"Leaving Mundania" cosplay documentary

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
  • Leaving Mundania explores the colourful lives of "cosplayers" who express their fandom through costuming and roleplay.
    Through candid footage and in-depth interviews, Leaving Mundania offers an intimate view of this colorful fan culture, revealing how cosplayers stand apart from the "mundanes" of the everyday world.
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Комментарии • 92

  • @zeekayart
    @zeekayart Год назад +1

    one of my favourite documentaries of all time and i just noticed i haven't left a comment. i love watching this every year before con season starts up again. thank you for filming this!

  • @MegaStarbucker
    @MegaStarbucker 11 лет назад +1

    I enjoyed this film very much. I identified with Sue and Vlad and Featherweight, plus, at different phases of my life. I started costuming at cons in 1976 and after coming in first at a couple around 90 I dropped out, but this film is beginning to rekindle my interest. Thank you for making it, LOVE the People and Very Well Made. It was so accessible and normal, not talking heads or lecturing, just immersive "fly on the wall". Congratulations, I'll link to it on FB community.

  • @alphablue137
    @alphablue137 11 лет назад +1

    All of the people in this documentary seem very real and likable and I'm glad I got a chance to know a little bit about them.

  • @50ShadesofFandom
    @50ShadesofFandom 10 лет назад +8

    This is a really wonderful documentary! I love that the personal stories are interspersed with the more intellectual aspects of the culture and how it works with identity issues, etc. :D

  • @laughingman604
    @laughingman604  11 лет назад

    Thanks for being in the film, Silent Bob!! I still get a kick out of those people who were seriously thought you were "the real one". =)

  • @cristophine
    @cristophine 11 лет назад +1

    I nearly just had a heart attack when I saw myself and my boyfriend as Katara and Aang at the Avatar photoshoot XD
    Absolute great job on the documentary guys!

  • @alphablue137
    @alphablue137 11 лет назад +1

    US watcher here, now that the first episode of "Heroes of Cosplay" has aired in the US, I want to thank you for making this documentary, which really does the hard work of communicating the human-side of the hobby. Again, thank you for giving these cosplayers a voice.

  • @Zenzilove0
    @Zenzilove0 11 лет назад

    By far the best documentary I have ever seen about cosplay! I love this so much. It's very inspiring and awesome! :D

  • @CodiJamesHamilton
    @CodiJamesHamilton 10 лет назад +6

    This video was nothing less then amazing, great work!

  • @BinaryEmyaneh
    @BinaryEmyaneh 10 лет назад +1

    That was a great documentary ! Thank you for sharing
    . I think Sue look like such an amazing person.

  • @morinomusume
    @morinomusume 10 лет назад +2

    I love the way she laughs so much.
    What an awesome documentary I had a lot of fun watching it ~

  • @torctorctorc
    @torctorctorc 10 лет назад +2

    Awesome video. I'm just starting out in cosplay, so stuff like this is really motivational. Go fellow Torontonians!

  • @cannibalsuperstar6081
    @cannibalsuperstar6081 6 лет назад

    She really loves the sound of her own voice. Aside from that, she's a brilliant costumer.

  • @edwardiganz2478
    @edwardiganz2478 6 лет назад

    I love the commitment and dedication of ALL YOU COSPLAYERS! Such innovative CREATIVE thinking! Your love of something mundanes think as juvenile, is something this world needs more of!

  • @jaxperkins7835
    @jaxperkins7835 11 лет назад

    oh my god i know you guys! i met you the one year i went to Dotcon years and years ago when i first started cosplaying....i was dressed as Hinata Hyuuga, i remember standing and talking to Vlad.....and talking to Sue while she was in Choji....blast from the past wow. great documentary guys!

  • @SorcererRain
    @SorcererRain 11 лет назад

    Great Documentary!! What I loved most was that the opinions expressed were all very positive and emphasized the fun in this hobby, as well as the fact that many cosplayers really do see cosplay as a form of Identification that goes deeper than just crafting/wearing an outfit. I mean, ultimately everyone cosplays for their own reasons, but it makes me really happy that the 'identifying with the character' reason is acknowledged here :) cause personally, that's my biggest motivation to cosplay.

  • @SlothcoreCosplay
    @SlothcoreCosplay 11 лет назад

    So glad to see this online, and just in time for me to plug in my daily vlog! ^_^
    - the Triana cosplayer

  • @ZalazGirl
    @ZalazGirl 11 лет назад

    With all the "fake geek girl" drama and "cosplay =/ consent" drama in the community lately this is SOOOO nice to remind us WHY most of us started cosplaying. Thank you sooooo much for making this.

  • @laughingman604
    @laughingman604  11 лет назад

    Thanks for watching!

  • @XXReye
    @XXReye 11 лет назад

    Beautiful! This portrays the cosplay/con life so perfectly.

  • @TailaLongtail
    @TailaLongtail 11 лет назад

    Love it!!!! the songs are well picked and perfect. the people are interesting and I actually know some of them!!! Im really glad to see im not the only person with the same opions as the some of the people in the video. it was also very cool to see the different levels of people you got in the video, from a long time costume to a first year newb to Featherweight!!!
    Im linking to my friends. i really enjoyed this!

  • @YachiYan
    @YachiYan 11 лет назад

    Hey, I'm the bald girl Aang in the orange toga (from The Last Airbender series) at 28:09. I did a complete double-take, didn't realize I'd be in this documentary! Can't wait for AN 2013!

  • @klu222
    @klu222 3 года назад

    I miss con life so much!!!!! I got my first fauci ouchie yesterday, and I can't wait to go to another con. I will be wearing the free hugs sign when we get to go back.

  • @SorcererRain
    @SorcererRain 11 лет назад

    No problem :) Umm, the characters I was thinking of were Lelouch Lamperouge & Suzaku Kururugi [Code Geass], Setsuna F. Seiei & Tieria Erde [Gundam 00], and Yurippe [from Angel Beats]. I admire how individualistic these characters are in how they're prepared to stand alone for the sake of their ideals, even in the face of rejection or being misunderstood by most others. Yet, they can still be deeply sensitive, considerate, & even sentimental (yes, even Setsuna, lol). I understand these qualities.

  • @mortimerdarkwell2260
    @mortimerdarkwell2260 10 лет назад +13

    Sachie sent me here ^_^

  • @SombraMalamutt
    @SombraMalamutt 11 лет назад

    Great documentary! It's great 'cause I'm sitting here working on my cosplay for Anime Central in May. XD I'm still new to the scene and only fully cosplayed once but I really wanna get more into it. This really portrayed the concept of cosplaying beautifully.

  • @r3dfella
    @r3dfella 10 лет назад

    Nice doc! Thanks for making it.

  • @bubblyromano4ever
    @bubblyromano4ever 11 лет назад

    This has inspired me even more took even harder on my first cosplays and Halloween costume!

  • @Mad-Slick
    @Mad-Slick 11 лет назад

    Great documentary. It was awesome that it featured my hometown convention too.

  • @laughingman604
    @laughingman604  11 лет назад

    Oh, and thanks for BEING IN THE DOC! haha

  • @CrazyViper100
    @CrazyViper100 11 лет назад

    Hands down my fav anime video EVER!!! I was in it!!! I WAS SO HAPP TO SEE ME IN IT!!!! LOL!! GO DARK LINK!!!!!!!!!! LOL!! Anywas hope to see you again!! I am excsided for this up comeing anime north! I hope you do another video this one was awesome and funny and just all around great! Keep up the awesome work and outfits!! =D

  • @featherweight
    @featherweight 11 лет назад

    AH! The nostalgia IT BURNS!

  • @alphablue137
    @alphablue137 11 лет назад

    I like how you didn't even make it out of the parking lot before you got locked down doing photo ops. :)

  • @LadyMeilin
    @LadyMeilin 10 лет назад

    This was very sweet. I loved it.

  • @marija
    @marija 10 лет назад

    That mini gaara was soooooooooooooo cute!!

  • @Kazuki933
    @Kazuki933 11 лет назад

    Awesome documentary! Also, at 30:49 is where you can see a girl holding a BJD (the back of one but whatever). I didn't think I'd see one in this video haha!

  • @itsmekristen98
    @itsmekristen98 10 лет назад +1

    That last line was perfect

  • @laughingman604
    @laughingman604  11 лет назад

    Thanks! Glad you felt that the film was an accurate portrayal of cosplaying. What characters do you identify with?

  • @waifuwubs
    @waifuwubs 10 лет назад +6

    "whats art?" hahah :)

  • @Zer0TheGhost
    @Zer0TheGhost 11 лет назад

    Aww. This just.. I'm sorry, I just started crying. I plan to go to AN this year and I am also going to Con-G for it's their last year. I hope that I can meet you guys, It'll be a great honour ; 3 ;

  • @mikesavio66
    @mikesavio66 11 лет назад

    This was amazing, I can't wait to start putting my costume together next year! I'm gonna be Cell.

  • @lovethenightair
    @lovethenightair 8 лет назад

    That Totoro cosplayer is awesome!

  • @laughingman604
    @laughingman604  11 лет назад

    Thanks for the plug!! =)

  • @meetthescene2882
    @meetthescene2882 6 лет назад

    this is a wonderful documentary

  • @sapphyra
    @sapphyra 11 лет назад

    36:18 was that a belly dancing miku? That's awesome!

  • @museluvr
    @museluvr 10 лет назад +1

    There are alot of people out there who have no clue what 'anime' is. Up til 7yrs back I had no clue, til my son who was into anime n manga shows showed me. lol It all depends on the world they are in as to if they know this type of fun exists. I'd find it absolutely fun to stumble on a convention, where as a art lover, I see cosplay as a walking breathing form of art given life.

  • @Strawberryjamsession
    @Strawberryjamsession 11 лет назад

    Epic documentary! Ive been looking for a cosplay documentary to show my parents what its about. dont you just hate it when you want to cosplay as fun male character and your mom questions your sexuality? anybody?okay.....

  • @dunbarcreativeandperformin3126
    @dunbarcreativeandperformin3126 8 лет назад

    great, great, great documentary!

  • @juniorbraun1882
    @juniorbraun1882 11 лет назад

    well i have to say i know people who do cosplay, i like comics, anime, manga i am a rapper that has nothing to but im also write novel in spanish and many times i stop by on a anime convention just to see the impact what you imagine has the impact on people... and you guy are artits.

  • @Silentbobclone76
    @Silentbobclone76 11 лет назад

    Tell me about it. I don't think it took me any less than two hours to get from one end of the building to the other. That's like a 3min walk, max. 2hrs....craziness. But so much fun.

  • @MaxLucasPiano
    @MaxLucasPiano 11 лет назад

    I've watched this three times. Can I be besties with Soo?

  • @Silentbobclone76
    @Silentbobclone76 11 лет назад +1

    There I AM. @ 29min in. Yay!

  • @LoneWolfZakuro14
    @LoneWolfZakuro14 10 лет назад

    36:43 - OMG MONSTER RANCHER
    I LOVE YOU GUY
    MONSTER RANCHER
    MONSTER FARM
    IS THE BEST

  • @JulieCzerneda
    @JulieCzerneda 11 лет назад

    Wonderful!!! ::wild applause::

  • @OMEAMC
    @OMEAMC 11 лет назад

    this is fantastic!

  • @KeromorV2
    @KeromorV2 11 лет назад

    Escaping from reality.. nothing wrong with that, and Cosplay is cool, i would love to get into it.

  • @LoneWolfZakuro14
    @LoneWolfZakuro14 10 лет назад +1

    15:50 - Very sweet of his parents to do, but one thing... It's not Japanese themed. Those dragons are most definitely Chinese.

    • @LoneWolfZakuro14
      @LoneWolfZakuro14 10 лет назад +1

      Also, the name is spelled wrong... ^^; The proper writing of Vladmir is "ウラジミール," not ヴゥラディミル." That's almost unpronouncable...

    • @shammydammy2610
      @shammydammy2610 8 лет назад

      Do you feel better about yourself now?

  • @joshyt.v.7432
    @joshyt.v.7432 11 лет назад

    Love this would love to meet ya I'm a massive cosplay fan and artist

  • @PirateTravisJohnson1
    @PirateTravisJohnson1 10 лет назад

    Juat a thought for a Vash cosplayer, but having the insurence agents in the audience and un announced to the judges... have them run up with doughnuts as a suprise!!!

  • @rcehoppe
    @rcehoppe 11 лет назад

    well done - i'll pass this on ^__^

  • @AngusStewart01
    @AngusStewart01 10 лет назад

    Cosplaying sound like fun.

  • @PirateTravisJohnson1
    @PirateTravisJohnson1 10 лет назад

    @ 1:41... I am currently watching the Naruto: Shippuden Ep.20 from 5/18's Toonami... Ha Hargh! Coincidence

  • @Sunflower_Haze
    @Sunflower_Haze 10 лет назад +6

    come home and go into withdraw well theres drugs but anime conventions are cheaper XD

  • @andresmusta
    @andresmusta 11 лет назад

    everything is adjustable!

  • @Ventuskeymaster
    @Ventuskeymaster 5 лет назад

    I love cosplay ❤😁, is my life and what i live for 😁❤☺

  • @yamagawa9830
    @yamagawa9830 9 лет назад +1

    23:30 this guy has skills

  • @PirateTravisJohnson1
    @PirateTravisJohnson1 10 лет назад

    YARGH!!! Crimson Binome!

  • @AndreasinThailand
    @AndreasinThailand 11 лет назад

    very cool. I posted to my page. See you this year at AN :)
    cosplayers Canada on FB

  • @katiesparrow1
    @katiesparrow1 10 лет назад

    Good documentary! My only thing is just that everything was anime. .....I'm a cosplayer and I dont necessarily like anime! Haha. To each their own! I think it would have been good to show maybe that variety of how anything and everything can and is cosplayed! But really, I did enjoy it. And yes......coming to a convention does feel like your coming home!

    • @LoneWolfZakuro14
      @LoneWolfZakuro14 10 лет назад

      Cosplay's origin is Japan and anime. The word's origin is Japan and anime. If anything, the word is now borrowed by the US for American properties.

    • @rtasi2000
      @rtasi2000 9 лет назад +2

      The name cosplay was coined by a Japanese (takahashi) but the modern day cosplay conventions originate from the US sci fi conventions of the early 19th century known at the time as just costuming. Look up the first world con which was held in new York around 1939. You'll find the first modern cosplay couple there (Forrest ackerman and myrtle Douglas),which later caught on and inspired the cosplay movement in Japan and around the globe.interestingly,the awesome Japanese reporter (takahashi) that coined the now famous word "cosplay" was attending a convention in Los Angeles when he came up with the word.he was so taken aback by western convention and it's costume masquerades that he invented the word to suit what he was witnessing.cos = costume and play = performance hence cosplay

    • @LoneWolfZakuro14
      @LoneWolfZakuro14 9 лет назад

      ないないない
      It's from コスプレ (kosupure or cosplay)
      The modern cosplay is absolutely from Japanese culture.
      Anyway.

    • @rtasi2000
      @rtasi2000 9 лет назад +1

      Iris in a Bottle to each their own.figured I'd just add my two cents. As much as I like the cosplay community and Japanese culture, the origins of cosplay are documented like I roughly stated up top despite your disagreements. I suggest looking up the history of cosplay here on RUclips or on google.good day miss :) 

    • @cassidyleonards2411
      @cassidyleonards2411 9 лет назад +3

      Iris in a Bottle "Modern" cosplay? So there's "ancient" cosplay? The notion that cosplay started in Japan is a misconception. There are tons of academic articles readily available online that contradict this belief and point to the origins of cosplay as stated by R. Tasi. As they said, the term was coined by a Japanese journalist. The term is Japanese in origin but not the practice.

  • @11JoshHope11
    @11JoshHope11 11 лет назад

    I really have to admit - a couple years ago - I thought people who did this were kinda losers.
    Is it weird that now I REALLY wanna play dress up?????
    So going to one of these things this year.

  • @PhantomOfManyTopics
    @PhantomOfManyTopics 11 лет назад

    I just say "Japanese Cartoon" to outsiders.

  • @qu33nly97
    @qu33nly97 9 лет назад

    this is wonderful. a true image of our lifestyle.

  • @rcehoppe
    @rcehoppe 11 лет назад

    cool - what is your page URL ? ^__^

  • @bubblyromano4ever
    @bubblyromano4ever 11 лет назад

    *to work. Lol

  • @AndreasinThailand
    @AndreasinThailand 11 лет назад

    facebook .com / CosplayersCanada

  • @zachmartinez9127
    @zachmartinez9127 10 лет назад +1

    omg who dosent know anime like wtf

    • @AngusStewart01
      @AngusStewart01 10 лет назад

      I have a lot of Friends who are a fan of Anime while im big into comic book charectors i m gonna start co splaying for me the big thing im preparing for making sure my 3 day pass ordered my costume gets done and get my money to buy my favorite Superhero/Villain stuff is Montreal Comic Con im Canadian it s the best part of the year even better then Christmas.

    • @zachmartinez9127
      @zachmartinez9127 10 лет назад

      Coil

    • @zachmartinez9127
      @zachmartinez9127 10 лет назад

      Cool