Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The rise in popularity of Cosplay in the US

Although many people see cos-players as people who worship anime to it's very core, it isn't just those people who have spent a major portion of their lives watching anime or reading manga. A majority of those who cos-play imitate characters from their favorite movies, TV shows, and video games as well, not just anime. In large part, people (like myself) like to pretend to be that person in very
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rise in popularity of Cosplay in the US

Cosplay, or "costume play", refers to dressing up as Japanese Animation, Manga (comic book), or video game characters. Though amongst "cosplayers" in Western society, it's become accepted to extend that term to dressing in virtually any type of costume. Cosplay in Japan is considered a hobby, and many cosplayers meet to show off their hand-made costumes at conventions (like Comiket in Japan) or
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Japanese fashion and style

Cosplay is the name of a Japanese custom, it consists in dressing like famous characters of comics, animes, video-games, films...The word cosplay means "costume + play". So, as you can understand now, cosplay is playing a role with a costume of the character that you have chosen.In Japan you can find the called "cosplay cafes" where the people (even the waitresses) are dressed like anime
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