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The best Japanese cosplayers from the first day of Winter Comiket 2018【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 30, 2018
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Ghibli, Star Wars, and a Japanese politician inspire some of the creative cosplays in this photo collection.

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• (Comiket • Comiket 95 • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • doujinshi • Winter Comiket • Winter Comiket 2018)

Cosmetic brand Kate to hand out exclusive cosplay makeup handbook for free at Winter Comiket

• Koh Ruide
  Dec 28, 2018

If you’re planning to attend Winter Comiket this year, be sure to drop by their booth for some valuable cosmetic tips.

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• (Comiket • cool • cosmetics • cosplay makeup • cosplayers • makeup • tips • Winter Comiket)

Japan’s number-one cosplayer reveals her staggering earnings at this year’s Comiket

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 11, 2018

Enako’s popularity, and profits, continue to grow as fans form their longest line ever to buy her photo albums.

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• (anime • beautiful women • Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • otaku)

Blast from the past: cosplayer’s retro otaku outfit hits nostalgic notes with netizens

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 20, 2018

Attendees surprised to find a time-traveling otaku from a bygone era.

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• Japan
• (Comiket • Comiket 94 • cool • funny • retro • time travel)

Comiket attendee finds a beautiful handmade anime bag, is surprised to discover its artist

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 18, 2018

Turns out there really is no limit to how long you can create labors of love for your favorite anime shows, especially if you helped in the Golden age!

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• (anime • Comiket • Made in Abyss • manga • summer Comiket 2018)

Time-lapse video shows the awesomely orderly efficiency of otaku lining up at Comiket【Video】

• Koh Ruide
  Aug 15, 2018

We can all learn from the extraordinary discipline exhibited by these otaku.

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• (anime • Comiket • cool • crazy • otaku • people • summer Comiket 2018 • video)

Japan’s number-one cosplayer draws an incredible crowd as she steals the show at Comiket【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 15, 2018

Enako, one of Japan’s most popular and beautiful cosplayers, is ready for her close-ups dressed in an alternate costume of a beloved anime heroine.

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• (anime • Asuna • beautiful women • Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • crazy • Enako • summer Comiket 2018 • Sword Art Online)

The beautiful cosplayers of summer Comiket 2018【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 13, 2018

Soaring temperatures couldn’t stop these amazing cosplayers from shining brighter than the sizzling sun at this year’s premier otaku gathering.

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• (anime • beautiful women • COK • Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • manga • otaku • SNOJ • summer Comiket 2018)

Biannual Comiket otaku migration attracts a predator for the first time 【Video】

• Master Blaster
  Aug 11, 2018

Among this majestic spectacle of nature, a mysterious red beast which preys on the otaku was discovered.

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• (Big Sight • Comiket • Comiket 94 • event • otaku • Tokyo)

Tokyo politician creates dojinshi manga, will be at Comiket selling it

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 10, 2018

Otaku assemblyman’s latest project stars a 1,300-year-old girl from a popular video game franchise.

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• (anime • Comiket • dojinshi • government • manga • Minoru Ogino • otaku • politicians • politics • Touhou Project • video games)

Attendees beware: high chance of man-made sweat cloud forming at this year’s Summer Comiket

• Koh Ruide
  Jul 31, 2018

Go prepared or you might not make it back home in one piece.

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• (Comiket • Comiket 94 • Comiket Cloud • dojinshi • Japanese Twitter • manga • Summer Comiket • Tokyo Big Sight)

Beautiful Japanese cosplayer reveals how she earns well over a thousand dollars in a single hour

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2018

Enako continues to make jaws drop not just with her gorgeous appearance, but also with her amazing economic powers.

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• (anime • beautiful women • Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • models • otaku)

Otaku crowd control could be changing with new “anime character voice” megaphones

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 10, 2018

Device seeks to fire your voice straight at the bull’s eye in anime fans’ selective attention.

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• (anime • anime conventions • Comiket • cool • otaku • technology • video • vocie actors • voice actresses • weird • Wonder Festival)

Why right now is one of the best times of the year to shop for dojinshi manga and merch in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 5, 2018

Lucky bags always make January a great time to go shopping in Japan, but it’s the prime dojinshi-buying time for a very different reason.

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• (Akihabara • anime • COK • Comiket • dojinshi • fukubukuro • Lucky Bags • manga • SNOJ • Tora no Ana)

Finally, a chance to cuddle up to Japan’s “No. 1 Cosplayer”, Enako

• Richard Simmonds
  Jan 4, 2018

Fans of cosplay star Enako will now be able to get their hands on her, or at least her new dakimakura cuddle pillow.

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• (beautiful women • Comiket • Comiket 93 • cosplay • cosplayers • dakimakura • Enako • huggy pillows • kimono • pillows)

Hardcore anime fan rides bike 250 miles to Tokyo to attend Comiket convention

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 29, 2017

Who needs the bullet train when you’re a fan with legs of steel?

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• Japan
• (awesome • bicycles • Comiket • cool • crazy • cycling • mama chari • otaku • travel)

Japanese pro cosplayer causes pandemonium at World Cosplay Summit

• Oona McGee
  Aug 9, 2017

This is what happens when one of the country’s most adulated cosplayers makes an appearance at a cosplay convention.

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• (Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • Kizuna Ai • Summer Comiket • World Cosplay Summit)

Creeps bugging saleswomen at anime convention? Here’s a clever plan to discreetly call for help

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 8, 2017

System is easy for allies to understand, but invisible to everyone else.

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• (anime • anime conventions • clever • Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • dojinshi • manga • otaku)

Poisonous spider found at venue of Tokyo’s biggest anime convention one week before it kicks off

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 4, 2017

Toxic alien shows up early, has the power to make victims puke.

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• Japan
• (anime • bugs • Comiket • dojinshi • otaku • poison • scary • spiders • Tokyo • Tokyo Big Sight)

Japanese cosplayer creates impressive replica of Monster Hunter’s heavy bowgun

• Koh Ruide
  Jul 17, 2017

Why hunt monsters with a sword when you can do it with a massive cosplay rifle?

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• (Comiket • cool • cosplay • cosplayer • gun • Japanese Twitter • Monster Hunter)

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