Cosplay Underground Photo Book 002

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COSPLAY PHOTO BOOK 002
A S P E C I A L C O S P L AY P I C T O R I A L B Y N E R G E N E A R Q U E L A D A
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PAGES 3-8: Featuring cosplayer Susan as Minagi Tohno from
the Japanese visual novel/anime series “Air”. The photos
were taken at the Summer Cosplay Picnic at Mason Park in
Irvine, California on August 10, 2008.
“Minagi Tohno” is a character from “Air” which is a © Kyoto
Animation
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COSPLAY PHOTO BOOK 002
Darker Than Black
Welcome to our second cosplay book (which is FREE!)
for an ongoing series for J!-ENT’s Cosplay
Underground by photographer Nergene Arquelada.
PAGES 9-12: Featuring cosplayer Saku as the character of Yin
from the series “Darker Than Black”. The photos were taken at
Mikomicon at Cal State University Northridge.
An avid fan and photographer of quality cosplay,
expect to see beautiful, full-color photography of
cosplayers and much more.
“Yin” is a character from “Darker Than Black” which is a © Bones
We would like to thank all the cosplayers who took
part in this pictorial book.
Please visit our Cosplay Underground website at:
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FINAL FANTASY VII:ADVENT CHILDREN
PAGES 13-16: Featuring cosplayer Celestial Aurora as “Aerith”
from the popular CGI film “Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children”.
The photos were taken at Nisei Week in Little Tokyo (Los
Angeles).
“Aerith” is a character from “FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT
CHILDREN” which is a © SquareEnix
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SOUL EATER (ソウルイーター)
PAGES 17-20: Featuring cosplayer Earthbounder as Stein from
the manga and anime series “Soul Eater”. The photos were
taken at Mikomicon at Cal State University Northdridge.
“Stein” is a character from “Soul Eater” which is a © Atsushi
Okubo.
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POKEMON (ポケモン)
PAGES 21-28: Featuring cosplayers Emperor Haseo as Yuki and
Shiya as Haruka from the anime series “Pokemon”. The photos
were taken at Mikomicon at Cal State University Northridge.
“Yuki” and “Haruka” are characters from “Pokemon” which is a
© Nintendo.
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DISCLAIMER: The following is a fan pictorial book
which we do our best to give proper credit to the
companies behind the manga or anime series.
Following a J!-ENT format for Japanese names: Family
name is first, first name is second.
Nergene Arquelada
joined J!-ENT as a
photographer in 2004.
He is known to many as
the anime convention and
cosplay photographer
“Super No. 1”. Nergene
has photographed bands,
talents and industry
professionals for J!-ENT.
He is an avid fan of
Japanese and Korean music and dramas.
Nergene graduated from the University of
Southern California with a degree in
Aerospace Engineering. In his spare time, he
enjoys exercising at the gym and attending
local cultural festivals. He currently lives in the
Los Angeles area.
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Celestial Aurora
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Earthbounder
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Emperor Haseo
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Welcome to J!-ENT’s second cosplay photobook for Cosplay Underground featuring the beautiful
photography by Nergene Arquelada.
Well-known for his work for J!-ENT for his celebrity and concert photographs, Nergene brings his
cosplay photography to J!-ENT with the first of an ongoing photobook series featuring various
cosplayers known for their breathtaking and stunning cosplay outfits.
The second volume features cosplayers showing us their elaborate outfits from series such as “Air”,
“Darker than Black”, “Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children”, “Soul Eater” and “Pokemon”.
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