Li Nezha (李哪吒)
(Nezha: The Boy Fighter From Heaven)
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Costume status: Complete. 哪吒 "Nataku" is the Japanese pronunciation of Nezha's name. The character is originally from a Chinese novel known as 封神榜 "Feng Shen Bang," which was adapted to Japanese manga form as 封神演義 "Feng Shen Yan Yi" (Japanese: Houshin Engi). The Nezha I am cosplaying as is from a very very very old Hong Kong live-action miniseries. As a child, I watched it with my maternal grandpa,* and really loved the main character's outfits and attitude. By cosplaying Nezha, I hope to rekindle some of the great memories I had while watching the series with my grandpa. Nezha is actually played by a girl in the miniseries (the character is supposed to be androgynous!!), so I don't really consider this a true "crossplay," but ehhh, whatever. ;) Since I did wushu for 5-6 years, I had lots of cool martial arts poses at my disposal for the people taking pictures of me. This is the first costume I ever sewed completely on my own, and it gave me a huge self-confidence boost in my sewing abilities. Participating in the costume cabaret at JACON 2006 was a lot of fun! You can watch the opening theme song on YouTube here. *My grandfather passed away on 11/06/2006. 我愛你, 老爺.
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