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Aaron & Amber (Nashville, TN)

Personal Stories

I am much more cautious about the cons I attend and who I room with. Dragoncon used to be the highlight of my year but I…

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ChrissyPlaysDressup

Covid
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Sheik (San Francisco, CA)

Personal Stories
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Camille (Los Angeles, CA)

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

The early anime cons (A-kon, Anime con’91, Anime expo’92) were all about the experience, because it was new for everyone. From finding new merch that you…

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Brian Flynn

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

Animation that’s for adults only By Kathleen DonnellyMercury News Entertainment Writer IF THE turnout at AnimeCon – a convention for fans of Japaneseanimation – is an…

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Kathleen Donnelly, Mercury News

Convention Report
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Dragon Con 2014

Books
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Jessica Nigri (Phoenix, AZ)

Audio

It was Sunday morning September 20, 2009 and it was the final day of Anime Weekend Atlanta. Rain had been falling steady the entire time I waas here…

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AWA 2009

Blog
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Scrapper Costuming (New York)

Personal Stories
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Anime Expo 1999 – AA Productions

GeoCities
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Behind the Scenes : At the Convention (2009)

Blog
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COSPLAY ZINE

Magazine

By Ger Tysk Breaking All The Rules: Cosplay and the Art of Self-Expression is a photobook project documenting the culture of fan costuming, known in most circles…

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Breaking All The Rules: Cosplay and the Art of Self Expression (website, 2013)

Essays
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amuly21 (North Carolina)

Personal Stories

It makes it really hard to want to interact and talk with new people at cons because of it. I caught covid for the first time…

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AMANDA

Covid
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KAYE COSPLAY (Orlando, FL)

Personal Stories
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@Houston_Fisk (Houston, TX)

Personal Stories
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