Cosplay
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A cosplay is the activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character. Cosplayers often interact to create a sub
Cosplayers at Yukicon 2014, a fan convention in Finland
Three cosplayers at the Comic Con in Long Beach 2014, representing James T. Kirk (Star Trek), the superheroine Wonder Woman (DC Universe), and supervillain Loki (Marvel Universe)
A Mr. Skygack – an early modern costuming or cosplay outfit, Washington state, 1912
Forrest J Ackerman and Morojo at the 1st World Science Fiction Convention in "futuricostumes" designed and sewn by Morojo
Anime
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Anime is animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, anime refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, anime, in Japan and in Japanese, describes all animated work
Frame from the opening sequence of Osamu Tezuka's 1963 TV series Astro Boy
Anime artists employ many distinct visual styles. Clockwise from the top left: Dead Leaves, Flag, Serial Experiments Lain, Monster, Mind Game, Lucky Star, Cat Soup, and Gurren Lagann.
The Akihabara district of Tokyo is popular with anime and manga fans, as well as with the otaku subculture in Japan.
Anime Expo in Los Angeles, California, United States – one of the largest fan conventions in the Western world.