“Male characters often include opportunities to wear clothing not afforded to many female characters, not to mention the weapons.” In the cosplay world, there are varying degrees of devotion, too.

Cosplay is often at its most fun when fans can take part with their friends, making couples' cosplays and group cosplays a ...

Takahashi's cosplay article appeared in the June 1983 issue of My Anime (above). It covered the fans who dressed up as manga and anime characters from the Comiket convention in Tokyo.

My Dress-Up Darlingearned its place among the most popular romantic comedy anime thanks to it winning combination of heartfelt humor, its focus on cosplay as a fulfilling hobby, and its small ...

Investigating the ‘Psychology of Cosplay’ This survey’s results, shared at GeekGirlCon, gets into demographics, inspiration, and more.

If you’re a lover of costumes, crafting, and pop culture, here’s how to dress up as your favorite characters.

For people who cosplay — dress in costumes to role-play characters from popular culture — the challenge of transformation is one they happily accept year-round.

Cosplay is where you dress up as your favorite characters (even ones you happen to create) and has been my main hobby for years. However, as the hobby has become more mainstream, it has increasingly ...

Cosplay comes from the term "costume play," and involves dressing up as, and often embodying, the personality of a character, usually from a work of fiction.