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Anime fan Halloween costume planning is now done thanks to cardboard Dragon Ball Z battle armor
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2016 - Tweet
Whether you’re a kid experiencing the martial arts classic for the first time, or a Vegeta-loving veteran fan with a receding hairline, you’ll look great in these.
Laze about the house like a piece of tempura with the Fried Prawn Wearable Sleeping Bag!
- Oona McGee
Sep 19, 2016
Whether you’re looking for an unusual Halloween costume or a cosy outfit to snuggle up in, this crazy bread-crumbed number will make all your fried food fantasies come true!
Final Fantasy masks turn the Tokyo Game Show floor into a creepily handsome place to be 【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2016
Final Fantasy XV still hasn’t been released, but its heroes were out and about all over the Tokyo Game Show.
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- (cosplay • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy XV • Square Enix • Tokyo Game Show • tokyo game show 2016 • video games • weird)
All the beautiful booth ladies of Tokyo Game Show 2016【Photos】
- Evie Nyan
Sep 16, 2016
Tokyo Game Show is always well-staffed with booth attendants, and not all of them wear T-shirts! Check out this gallery of exquisite cosplay from the show floor!
Japanese pro cosplayer claims to earn more in two days at Comiket than most people make all year
- Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2016
Stay in school, though, kids, because it’s probably not as easy as it sounds.
Tour Japan’s former capital dressed as a samurai or noble lady on awesome day trip from Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Sep 15, 2016
History buffs and cosplay fans won’t just look like samurai, but eat like them too on their visit to Kamakura.
- Japan
- (armor • cool • cosplay • culture • history • Kamakura • Kanagawa • kimono • samurai • travel)
Busty cosplay brings Ariel from The Little Mermaid to life like you’ve never seen her before
- ロケットニュース24
Sep 9, 2016
The Disney Princess is now delighting a whole new group of fans.
- Japan
- (anime • Ariel • beautiful women • cosplay • Cosplay costume • cosplayers • Disney • Instagram • Jun Amaki • Little Mermaid)
Japanese cosplayer shows us exactly how Frozen’s Elsa would get through Japan’s muggy summer
- Casey Baseel
Sep 6, 2016
We all know the cold’s never bothered her, but the Disney star would probably need a little help surviving the heat.
Harley Quinn cosplay spreading across Japan ahead of Suicide Squad’s release【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 6, 2016
It’s yet to be seen how Japan will react to the antihero movie itself, but cosplayers are already warming up to one member of the antihero ensemble.
- Japan
- (cosplay • Harley Quinn • movies • Suicide Squad)
Hide the universe under your skirt with a pair of stunning cosmic stockings
- Oona McGee
Sep 5, 2016
The colourful galaxy comes complete with a cleverly hidden spaceman.
Jaw-dropping Hunter x Hunter anime cosplay is the tallest costume we’ve seen all summer【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2016
The clothing was the easy part of this amazing anime costume.
All-Russian maid cafe opening in Japan, crowdfunding exceeds goal by over 800-percent
- Joan Coello
Aug 31, 2016
Here’s your chance to meet, and maybe even take language lessons from or tour Russia with, Russian cosplayer and maid cafe manager Nastyan!
Four-month-old is a rising star in the cosplay world and she doesn’t even know it【Photos】
- KK Miller
Aug 28, 2016
Nap-time cosplay means you don’t have to wait for your dreams to become your heroes.
Need a new cosplay idea? How about dressing up as an old Japanese man?【Pics】
- Scott Wilson
Aug 27, 2016
Why be a robot or sexy superhero when you could be an awkward old dude instead?
Japanese men reveal their least favourite cosplay styles on women
- SoraNews24
Aug 22, 2016
According to this survey, tracksuit gym uniforms aren’t as bad as some more popular cosplay choices.
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- (anime • characters • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • costumes • maids • manga • Surveys)
Cosplay like cup-clinger figurine Fuchiko with specially designed costumes from Japan!
- Oona McGee
Aug 21, 2016
Japanese cosplay gets even weirder with six official costumes designed to replicate a 2-inch tall office lady that hangs off your glassware.
- Japan
- (cosplay • cosplay costumes • cup clinger • Cup no Fuchiko • cute • figurine • Fuchiko • Kitan Club • Koppu no Fuchiko)
Japanese cosplayers steal hearts as Love Live! plus-size idol unit Debu Raibu!
- Oona McGee
Aug 21, 2016
Meet the group that cosplayers and fans are falling in love with.
- Japan
- (anime • Comiket • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • cosplaying • cute • Debu Live! • Debu Raibu • idol • love live • manga)
Clip-on oni horns from Japan will have your next cosplay looking devilishly cute 【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 18, 2016
Hair accessories add a dash of cute yet fierce culture to your outfit.
New product aimed at Japanese women and cosplayers helps to create a slimmer, taller nose
- Oona McGee
Aug 17, 2016
Before-and-after profile shots show the different effects produced by small and medium sizes.
- Japan
- (accessories • beauty • beauty product • Bibico • cosplay • cosplayers • culture • face shaper • fashion • funny • LOL • nose shaper • weird • wtf)
Let your cosplay soar: Make it look like you’re really flying with this awesome, simple trick【Pics】
- Scott Wilson
Aug 17, 2016
No Photoshopping or camera manipulation needed in this ingeniously creative idea.
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