Mobile Suit Gundam Girl 02

I am practically clueless when it comes to the makes and models of Gundams, so maybe someone can tell me from which series this cosplayer is portraying as?

I guess Gundam Girls have been pretty popular ever since. This looks like a scanned photo from somewhere, and if you take a closer look on the upper right-hand corner, there’s a little date that reads “12 2 ‘04”, so I’m guessing that this was taken in 2004. But even though the photo is old, it’s still pretty impressive, don’t you think? Thanks to Cali for sending this in!

Source: The Billy Files on Blogspot

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Japanese Cosplayer Loses Over 100 pounds for Cosplay

When 19-year-old Motoyoshi Kanna first cosplayed her favorite character, Tieria Erde, a lot of people mocked her because of her weight. She was over 200 pounds at the time.

Now, she weights a petit 99 pounds and cosplays without worry of getting bullied.

I commend her for her wonderful achievement, because losing weight is no easy task! However, Kotaku writer, Brian Ashcraft, also made a valid point:

Look, people should be able to do what they want. If someone wants to cosplay as a certain character, and their body (or skin color or gender or whatever!) isn't an exact match, who cares. They shouldn't be made to feel bad about that.

And if somebody wants to lose a lot of weight (though, this certainly seems extreme), that's their decision. However, they shouldn't feel compelled to do so to meet preconceived notions that other people have or unrealistic artistic renditions. They should do it for themselves.

I have to say though, I can relate to this very much. I also want to cosplay, but I’m very scared of what people will say since I’m not really skinny. Maybe one day I will be courage enough to cosplay too, once I lose another 30 pounds?

Source: Kotaku

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Gundam Seed Destiny: Rey Za Burrel 02

Rey Za Burrel is a ZAFT soldier of the Minerva who pilots a classic ZAFT Zaku and later ZAFT’s newest model, the ZGMF-X666S Legend. He is loyal to Gilbert Durandal and blindly supports the Destiny Plan as he believes it will save mankind. It was later revealed that Rey is a clone of Al Da Flaga, created as a transaction in exchange for funds to finance Rau Le Creuset’s Ultimate Coordinator Project.

I liked this character in Gundam Seed Destiny. It made me feel bad for him that he went insane in the end. Nevertheless, another beautiful cosplay by Yoshino Shiyui! Thanks to Clarence for sending this in!

Source: 吉野珠衣 on Cosplayers Archive

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Gundam Unicorn: RX-0 Unicorn Gundam Girl

Source: Eunice on Facebook

The Unicorn is a product of the “UC Project”, part of the Earth Federation Space Force’s reorganization plan and developed by the Vist Foundation. This experimental mobile suit contains a psycoframe, a special “La+ Program” OS that turns the enemy’s psycommu weapons against them, and the so-called NT-D system which automatically triggers the Unicorn’s Destroy Mode. Once it is in Destroy Mode, the Unicorn’s armor plates slide out, revealing a glowing red inner frame, while the head transforms into a traditional Gundam head.

It seems Gundam Girls are getting more and more popular these days. It’s pretty amazing how detailed these suits turn out, and the cosplayers have to walk around in them too! Thanks to Jane for sending this in!

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Gundam Wing: Zechs Merquise aka Milliardo Peacecraft

Source: Crunchyroll

OZ’s ace mobile suit pilot, Zechs Merquis is well known as the “Lightning Count” or “Lightning Baron” due to his high-speed fighting style, striking his enemies without warning. He wears a mask supposedly to hide a facial deformity, but in reality, it is to hide his true identity, Milliardo Peacecraft, the lost son of the pacifist Peacecraft family. The Peacecrafts were massacred by the United Earth Sphere Alliance, who considered King Peacecraft a threat to their complete and toral rule of Earth and the colonies. Zechs worked his way through the inside to become an OZ soldier in order to seek revenge on the Alliance for the murder of his family.

Wow, this series is definitely one of the classics, and I’m happy to see a detailed cosplay of one of my favorite characters. Thanks again to Fumiki for sending this in!

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Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Card Builder: Reiko Holinger

An original character designed by Yoshizaki Mine for the Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Card Builder arcade trading game, Reiko Holinger is a secret character and one of the game's mascots. Like other original game characters, she can take role of a secretary and interact with player during gameplay. Reiko’s hobbies include reading manga, playing video games, and riding her bicycle.

Another awesome cosplay by Ani-Mia! If you’d like to see more of her photos as Reiko, please check out her Facebook Page for the album. Thanks again for allowing me to feature this!

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Gundam Seed: Flay Allster

Daughter of Atlantic Federation Vice Foreign Minister George Allster, Flay Allster is a Heliopolis technical college student who is well-known within the colony for her pretty features. She has a general distrust towards Coordinators, going so far as to exaggerate her encounter with a Coordinator to convince others that they are evil. Although she portrayed herself to be nothing more than a carefree and spoiled princess, she is actually fragile, manipulative, and spiteful.

That’s a pretty convincing cosplay by Juliann Ysabel. I’m actually afraid for Kira’s sake. Thanks again to the cosplayer for allowing me to feature this!

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Gundam: Exia, RX-78, Z-plus

There is no way that I am a Gundam expert, and neither is my Chinese language skills all that well, so I’m relying on the comments posted in the video’s page to say that this is a “family” of Gundams: Exia, RX-78, and Z-Plus! Please do correct me if I’m wrong, and feel free to comment on their proper names so I can edit this!

…and am I right to say this was actually a wedding? Oh wow, talk about a unique approach! Thank you so much to Tania for sharing this video with us!

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Gundam Seed Destiny: Auel Neider and Sting Oakley

Auel Neider, Sting Oakley, and Stella Loussier make up the three Extended pilots of Earth Alliance’s special forces team, Phantom Pain, under Neo Roanoke’s command. Extended pilots are known to be mentally unstable, but they are also very highly-skilled. When the three of them snuck into the PLANT colony Armory One, they each stole a new Gundam-type mobile suit: Auel took the ZGMF-X31S Abyss while Sting took the ZGMF-X24S Chaos.

All they need is Stella and they would be complete! It’s too bad I only have the low resolution of this picture; it’s quite impressive! Thanks to Lois for sending this!

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Gundam 00: Graham Aker and Billy Katagiri

Friends Graham Aker and Billy Katagiri are two of several antagonists of the series; one is a Union ace pilot and the other is a mobile suit developer respectively. After the death of Professor Ralph Eifman and Howard Mason, Billy uses one of the GN Drives to upgrade Graham’s Flag unit in order to fight the Gundams. Graham battled Setsuna F. Seiei with his GN Flag, but he lost, receiving scars on the right side of his face.

I’m happily surprised to find a cosplay of these two! Billy is one of my favorite characters from Gundam 00! Maybe I will try to look for more of his cosplays now. Thanks again to Remi for sending this in!

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Gundam Seed Destiny: Meer Campbell, Athrun Zala, and Cagalli Yula Athha

When Athrun Zala first met Meer Campbell, she did not hide the fact that she was not Lacus Clyne, despite posing to be her under Gilbert Durandal’s order. Meer knew that Athrun was Lacus’ fiancé and decided to flirt with him, even though Athrun tells her that Lacus would never do any of the things that she does. What she didn’t know was that Athrun was already engaged to Cagalli Yula Athha.

It must be hard to be sought after by two head-strong girls. Then again, since Athrun is holding Pink-chan, does this mean he still loves Lacus when this photo was taken?

I guess it’s even more complicated than a love triangle! Thanks to Emi for sending this!

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Gundam Seed Destiny: Lacus Clyne 02

In the beginning of the 2nd season, Lacus was living with Kira Yamato at Reverend Malchio’s Orphanage in the Marshall Islands. However, the peaceful days came to an abrupt end when a disaster from the new war forced them to move in with their former comrades, Andrew Waltfeld and Murrue Ramius at their shared mansion in Orb. The Coordinators made an attempt on Lacus’ life, but Kira was able to defeat them with the Freedom.

Cute cosplayer and oh-so-many Haros! I love how she colored her eyebrows pink, those blue eyes are really captivating! Thanks again to Michelle for sending this!

EDIT: Thanks to kohta for letting me know the cosplayer is Saya!

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Gundam Seed Destiny: Lunamaria Hawke

A mobile suit pilot for the ZAFT military forces, Lunamaria Hawke attended the ZAFT military academy together with her sister Meyrin Hawke and her fellow pilots Shinn Asuka and Rey Za Burrel. She pilots a red ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior, but is later given Impulse when Shinn received Destiny. She was initially attracted to Athrun Zala, but after his apparent death along with her sister Meyrin, she began a relationship with Shinn.

Cosplayer Marimo makes an excellent Lunamaria! I love the subtle details of this costume, especially her wig! Thanks again to Rei for sending this in!

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Gundam ZZ: Elpeo Puru 02

An artificially enhanced Newtype, Elpeo Puru first appears in the series fighting for Neo-Zeon under Glemy Toto. After encountering ZZ Gundam’s Newtype pilot Judau Ashta, she becomes obsessed with him; a possible side effect of the cyber-enhancement process. She pilots the AMX-004-2 Qubeley Mk II.

Cute cosplay from Winter Comiket 2010! I think she might be the same girl as the first Elpeo, don’t you? Thanks again to Michelle for sending this!

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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi / Zeta Gundam: Nagato Yuki and RX-178 Gundam Mk-II

You can probably tell that's Nagato Yuki from The Menlancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi giving a notice to the Gundam; but that’s just the thing: I have no idea what Gundam model and make that is! And those “03” markings make me think it’s an Eva Unit more than a Gundam.

So I shall be leaving this in the Unknown section while I quietly sit down and wait for my readers to let me know from which series that Gundam is from… please? While I try to figure out how to title this blog entry properly seeing we have a crossover between two series. A very cute one at that. Thanks to again to Miriam for sending this!

EDIT: Thanks to anon for identifying the RX-178 Gundam Mk-II from the Zeta series!

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Gundam Seed Destiny: Cagalli Yula Athha 02

Although Cagalli knew the true nature of the Atlantic Federation, she was manipulated into endorsing an alliance between Earth Alliance and Orb by her fiancé, Yuna Roma Seiran and his father, Unato Ema Seiran. Her arranged marriage to Yuna would finalize this agreement, but her twin brother Kira decides to kidnap her in order to remind her of her late father’s ideals. Cagalli later assumes the bridge position in the Archangel previously held by Miriallia Haw.

Cute cosplayer! It’s been a while since I last saw this series, and even though I have some reservations, it still reminds me of some good memories. Thanks to Cain for suggesting this!

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Gundam ZZ: Elpeo Puru

It looks like a new flood of cosplays from Winter Comiket 2010 will be taking up a lot of feature space in Cosplay Holic once again! And of course, as far as Comiket goes, there are also a lot of new characters that I can’t identify, so I’ll be seeking help from my readers once again!

This cute girl caught my attention immediately, so I will let her do the honors of starting the features from this convention. Anyone have an idea who she could be? Thanks to Alex for sending this!

EDIT: Thanks to Genevieve for letting me know this is Elpeo Puru from Gundam ZZ!

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