Getting Kicked out by Mall Security | Cosplay Storytime | AnyaPanda 

I used to be a security officer and what I find annoying is when people complain about someone doing something that they don't like. Like okay, you're not king of the world. If they aren't causing a big scene or hurting themselves or anyone I'll let it go. Some people just need to grow up. Some security officers need to stand up for themselves.

It wasn't a shoot, and we didn't get kicked out but once a bunch of friends and I went to a mall in cosplay just to hang out in cosplay because the con season was over for the year and we wanted to cosplay together more. It was in November and we were walking along when this old lady sneered at us "It's CHRISTMAS, not Halloween!" we tried to ignore her but she kept harassing our choice to go out in public dressed as characters. Normally we got asked if we were in a play or something, but this lady was so rude about it and made us afraid she'd call security on us and all we were doing was shopping in cosplay. Our cosplays weren't even the "out there" ones. mostly modern day human characters.

I’ve never gotten kicked out of a place, but I certainly got some weird looks and an excited child when I walked into a gas station in a full on Edward Elric cosplay

Pro tip: if the mall or place you want to cosplay at has a website or phone number, just some way to contact them, do give them a heads up if you plan going there, just in case they have any rules such as no photography or no cosplays/costumes allowed in general, to avoid awkward combination with people that own the place or work there.

I think this happened last year in the early summer. We went to a con that was connected to the mall and we were working as featured cosplayers at the time at this con. It was around 2ish and I was getting extremely hungry but I had already scouted out the mall with a couple friends to see where we could eat when my dad finally got off. I was in full Karkat including grey body paint, contacts, and horns and my friends were cosplaying characters from voltron and we had talked to security about where the best food areas were in the mall. They were really nice to us since I guess they understood that there was a con going on in the next hall so it was fine that we were in there getting food plus I had cosplayed at that mall before in the past when I was with a different group of friends for a friend’s birthday party. When my dad got off, he was starving so I walked with him into the mall since he couldn’t see well because he was in a bunch of latex prosthetics and the contacts he was wearing weren’t his prescription so he couldn’t see at all. We sat down at this little sushi bar right near the doors to the con and we got our food ordered when a security guard came up to my dad and told him he had to leave. I explained that we were working at the convention that was just 15 feet away from where we were I told him that that nobody stopped me when I came in an hour beforehand. The guy then said that the only way I was allowed in the mall is if I took off my makeup and contacts (which I needed to be able to see) and if my dad took off the prosthetics which were tightly secured onto his face. My dad was not happy about this and explained that we were working at the con so there was no way we could do that and the guard started reaching for my dad’s face to take the latex off of him which could’ve caused burns or the whole thing to fall apart. I pushed my dad back since he couldn’t really tell what was happening and we were kicked out before getting our food. We then told the people running the con and that guard wasn’t allowed to work that area of the mall for the rest of that day and we finally got our food.

One weekend in my early days of cosplay, I was walking with my friends outside our high school after shooting some poses of my Ishida Uryuu, and we were going to another street to get more shots. For context, I had a big, very stylized longbow that's about 5 feet tall (and no arrows). A very terrified person must have called the cops, because a police car came rolling up and stopped in front of us. The police dude, who had this amused look on his face, told us that there was a report of someone wielding a "crossbow" in the area, asked to see our ID and then sent us on our merry way. Was I the one with the mistakenly identified "crossbow"? Or was that something else completely? We can't know for sure, but it sure makes for a silly story. :P

My only gripe with security guards is them not being knowledgeable about the building they are in, or the area around it.

I saw a guy dressed as Joker from Persona 5 while Christmas shopping. I really wanted to compliment him, but he was power walking, so I got the feeling that moment wasn’t a good time to bring more attention to him. Aw, cheez, I just had an idea for a P5 photo shoot set in a mall as a cognitive Palace. Guess I’d better get to work on my gender bent Joker.

I've not had it happen for Cosplay, but I was stopped when taking photos in a shopping centre for first year college photography. It was a little awkward since the goal of the shoot was using LEGO minifigures with real world objects and places and taking pictures, so I had to scramble to get these tiny LEGO figures in a bath product shop

A couple people and I cosplayed Black Butler at the mall back in like 2011 and 15 year old me sucked at making cosplay so we looked very mediocre but we took pictures and sat next to 2 security guys in the food court who didn't do much besides give us the occasional weird glance.

The malls where I live (near New York) actually have a rule that unless you’re a very small child on Halloween you’re not allowed to wear bright colored wigs or things that can be construed as costumes. I actually had two younger classmates who got actually thrown out of the mall closest to where we live because they went to the mall dressed as Vocaloid characters. I have severe social anxiety so I don’t tend to do stuff like that 😅 But I did do an on location shoot at a park... And we were asked by park security to move since there were three wedding parties trying to do photos lol

No cosplaying in hallway!" LOL ;3 good story, thanks for sharing that :D

Not really a “traumatic cosplay experience”, but one time I was cosplaying Miku with a friend who was dressed as Rin, who was live streaming from her phone on Instagram. When we walked by the food court, I guess this one table with 5 or 6 people sitting at it noticed us, and just started belting out “World is Mine” 😆 It took 2 minutes for other vocaloid fans in the food court to sing along (remember, my friend was in the middle of live streaming 🤣). It was fun and awkward at the same time 😂

(Surprisingly) we've never been kicked out of the mall for a shoot (but a con kicked us out for being in the hallway :)) but we DID have a man try take pictures of us "sneakily" and when we called him out he was like: "oh, this is just a BIGGG pop culture thing, I can't not take pictures" and the lady who worked at Hot Topic warned us because in past years a group of Homestuck cosplayers was caught shoplifting and buying sex toys underage and all the employees around from that time still hate the "kids in wigs"

Can you do a video about cosplaying with anxiety problems?

Intresting fact, at the mall near my house, going as a Girl Guides Unit all wearing the same Guides shirt makes you a GANG, and warrants being escorted out by two security guards. And even though we were mainly there for a scavenger hunt, it wasn't like we didn't buy anything. I had a bag with manga in it myself, and a couple girls had gotten some Tim Horton's as well.

Malls where I live are super open for people taking photos, especially since we have a lot of outdoor/open-air malls. Disney loves to film here too haha!! There was one time we did have security talk to us, but it was mostly because we were a pretty large group of cosplayers, and the majority were kinda loud. We didn't get kicked out, just told to be respectful of the other shoppers, which we respected.

I remember a couple of years ago I was attending a convention in London with a group of friends. The place we were staying was a couple of miles from the convention centre which involved us having to go through Canary Wharf. At the time we were there security was high as the terror threat was still high so I'd decided to go as the Joker as that involved not having to take any props. One of my friends went in his Destiny cosplay which he had a gun 3D printed for. As we were walking through Canary Wharf we noticed that security was following us. It turns out my friend had not thought to cover his gun up and security continued to follow us until we were well clear of the area.

About 9 years ago I was cosplaying as Belle in her yellow gown. I had to pick up something at the mall and meet up with a friend who was also going to the convention. I had my convention pass in my bag so that my name wasn't hanging around my neck. I had no problems getting to the store to pick up the one item and meeting my friend but as I was trying to leave the mall to head to the convention. I was stopped by a kid for a picture. I wasn't going to say no. Then another and before I knew it I had a crowd of parents with their kids wanting photos. Now people were still able to move around in the hall as it's a huge hall. At this point my friend had my bag and security had approached my friend saying we weren't allowed to be there. My friend explained what had happened and the male security guard was okay with it cause I in no way endangering anyone but the female security guard had an issue with it. She had the crowd disperse and I was escorted out of the mall with my friend. To this day we still believe she may have been jealous of not getting a picture. We also never saw that security guard again.

Who hasn't taken pictures in a mall when they're a teen? At least she was nice! My one run in with mall security was nowhere near this pleasant.

How could you not like “three old white dudes think they know what the internet is like: the movie”?

Oooohhhhh, eeeesssshhhh. Experiencing second hand embarrassement. Forgot that Wreck it Ralph first aired six years ago. Dang!

This reminds me so much of being a highschooler with our first cosplays going to the mall to just hang out and take pictures together 😂

I usually try to avoid public places in cosplay that aren't the locations I'm scheduled to be in by people who hire me... I don't like the attention that I'm not prepared for before hand. I've never gotten kicked out of anywhere though, and so thank goodness! I wouldn't know what to do XD

I remember my first cosplay excursion outside of our usual venue. Our usual venue was pretty chill about cosplayers hanging out--even though we were Homestuck cosplayers, and many were in full grey--and some shops would even give us discounts if they couldn't guess our character. However, this venue was used for more official events, so we once had to change to a different place. And we were treated like criminals. None of us were grey because we knew this part of town was more conservative, but we were still constantly trailed in every store we went in. We'd touch something and the employee would usually make a noise or glare violently at us. We even got kicked out _after_ one of my friends said she was thinking about buying a certain shirt for an upcoming cosplay!

I used to sit inside the doors of a mall in the winter time while I was waiting for my bus in the morning in the winter ( I live in Edmonton so it’s freezing) and one day a guard came in and started screaming at me and telling me that if I didn’t leave he’d have to BAN me from the mall and when I froze from panic he literally said if I didn’t move he’d have to restrain me and throw me out, I was so freaked I couldn’t move so he grabbed me and put my arms behind my back and shoved me out of the mall, he banned me and yelled at me that I was a little delinquent and I was going nowhere in life. I WAS 13. I should’ve called the real police on that guy

can we appreciate the cosplay omg its so cuteeeeeee ahhhh im dying

The food court at my home convention is the best place to just sit and watch con attendees interact with the city residents just out for lunch. I've never had a single issue, that's crazy.

I was at a cosplay meet years ago and we were hanging out in this big shopping centre, and because we were a big group, maybe a dozen of us or so, we had security come up to us and tell us we couldn't walk around together 🙃 I absolutely understand as I'm sure they got groups of bad teenagers causing them trouble, heck we experienced two later that day, but yeah we had to like.. split into smaller groups? 😂

In my first con, the last week haha I was going back to my house in taxi. The driver was some old man that had like some problem with everything omg. He called cosplayers crazy people and I was in cosplay._., and started to make some homophobic comments. It was extremely uncomftable and I wanted to leave that taxi as soon as possible.

I love wreck it ralph too! I cosplay a genderbent Ralph. The sequel was pretty lame.

I've been rewatching a bunch of your videos and I just gotta say that you seem like the most down to earth cosplayer! You seem like SO much fun to hang out with and talk to! Also while watching this I realized that we are the same age (I was a junior in Dec of 2012 too) and it made me like you that much more! Keep doing what you are doing, for a beginning cosplayer like me seeing your work and hearing your stories is a huge inspiration!

This summer I had such a weird encounter with two security guards ;A; It was August, hot as hell and me and my bf where at this con wich was right next to a beautiful park. Sooo since the summer sun pretty much killed everyone, most of the cosplayers stayed next to this huuuuge ass fountain dipping their feet in. We even saw some cosplayers take action and shoot some cute pics in the water. Me and my bf think " oh that is such a great idea let's shoot some cosplay pics in the water". I take off my shoes walk in the fountain and we start shooting. Suddenly I hear someone yelling at us. Two security guards walked up to us screaming at us to get out the fountain immediatly!!! I'm already dead at this point but I try to be nice asking what's the matter. Apparently one is not allowed to go into the fountain ? We disclaimed that we are sorry and we never saw a sign saying so. The security guard gets rly angry yelling even louder if we are dumb and cannot read ( for real there was no sign ;A; ). I try to deescalate and just say "Oh I'm so sorry it won't happen again. Have a nice day !" Well security guy did not want to have a nice day shouting at me again if he should call the police on me and my disrespectful manner. Well after some discussion they let go of us but I was so shocked - why are some ppl like this ? :c (At least I still got some very cute pics :'D )

I got banded from IKEA for like 4 months cuz I was taking photos the lady was so bitchy even tho we asked so that was great

At the end of my first day at this con I was going to, I was in full shinra kaskabe cosplay with red eyes, teeth and the whole shibang. I got so many stairs and some kids where actually scared which was funny. One karen even blocked her childs eyes and told me to read a bible and I replied with shinras smile lmao. It felt like I was actually shinra (since his nickname is the devil)

I went to subway in a todoroki cosplay once. i didnt get kicked out or get weird looks at all! it was fun!

I would love to hear more security guard stories! Also that wig looks like a candy cane wig, and I like it very much.

Who else could just listen/watch Anya's stories all day. She's just so pretty and sweet❤❤

Once I Was In A Natsuki Cosplay From Doki Doki Literature Club At 5 Below Getting Candy With My Brother And I Got Lots Of Weird Looks But I Was Like “Whatever”

I can feel the pain of this story XD

Funny story: I dressed as Vanellope von Schweetz for a Character Day at school 3 other people dressed up as her. It was sorta awkward and I looked interesting lol

Something like this happened to me lol I totally get what u mean when u say you got embarrassed

If some security guard comes and say something like that to me, I kind of madly just ask why because I don’t understand the point ! You weren’t disturbing anyone and it’s a mall xD everyone takes pictures in it

I saw the title and clicked SO FAST 😂😂😂

video: security guard me: all i can think of is fnaf.....

I remember when my friends went to a mall, all in full cosplays and they just t-posed all the time (even when walking), were rly loud and they didn't get kicked out xD Btw love the video ❤️❤️

My group got kicked out of the mall when we were having a meetup. Thing was, he completely lied about the situation. The parents of one the attendees called the security office to ask questions and he said we were running up to people and bothering them, they knew it wasn't true as she wouldn't do that. I was an adult and called and issued a compliant about it as did some others. The guard did face discipline and the mall said we could come back but the leader of the meetup group was hesitant to set up a meetup there again.

Oh the malls in my area are finally learning what cosplay is. But this is only because we get the Disney princesses group at the kids daycare place. However it doesn’t mean HARASS THE PRINCESSES. Mallrat douche teenagers tend to do this, or to any cosplayers period. My local mall security... they said; ‘then why do they dress like that if they don’t want attention? We can’t stop people going up to them.’ Grr. Also also.. yeah private property rules. Ugh.

My fiancé (then boyfriend) and I go to Sequoia National Park nearly every summer. A few years back I decided to bring my Attack on Titan cosplay to take pics. We decided on a small grove of giant Sequoias that were close to a road, I was hoping no one would be there but there was. There weren’t many people, maybe 10 tops. I got some the looks I and it made me feel kinda awkward. But I got good pics and no one said anything but the awkwardness was real.

Back in junior high years i cosplayed Tavros with 2 other friends who were Nepeta and Dave from Homestuck at the mall and after quite a while of us just walking around (we didn't go to take photos just walk around) this little like 3ft nothing security guard approached us and said one, to me to take off my horns cause apparently they would get in the way, which granted could be a concern even though we stayed away from a majority of people and i was sure to watch where i was going or turn my head so as not to hit anyone, and to my Dave friend, to take off her sunglasses?? in case they needed to identify her?? which was like really? there's probably plenty of people wearing sunglasses. And after that identification comment, the only thought that entered my mind was "If you really had to identify US wouldn't it be easier to do if we are dressed like this." How hard would it be to spot orange horns and fake hair in a mall. Not to mention this lady had a tone to her voice that was like, Im not putting up with this today just get out. So our mall is basically against dressing any different than what they deem as "normal".

i forgot the name of your channel and searched for panda cosplays it worked

You know, it's super weird like, one of my local malls is so used to cosplayers that the last time i was there in cosplay nobody said anything? like not even just random people. I think it's because of how often the arcade there is used for cosplay meets omg. I wouldn't go to a cosplay meet at a different mall though because it would be less relaxed

When i was 7 i wore my flying squirrel costume into CVS on my sister’s friend’s shoulders

I live in a small rural town in England so imagine a quaint town with lots of cool places to take photos but there’s this massive, ridiculous posh, high end furniture shop just outside of the town centre (we’re talking everything costs thousands of pounds). For some reason we though it would be a good idea to go in there in cosplay (there was about 10 of us) so we go in one weekend, get some stupid photos of us just messing around and leave but the next weekend we go in again and this worker comes up to us and has a go at us for being in there and it was so awkward. I still don’t know why we thought it was a good idea but oh well.

This is your Mature Anya, wig. The other one is your "adventurous dueling buns"!

My town has three malls. One never has cosplayers, the small one used to be the place for meetups and no one would care that we were there and then there was the big mall. Younger cosplayers (a lot of them were homestuck, OCs or FNAF) would like run arround obnoxiously and get in trouble so every one like hates on the cosplayers at that mall. which sucks because thats the prime place to go hang out in cosplay

Girl, I love this wig! I have to see you in it more! ❤ Cute story, girl! 😉

me and my friend went into a sex store in hetalia cosplay- and the workers walked to us and started to ask us about why we were dressed up and what we were doing dhsiahdsdjh they were actually so nice though

im going to the mall today with my friend as frisk .___.

Ooh this wig is gorgeous😍✨✨

I went to a shop as toga and my mum told me that people will stare at me so I told her that if they do I will stare back at them

So I actually got a few shots in an actual arcade and mall. In an actual candy shop as well, But I did ask first and it helped that I bought candy after and played some games

Last year my best friend and I were cosplaying as sam and dean Winchester and we got kicked out of the train station the first sacristy gourd was chill and asked us what we were doing and then left us alone the second one a few hours later had no chill whatsoever. The place was empty and he and I were just taking pictures and ghost hunting because this place is actually haunted .

Finally someone else who didn’t really like Ralph Breaks the internet!

Omg I have the same wig for my Gwen Stacy cosplay!! So cool 😂👍🏼

I cosplayed as springtrap in the mall and I ran into a security guard. Edit: this is a lie I tried to look cool lmao I’m so embarrassed

I went to the mall dressed as Anna from Frozen the other day, because it was right after a convention, and it was a big mall in the area that my friend had never gone to and that her friends were wanting to go to as well, and so I was like "Yeah, sure, i'll do that". Um, I forgot it was the holiday season, honestly, and because this is such a big mall and it's holiday time it got SUPER busy. Like there's hundreds, if not a good thousand amount of people in this mall, and I'm running around as Anna. Amazingly, no one told me I couldn't? I didn't get kicked out, which I thought was wild, and everyone was super nice to me while I was dressed up. I stayed clear of the Disney Store though, because I knew that could be a big no-no and didn't want people to think I was affiliated with them (especially because the people I were with... swore a lot around me) but over all?? It was a really good time! Im actually a part of a party princess company, so when I had a ton of kids sworm up to me I know how to deal with them, so I think it was just a good time for everyone involved. c: but I got free soap out of it and I had a good time so totally worth it!

They even don't allow cosplay now in Disneyland.-_- The safest place is in conventions,or Halloween.

Most malls don’t allow you to take photos and the security guard probably saw you guys on their cameras. I was shooting with some friends in a mall once in a hallway that’s never used and a security guard came to stop us too.

A karen kicked you out! Lol 😂

Wreck it Ralph! That’s my favourite movie

The 38 people who disliked the video is from the police department

It's my favorite as well. And yes the new merch!!!!

my friends and I went to a wig store and got kicked out because it was for 18 years and over

Love your videos keep up the great work

Guys, when you are out and about and you see a cosplayer or someone in a strange clothing choice, let them be them!!!! They arent harming you :/

3:54 OMG ME TOO I thought it was just me

My friend and I decided to do a shoot at my local shopping centre dressed as dr Who and Max from stranger things and we went into a store where they sold merch and the security guard was in the shop and went “wow that’s fantastic!” And we all laughed about it

That is a big oof. But those pictures and your cosplay is amazing!

I've been out in cosplay before but it was casual lance from voltron so it was fine but one time I was at a grocery store in this cosplay and I saw and talked to a old teacher of mine and I saw my crush when I was in cosplay but it was fine I looked like a normal person

So I'm hopefully going to my first con in may and I was wondering if you have any tips?

Awe I can't go to silver burn btw that's in Scotland but I can't do that cuz cyrona

I love your new wig!💖🐼

I have a story once when me and my friends like left the con we stayed for like 1 week and we realized we had some cosplays we never whore so when we left the con and went back home we decided to go to the mall to buy some supplies we needed and so we decided to put on one of the cosplays we never whore at the con so we were 4 one of my friends was dressed as Yashiro my other one as Bakugo my other friend as kokichi and I was Chiaki while walking inside this “Karen” stared at us and said “you kids should go back home and change” and we just ignored her we walked inside to this store and realized the lady was following us, we just ignored her well the Crazy lady called security telling lies? That we did something bad or summ and they kicked us out 🙂👁👄👁

I wanna cosplay at my school but it's a Christian private school who hates Halloween in general so I have to be sneaky and do a closet cosplay so idk any ideas ?

this literally happened to me just a few days agoTToTT some cosplaying mutuals planned a little trip down the mall in cosplay and we were also planning on having a little photoshoot there but we didn't know that we needed a permit cus when they already had a photoshoot there before but didn't get kicked out so they thought it was okay. when it was my turn to get pictured at first i didn't know how to pose especially cus it was my first time having an actual photoshoot in cos, i just found a nice cool(or at least i think) pose then all of a sudden a guard comes up behind me and tells us that we aren't allowed to take pics there without a permit while im in that pose and its embarrassing because its a kinda edgy pose ig and yea that's about itXD they didn't completely kick us out tho they let us stay but we just can't have the shoot insideXD

Oh my god wreck it Ralph comes out on January 24 in Germany and i was so excited but you don’t like it so now I’m scared 😅

Girl! Stop trying to justify it, its the stupid person that told on you, some people like doing that, when your doing nothing, absolutely nothing, just go and ruin your fun just because your dressed up, its not you, its the person that told on you, especially if you've done it before and never got kicked out

How does every wig I've seen you in look so great on you!? ^-^

I really liked the new movie! But hey everyone has their own opinion. I’ve done shoots in a few places and gotten asked to leave. They are always polite about it at least. I’ve been yelled at more at cons with strict rules (cough Katsucon cough).

The new wreck it ralph was alright minus the youtube parody part. That took away from the rest of it.

Story time videos are some of my favorite videos. :)) wether this is “click bait” or not, you’re super fun and charismatic and I love that you talk like we’re your friends. :)) keep making these vids!!! Also! The way you responded to getting in trouble is so me. I get all shaking and nervous and I feel SO AWFUL about it. Glad to know I’m not alone

I find it funny that when I started watching the video that she had 30mins before she had to go to work and I have about the same amount of time before I have to run to work too. awe, work life....

That reminds me of a time when i wanted to do a photoshoot in the mall with my friend but my sister who was my ticket to because of her best friend who was my crush that time who i wasnt allowed to hang out with without her hated my costume, it was shiemi from blue exorcist, and did an ultimatum that shes not going if i wore it then my parents who were judgmental about cosplaying forbade me to the point they gave me an alternative to do it at home but said i cant post it on facebook which was so fucking annoying since my time to cosplay was about to expire already due to them judging it where i havent gotten to cosplay with a partner and have a photoshoot. That time i was beyond pissed because not only were my plans ruined because of my sister who is overly sensitive to outfits she hates that i cant wear it around her but i never had the chance to maximize my cosplay experience before i was forced to quit Seeing this video makes me get why my parents were against me cosplaying in the mall because it wont be proper if there is no event though their main concern was if i was seen by my relatives or cousins who are judgmental of cosplaying

Ohhhh I like your wig

My daughter was six when Wreck-It-Ralph came out and me and my sister took her to see it for Christmas of 2012. At the time she could have dumped a box of lucky charms over her head and thats all she needed to look like Vanellope. Today she can pull off a Violet Parr. All she needs are blue contacts and a black/violet wig. At least till she looses the braces.

Venelope was my first real cosplay, actually only finished it in september, and me and my friends tend to go places in costume together cuz its alot of fun, and once we decided to go bowling in cosplay. When planning it we got paranoid that the bowling alley would kick us out and most of us we all too akward to ask, but then my friend, my mom friend (she was cosplaying alice angel), the only one who wasn't too scared to ask called and very confused bowling alley employees said yes and later that night a group of costumed children showed up and it was great. Im too nervouz to ask my friends ro help me get good pictures though lol. Maybe eventually we'll all team up and get pictures for eachother since we all are starting off cosplaying n need help from eachother lol.

Sorry this had to happen! I love you!

That happened to me!! The mall contacted us to go arround the mall and be an attraction but the fucking security kicked us out!! Edit: I just remembered that the mall even said that we will get a cinema ticket to black panther

To be honest i dont understand why you cant take pictures in a mall. Well i do understand that they might think your blocking the way of an hallway but still i dont think that means u cant take pictures in the mall.