COSPLAY IN AMERICA

Jacen

Jacen

My favorite experience while cosplaying Cheryl from Archer would have to be at KrakenCon last November when there was a booth with a flying simulator that people could test out. The booth was blasting Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins and I let loose. Danger Zone is basically the unsung …

Anime Weekend Atlanta 2023: Farewell to the Cobb Galleria

After visiting my first anime convention in my final months of college in March 2007, DaigaCon in Bowling Green, Kentucky, I knew I needed to seek out more conventions to feed my burgeoning love of anime and the fan community. This led me to wake up my sister super early on September 22nd, 2007 to…
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05 Nov 2023
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

MIO.GG

MIO.GG

It was about a month out from the convention and a Black Rock Shooter group I was going to be …

Alan Yeh (Cary, NC)

Alan Yeh (Cary, NC)

Being in cosplay repair can definitely get you into some strange circumstances. Last year at Dragon Con a Mr. Mime …

ventuswentus

ventuswentus

(photo: Felix Wong) He’s cool as hell, punk, AND BLACK? That’s such a win for black fans, especially black fans …

@Wasted_Fett (Las Vegas, NV)

@Wasted_Fett (Las Vegas, NV)

Once you learn how to make molds and casts in which there’s hundreds of techniques and tons of materials to …

Babychwan (Anaheim, CA)

Babychwan (Anaheim, CA)

I found out about cosplay through my friends when I went to high school. My friends Brittanie and Mat invited …

CHIP (Chicago, IL)

CHIP (Chicago, IL)

My group of friends usually gets pretty into Halloween, so everyone wants to have a good costume. And through that …

Phaleure Cosplay (Columbia, MD)

Phaleure Cosplay (Columbia, MD)

We are all pretty local to each other so we do it quite often at least once or twice before …

Matt (Anchorage, AK)

Matt (Anchorage, AK)

Remembering my childhood, I believe My Neighbor Totoro was my first anime feature film, didn’t mind the dubbed version until …

Cosplay Repair Fairy

Cosplay Repair Fairy

I pretty much carry on with anything, and I mean anything, that I think could be useful. I have the …

Convention : OkiCon (Oklahoma) // Videographer : Story Logic

GEOCITIES PROJECT

Otakon 1999 - DTY

Otakon 1999 – DTY

Anime Expo 2001 - Zranachan

Anime Expo 2001 – Zranachan

Katsucon 1999 - Convention Records

Katsucon 1999 – Convention Records