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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
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Scrapper Costuming (New York CIty)

Personal Stories
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Giggle Maker Cosplay (Atlanta, GA)

Personal Stories
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Miss Relena  & Angelic Threads (Hurricane, UT & Las Vegas, NV)

Personal Stories

by Carol Resnick I don’t know why other people go into costuming, but to me it is the thrill of visualizing a costume (or a presentation,…

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Some Thoughts on Costuming

Essays
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William, Evelyn & Natalie (Vancouver, WA)

Personal Stories
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Ubehime (Florida)

Personal Stories
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Steffanie (Ashburn, VA)

Cosplay Repair

During the peak of the pandemic, my congoing went down to attending no in-person cons but I continued to attend virtual cons. However, the virtual cons…

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Blue.Eyed Cosplay

Covid
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Brandon (Orlando, FL)

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
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Sarah (Nashville, TN)

Personal Stories
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Anime Expo 2001 – Ninja Neptune

GeoCities
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MIO.GG

Personal Stories

By vfxart Let me go back to 1975 or so, yeah my fandom started then. I was early school-age, but grabbed easily. 😉 But first, and…

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Anime in America : A Personal Account

Essays
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Tranquil AShes (Washington DC)

Personal Stories

*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
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Buffalo’s Best Batman (Buffalo, NY)

Causeplayer
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kangelicx (Washington DC)

Personal Stories
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Nicole (Houston, TX)

Personal Stories
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