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Cosplay World

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@DraconPern (San Antonio, TX)

Personal Stories

By Beth Elderkin Yaya Han was supposed to be on tour right now. Instead of signing copies of books and posing for pictures with fans, the cosplayer is…

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Cosplay Is a Business and It Is Suffering

Covid
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Cosplay the Marvel Way: A Guide to Costuming Culture and Crafting Basics

Books

I’m bracing for myself for a very busy few months…. You see, Anime Central is next weekend and I’ll be there with Epic Cosplay wigs in…

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Summer Cons

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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)

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Volpin Props (Atlanta,GA)

Personal Stories
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Sheik (San Francisco, CA)

Personal Stories
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Anime Expo 2001 – Zranachan

GeoCities

*whew* Things are finally slowing down around here. It is Christmas and I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who have supported me…

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Happy Holidays!

Blog

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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Warren (Chicago, IL)

Personal Stories
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Yaya Han (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories

Prior to the pandemic I was satisfied with attending cons in my cosplay and just being seen at the event but ever since the pandemic I’ve…

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REBECCA

Covid
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Wonder Women of America

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@Houston_Fisk (Houston, TX)

Personal Stories
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Sterling & Gretchen (Kansas City, MO)

Personal Stories
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Yaya Han’s World of Cosplay: A Guide to Fandom Costume Culture

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Project Bazooka (Los Angeles, CA)

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)

Essays
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