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CosplayGen

Magazine
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Cosplay: The Illegitimate Child of SF Masquerades

Essays
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Rachel (New Orleans, LA)

Personal Stories

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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Stephen (UTAH)

Personal Stories
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Benjamin (Cypress, CA)

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

By Greyrondo There is nothing ordinary about cosplay. Whether it’s the character’s personality or the costume, the end result is always larger than life—not that cosplayers…

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There is nothing ordinary about cosplay

Essays
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Ted (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories
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Clinton (Owasso, OK)

Personal Stories
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@CosplayMom99 (Los Angeles, CA)

Personal Stories

By Takahashi Nobuyuki The word “Cosplay” spread from a magazine called “My Anime.” During the 1970’s manga clubs and movie clubs were very popular among college…

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30th Anniversary of Cosplay

Essays

Judges panel from left (seated front row): Fred Patten, Frederik Pohl, Carol Pohl, Joni Stopa, Jon Stopa, and unidentified man. George Scithers seated on stage with…

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Tricon 1966 Masquerade

Convention Report
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Nikki Moxxi (Orange County, CA)

Personal Stories
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Cosplay : A History

Books
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Subaru Camui (Las Vegas, NV)

Personal Stories

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

It’s made a big difference. I spend more time on my projects and am overall less motivated to crunch. I build less for other people than…

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Veijanikita

Covid
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Yaya Han (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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Anime Expo 1999 – AA Productions

GeoCities
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