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I know most of you probably already have all your cosplay plans figured out for the next few cons but I thought I'd put this out there anyways...

I'm trying to see if anyone would be up for joining me for cosplaying Ningyou Kyuutei Gakuden (aka Guginol Kyuutei Gakuden, aka "Guignol Royla Orchestra" etc etc). It's a manga by Kaori Yuki that finished in Japan only a few months ago with a total of 5 volumes. For those not familiar with her, Kaori Yuki is the author of Angel Sanctuary and Count Cain/GodChild.

Ideally I'd like to do it for either AnimeUSA or Katsucon but could be willing to do it at a later con with people as well... Kinda have wanted to cosplay it for a while now but I think it'd be more fun with at least one other person. The manga isn't out in the US yet (but will be in October) and the scanlations are still in volume 3 and are now a bit hard to find but I can send them to you if you want to read it.

Basic Plot:
They fight zombie dolls with music.

XD

No really. They do!

Ok there's a lot more to it than that but it's kinda complex and hard to talk about without giving any spoilers as there are plot twists happening from the very first few chapters. So just kinda have to read it. It's pretty twisted and dark but there is actually quite a bit of humor in it as well. Typical of Kaori Yuki's mangas. If you've liked ANY of her previous works, you'll like it. It's by far one of my favorites.

Characters:
- Descriptions are going to be kinda vague to avoid spoilers. Can't even say their genders as that's a spoiler for some of them. XD;

Lucille - Main character - singer - the one I want to do XD;
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch18-00titlepage.jpg - most likely doing this outfit
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-v01-illustcardlimited-recto.png
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/covers/jp/guignol-jp-vol01.jpg
- Kinda the typical eccentric main character that KY loves. Kinda like Rosiel and Cain combined with a little Ludwig for good measure. XD;

Eles - Secondary main character - pianist
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol05-calend-eles.jpg
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol04.jpg
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch04-00titlepage.jpg
- Short, brown hair, has lots of outfits, mostly "choir boy" ish ones - Probably the closest to "normal" of all the characters, kinda see the story through Eles' POV

Kohaku - violinist
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/covers/jp/guignol-jp-vol04.jpg
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch01-00titlepage.jpg
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch07-00titlepage.jpg
- Black hair, scar on face, uses guns, has a bit of a temper, is basically the "Michael" character of this series XD

Gwindel - celloist
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch01-26.png
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch01-00titlepage.jpg
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch07-00titlepage.jpg
- Tall, long silver/gray hair, quiet and kinda mysterious, has a pet hedgehog XDXD, kinda reminds me of Undertaker from Kuroshitsuji design-wise - sorry, not many good images of him as he mostly stands in the back of the group

Spinel - spy of sorts
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch11-00titlepage.png
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch11-07.jpg
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch16-05.jpg
- Badass chick! XD; Seen in a variety of outfits due to being a spy and all. No color images of her so no idea what color her hair is so you'd have a bit of creativity with that and color of outfits. Often has a "-_-" look on her face.

Cordierette - aka "Cordie" - the current "queen"
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch06-00titlepage.jpg
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch06-09.jpg
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/covers/jp/guignol-jp-vol05.jpg
- Has one of the biggest wardrobes of the cast and probably the most complex ones too. Blonde I'm guessing from the 3rd image which is the most recent cover art (there was no color image of her til then, I'd always assumed she was redhead for some reason). Can't really say much about her without spoiling anything. ^^; Note: she looked quite different when she was younger, was kinda a nerdy looking little thing with freckles

- Morion - assistant to the queen
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch05-02titlepage.jpg
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch05-20.png
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch07-charas.jpg - bottom, on the right
- No color images. And I can't seem to find a full image of him on the site which is sad 'cause his outfit is actually kinda cool (you can kinda see it in that last image)

Berthie - former pianist - sorta villain
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-berthie.jpg
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch08-23.jpg
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch15-10.png
- He's freaking insane and I love him XD; One of my favorite designs. Blue hair, a number of scars, kinda big crazy sword, used to have long hair, and yes that's a cat mask XD;

Garnet - rival of Lucille - sorta villain
- http://www.angelicvoice.fr/galleries/guignol/guignol-ch12-08.jpg
...yes that's a nun's habit XD; I kinda can't really say anything about the character without spoiling anything though. lol And once again no color images. In fact posting that image alone is a little bit of a spoiler in a way. ^^; But I had to list this character as its just kinda an amazing desgin. XD haha!

To see more photos of any of the characters, check out the rest of the page I got these images from: http://www.angelicvoice.fr/?id=guignol#nogo and feel free to ask me for more images since I do have the actual manga. I only have vols. 1-3 right now though. Planning on ordering vols. 4 & 5 soon. Kinda driving me crazy that I don't have them yet. >> But vol. 5 just came out this week and I had decided to wait to order both to save a little on shipping.

I know it's a long shot but thought I'd put it out there anyways. XD; If nothing else, even if you don't want to cosplay it, check the manga out anyways as I'm tired of being like the only one I know who knows it. T_T

~Lyn