New Miku costume

Posted in convention, cosplay, new costume, new images, photoshoot on November 19th, 2011 by etaru – Be the first to comment

I think the site is finally caught up on updates: new banners in the Links page, new Rosa Farrell images from Copenhagen, tentative early 2012 travel schedule, and new Miku Hatsune costume!

Return from J-popcon in Copenhagen

Posted in convention, copenhagen, cosplay, cosplay judge, denmark, guest of honor, j-popcon on November 16th, 2011 by etaru – Be the first to comment

Returning from J-popcon in Copenhagen was quite emotional for everyone because the convention was such a great success! So many congrats to the staff and cosplay department for putting on a great con and cosplay show, and congrats to the new Danish WCS, EuroCosplay, and ECG representatives!

A special thank you to Karina and her staff in the Cosplay department for having me there, and to my fabulous fellow judges Dario, Leandro, Sascha, and Bell, it would not have been the same without you! As well as meeting all the new friends Morten, Patrick, Iris, Benjamin, Niels, and so many others <3

 the judges :3

Future Plans: J-popcon!

Posted in convention, copenhagen, cosplay judge, denmark, guest of honor, j-popcon on October 2nd, 2011 by etaru – Be the first to comment

Hey everyone! Back from Coscon in Oslo, and it was simply fantastic – I want to extend a big thank you to the entire convention crew and attendees for making me feel so welcome in Norway! Congratulations to, Silje, Norway’s first EuroCosplay representative as well! :)

My next plans are J-popcon in Copenhagen, Denmark where I will be a Cosplay Guest and World Cosplay Summit Judge. I am extremely excited about this convention, and can’t wait to meet you awesome Danish cosplayers and amazing panel of international judges!

To keep up with my future cosplay plans also, see the Future Costumes page which I update regularly (but I can’t tell you which I’ll make yet ;P)

Cosplay Judge at Norway’s Coscon

Posted in anime expo, convention, cosplay, cosplay judge, guest of honor, new costume, norway on September 26th, 2011 by etaru – Be the first to comment

Hej from Europe! Not many updates have gone on to the website due to my international studies, I’ve had little to update with. However, I’ll be a cosplay judge at Coscon in Oslo, Norway this weekend!

I’ll be on a judging panel for the Norwegian EuroCosplay preliminary, as well as a skit judge, going on October 1st at the Oslo Kongressenter. If you’re coming to the convention, please feel free to stop by and say hello to me, I’m excited to meet Norwegian cosplayers and con-goers :) (and if you’re not, you should be going!) For more information, please visit: http://www.coscon.no/

Also, the Publications page has been updated, and a new costume from Anime Expo: Android 18 from Dragonball Z!

Hello from Sweden!

Posted in convention, cosplay, final fantasy, new images, siren on August 30th, 2011 by etaru – Be the first to comment

Hej! As you may have noticed, updates to the site have been sparse and inbetween, in part because I’m currently…living in Sweden! I’ll be here for 6 months finishing my second university degree, and while I probably won’t have time to make new costumes, I do hope to visit some European events. I have some wonderful news coming up that I’ll share as soon as possible about that!

In the meantime, my gallery is mostly updated, with new images for Guardian Force Siren and an updated Schedule of future events. Please remember to email me if you’re interested in having me attend a European cosplay event in your area, as I’m still open for booking~!

Hej då!

Etaru <3

AX updates

Posted in anime expo, final fantasy, new costume, new images, photoshoot, siren on July 13th, 2011 by etaru – 50 Comments

New Tumblr!

Posted in blog, convention, cosplay on July 9th, 2011 by etaru – 100 Comments

Came back from AX with lots of awesome new images and costumes, I hope to post those soon!

In the meantime, I created a new Tumblr account: Ne Ver, Ne Bosja (it’s a T.a.T.u. reference haha)

xoxo Etaru

Fanime photos and a little more

Posted in cosplay, fanime, final fantasy, katsucon, video on June 15th, 2011 by etaru – 61 Comments

Time for more site updates! I’ve added new photos to the Guardian Force Siren, Princess Venus, the new costume Lily Rider, and Future Costumes!

I’ll have more photos and videos coming, but there’s a new one in the Videos section back from Katsucon by Ackson Lee featuring my Rosa Farrell that I forgot to add, whoops!

Siren available to Junction

Posted in fanime, final fantasy, new costume, siren on June 5th, 2011 by etaru – 97 Comments

Fanime was amazing, as usual! I got to debut 3 new costumes, but only got photos of 2… ce’st la vie! The first up however is a dream project of mine: Siren from Final Fantasy VIII! More photos are sure to come, but this is at least a proper preview.

Images, Blog and many updates

Posted in blog, convention, cosplay, fanime, feature, interview, photoshoot, pirotess, rosa farrell, venus on May 22nd, 2011 by etaru – 65 Comments

Fanime is fast approaching, and since it’s my favorite convention of the year, I bring some of my most beloved costumes there. Siren is now 99% complete, and I cannot contain my excitement to wear her after years of pondering undertaking this monstrous challenge. But until I get photos back, I do have site updates! Princess Venus has new photos up by Cosplayshots.com, Pirotess and Rosa Farrell have new photos by SolarTempest.

I was also featured as a cosplayer from around the world by Otaku House, you can view the interview here! I’m still in the Otaku House top 30 in their Idol Cosplay Contest, please vote for me by “Liking” the page and my image if you haven’t already. It’s a fun endeavor and we’ll see how far I can go :)

In addition, I was interviewed for Cosplay Blog with a Brain, and I wrote an article for them on Finding Cheaper Plane Tickets for Conventions. Hope it helps you guys and is informative!