After stumbling across her cosplay of Taylor Swift’s Evermore cosplay outfit from The Eras Tour, I knew I’d like Eri. I checked out her work and knew I had to have her on the podcast.
Eri aka CosplayAncestorEri joins me to talk all about fandom and the history from the 90s (which is when I also started getting into fandom!)
We kick things off first with a mini conversation about Taylor Swift, before jumping into our first topic – Bond, James Bond. Eri gives me the behind the scenes look on how she got into the world of 007. She talks about her favorite movies, the different Bond actors, and some of her favorite Bond girls. We also talk about the future of the franchise.
Then, we change gears from Bond into Anime. Specifically, we talk about our experiences with anime in the 90s. Eri talks about how she first found anime through Speed Racer. From there, we recount the struggles to find anime through rental stores, conventions, and tape trading before it anime became more of a thing. Eri talks about some of the shows she grew up on.
Lastly, we devote a section to the evolution of fandom, conventions, and cosplay from those early 90s times to now. Eri talks about her experiences in the convention scene and how it has changed since then. We talk about how the shows have evolved, fandom, and events at conventions (like masquerades, and skits). We also talk about cosplay, the preservation of old fandom/convention websites and information, and Eri’s book that is releasing soon, The Fangirl Diaries.
You can find Eri at:
https://www.instagram.com/cosplayancestoreri/