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The best cosplayers from Day 1 of Summer Comiket 2023【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Aug 16, 2023
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Meet characters from some of the hottest anime, games, manga and virtual units in Japan right now.

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• (anime • beautiful women • Blue Archive • COK • Comiket • Comiket 102 • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • HoloLive • SNJO • Street Fighter 6 • Summer Comiket • Summer Comiket 2023 • Tokyo Big Sight • video games)

Studio Ghibli loungewear lets you cosplay as an anime heroine at home

• Oona McGee
  Jul 4, 2023

Add some Ghibli magic to your wardrobe with three new official outfits.

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• Japan
• (anime • Calcifer • clothes • COK • cosplay • Donguri Kyowakoku • dresses • fashion • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • Levistone • loungewear • merchandise • Princess Mononoke • roomwear • Studio Ghibli • summer)

The best cosplayers from Chibicon, Indonesia’s summertime anime convention【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Jun 15, 2023

Our Indonesian otaku makes the trip to Surabaya for the otaku culture celebration.

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• (anime • anime conventions • Aqil Rahmansyah • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • Indonesia • manga • otaku • SNJO)

Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako cosplays as Naruto, Oshi no Ko star, and more in new album【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2023

Enako’s newest project with publisher of Shonen Jump features cosplays for characters both new and old.

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• Japan
• (beautiful women • Chainsaw Man • cosplay • cosplayers • Darkstalkers • Dragon Ball • Enako • Naruto • One Piece • Oshi no Ko • Shonen Jump • Shueisha • Slayers • Spy x Family • Weekly Shonen Jump)

The beautiful cosplayers and booth models of Niconico Super Conference 2023【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 4, 2023

Japan’s celebration of Internet culture returns in full force for the first time in four years.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • niconico chokaigi • Niconico Chokaigi 2023 • Niconico Super Conference • Niconico Super Conference 2023 • SNJO • video games)

Tokyo cosplay company releases cosplay swimsuits in time for summer【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 2, 2023

Clearstone creates pair of cosplay swimwear options.

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• (Clearstone • cosplay • cosplayers • fashion • maids • swimsuits • swimwear)

Samurai Colonel Sanders is coming to KFC stores around Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2023

‘Tis the season for warrior chicken.

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• Japan
• (Boy's Day • Children's Day • Colonel Sanders • cosplay • KFC • KFC Japan • Musha Colonel • samurai • Samurai Colonel)

The booth models, booths, and official cosplayers of Anime Japan【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Mar 28, 2023

Anime spectacle returns to Tokyo Big Sight.

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• (anime • anime conventions • Anime Japan • Anime Japan 2023 • beautiful women • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • manga • SNJO)

Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako cosplays as Valorant character in amazing transformation

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2023

Enako’s newest cosplay is taking fans’ breath away.

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• (beautiful women • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • Valorant • video games)

Koka City’s municipal workers transform yet again into ninja for Ninja Day【Video】

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 27, 2023

Move right along with your business–there’s nothing out of the ordinary going on at the city hall.

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• (City Hall • cosplay • fun • Koga • Koka City • Ninjutsu • Shiga Prefecture • video • workers)

The best cosplayers from the Isshoni Tanoshimimashou otaku event in Indonesia【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Feb 18, 2023

College campus turns into a space for cosplayers, anime enthusiasts, and Japanese food fans.

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• Japan, SE Asia
• (anime • anime conventions • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • Indonesia • manga • otaku • SNJO)

Using the power of cosplay and friendship to stay warm this winter

• Master Blaster
  Feb 14, 2023

Co-workers that hair together stay together.

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• Japan
• (Amazon Japan • cold weather • cosplay • long hair • Seiji Nakazawa • wigs • winter)

Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako cosplays as Spy x Family’s Yor, recommends brutal revenge manga

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 2, 2023

Enako slips on the dress of the Thorn Princess.

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• (anime • beautiful women • cosplay • cosplayers • Enako • manga • Spy x Family • Yor Forger)

Say hello to Japan’s new generation of adults, fresh from Kitakyushu’s 2023 seijinshiki ceremony

• Oona McGee
  Jan 10, 2023

These new adults say sayonara to their youth with colourful hair and gangsta costumes.

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• (bosozoku • COK • coming of age • Coming of Age Ceremony • Coming of Age Day • cosplay • culture • fashion • hakama • kimono • Kitakyushu • seijinshiki • SNJO • society • Yankee • youth)

The best cosplayers from Day 1 of Winter Comiket 2022【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 2, 2023

Plus, Bocchi the Rock! creator’s newfound fame causes chaos at the venue.  

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • Bocchi the Rock! • COK • Comiket • Comiket 101 • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • SNJO • video games • Winter Comiket • Winter Comiket 2022)

Urusei Yatsura official Tomobiki High School female uniforms are about to invade your closets

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 8, 2022

Fans of Rumiko Takahashi’s classic sci-fi comedy will soon be able to wear summer and winter versions of the uniform as depicted in the new show.

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• (anime • Cospatio • cosplay • fashion • Lum • manga • Rumiko Takahashi • Seifuku • uniform • Urusei Yatsura)

Hayao Miyazaki appears at Ghibli Park…or does he?

• Oona McGee
  Nov 8, 2022

Hilarious sighting of legendary Studio Ghibli co-founder sets the Internet abuzz.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • cosplay • cute • funny • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • impersonation • impersonators • news • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • travel)

The best cosplayers from Day Two of the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2022

From costumes to makeup, hair, props, and poses, these cosplayers know how to bring characters to life. 

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful women • COK • cosplay • cosplayers • halloween • Halloween 2022 • Halloween costumes • Halloween in Japan • Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival • SNJO • Tokyo • video games)

The best cosplayers from Day One of the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival

• Oona McGee
  Oct 31, 2022

Japanese anime characters rub shoulders with some surprising faces in Tokyo’s famous otaku neighbourhood.

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• (anime • beautiful women • COK • cool • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • costumes • cute • halloween • Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival • Sailor Moon • SNJO • video games)

Tourists return to Japan, and Mario Karts return to Tokyo roads with them

• SoraNews24
  Oct 28, 2022

Locals lament the reappearance of the controversial go-karts.

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• Japan
• (cosplay • go-karting • go-karts • Mari Car • MariCar • Mario Kart • Mario Kart Tour • Street Kart • Tokyo • tourism • tourists • twitter)

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