Article: Fantasy meets utopia at Japan 'Cosplay' world summit.(Arts and Living)

Japan World Cosplay Summit
AP Images;  July 30, 2008 ;     295 words ... ... Foreign Ministry in Tokyo Wednesday, July 30, 2008 prior to Aug. 2 opening of a two-day world cosplay summit 2008 in Nagoya, central Japan. They are from left: Jessica Moreira Rocha Campos and Gabriel Niemietz Braz, representing Brazil ...

Article: Cosplay: An escape from reality
The Manila Times;  March 27, 2008 ;     570 words ...Cosplay, which is a short ... movement can be traced to Japan. It first started ... controversial comment about cosplay is that some of its ... notoriety of girly bars in Japan with staffs dressed ... promotes and organizes cosplay events, comments that ...

Article: Japanese cosplay invades the U.S. youth market.(ASIAN ...
Marketing to the Emerging Majorities;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... of the anime fan community called cosplay--dressing up as an anime, manga ... Anime is a form of animation from Japan, while manga is a form of comic books ... festivals annually in the U.S. Cosplay is distinctly niche, which is why ...

Article: Fly away with cosplay
New Straits Times;  May 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Japanese anime and manga cosplay outfits, the last three ... We want to promote cosplay to youths in Malaysia ... it as big as it is in Japan, Singapore and other ... items associated with Japan, anime, manga or cosplay. There will be also ...

Article: Fashion conscious; Young people doff their drab daily dress and ...
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  June 6, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... fluffy dresses from the 1950s. Cosplay - short for costume play ... is par for the course here. Japan is often described as a country ... backpackfull of new outfit. Cosplay grew during the 1980s as people ... spending their time. Join the Cosplay community at http //en ...

World Cosplay Summit contestants pose at a parade for the World...
Getty Images;  August 4, 2009 ;     242 words ... ... the World ... Full Size JPG (3257 KB) World Cosplay Summit contestants pose at a parade for the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya in Aichi prefecture, central Japan on August 1, 2009. Cosplay, short for 'costume and play', is a Japanese ...

Article: A BUDDING SUPERSTAR AT COSPLAY A MADISON 16-YEAR-OLD IS ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  September 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... reputation as a prodigy in the field. Cosplay, or costume play, is the spawn ... alone there are as many as 400 cosplay conventions each year, attended ... convention that's like the Olympics of cosplay is in Japan, said Katy, who hopes to compete ...