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Benjamin (Cypress, CA)

Personal Stories
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Charmedseed (Denver, CO)

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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COSPLAY NOTEbook :  Bleuum Scarlett

Cosplay notebook

Masquerade: This is part of a longer post called “How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Part II” posted on Rec.Arts.Anime on July 9, 1993

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Enrique Conty (Anime Expo 1993)

Masquerade / Cosplay Contest

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
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Phaleure Cosplay (Columbia, MD)

Personal Stories

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

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

by Michael Bruno Even though the art of Cosplay in Japan is based on SF costuming in America, there are only a few similarities and many…

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Costuming a World Apart: Cosplay in America and Japan

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Anna-neko

Personal Stories
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TrisRex (Chicago, IL)

Audio
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Behind the Scenes : At the Convention (2009)

Blog

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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Luna (Ocean City, NJ)

Personal Stories
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Rachel (New Orleans, LA)

Personal Stories

To be honest, the pandemic has truly affected my going to conventions. I have a disease in which affects my blood vessels located in the brain…

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Spidereyezzcos

Covid
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Leaving Mundania (2010)

Documentary
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@NIMSCRAFT (Cleveland, OH)

Personal Stories
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Think.Nu-IZED

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