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Yaldamn (New York)

Personal Stories

It was directed by Luise Petti, with Bjo Trimble as a consultant who suggested designs and helped those making their own costumes. Elizabeth Pickering, a Star Trek model, brought to the con by…

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TRICON 1966 FASHION SHOW

By Tom Croom Originally posted July 20, 2020 Three weekend long pop culture events decided to move forward in the United States in the midst of…

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Comic Cons “Return” in the U.S. and a surprise appearance by that Vic guy.

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Project A-kon 1990 – Jack Thielepape

GeoCities
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Volpin Props (Atlanta,GA)

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Luna (Ocean City, NJ)

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Breaking All The Rules: Cosplay and the Art of Self Expression

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Katana Cosplay (Reno, NV)

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MelPool (Washington DC)

Personal Stories

By Alan Takashita Life before r.a.a.——————Well, frankly, people mostly just didn’t talk much about anime.This was the time period where Robotech was the big anime-related thing. At…

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A Brief History of the rec.arts.anime newsgroup 

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Masquerade : The Magazine of Science Fiction Costuming

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Superman (2012)

Documentary

By Infinitus_Potentia (Reddit) I’ve been making a list of notable people who had a hand in shaping the American anime fandom before 2000 (which you can…

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How The Cartoon/Fantasy Organization – torchbearers of anime in America in the 80s – was brought down

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Cosplay : A History

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Vaultfox (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Rethink Cosplay (New York, NY)

Personal Stories

By Takahashi Nobuyuki The word “Cosplay” spread from a magazine called “My Anime.” During the 1970’s manga clubs and movie clubs were very popular among college…

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30th Anniversary of Cosplay

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My Costume, Myself: Celebrating Stories of Cosplay and Beyond 

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Miss Relena  & Angelic Threads (Hurricane, UT & Las Vegas, NV)

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Anatomy of a Cosplayer

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