Cosplay
noun
The activity of dressing up as a character from a movie, book, or video game, especially one from the manga and anime genres.
He took part in the cosplay at the local fan convention, dressing as his favorite anime character.
Often appears as...
- cosplay event
- cosplay costume
verb
To dress up and pretend to be a character, often for a fan convention or other event.
She's going to cosplay as a character from her favorite video game at the convention.
Often appears as...
- cosplay as
- cosplay character
noun
The activity of dressing up as a character from a movie, book, or video game, especially one from the manga and anime genres.
He took part in the cosplay at the local fan convention, dressing as his favorite anime character.
Often appears as...
- cosplay event
- cosplay costume
verb
To dress up and pretend to be a character, often for a fan convention or other event.
She's going to cosplay as a character from her favorite video game at the convention.
Often appears as...
- cosplay as
- cosplay character
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Pro Tip 1/3Pop Culture
Cosplay is often linked to pop culture conventions and fan gatherings.
At Comic-Con, you'll see hundreds of people engaging in cosplay.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Expression
Cosplay allows fans to creatively express their admiration for a character.
Her cosplay involved crafting an intricate costume and props.
Pro Tip 3/3Attention to Detail
Attention to detail is important to accurately represent a character in cosplay.
His cosplay matched the character's outfit down to the last button.
Pro Tip 1/3Pop Culture
Cosplay is often linked to pop culture conventions and fan gatherings.
At Comic-Con, you'll see hundreds of people engaging in cosplay.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Expression
Cosplay allows fans to creatively express their admiration for a character.
Her cosplay involved crafting an intricate costume and props.
Pro Tip 3/3Attention to Detail
Attention to detail is important to accurately represent a character in cosplay.
His cosplay matched the character's outfit down to the last button.
Pro Tip 1/3Pop Culture
Cosplay is often linked to pop culture conventions and fan gatherings.
At Comic-Con, you'll see hundreds of people engaging in cosplay.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Expression
Cosplay allows fans to creatively express their admiration for a character.
Her cosplay involved crafting an intricate costume and props.
Pro Tip 3/3Attention to Detail
Attention to detail is important to accurately represent a character in cosplay.
His cosplay matched the character's outfit down to the last button.
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My love letter to...
Now ostensibly, cosplay means people who dress up as their favorite characters from film and television and especially anime, but it is so much more than that. These aren't just people who find a costume and put it on -- they mash them up. They bend them to their will. They change them to be the characters they want to be in those productions.
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My love letter to...
Now ostensibly, cosplay means people who dress up as their favorite characters from film and television and especially anime, but it is so much more than that. These aren't just people who find a costume and put it on -- they mash them up. They bend them to their will. They change them to be the characters they want to be in those productions.
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Quote examples
Neal Adams
American Artist
What populates a comic-book convention? Well there's actors, and there's dealers, and there's comic-book artists and writers, and there's cosplay people, toy sales people, people who are selling trading cards, and people selling swords. It's not a flea market.
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Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
Steampunk, the repurposing of Victorian culture and technology for contemporary fun and profit, is so ubiquitous - in media, books, fashion, music, cosplay, and maker culture - that we tend to imagine its superficial aspects are all that define it.
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Mary Wiseman
American Actress
I've seen so much good Tilly cosplay. I've seen a lot of Captain Killy. I've seen a Cadet Tilly with dreads. I've seen stuff - it's the most incredible experience, and I think I probably fangirl over the cosplayers more than they do over me.
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Yaya Han
Chinese Designer
It can literally change someone's life; it's very positive for young teenagers to get into cosplay if they do it with their friends or with supervision from their parents - it can really foster their social skills.
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Camilla Luddington
English Actress
I think Comic Con pushes you to have a little more fun and be playful. Everyone else is dressed in cosplay... it would feel weird to wear something boring when you're standing next to a Khaleesi!
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Lights
Canadian Musician
I've never been this massive artist, but I've always had this really wicked cool fanbase - people that really dive in, know every single B-side, and cosplay characters at our shows.
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Jessica Nigri
American Entertainer
I've been fairly private about my personal life. I've been approached by other companies to do a documentary about cosplay and about my life, but I've never felt comfortable.
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Wil Wheaton
American Actor
I've done a lot of geeky things in my life, but I think the geekiest of all was my first effort to build props and cosplay, when I was about twelve years-old.
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Xavier Woods
American Wrestler
I do a bunch of cosplay stuff with a guy by the name of Michael Mosley. He's fantastic. We always go to an event called DragonCon together every September.
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Simon Sinek
English Author
I have friends who are majorly into the cosplay culture and have urged me to go to a convention for no other reason than to meet others like me.
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Neal Adams
American Artist
What populates a comic-book convention? Well there's actors, and there's dealers, and there's comic-book artists and writers, and there's cosplay people, toy sales people, people who are selling trading cards, and people selling swords. It's not a flea market.
Quote examples
Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
Steampunk, the repurposing of Victorian culture and technology for contemporary fun and profit, is so ubiquitous - in media, books, fashion, music, cosplay, and maker culture - that we tend to imagine its superficial aspects are all that define it.
Quote examples
Mary Wiseman
American Actress
I've seen so much good Tilly cosplay. I've seen a lot of Captain Killy. I've seen a Cadet Tilly with dreads. I've seen stuff - it's the most incredible experience, and I think I probably fangirl over the cosplayers more than they do over me.
Quote examples
Yaya Han
Chinese Designer
It can literally change someone's life; it's very positive for young teenagers to get into cosplay if they do it with their friends or with supervision from their parents - it can really foster their social skills.
Quote examples
Camilla Luddington
English Actress
I think Comic Con pushes you to have a little more fun and be playful. Everyone else is dressed in cosplay... it would feel weird to wear something boring when you're standing next to a Khaleesi!
Quote examples
Lights
Canadian Musician
I've never been this massive artist, but I've always had this really wicked cool fanbase - people that really dive in, know every single B-side, and cosplay characters at our shows.
Quote examples
Jessica Nigri
American Entertainer
I've been fairly private about my personal life. I've been approached by other companies to do a documentary about cosplay and about my life, but I've never felt comfortable.
Quote examples
Wil Wheaton
American Actor
I've done a lot of geeky things in my life, but I think the geekiest of all was my first effort to build props and cosplay, when I was about twelve years-old.
Quote examples
Xavier Woods
American Wrestler
I do a bunch of cosplay stuff with a guy by the name of Michael Mosley. He's fantastic. We always go to an event called DragonCon together every September.
Quote examples
Simon Sinek
English Author
I have friends who are majorly into the cosplay culture and have urged me to go to a convention for no other reason than to meet others like me.
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