The Anime Blog – We Go Beyond Anime!

There are plenty of things to discuss on the patio of an L.A. nightclub: music; politics; film; and, of course, those random stores that only make sense because you and everyone else around you has a few drinks in the system. Typically, though, anime is not fodder for nightclub conversation. That is, unless you happened [...]

WORLD COSPLAY SUMMIT TEAM USA AT KINOKUNIYA BOOKSTORE ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 17!
The New York Anime Festival today announced it is partnering with Del Rey Manga and Samurai Beat Radio to hold a Cosplay Day at the largest Japanese bookstore in North America – New York City’s Kinokuniya Bookstore – on Sunday, August 17, 2008.
Kinokuniya Bookstore, [...]

Cons are great chances to catch a gander of things you’d never see anywhere else- ever. Some fantastic sights are always to be found, and it’s always good fun to try and pick out obscure, rare cosplays. Going to an anime convention is much like going on safari when it comes down to cosplay.
There are [...]

Later this year, Japan will host the World Cosplay Summit 2008. This will be the sixth Summit, which began in 2003. Last year’s event featured 14 teams (28 cosplayers) from 12 countries (Japan had 3 teams) with an estimated 10,000 people watching the championship. The winners were the French team with Japan [...]

Seriously, what’s keeping more people from donning a costume and going nuts at a con? Fans of anime can be pretty die-hard; wearing t-shirts, cat ears, and carrying around merchandise like badges of honor. Why don’t they take the extra step and immerse themselves in a character? Hell, I wanna know why I don’t cosplay! [...]

OK – I had a brief fangirl moment* when I saw this cosplay of Pip Bernadette from Hellsing. As in “OMG! I know you! I looooovve you!” Then the critic came out and was impressed with the craftsmanship and accuracy. Critic and fangirl enjoyed a brief “moment”, then I realized I had to talk to [...]

I saw a great cosplayer at Anime Expo this year – Devil Jin from Tekken!

“Devil Jin represents Jin Kazama as he would appear after succumbing to the effects of the Devil Gene” – Wikipedia
How did I find him?
He was walking towards the pike from the causeway at the Convention Center…those wings were huge! Everyone [...]