I've actually intended for this costume to go for Anime Evolution 2005... But alas, I lost the drive for it right before the con, and I ended up finishing it a day after AE (=o=;) I might have to fix the hat since it doesn't sit perfectly on my head... And the shoes needs touchups.. ahahaha~ XD
I brought it to Sakuracon 2006 (^u^)// Originally I'd have a huge Kero mascot with me too... but he backed out due to reasons... *sighsigh*

Overall, the body suit is quite easy to make. It's just tedious in that there's A LOT of sewing and fabric to plow through. The hardest, as I thought, was the hat. Getting it to stand up was the hardest part. I've used foam and there's also pieces of cardboard in there XD;; Oh, not to mention wire as well. It's quite heavy, but bearable. I've wanted to take the manga design and do it instead of sticking with the anime one. But now it's more of a fusion since it's quite hard to just go with one. So, things that I can't really see in the manga ver, I went with the anime ver =3 Hence why that one side of the hat is all the way down to my ankle (manga ver).

Anime Expo

Sakura Con