Doller

Naru from SKA

Miharu Nakashima, an original Kigurumi character.

Animegao at Kyoto International Manga Summit

A doller is a cosplayer who performs a variant of kigurumi(Japanese name for costumed animal characters) cosplay. In Japan most cosplayers refer to this style as (アニメ顔 - Animegao: Anime Face). It is still a very minor part of the cosplay scene in Japan, though it has recently been attracting attention in other countries, including the United States and Canada. Within this hobby can be found various cosplay motives, such as clothing fetishes, such as leotards and miniskirts, both of which are popular garb for anime characters.

At the hobbyist level the characters in question are almost all female. Another cosplay motive may also be the desire to emulate a given anime character in exact appearance, and personality.

By wearing a body suit or mask, kigurumi cosplayers are able to get closer to the appearance of the original character, especially in the case of animal characters or highly stylised characters. Non-professional animal kigurumi cosplayers painstakingly make detailed heads and bodies from plastic, wire and artificial fur. In animegao kigurumi, the actor playing a humanoid anime character will wear a flesh-coloured body suit and matching facemask usually made from clay. The body suit allows them less-detailed skin features and the mask allows anime-style facial features. Some hobbyists get masks from established hobbyist mask studios such as Build Up Studio SIGMA or Dolphin Factory.

As with other kinds of cosplay, many hobbyists have costumes of established characters from games or animations, and a few others have created their own original personalities.

See also

• Cosplay

External links

Mask Creators

• Build Up Studio SIGMA
• Dolphin Factory

Animegao Actors

• Strange Kigurumi Army
• DOLL HOUSE
• IrukaKoubou
• Happy Sabrina
• Hinata Dolls
• Zukokan (Zukotsu Company) [1]
• FukidaMari no Omocha Bako
• Doller's Station
• Reika's Kigurumi Haven
• Kenshin's Kigurumi Zone
• Neko's Valhalla
• Miharu Nakashima

Sources

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