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The Cosplayer Chronicles: Squad Six Cosplayers' Death Note Panel at Ichibancon

22/1/2016

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Squad Six Cosplayers Death Note News




We've been following the fortunes of
Squad Six Cosplayers,
as they prepared to host
Resurrecting L: Death Note 10th Anniversary
panel at Ichibancon 7
in North Carolina.

Here is how they got on.

Squad Six Cosplayers Death Note panel Ichibancon 7

Resurrecting L: Death Note 10th Anniversary panel at Icibancon 7
Squad Six Cosplayers were at Ichibancon, one of the largest anime and manga conventions in North Carolina, USA.  There, in Events 4 room, we held our Death Note review panel - Resurrecting L - to mark the 10th anniversary since the manga's first chapter was published in Weekly Shonen Jump.

Since then, Ohba and Obata's story has become an institution, we hope we did it justice.

Ichibancon's Resurrecting L: Death Note 10th Anniversary panel happened on January 1st 2016, at 11pm.  We should have finished by midnight, but the buzz was awesome and we were having so much fun discussing the new media developments for Death Note.  We almost ran well over time!

Here's how it all played out.  But first the cosplay and, created from scratch, a dress for Misa Amane.

Lara Sizemore: Cosplay Misa Misa Suicide Dress

Squad Six Cosplayers: Matsuda and Misa at Ichibancon 7

Squad Six Cosplayers Justin as
Touta Matsuda and Lara as Misa Amane
Lara Sizemore Misa Amane Cosplay

Lara's Cosplay Misa Misa Suicide Dress
Death Note Cosplayers at Ichibancon 7: Misa and Light; Lara Sizemore and Cayanna Carma

Squad Six Cosplayers founder Lara with special guest Cayanna Carma as Light Yagami
Each of Squad Six Cosplayers' Death Note panel members arrived for the event in full Death Note cosplay.  Every part of which had been created especially for Ichibancon during the run up to the convention. 

Founder Lara Sizemore opted to cosplay Misa Amane.  She explained, "I chose to do Misa's Last dress/suicide dress instead of her usual ensemble as sort of a nod to our title. It took me two weeks to complete the dress but I am very proud of it. The ribbons are all appliquéd on."  She makes it sound so easy.

As for the rest, they were in Death Note costume too!

Death Note Cosplay for Squad Six Cosplayers at Ichibancon 7

Squad Six Cosplayers with Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon Death Note panel




From l-r you are seeing:


Justin as Touta Matsuda
Lara as Misa Amane
Cayanna Carma as Light Yagami
Sara as L
Lindz as Near
and on the floor,
Logan as Beyond Birthday

Kicking in the New Year with a Death Note Panel at Ichibancon January 1st 2016

Squad Six Cosplayers with Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon Death Note panel
Squad Six Cosplayers with Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon Death Note panel
Squad Six Cosplayers with Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon Death Note panel

The event was very well attended. Despite its late hour, three quarters of the venue was full.

It was great fun!  With a tremendous amount of audience participation too.

We had five grand prize questions with the winners awarded a very L-inspired Death Note prize.  It was a dessert glass with his iconic monograph printed on the side.

Inside was a pile of chocolate/apple flavoured candy, plus two bubblegums with wrappers sporting bright red eyes - shinigami eyes, if we ever saw them. In addition, those correctly guessing the answer received a packet of chips (crisps for our European readers) and an apple.

Nor were we the only ones in cosplay.  There were several others in the audience, including a few in Death Note cosplay.
Squad Six Cosplayers with Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon Death Note panel
Christian morrison L Cosplay Ichibancon 7

Christian Morrison - L Cosplay at Ichibancon Death Note panel

Cayanna Carma Takes on Light Yagami for Ichibancon's Death Note Panel

One of our great coups was to have famed cosplayer Cayanna Carma as our special guest at the Death Note Ichibancon panel. 

She is renowned throughout the North Carolinian cosplay circuit for the realism that she brings to her roles. Cayanna Carma didn't just dress as Light Yagami, she became him.

It was in the subtleties, of which no photograph will ever adequately convey, no matter how many taken of her in action.

It really felt like Kira sitting there, ramrod straight and charming. Watching everyone and reacting, as Light Yagami might believably react, to all that occurred.  Serious, even in the face of Sara's shenanigans as L.

Her presence went down a storm with the crowd, just as we hoped it would. In fact, many of those there might have attended simply to watch Cayanna Carma cosplay Kira.

Sitting alongside her on the panel, interacting like we were with Light Yagami himself, was certainly a pleasure for Squad Six Cosplayers.

Once again, we thank Cayanna Carma for being our very special guest at Ichibancon 7's Resurrecting L: Death Note 10th Anniversary panel, and hope that these pictures provide some glimpse of what it was like watching our star cosplayer perform on the night.
They included the L cosplayer pictured left - our old friend Christian Morrison in costume and character - and another Misa Misa too.
Meanwhile, we technically had two L cosplayers on the stage with us.

After all, Logan was cosplaying as Beyond Birthday cosplaying L - Another Note does say that it took layers of cosmetics and a certain outfit before BB looked anything like the detective he was trying to emulate.  That's cosplaying!

With Sara there too, as our group's actual L cosplayer, having lots of fun with Squad Six Cosplayers' special guest for the evening, Cayanna Carma as Light Yagami.
Squad Six Cosplayers: Logan as BB and Sara as L
Squad Six Cosplayers at Ichibancon 7
Squad Six Cosplayer Sara as L; Cayanna Carma as Light Yagami
Light Yagami cosplay Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon 7 Death Note panel
Light Yagami cosplay Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon 7 Death Note panel
Light Yagami cosplay Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon 7 Death Note panel

That's it for Squad Six Cosplayers!  I hope you've enjoyed our Cosplayer Chronicles on Death Note News.
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The Cosplayer Chronicles: Death Note Misa's Wig in the Spotlight

31/12/2015

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As they prepare to host a
Death Note 10th Anniversary panel
at North Carolina's Ichibancon 7,
we get the updates on their progress in
The Cosplayer Chronicles
by
Squad Six Cosplayers

It's not just the Panel itself that needs to be organised.  We are cosplayers - reasonably professional ones at that, insofar as these things can be measured with oodles of fun thrown in as the main event - therefore we need to look the part.  Act it too.  As well as physique allows, Squad Six Cosplayers must take the stage as near clones to those characters we choose to inhabit for a night.

That in mind, Lara has spent the holidays working on her Death Note Misa costume.  She cosplayed the character before, hence knows that her old wig is not up to scratch.  One should not have to redo those derpy pigtails ten times an hour!

This year then, she will be entering Ichibancon with a thicker, better quality Misa Misa wig; totally replacing the old with something new.  It was expensive, but worth it.  Here's your sneak preview of the hairy part of Lara's Misa Death Note cosplay, as it was restyled to match Second Kira's locks.
Lara's Misa cosplay wig being restyled

First there's the front to cut short
Lara's Misa cosplay wig being restyled

Then the rest to arrange
Lara's Misa cosplay wig being restyled

Before finally the pigtails make it
recognisably a cosplay Misa wig
Meanwhile, it's crunch time here with just a couple of days to go and all hands to the deck to make our anime con panel run smoothly.  Wish us luck!  And if you are attending 2016 Ichibancon 7, we'll see you there!

Squad Six Cosplayers will be hosting Resurrecting L - Death Note 10th Anniversary Panel at Ichibancon 2016, January 1st 11pm-midnight, in Events 4.
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The Cosplayer Chronicles: New Timeslot and Exclusive Look at the Flyer for Death Note Panel at Ichibancon Anime Convention

11/12/2015

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Resurrecting L - an anime con panel celebrating Death Note's 10th Anniversary - is set to be held on New Year's Day 2016, at Ichibancon 7 in North Carolina, USA.

Gearing up to host it, and here journalling
their preparations along the way, are its organisers
 Squad Six Cosplayers.
It's been a fraught few days with technical issues, mostly surrounding internet access, but that's all over now. We're plugged in and raring to go with the first major bit of news being that Ichibancon has just released its official schedule.  We're on it of course, but there's a surprise attached. Squad Six Cosplayers' Death Note panel - Resurrecting L: Death Note 10th Anniversary - has been bumped up an hour.

We're now on at 11pm, instead of midnight, on January 1st 2016.  Same venue, same room, just a different time.  A fine excuse to redesign the poster advertising our Death Note appreciation panel.  Though a frantic scramble to alert all who have already promoted it for us.
New Resurrecting L Death Note Anniversary panel poster Ichibancon 2016

New poster for 2016 Ichibancon Death Note panel by Squad Six Cosplayers
Next up is the flyer that everyone will receive as they walk into the panel.  You get to see it before they do!  It's a four page flyer, folded concertina style. In the box, on the inner page, is where a piece of candy will be placed for the guests to enjoy as we present. We'll also have candy and Death Note themed prizes throughout the presentation.  L eat your heart out!  We're resurrecting him indeed.
Ichibancon 2016 Resurrecting L Death Note Appreciation Panel flyer

Flyer for our 2016 Ichibancon anime con Death Note panel
Until next time!
~ Squad Six Cosplayers
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The Cosplayer Chronicles:  Ichibancon Death Note Panellists Squad Six Cosplayers Update on their Special Guest Cayanna Carma (New Column for Death Note News)

1/12/2015

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Brand, new feature for Death Note News -  Squad Six Cosplayers keep a diary as they prepare for their Death Note panel at US anime convention, Ichibancon 2016.  In Death Note cosplay, of course!
Squad Six Cosplayers Death Note Notes The Cosplayer Chronicles
There's a lot of work to be done, if Squad Six Cosplayers are going to be ready to take the stage at Ichibancon - one of North Carolina's largest anime conventions - at midnight on January 1st 2016.  It's not only our Death Note panel in which we are performing, but out and about too.  On show just by being there, because we will be in full cosplay.

And those costumes need to be designed and made ahead of time.  We have a reputation to uphold.  It's not good enough merely to have those clothes fitting properly, we have to become the characters in our Death Note cosplay.  But in that, we've elicited a little help.

Cayanna Carma to Cosplay Kira at Ichibancon 2016 Death Note Panel

Cayanna Carma will be Squad Six Cosplayers' special guest at Ichibancon. Joining forces at our Resurrecting L: Death Note 10th Anniversary panel.

She will be cosplaying Light Yagami for us, and we just know that will bring in a huge crowd.

Cayanna Carma is known through the convention community for her ability to encompass the attitude and personality of each character she portrays. She's just fantastic.  She's a 24 year old that can draft her own cosplay patterns, taught herself to sew, and can piece together shoes, props, pants, shirts, gloves, and even wigs with no issues.

Though Cayanna Carma will be taking on Kira at the Ichibancon anime convention, she's MOST known for her cosplay from Kuroshitsuji and Naruto. You can check out her ability to become each cosplayed character on her Facebook page, though nothing beats seeing her in action.

Now all Squad Six Cosplayers have to do is live up to that precedence too. No pressure then!
Cayanna Carma cosplaying Light Yagami

Special guest at Ichibancon's 2016 Death Note panel -
cosplayer Cayanna Carma
We all really appreciate this opportunity and are so excited to share our progress with Death Note News readers, because Death Note is one work of art we are all very passionate about. 
~ Squad Six Cosplayers

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Squad Six Cosplayers Host Death Note Panel at Ichibancon 2016

28/11/2015

 
How would you like to celebrate New Year with Death Note?  Lara Sizemore from Squad Six Cosplayers has been in touch to announce that attendees at North Carolina's Ichibancon anime convention can do just that.

Squad Six Cosplayers are celebrating ten years of Death Note with a panel hosted at Ichibancon 2016.  Resurrecting L: Death Note 10th Anniversary Panel will take a look back over the whole series, review its updates, chuck around some Death Note related trivia and much more for the fandom to enjoy.
Ichibancon 2016 Death Note panel by Squad Six Cosplayers

Squad Six Cosplayers Death Note panel at Ichibancon 2016
Squad Six Cosplayers are a well-known collective upon the US Eastern board anime circuit.  They've been around since 2003 and create all their own costumes from scratch. Their signature panel is Undercover with Kuroshitsuji, which also provides much inspiration for their most famous cosplay. The group ensure that their Kuroshitsuji cosplay is high on historical accuracy, which is fabulous for a qualified historian like myself to hear!

And now they're turning their attention to Death Note.  Happy days.

Ichibancon 2016 will be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel Concord, in Concord, North Carolina, USA, between December 31st-January 3rd 2016.  Resurrecting L: Death Note 10th Anniversary Panel will happen in the convention's Events 4 room, at midnight on January 1st 2016.
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