Join the Cosplay Collective as we return to Westford for the 2025 Another Anime Convention. Over the course of the weekend there was plenty of Friends, Cosplay, and food to go around. What were our highlights from this delightful fall convention? Listen now to find out!!!

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Join the Cosplay Collective for our Anime of the Month, where we watch 3 episodes of an anime and determine if we're going to finish the series. This month the battle lines are drawn between lovers Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane as they try to force the other to admit their love in Kaguya-Sama: Love is War. Will the Collective fall for the ploys of this show and confess our love? Listen now to find out

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Watch Kaguya-Sama: Love is war on Crunchyroll: https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRJ0J828Y/kaguya-sama-love-is-war

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Join the Cosplay Collective as we chronicle Raphael's wild weekend with us all through 3 different events over the course of 2 days!!! Bullet and Raphael joined the 2nd Malden Cosplay Celebration, as panelists and attendees. Raphael and HS Cosplay got a cold brew at the Twenty Sided Tavern Boston edition. And the Collective visited the new Carvershire to party like its the medieval age at King Richards faire 2025. What were some of the highlights of this busy weekend? Listen now to find out!!!

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Interested in the Malden Cosplay Celebration: https://www.instagram.com/maldencosplaycelebration/

Check out the Twenty Sided Tavern and see where they'll be next: https://thetwentysidedtavern.com/

Plan your visit to Carvershire: https://www.kingrichardsfaire.net/

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Join the Cosplay Collective as we dive deep into our hosts background and see exactly how well we all know one another, through a set of curated trivia questions. This is our final episode of this series, as we see how well we know Raphael Cosplay. Was our journey to find the answer to these questions blessed by the angels, or will we take a wrong turn at albequerque, and miss our destination? Listen now to find out!!!

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Find Raphael on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=raphael_cosplay

Find Raphael on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/raphael_cosplay/

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Join the Cosplay Collective as we look forwards to the fall 2025 anime season. We skim through the upcoming season to touch on the potential highlights and interesting shows, and to call out some of the cosplay that we expect will show up at conventions in the next year. Which show(s) are the collective most excited for? Listen now to find Out!!!

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Join the Women of the collective as they recount their tales from the final popcult anime convention. Over the course of the weekend, there was plenty of panels, cosplay, and a first ever performance by Raphael in the masquerade!!?. How did it go, and what lessons did they learn from the experience? Listen now to find out!!!

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Find us in Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenecosplaycollective/

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Join the Cosplay Collective as we dive deep into our hosts background and see exactly how well we all know one another, through a set of curated trivia questions. This week we have Skoll from Hati and Skoll Creations. Do any of us know the secrets of skoll, or were we left seeking answers in the stars? Listen now to find out!!!

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Find us in Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenecosplaycollective/

Find Skoll on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hatiandskollcreations/

Find Skoll on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SkollandHati

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Join the men of the cosplay collective as they recap our time at Anime New York City 2025. Over the course of four days, there was plenty of live music, panels, cosplay, and of course the ANYC specialty, shopping. And for the first time ever we have "live" reporting and interviews from the convention to hear what the general public think of the anime convention. What made ANYC 2025 so special for us this year? Listen now to find out!!!

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Join the Cosplay Collective for our Anime of the Month, where we watch 3 episodes of an anime and determine if we're going to finish the series. This month we follow Ledo and his mech Chamber as they splash down on a mysterious watery planet and try to find purpose in their new lives. Will the collective stick with their newfound friends on the Gargantia, or will we leave the show behind as slowly sinking wreckage? Listen now to find out!

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Watch Gargantia on the verdurous planet on crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GR49G1GE6/gargantia-on-the-verdurous-planet

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Join the cosplay collective as we suit up and blast off into the Gundam Universe. Host Hatake takes us through the series as a whole, highlighting the stories, battles, music, and more as we discuss what makes gundam such a special collection of series'. And of these series, which takes our hearts the most? Listen now to find out!!!

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Join the Cosplay Collective New England as we spend a summer afternoon ranking our friends. Raphael and Bulletdancer Cosplay chose a number of topics to rank the members of the collective on, and you get to listen to the chaos. Want to know which editor is the trolliest, who is most likely to support artists at conventions at the expense of their wallet, or the collective member we think is most likely to work as a "Booth Babe"? Listen now to find out!

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Find us in Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenecosplaycollective/

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Join the Cosplay Collective NE as we invite Pepper, aka The Shakey Cosplayer to the Collective Couch. We talk about her history in cosplay, how she approaches the performance stage, and what it's like being a mother who cosplays with her kids. What's Pepper's number one tip to folks wanting to get into the performance side of cosplay competitions? Listen now to find out!!!

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Find Pepper on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshakycosplayer/

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Rather than staring at a computer screen to ensure new episodes were ready, The Cosplay Collective Editors have been having some fun in the sun in these last days of summer. So enjoy another curated collection of outtakes while we soak up the rays, and we'll be back next time with a brand new episode.

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Join the Cosplay Collective for our Anime of the Month, where we watch 3 episodes of an anime and determine if we're going to finish the series. This month we sit down for a delicious meal in Restaurant to Another World. Will collective continue return to this show to enjoy it every day of Satur? Listen now to find out!!!

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Watch Restaurant to another world on Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GR49493P6/restaurant-to-another-world

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Join the Cosplay Collective NE as we go back to talking about Cosplay with the game series that is the MOST cosplayed within this group: Monster Hunter. We talk about the builds we've done, the skills we needed to learn, our favorite monsters, and of course... just how crazy big those weapons are in real life. What costumes might you find us in when we next meet? Listen now to find out!!!

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Join the Cosplay Collective NE as we talk about our time at Anime Boston 2025. Anime Boston is our favorite convention of the year, and we'd like to share some of our thoughts of the event. What were our favorite moments, and what could be better? Listen now to find out!!!

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Join the Cosplay Collective NE as we are joined by Anime Boston masquerade host, Weegie. We chat about cosplay, being an author, and what it's like to staff at an anime convention. How have each of these roles impacted Weegie, and why might folks want to try staffing themselves? Listen now to find out?

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Find Weegie online at either https://www.instagram.com/jugglesgeese21/ or https://www.instagram.com/wubinthetub/

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Join the Cosplay Collective for our Anime of the Month, where we watch 3 episodes of an anime and determine if we're going to finish the series. This month we join the bantering rascal Sakuta Azusagawa as he tries to help his fellow classmates through the mysterious adolescence syndrome in Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai. Will this show continue to live in the watchlist of the collective? Listen now to find out!!!

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Watch Rascal on Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GYW4MG9G6/rascal-does-not-dream-of-bunny-girl-senpai

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Join the Cosplay Collective NE for our annual Pride episode as we are joined by local New England Idol Legume Cosplay. We chat about their cosplay history, what it's like within the local idol community, and some of the best examples of LGBTQ+ anime and manga. What are Legume's tips on getting yourself started in the idol community? Listen now to find out!

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Find Legume Cosplay on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/legume_cosplay/

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