Number-one cosplayer Enako previews four outfits from her Rumiko Takahashi cosplay album【Photos】
Japan’s top cosplayer dresses as sub-characters from Inuyasha, Maison Ikkoku.
Last month, Enako, Japan’s number one-cosplayer, announced that she’s partnering with legendary manga creator Rumiko Takahashi for a cosplay photo album in which she’ll be dressing as a selection of memorable characters from the artist’s illustrious career. The book won’t be hitting store shelves until several weeks from now, but thanks to some preview photos shared by Enako herself, we can enjoy a sneak peek.
We already knew that Enako would be cosplaying as Urusei Yatsura’s Lum, since the cosplayer appeared as the alien princess, dressed in her Earth school uniform, in the initial promotional image for the book. Now that the cover image has been revealed, we know that Enako will also be donning Lum’s iconic tiger-stripe outfit. The cover also contains the book’s complete title: Enako x Rumiko Takahashi Collaboration Cosplay Photo Album: Cosmic World, a play on words between “cosplay” and “Rumic World,” a name sometimes used for Takahashi’s collected works.
While Urusei Yatsura is Takahashi’s most enduringly famous hit in Japan, her biggest global hit is Inuyasha. Enako’s preview for that section of the book, though, doesn’t have her cosplaying as female lead Kagome, but instead as demon hunter/gigantic boomerang thrower Sango.
【えなこ×るーみっくわーるどコラボ写真集】
— えなこ (@enako_cos) July 17, 2022
初公開のオフショット
「犬夜叉」から珊瑚のコスプレです!
飛来骨も作っていただきました
9月6日発売 『こすみっくわーるど』
予約はコチラhttps://t.co/Now6y4gdQV pic.twitter.com/ZXVd7i86Jg
For fans of a certain age, though, their introduction to the Rumic World wasn’t Inuysha or Urusei Yatsura, but martial arts comedy Ranma 1/2. Enako is indeed going to appear as the titular protagonist’s female form, as shown in this photo that’s steeped in the series’ charming atmosphere of good-natured destruction.
【えなこ×るーみっくわーるどコラボ写真集】
— えなこ (@enako_cos) July 16, 2022
1st写真集の時にもコスプレさせていただいた女らんま!
今回はPちゃんもいるよ〜(*⁰▿⁰*)
9月6日発売 『こすみっくわーるど』
予約はコチラhttps://t.co/1CIf40iMi0 pic.twitter.com/Ljp1tqAs3y
And finally, it’s back to a member of the supporting cast for Enako’s cosplay for Maison Ikkoku, as she steps into the role of Akemi, main character Yusaku’s next-door neighbor whose fondness for alcohol is rivaled only by her aversion to opaque clothing when relaxing at home.
【えなこ×るーみっくわーるどコラボ写真集】
— えなこ (@enako_cos) July 20, 2022
「めぞん一刻」 / 六本木朱美
初公開のオフショット
まさかの朱美さんまで!?予想できた人はいたかな…?
9月6日発売 『こすみっくわーるど』
予約はコチラhttps://t.co/1CIf40iMi0 pic.twitter.com/IfeWJwFPaF
In addition to a new character/costume that Takahashi is designing specifically for the book, Enako will be cosplaying as 10 pre-existing Takahashi characters, so there’s still a pretty good chance she’ll be cosplaying in Kagome’s uniform and the iconic apron of Maison Ikkoku’s Kyoko. We’ll know for sure when Cosmic World goes on sale September 6, but for those who are already convinced they want to add it to their bookshelf, it can be preordered here from Amazon Japan for 2,970 yen (US$21.50), which will probably also mean you can have it in your hand by the time the new Urusei Yatsura TV anime series begins airing in October.
Source: Oricon News via Otakomu
Images: Amazon Japan
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