All congoers have seen a masquerade. But few have seen one like New York Anime Festival’s. Saturday’s masquerade winners didn’t just earn bragging rights and a certificate. The cosplay duo of Yaya Han and Anna Raper left the stage that night with round trip tickets to Japan, VIP passes to Tokyo’s International Anime Fair, and $1,000 in spending money.
Many cosplayers and anime fans dream of visiting Japan one day, but at next weeekend’s New York Anime Festival, 60 will have the chance to win a free ride to the land of the rising sun.
Today marks the 10th year since Final Fantasy VIII was released in North America. The game has retained a timeless appeal, and remains as addicting and fun today as it was the first time I cracked open disk 1 and met Squall Leonhart.
With everything from comic books, to animated series, to live-action TV-shows, chances are, if you’re a fan of Japan, you’ve heard of Cutie Honey. A magical girl AND an android? Doesn’t get much better than that.
I was able to wrangle a fan and cosplayer of Cutie Honey, Heza-Chan, for an interview about her amazing costume that’s been featured on more than a few sites across the web!
The World Cosplay Summit 2009 champs were just crowned. But who won? Who placed? And how did Team USA do in the Grand Finale event? Read the full story
Today Team U.S.A. strutted their stuff through the streets of Tokyo with the rest of the WCS duos. Read the full story
It might be early morning Saturday for me, but Japan is several hours ahead of us. And that means the first event of this year’s World Cosplay Summit - the press event - is already over. Read the full story
Just who will Team USA be competing against this year at the World Cosplay Summit? There are more international teams for 2009 than there ever has been and that means more awesome competition. Here’s a brief profile of three of the teams who will also be making the ultimate cosplay trip to Japan. Read the full story
Just who will Team USA be competing against this year at the World Cosplay Summit? There are more international teams for 2009 than there ever has been and that means more awesome competition. Here’s a brief profile of three of the teams who will also be making the ultimate cosplay trip to Japan. Read the full story
Two of America’s best cosplayers will be traveling to Japan this week to complete in the World Cosplay Summit (WCS). But just what is WCS anyway? Read the full story
