Creating epic cosplays can cost more than a pretty penny, but one clever Dragon Ball fan has figured out how to recreate Goku's Super Saiyan Blue form using a surprising cheap item.
Instagram user LowCostCosplayTH uploaded a series of images showing how he built a Super Saiyan Blue Goku cosplay using primarily clothes pins to create the spiky hairdo. The post has gone viral with many fans praising the cosplayer's creativity and ingenuity.
This isn't the first time Low Cost Cosplay has used unusual items to recreate the look of popular anime characters. Other posts on his account include him using sliced cucumbers to make Tanjiro Kamado's jacket from Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, a red onion to create Nagato's Rinnegan, the tread from some Crocs footwear to mimic Obito Uchiha's scars from Naruto Shippuden, and he has even utilized a large, fluffy white cat placed on top of his head to replicate Inuyasha's iconic long hair and pointed ears. He also has a post that shows how someone can turn a simple green tank top into a cosplay of the infamous internet meme Pepe the Frog.
Low Cost Cosplay's Super Saiyan Blue Goku isn't the only piece of fan-made content that has gotten the attention of Dragon Ball fans recently. Other examples include Reddit user MinilifeTV's LEGO animation of Piccolo's classic pep talk to himself during the Frieza Saga from Dragon Ball Z, artist Seven Signs' illustration of a reimagined Gohan, and TikTok user @yechi0115's recreation of Vegeta's Attack Ball for his toddler.
The original Dragon Ball manga series by Akira Toriyama was published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995, producing 519 chapters worth of content. Loosely based on the 16th-century Chinese epic Journey to the West, the story follows the adventures of protagonist Son Goku as he trains in the martial arts and journeys with a teenager named Bulma to find the titular wish-granting Dragon Balls.
The Dragon Ball manga series has sold more than 250 million copies worldwide, making it the third-best-selling series of all time, behind Eiichiro Oda's One Piece and Takao Saito's Golgo 13. The manga has served as the basis for one of pop culture's most prominent and popular franchises and has inspired a wealth of anime adaptations, tie-in movies, video games, comics, music soundtracks and theme park attractions.
Dragon Ball's multiple anime adaptations are available for streaming through Hulu, Funimation and Crunchyroll.
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