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Stylishly sexy Cyber Maid uniform goes on sale in Japan, future looks bright, clean【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 29, 2018 - Tweet
Three different styles, multiple, materials, and five different colors let you customize your look for cleaning your techno-dwelling.
Gorgeous cosplayer shifts between Disney, shonen anime and indie game guises【Photos】
- Katy Kelly
Sep 28, 2018
Texan cosplayer UniqueSora has been wowing social media with perfect costumes of everything from American animation classics to ambitious anime icons.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful women • cosplay • cosplayer • cosplayers • cute • Disney)
The amazing amateur cosplayers of Tokyo Game Show 2018【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 27, 2018
They may not be being paid to be there, but these cosplay enthusiasts skills are anything but beginner-class.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • SNOJ • TGS 2018 • Tokyo Game Show • Tokyo Game Show 2018 • video games)
Come celebrate the 30th anniversary of Commando’s Japanese TV debut at special screening in Tokyo
- Master Blaster
Sep 25, 2018
You’ve never seen Commando until you’ve seen it surrounded by rabid Japanese fans in costume with firecrackers and tambourines.
- Japan
- (Arnold Schwarzenegger • Commando • cosplay • crazy • dubbing • event • funny • Mika Doi • movies • Tessho Gendo • Tokyo • weird)
Japanese high school student turns heads with bold fashion choice at Harajuku
- Oona McGee
Sep 19, 2018
Tokyo is a magnet for the fashion-conscious crowd but none of them are as fashion-forward as 15-year-old Hikaru.
- Japan
- (cosplay • fashion • Harajuku • high school students • Hikaru • Omotesando • Tokyo • Yohji Yamamoto)
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.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful women • Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • otaku)
Cosplay at the pool with new fairytale swimming costumes from Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 21, 2018
Three iconic styles for three famous storybook heroines.
- Japan
- (Alice in Wonderland • beautiful women • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • fairytales • Japanese women • Little Mermaid • Little Red Riding Hood • Mocolle • swimming costumes)
Dragon Ball’s Lord Beerus shows up at mortal’s house, lowly humans beware!【Cat cosplay】
- Krista Rogers
Aug 17, 2018
If there’s one lesson that the Dragon Ball anime has taught us in recent years, it’s that you should never cross a God of Destruction (without cup noodles).
- Internet, Japan
- (anime • Beerus • cats • cosplay • cute • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • funny • pet)
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.
- Japan
- (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.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful women • COK • Comiket • cosplay • cosplayers • manga • otaku • SNOJ • summer Comiket 2018)
The results are in! Team Mexico wins the 2018 World Cosplay Summit【Photos & Videos】
- Dale Roll
Aug 8, 2018
All of the teams were awesome, but Team Mexico’s fantastic costumes and amazing choreography won them the championship!
- Japan
- (Anime Cosplay • cosplay • cosplay competition • cosplay conventions • cosplay summit • World Cosplay Summit)
Aichi’s governor shows up for work cosplaying as star of anime Sword Art Online【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2018
When you’ve got a meeting with cosplayers from around the world on your schedule, a suit and tie just won’t due.
- Japan
- (Aichi • anime • cool • cosplay • Hideaki Omura • Nagoya • politicians • Sword Art Online • World Cosplay Summit)
Aspiring Canadian cosplayer living in Tokyo arrested for immigration fraud sham marriage
- Casey Baseel
Aug 1, 2018
Approached Japanese man she met at cosplay event and offered to pay him to be her husband for visa purposes.
- Japan
- (canada • COK • cosplay • crime • foreigners in Japan • immigration • Lolita fashion • marriage)
Japan’s most popular maid cafe, Akiba Zettai Ryoiki, opens new “Maid Cafe Winery” in Akihabara
- SoraNews24
Jul 19, 2018
The place to go for three of the world’s most delightful things: wine, cats, and girls in thigh-high stockings.
New cosplay job-hunting site opens, offers everything from one-day to full-time positions
- Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2018
Cosjob is here to help you go from just playing in an anime costume to working in one.
Ghibli anime is real? Totoro Catbus spotted on the streets of Hiroshima【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 25, 2018
But this amazing tribute to Hayao Miyazaki’s classic film isn’t actually a bus.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • Catbus • cool • cospla • cosplay • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • video)
Ninja bikini goes on sale in Japan, sacrifices stealth for sexy coolness【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 23, 2018
Design manages to be bold and unique while still providing a surprising amount of coverage. Plus, a closer look at the shinbi spokesmodel.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • bikinis • cool • cosplay • fashion • kunoichi • Mocolle • Ninja • swimsuits • Village Vanguard)
New Disney summer kimono are beautifully cute and require no sash tying【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 13, 2018
Six patterns skirt Tokyo Disneyland’s no-cosplay rule, feature characters as famous as Mickey and as forgotten as Clarice.
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This is Japan’s best cycling course, but is it fun for bicycling beginners too?
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31 percent of Japanese women admit to cheating on lover, six percent say they got caught【Survey】
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan dresses as samurai in show of strength against Russia
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