Hello again! Stevan here!
Today i'm going to tell you guys about cosplay in Japan! Lets start with a little bit of history and definitions.
Cosplay simply means "costume play" (COStumePLAY). The term cosplay originated from Japan, but the idea and hobby of costume play originated from United States, back in 1939. Costume playing wasn't a hobby at the beginning. A science fiction fan started the trend by wearing green cap and breeches to look "futuristic and scifi-ish" at the 1939 1st World Science Fiction Convention.The hobby was later picked by Japanese people and reinvented by the Americans.
Of course, Cosplay isn't just about anime. Western cosplayers "theme" was mainly science fiction and historical fantasy fandoms. However, the popularity of anime/Japanese animation outside Asia increased tremendously in the late 1990s, making Western people interested to cosplay not only as Western comic book characters(such as Superman) or movies and video games characters, but as anime characters as well.
Today, conventions are held all around the world in many different countries annually. conventions in Australia such as SMASH! , AVCon, Manifest, Animania, and so on. Japanese culture has penetrated many countries so badly that every year there are several anime festival or conventions in many countries!
Today, conventions are held all around the world in many different countries annually. conventions in Australia such as SMASH! , AVCon, Manifest, Animania, and so on. Japanese culture has penetrated many countries so badly that every year there are several anime festival or conventions in many countries!
Superman and Batman cosplayers at Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2012
The picture above is two very popular Western comic characters Superman and Batman being cosplayed. This is very common until animes started to get popular in the west. Here's to give you an idea:
Picture taken from Tumbr.
They are cosplaying the same Anime (Final Fantasy XIII). As you can see, western cosplayers have gotten their hands full on anime too!
Last but not the least, I want to show you a really cool cosplay. Its a cosplay of an anime character, that is pretty much a robot... It is called GUNDAM.
picture taken from:<http://8wayrun.com/threads/awesome-cosplay.5246/page-33> WARNING WEBSITE IS NSFW
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