie Hatter (dressed up by Kayla Cereghin) at Detroit, Michigan's 2010 Youmacon Anime Convention which was held at the Detroit Renaissance Center. We (Kayla and I) are residents of the American Midwest. Of course...you can't forget about Calcifer, who is also photographed in most (not all) of these cosplay photograph(s).

It took Kayla (Sophie) and I (Howl) over five months to gather the materials needed for these cosplay photograph(s) to be possible. The jewelry pictured in these cosplay photographs of Howl (myself) and Sophie (Kayla) are the actual Studio Ghibli Museum Merchandise jewels that are complimentary to the Studio Ghibli film "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004) by Hayeo Miyazaki and the book written by Diana Wynne Jones (1986).

These complimentary jewels were purchased through Google Checkout by an individual who lives in Japan. She goes by the name Rika Love Ghibli. She was an excellent seller at the time we purchased the jewels from her. You can only get these jewels from the Studio Ghibli Museum in Japan (unless you make them yourselves or purchase a non-official set), so for those of you who can't get to Japan anytime soon, EBay, Amazon and Google Checkout may be your only option, as it was for Kayla (Sophie) and myself (Howl). The price for these jewels weren’t friendly towards our budget, but Kayla (Sophie) and I (Howl) wanted this cosplay project to be as authentic as possible.

All clothing seen in the photograph(s) were primarily store bought or commissioned in the United States, Japan or China. Only exceptions would be Sophie's shawl and hat, which were both personally worked on by us. Hope you like them!!! YOUMACON DETROIT 2010!!!

NOTE: This is an enhanced and edited version of Howl's Moving Castle Picture 9.
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Comments: 9

pixielinnphotography [2010-11-23 17:20:08 +0000 UTC]

Love the blue contacts and poor Sophie, she looks terrified.

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joshietakashima In reply to pixielinnphotography [2010-11-24 00:52:42 +0000 UTC]

Yeah...the blue contacts were interesting. LOL! I still like my natural green eyes though. Oh well...accuracy sometimes = sacrifice. LOL! Yeah...we were trying to mimic the part where he has her in the sky. Take care!

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ToharuMika [2010-11-23 01:06:52 +0000 UTC]

This shot is amazing!

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joshietakashima In reply to ToharuMika [2010-11-23 05:50:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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ToharuMika In reply to joshietakashima [2010-11-23 22:11:30 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome~

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StellaIanua [2010-11-19 20:30:31 +0000 UTC]

they look so shocked, what happens? x'D

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joshietakashima In reply to StellaIanua [2010-11-19 21:34:03 +0000 UTC]

LOL! We were trying to do the same pose of Sophie and Howl during the time he has her in the sky. LOL!

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StellaIanua In reply to joshietakashima [2010-11-21 10:09:37 +0000 UTC]

x'DD
i love the expression on his face *gggg*
looks like
"ohhhhhh there are sweetssss and i want them!" x'D

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joshietakashima In reply to StellaIanua [2010-11-21 15:32:23 +0000 UTC]

Awww! Thank you! We had a lot of fun with this cosplay. Take care!

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