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@super.ultra.omega (Rhode Island)

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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Leaving Mundania (2010)

Documentary
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adri.nyan

Personal Stories
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Cosplay Repair Fairy

Cosplay Repair

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

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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Fallen Feathers Cosplay (Ooltewah, TN)

Personal Stories
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Benjamin (Cypress, CA)

Personal Stories
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Sumikins cosplay (portland, OR)

Personal Stories
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Katsucon 1999 – Convention Records

GeoCities
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Kim (Anchorage, AK)

Personal Stories
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StrangeCatCosplay & Fooprawn (New Orleans, LA)

Personal Stories
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Dash Gordon (League City, TX)

Causeplayer

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

The pandemic hasn’t affected me all too much in regards to cosplays and conventions— in some cases it’s led to some creative work-arounds or incorporations of…

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redroseace

Covid
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COSPLAY NOTEBOOK – Hlee Xyooj

Cosplay notebook
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Dragon Con 2014

Books
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CosplayGen

Magazine
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OYIMI Cosplay (Seattle, WA)

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