Akujin
| Fan | |
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| Name: | Akujin |
| Alias(es): | Akujin's Cosplay, Robert |
| Type: | Cosplay and prop maker and seller |
| Fandoms: | Homestuck, Anime |
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| URL: | https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/Akujinscos |
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Akujin's Cosplay is known for making cosplay pieces and props mainly custom or specialized sunglasses. Though he has made glasses for anime, like Trigun and possibly MCYT fandoms (a few of his glasses are very reminiscent of characters from Hermitcraft and the Life SMP series) - he is mostly, and well known for, being a "pillar" or mainstay of the Homestuck cosplay community.
Basically, many characters in Homestuck wear glasses or sunglasses, but most of them are close enough to standard rectangle or round that they can be approximated by buying standard glasses. However, a few have unusual shaped or colored sunglasses, this is mainly Dirk, Sollux, and Terezi. Akujin is known for making prop versions of these sunglasses out of acrylic and plastic.
As an example, in a recent conversation thread on Tumblr:
this one man controls the entire pointy anime shades supply. if he ever dies we are all thoroughly fuckt and left to make our own like animals
I saw your message the other day but have been playing catch up as usual, I apologize for the late reply. Thank you for sharing this post. I appreciate these kind words and the support of the Homestuck fandom. If not for their support I would not be in business for as long as I have. Anime glasses do well, but Homestuck keeps the lights on. Maybe sometime in the future, if I am ever able to retire, I will release all my designs for anyone to use and tutorials on how to assemble and shape everything I make. I have gone through a lot making these glasses and running this business. Keeping up with the new restrictive FDA laws,... just to purchase the glasses frames that I use. For a while I actually had to register as a Medical facility just to purchase glasses and the fee to do that alone was quite expensive. I have wondered once or twice, if anything did happen to me if anyone aside from my family would miss me so it is nice to see this post. I try to stay out of social media in all forms because I know if I got involved with any of it I would spend too much time on it and get even further behind on orders. So I will say thank you to you and maybe you can tell anyone you come across, I said thank you for the support. For now I am working all hours of the day or night making glasses for anyone who wants them. Thank you again for your support. - Robert