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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 

Essays

The pandemic hasn’t affected me all too much in regards to cosplays and conventions— in some cases it’s led to some creative work-arounds or incorporations of…

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redroseace

Covid

By: Liz Ohanesian Ginger Burton remembers the first anime convention she attended. It was Anime Expo back in 2007. While Burton knew about anime, she was…

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How Cosplay Can Change Lives

Essays
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@Houston_Fisk (Houston, TX)

Personal Stories
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Marc Kandel (NEW YORK)

Causeplayer

Fashion and style, glamour, glitz aand Gamilons? Obviously these are not the runways of Paris, the pageant that we’re describing is the fantastic world of COSPLAY. Cosplay is an abbreviation of the words costume…

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Cosplay in the United States (1995)

Essays

I’ve been making fewer cosplays, but the ones I make I take more time with and they’re characters I care very deeply about. I’m only just…

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marquis_cosplay

Covid
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@goddessradiance (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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COSPLAY NOTEBOOK – ksmurfcostumeS

Cosplay notebook
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Benjamin (Cypress, CA)

Personal Stories
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Brandon (Orlando, FL)

Personal Stories
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Nikki Moxxi (Orange County, CA)

Personal Stories
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Monkey Monsters Cosplay (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories
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Dragon Con Cosplay Medics (Atlanta, GA)

Cosplay Repair
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T.J Burnside Clapp (Arlington, VA)

Personal Stories
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Gerald (Nashville, TN)

Personal Stories
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Camille (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories
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@blueclarice (Pennsylvania)

Personal Stories
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Cosplay Repair Fairy

Cosplay Repair
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Sheik (San Francisco, CA)

Personal Stories
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