Anime Contact Lenses

Anime contact lenses for your next cosplay

Half of us here are proper anime fans, so this is the collection we have the most fun with. Getting the eyes right is the bit that makes a cosplay click. A wig and costume get you most of the way, then the lenses go in and suddenly you look like the character rather than someone dressed as them.

We've grouped our anime contacts by the look of the character's eyes, so you'll find soft natural colours, bold block colours and some really detailed patterned designs in here.

Naruto and Sharingan contact lenses

Naruto is the series we get asked about most. The Kakashi Hatake Sharingan Contact Lenses, Triple Tomoe Sharingan Contact Lenses and Itachi Uchiha Mangekyō Sharingan Contact Lenses all have a clear pupil, so you can wear them round a convention hall. If you're doing Itachi, you could wear a pair of the dark Itachi Uchiha Naruto Contact Lenses for most of the day and swap to the Mangekyō for photos. A bit of fun for the shoot. Just remember the Madara Uchiha design has no pupil hole, so that one is for posing only.

Jujutsu Kaisen, Oshi No Ko and Demon Slayer anime contacts

The Satoru Gojo Contact Lenses are a really bright blue for his Six Eyes, and there's an icier Snow version too if you want that pale, almost glowing look. For Oshi No Ko, the Ai Hoshino Purple Contact Lenses have her white star in the middle, and the Ruby and Aquamarine Hoshino pairs are in here as well. Demon Slayer fans have a whole section, from Tanjiro's dark red to Nezuko's pink slit eyes.

Big eye anime contacts vs natural looks

Most of these are 14.2mm to 14.5mm. The 14.2mm pairs look closer to a normal iris, which is nice if your character has fairly realistic eyes. The 14.5mm ones give a slightly bigger, bolder iris that reads more anime on camera. Our tip from loads of conventions is to add a thin line of liner close to the lash line. It frames the lens and makes the colour show up properly in photos, even under rubbish hall lighting.

On dark brown eyes, the opaque pairs cover well. The softer, lighter designs will still change your colour but can look a touch deeper indoors than they do in daylight.

Wearing them at a convention

Put them in at home or the hotel with clean, dry hands, not in a toilet queue at the venue. Take a case and a little bottle of solution in your bag, plus your glasses if you wear them. Convention air is dry, so if they start to feel scratchy, take them out and give your eyes a rest. All our anime contact lenses are 1 year wear when you clean and store them properly, so one pair will see you through plenty of cons. Never sleep in them and never share them with your mates, even if you're doing a group cosplay.