I went to a small local con last weekend and finally got to wear my shin kamen rider 2 out again.
I had to fix the torso with velcro (for NYCC I made the mistake of just hot gluing the foam to the pleather, hence my tits exploding).
It was nice! I got recognized roughly twice which I found impressive for something out in the sticks.
I need to give some major credit to @pippenpaddlopsicopolisthethird for taking the best cosplay photos that I've ever had taken or seen in my life! Their vision for these was just perfect and I'm STUNNED by how they turned out 🤯🤯🤯. Please please go check them out and give them a follow!
Cosplay Warrior Cutie Knights 1 is a heroine tokusatsu film starring Chiemi Chiba, Miho Yabe, and Sara Shimada, and was directed by Noriaki Yuasa. It's notable for a guest appearance of a human-sized Gamera. The movie was created by Daiei Motion Picture Company.
English subtitled video by Gossameru Fansubs over on Archive.org.
35 minutes of feature film and then 43 minutes of music video/credits + bloopers + behind the scenes footage.
Tiger 7 at the mercy of Rokuro Genjin, who looks like he's trying to steal old school Golden Bat's style.
When Golden Bat first made the scene in 1931 in kamishibai ("paper theatre") stories, he was costumed more like one of the Three Musketeers. That was the prevailing image of him for over thirty years, although he soon lost the hat (probably kept blowing off his head when he was flying).
Still from the 1950 Toei film Golden Bat: Frankenstein Skyscraper, aka Golden Bat: Skyscraper Monster, with our hero wearing a costume very faithful to the kamishibai look. Unfortunately, other than the film poster and a few stills, this film is lost, which is a freakin' shame.
As far as I can determine, Golden Bat did not take on his now familiar all-gold look until the 1966 Toei film.
And kept alive by doofuses like me cosplaying at conventions.
"Hey! Dat's-a me!"
"Hey! Dat's-a me, too!"
Of course, with the shape I'm in these days, I'll go with Golden Bat's original appearance if I ever cosplay him again. There's a lot less sucking-in-the-gut involved.