Cleveland Rocks With Akida Cosplay

AK:I was introduce to anime by Toonami and the Sci-fi channel. Shortly after I got into gaming and comic books. I wasn’t popular in high school and felt like an outcast. I was very isolated and alone, so many people around but I was invisible. On top of living in a place that was experiencing urban decay..luckily me and friend discovered their were other geeks who dress up and went to cons and their favorite character. So I final found somewhere I belonged and place to avoid the “Ghetto” which is very much a scenario for many young black poor inner city kids. My love for video games/anime/comic books took me to a new world…that world was cosplay. The first character I portrayed was Launch from Dragon Ball Z..it was because I was poor and didn’t know how to sew. I bought a blonde wig and some clothes similar to Launch. I had to toy machine guns and I think I like the character because she has fiery temper like me.

AK:Obviously…DRESSING UP! I always had a pretty vivid imagination as kid…and I love to role-play..and make up characters.

AK:That’s a hard question. I probably would want to make my own. But if I had to be generic. I always thought being Mystique would be interesting. It would make cosplay so much easier. Probably the only reason I want to be her. But I think alot of characters have really cool powers I admire. I love Wonder woman strength..oh and who wouldn’t want to control the weather like Storm or have the healing ability of Wolverine.

AK:I don’t know probably Bruce Lee…just to rub it in all my friends who practice martial arts face. I am not very athletic but I always been interested in martial arts. I probably the only weird chick who finds spin kicks..to be sexy.

AK:Man these questions get tougher by the second…I watch so many movies but I really can’t think of one.  But I think if I had to pick an anime movie it would be Princess Mononoke. I just love the story telling and the animation. I watch it probably a dozen times. I feel like it a movie that makes you think a lot of about the nature of people and their choices.

AK:I don’t have P.O Box so I don’t really get any gifts but I have gotten some marriage proposal. I don’t really consider them fans though. They are my Geekdom (Geek Kingdom) residents who join me on my adventure into cosplay.

AK:Cortana..just because she has been in my head throughout all the Halos. But that means I would be a Spartan!!!

AK:Honestly most characters because I can’t sew. My specialty is lost and found item cosplay. However if I could make stuff I think anything that forces me to paint my skin or make armor would be pretty scary. I guess Shiva from Final Fantasy X or Shana or Rose from Legend of Dragoon in their Dragoon Armor.

AK:I generally don’t cosplay things that I don’t know about unless a friend ask me to dress up with them but even then I would watch a few episodes or read up on it. It is much easier than it was in the pass to get stuff. I remember it would take all day to download a 24 minute episode of a particular show on Dial-up. The internet def helps with being up-to-speed on stuff.

AK:I only been to one but I don’t know if it was favorite. It was fun tho. I attended more anime conventions but I think for 2015 its going to be different.

AK:My last con might be Otakon..but next year I will try Motor City Comic Con, Indy Pop Con, and Wizard World Cleveland Comic Con.

AK:Steampunk Catwoman is growing on me. Everyone just love her and gets excited to see her.

AK:Tequila. Lol Just kidding. I just do it and I don’t worry about competing or being better than other people.