COSPLAY IN AMERICA

Sarah (Nashville, TN)

Styling wigs can be a pain trying to manipulate the fibers to stay in these shapes and forms that real hair has no control over. You sometimes want to give up because after 2 hrs you’ve some how glued your index finger and thumb to the wig which sets …

Costuming a World Apart: Cosplay in America and Japan

by Michael Bruno Even though the art of Cosplay in Japan is based on SF costuming in America, there are only a few similarities and many differences. The inherent reserved nature of the Japanese has strongly asserted itself into their costumed activities; mainly in the realm of costume presentation. In America, cosplayers take their costumes on…
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09 Aug 2023
A Brief History of the rec.arts.anime newsgroup

By Alan Takashita Life before r.a.a.——————Well, frankly, people mostly just didn’t talk much about anime.This was the time period where Robotech was the big anime-related thing. At the time, I was a relatively new anime fan, havingjust watched “Robotech” (due mostly to some raving that I’d heardover on rec.arts.comics about how much “better” this cartoon was…).…
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10 Nov 2022

@NIMSCRAFT (Cleveland, OH)

My Assassin’s Creed outfit was my one of my most ambitious projects and I have learned a lot of crafting …

@alia_vera

Dressing as Madame Leota was inspired by many years of visiting Disneyland with my favorite ride being the Haunted Mansion …

RADCOSPLAY (ANCHORAGE, AK)

ReCore’s story resonated with me a lot and I find Joule very relatable. Since it was my first time working …

@FernsideDragons (Seattle, WA)

☺️❤️❤️ #nyancat #eccc #ECCC23 pic.twitter.com/EHrt27YnvD— Wink❤️💛💚💙💜✨ @sakuracon (@Winkonthings) March 3, 2023 CIA What inspired the Nyan cat? MEGAN I have …