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by Tom Croom. Originally posted June 15, 2020 “Leeroy Jenkins!” For those of you unfamiliar with term, there’s a popular online video that shows a group of players…

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Florida attempted a small pop culture event last weekend and it went exactly as you would expect. Because Florida.

Covid
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The Mending Medic (Raleigh, NC)

Cosplay Repair
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Ashentrees (Philadelphia, PA)

Personal Stories

For those new to Cosplay Contests by Ryk E. Spoor For a few years, my wife Kathleen and I were part of the most infamous cosplay…

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Advice for Cosplaying (2004)

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Stephen (New York CIty, NY)

Personal Stories

Hello Brandon et all: Brandon, I am sorry to hear that you were hazed at the con and that I had 
missed bumping into you. I…

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Michael Morimoto

A-kon
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IAN (Dallas, TX)

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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StrangeCatCosplay & Fooprawn (New Orleans, LA)

Personal Stories
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Charmedseed (Denver, CO)

Personal Stories
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amuly21 (North Carolina)

Personal Stories
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Gerald (Nashville, TN)

Personal Stories

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

Essays
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Leaving Mundania (2010)

Documentary
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COSPLAY NOTEbook :  Bleuum Scarlett

Cosplay notebook
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Buffalo’s Best Batman (Buffalo, NY)

Causeplayer
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Soydoka (Chicago, IL)

Personal Stories
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@FernsideDragons (Seattle, WA)

Personal Stories
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Katana Cosplay (Reno, NV)

Personal Stories
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Highway Just Cos (North Carolina)

Personal Stories
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