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It's not so bad, after all only anime cons want to stay Japan oriented and there are plently of other cons which are not just for anime that do not have such limitations, Comic-con and Geek con spring to mind. Also, some anime cons have sections for non-Japanese cos-players in their competitions.
For example Colossalcon's friday cos-play or Shuto con's interactive cos-play, which are open to everyone. 3nodding
I myself cos-play as GIR from invader Zim. cat_mrgreen
After GIR, I'm going to plan out and make a Skitty gijinka. I have no idea what I would want to do with that Skitty gijinka though, so I need to plan it out, and think of some designs :3
But I'm going to alter a hoodie for GIR's upper half. I'm going to alter, because this will be my first cosplay, and I have very little sewing experience.