Lots of families like to have family portraits, where everything has to be just so. Then there are cosplaying families, where their family portraits are just so and amazing pop culture imagery. According to SoraNews24, a man who goes by the name @xMiCaNx on Twitter …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Con+Alt+Delete If you’re searching for the best way to bring 2019 to a close, look no further than Con+Alt+Delete! This year’s event takes place December 20-22 and is being held just outside of Chicago in Rosemont, IL. The Hyatt Regency O’hare features tens of thousands …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Anime Midwest Anime Midwest 2019 is right around the corner, with this year’s festivities set to run from July 5 to July 7 at the Hyatt Regency O’hare in Chicago. With a wide variety of guests from Japan and the world of voice acting on …Read more »
Last weekend, cosplayers from around the world made their way to Malaysia-based event Cosplay Festival 4, but it didn’t end well for everyone involved. The Malaysian Immigration Bureau dropped in and raided the Sunway Putra Hotel in Kuala Lampur on March 23 and made around …Read more »
The following story is either a case of haunted cosplay gear or an alleged criminal trying to pass the blame onto Rei Ayanami’s plugsuit. We’re leaning toward the latter in the case of a 37-year-old man who was recently arrested in Fukuoka. The man allegedly …Read more »
How does one gauge any particular level of fandom? Does it come down to how much you engage with a particular piece of media, or is it all about collecting, cosplaying, and generally showing your love with the purchase of physical goods? If Twitter user …Read more »
Yuri Fair 2019 is an exhibition celebrating love between women, and it’s coming to five cities throughout Japan this March. The exhibit—which first began in 2016 and has Village Vanguard on board as a sponsor—will feature around 30 artists celebrating the yuri theme, from books …Read more »
If you’ve been hankering to cosplay the Neutrophil, aka White Blood Cell, from Cells at Work!, Japan has the jacket for you. Cosplay apparel company Cospa will release the the jacket, modeled after the one worn by the Neutrophil, in S, M, L and XL …Read more »
Two hundred thousand. That’s roughly how many people crowded into the Tokyo Big Sight each day for three days late last year for the largest fan convention in the world, Comic Market, a.k.a. Comiket. It’s a number that’s hard to really visualize. By comparison, the …Read more »
You don’t always have to break the bank to get in on some cosplay fun. In fact, with around 25 bucks you could be on your way to dressing up as a truly iconic anime character. As pointed out on Twitter, this can be done …Read more »
Fate fans have a big celebration to look forward to this year. TYPE-MOON, Aniplex of America, and Delight Works, Inc. have teamed up for Fate/Grand Order U.S.A. Tour 2019, which kicks off with a two-day event in Los Angeles this February. It all starts on …Read more »
An arson case that took place during this weekend’s Anime Los Angeles convention ended up spreading from a single car to seven, leading to scorched vehicles in the Azure Hotel and Suites parking lot. Video surveillance supposedly showed a man dumping two cans of gasoline …Read more »
Hey, what pet doesn’t like getting dressed up from time to time? Okay, so I see the entire world’s population of cats staring me down with murderous intent right now, but maybe they’ll change their tune once they see Bandai’s new line of Sailor Moon …Read more »
Sometimes you just need to go all-out with your costume if you want to win. That’s what a One Piece fan in Japan did for the One Piece Tower theme park’s cosplay contest, One Piece Narikiri Contest 2018, which has been running as part of …Read more »
A few weeks back, we reported on ambitious Australian cosplayer Wirru, who’d put together an impressive crossplay of Fatal Fury’s Mai Shiranui using silicone molding, thigh pads, and other techniques. It also turns out he’s been practicing karate for 17 years, and has decided to …Read more »
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