Cosplay

By jenocide “After 2 weeks of decision-making from over 30 entries region-wide, the AFA Cosplay Committee has chosen the following groups to represent their country for the top title as South-East Asia’s Best Cosplayer! The winning team takes home the grand prize of a trip for 2 to Tokyo, Japan!”

By tueac So South East Asian cosplayers show yourself and do your country proud, while earning a free stay in Singapore!!! And then maybe win a trip for 2 to Tokyo, Japan! So which country will be the wining cosplay nation… All will be known this coming AFA09!!!! May the best cosplayer win!

By markpoa DANNY MANDIA “The Father of Modern Dubbing”- Since 1991, Mr. Mandia has been working as a dubbing director and translator for the biggest Broadcasting Network in the country, ABS-CBN and since 2005, for Hero TV Channel. Some of the most memorable animated series he handled were Peter Pan,...

By sephiroth is coming this September 13, and one of their featured activities is the CBC or Costume Building Contest.  Last year we had contestants build costumes with a plan and fight each other to see who would be the last one standing.  This year it is different.

By markpoa Our Cosplay Museum has expanded from a simple pictorial display to be bigger and better! Check out actual cosplay costumes from yesteryears and browse through our cosplay photo and historical galleries! See nostalgic events, photographs, and costumes!

By sephiroth Players with the longest winning streak will also receive an authentic anime replica sword, anime bags, and gift certificates! Male Battle Pendant Players with the longest winning streak will also receive an authentic anime replica sword, anime bags, and gift certificates!

By acewildgal Lock tools and materials with the best cosplay craftsmen to create the biggest and strongest cosplay costumes in five hours in the Costume Building Contest! Conquer the catwalk and strut your stuff–alone or with your cosplay friends — for Brother Project Cosplay! Strike a pose and show...

By sephiroth Join the Cosplay Mania / FilCosplay forum’s online art contest featuring the mascots Phil, Cozee and DotPeach. In the spirit of cosplay, you can design your own version of the mascots! Sept 13 – First, Second and Third place winners will be awarded onstage during Cosplay Mania ‘09.

Cosplay (costume play) is the art of creating and donning the costume of characters from favorite video games, anime, comic book and television shows. This hobby is fast becoming a favorite pastime in the gaming culture. Through my years of cosplay, ...

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 Philippines Cosplay, which has become one of the much awaited segments in the program since the first Domination, wowed the crowd again as cosplayers paraded their costumes based on popular movies and shows and e-Games titles, too. Cosplay princess and ZX Online: ...

These Chinese are participating in something called Cosplay which is a shortened form of two English words - Costume + Play = to play by dressing up in a costume of some anime character. All in good fun, of course. Cosplay, I believe, originated in ...

 NY Yes, there is big money to be made in cosplay these days. But we'd have imagined that market to focus on properties like Final Fantasy and World of Warcraft. Not Sonic the Hedgehog. But hey, in this world, there's a market for everything. ...

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 Australia These "cosplayers" gathered in force for the of Japanese pop culture Animania festival in Sydney at the weekend where they were vying for the chance to represent Australia at the 2010 World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya - where the best-dressed wins.

Gamespy.com  NY By Luke Plunkett , 6:30 AM on Wed Mar 25 2009, 16091 views Remember those STALKER cosplayers from last year? They're back. And they've taken the last twelve months to step up their game. Around 70 fans met up in the village of Sengileyevskoe, ... STALKER in Real Life Gamespy.com

Cosplay, a Japanese word combining “costume” and “play,” has emerged as a popular art, originating in Japan and spreading to other countries and continents. Cosplay participants, called cosplayers, outfit themselves with elaborate costumes and ...

 NY By Michael McWhertor , 7:20 PM on Wed Mar 11 2009, 6453 views Who's winning the Metroid cosplay wars? The Swedes looked to have had it locked down, thanks to Samus cosplayer Jenni Källberg. But Brazil has fired a shot across Sweden's bow, ...

press release) 12 PM: Introduction To Cosplay. India Davis, Renee Gloger, and Elizabeth Licata are three of the best cosplayers in America. Renee traveled to Japan to represent America in the World Cosplay Summit in 2008, and India and Elizabeth will be traveling to ...

Cosplay, short for “costume play”, is a type of performance art popular in Japan. Participants don often-elaborate costumes and accessories based on characters from contemporary Japanese and Asian entertainment popular culture outlets including manga, ...

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 NY - Feb 10, 2009 So starting this Thursday, ninja costumes are to be made available for your Home avatar. At the moment, Sony are only saying that the costumes are "sweet", ...

 Philippines - Dec 4, 2008 The venue was packed with eager anime, gaming, technology and Cosplay enthusiasts as most of them came in their best and most impressive Cosplay attire. ...

By Gadis Cantik(noreply@blogger.com) This is an online video tutorial on making Naruto Uzumaki (thanks to Shimmi) as appear in YouTube. For note, you should sew the scarf on the hood not glue but it was good.

By Gadis Cantik(noreply@blogger.com) The 6th World Cosplay Summit is held in Nagoya on August 2 and 3 this year. Cosplayers from 13 countries are participating in events, such as cosplay parade and championship. Thousands of Japanese anime/manga lovers are expected to come for the event, join them in Nagoya.

By Gadis Cantik(noreply@blogger.com) Born in Japan, the heart of cosplay, COSMODE is a specialized magazine that covers the latest trend in cosplay! Always fully loaded with the news and topics they want to read, Japanese cosplayers continue to love and support COSMODE.

By FreeForBiz(noreply@blogger.com) Adella Cosplay Cosplay Magic features an extensive array of ready-to-wear and made-to-order cosplay costumes, wigs and accessories, featuring characters from Naruto, Bleach, D.Gray Man, One Piece, Trigun and more.Cosplay Underground

By FreeForBiz(noreply@blogger.com) So let’s talk about how to choose the suitable character to cosplay , In part one, I will talk about the boys cosplay.:) For Boys And below, you will see some good and bad cosplay from the cosplay boys , so how do you think of their cosplay?

By FuyuMaiden …It’s nice to have Sakura cosplaying as Amu, but where is my image of Amu cosplaying as Sakura? Something like that is necessary. Number 08: Nia Teppelin (Gurren Lagann) as Princess Serenity (Sailor Moon) Number 23: Shinku (Rozen Maiden) as Sakura (CardCaptor Sakura)

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Cosplay seems to be very popular in Japanese culture and it has spread worldwide amongst the populace. Yet, who said cosplay was limited to just humans? Certainly not Nintendo, who wants you to dress your critters up in costume or as Animal Crossing characters for their upcoming contest.

By Brian Ashcraft Need help dressing yourself for Halloween? (Need help dressing yourself?) BuyCostumes.com is here to help. The site has a bunch of Street Fighter costumes (each under US$50) and all new for 2008. Seems like Chun-Li could very well be teh female gamer costume of 2008. Hey, it might even be the m...

 New Zealand - Oct 22, 2008 The Cosplayers Nightline spoke to had spent around 200000 yen (NZ$2000) on their costumes, not unusual in this vibrant and creative country. One cosplayer ...

 Australia - Oct 19, 2008 Todd, a geeky kinda guy, was dressed very much as himself with the costume entitled "A Girl On The Internet". Nice. There are currently no AU comments for ...

By Lisa Katayama Cosplay — short for "costume play" — is a popular pastime for anime and gamer geeks in Japan, who express their fandom by dressing in character. Some spend hundreds, even thousands, of dollars perfecting their outfits, but the more serious cosplayers custom-make their own costumes usin...

 FL - Oct 17, 2008 One of the biggest celebrations on Biscayne Boulevard includes a Halloween Cosplay Contest, Anime Trick or Treating, and an Anime Pumpkin Carving event. ...

By RetsuMarippe Whether we were organizers, marshals, volunteers, or event-goers, we were all cosplayers because we all dared to dream of something that we could call our own - an event that would make all the critics and doubters fall silent - an event that would become the annual mecca for cosplayers an...

They dress as their favorite pop culture characters, often from anime or videogames, and parade for photographers and fellow cosplayers. At TGS, cosplayers focused on the gaming avatars--from Cloud to Snake, Shiren the Wanderer to Faith ...

 NY - Oct 11, 2008 Tart yourself up in the style of your favorite anime or video game character, ladies, and the lonely Tokyo Game Show hordes will eat you alive. ...

By Michael McWhertor Tart yourself up in the style of your favorite anime or video game character, ladies, and the lonely Tokyo Game Show hordes will eat you alive. Photographically, that is. When a largely bare-assed Cammy strutted her way out to Cosplay Alley, she instantly broke a dozen hearts, perhaps twic...

By Mike Fahey I'd have to say that the very best cosplay I've seen at BlizzCon 2008 I've sadly seen without a camera. Like the two girls dressed up as a demon and a Draenei, kissing each other as I rushed to an interview with the lead designer on StarCraft II. Priorities won out in the end, but I will forever car...

Normal people wearing costumes! That's right, today is Saturday, not only the first public day, but also the first day of cosplay fun. If you're interested in checking out fancy pants and wild wigs, we have still images for you. ...

 - Oct 8, 2008 Take Cosplay (costume play), for example. Cosplayers love to dress up and a Halloween parade provides a great opportunity to show off their best - or in ...

By acewildgal Cosplay.ph, in cooperation with SM Megamall, SM Megatrade Hall, Brother Philippines, and Lineage II, invites you to Cosplay Mania, the biggest cosplay-centric event in the country, on October 12, 2008 (Sunday) at the SM Megatrade Hall 3, Mega B, SM Megamall. Be prepared to… PLAN! Learn a...

By Benu About American Cosplay Paradise database for cosplayers, people who dress up in costumes. Members contribute pictures of their costumes, which are sorted by series and character for costumes of your favorite anime, manga, and videogame characters. For more

By ogood A-Kon, "the oldest continually running, anime-based convention in North America (at 19 years)," thinks they can pwn 80 wimp-ass Marios, easy, at their gathering, May 30 - June 1 in Dallas. And just to make sure there are no protests or challenges or "nuh-uh, nuh-uh!(s)" from their cospla...

By Flynn De Marco Yesterday I posted what I thought to be the best game related cosplay at Comic Con, which were the awesome Lego Star Wars costumes. Later in the day my esteemed colleague Mr. Mc Whertor posted an image of these booth babes dressed as a pirate and a gorgon. While I agree that these are both fine cos...

By Michael McWhertor Sorry, Flynn, but I'm going to have to disagree with you that LEGO Star Wars versions of Darth Maul and Princess Leia win the prize for "Best Game Related Cosplay" as you wrote earlier. I'm going to have to issue that award to the lovely costumed booth babes at Sony Online Entertainment's boo...

Cosplay has become an integral part of Japan's booming manga culture. The term generally refers to the practice of dressing up like your favorite pop-culture icon or a character from an animation or comic; think of a Trekkie convention, but with an even wider range of outfits to choose fro...

By Mike Fahey If you think you have what it takes to be an official Square Enix Cosplayer, you are invited to enter the official FINAL FANTASY XII Cosplay competition. Three Grand Prize Winners will win a two night trip to London to showcase their FINAL FANTASY XII costumes on stage at the official launch...