Claire wins national cosplay title

Claire wins national cosplay title

8 November 2023

A KILMORE woman won the Monopoly Events National Cosplay Championships in Liverpool recently.

Dressing as Totoro from the 1988 Animé film My Neighbour Totoro, Claire Clarke won the regional heat at Comicon Northern Ireland which was held in the Eikon Centre outside Lisburn.

Totoro is the eponymous character of the film, a forest spirit animal who appears to Mei, a young girl exploring the forest near her new home and helps her and her sister deal with their mother’s hospitalisation.

Claire’s prize was an all-expenses-paid trip to the national final at Comicon in Liverpool.

Claire was ably assisted by her husband Simon as she spent the past year constructing the costume.

The character Totoro is famous amongst Animé enthusiasts and Claire was warmly greeted by children at the Comicon events she attended.