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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

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Super Reflex Cos

Personal Stories

Jordan Renner co-director of this latest documentary talks aobut the 7 years journey to bring this film to the big screen, We had made these two…

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Cosplay Universe (2022)

Documentary
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@FernsideDragons (Seattle, WA)

Personal Stories

Hello Brandon et all: Brandon, I am sorry to hear that you were hazed at the con and that I had 
missed bumping into you. I…

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Michael Morimoto

A-kon
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COSPLAY ZINE

Magazine

SOURCE

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ANIMECON IN STARLOG

AnimeCon

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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Leaving Mundania (2010)

Documentary

By Andrea Letamendi. Why might a person want to become someone else? What would compel them to put on a costume and assume a different identity? …

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To Be Others is to be more like ourselves

Essays
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Anime Expo 1999 – AA Productions

GeoCities
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Katana Cosplay (Reno, NV)

Personal Stories
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Fallen Feathers Cosplay (Ooltewah, TN)

Personal Stories
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Warren (Chicago, IL)

Personal Stories

By Audrey Cleo Yap Every summer, some 130,000 attendees gather in San Diego for Comic-Conto celebrate entertainment, fandom and geek culture. Amy Vaughn had hoped to be one…

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‘I Love Cosplay, But I Also Like Living’: Cosplayers in the Age of COVID-19

Covid
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Behind the Scenes : At the Convention (2009)

Blog

By: Liz Ohanesian Ginger Burton remembers the first anime convention she attended. It was Anime Expo back in 2007. While Burton knew about anime, she was…

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How Cosplay Can Change Lives

Essays

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
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Anime Expo 2001 – Ninja Neptune

GeoCities
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Spades & Aces (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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