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Etymology. The term "cosplay" is a Japanese portmanteau of the English terms costume and play. The term was coined by Nobuyuki Takahashi [] of Studio Hard after he attended the 1984 World Science Fiction Convention in Los Angeles and saw costumed fans, which he later wrote about in an article for the Japanese magazine My Anime [].
Jessica Nigri (born 1989) is an American cosplayer, promotional and glamour model, YouTuber, voice actress, and fan convention interview correspondent. She has been cosplaying since 2009 and modeling since 2012, having served as an official spokesmodel for several video games and comic book series, including Lollipop Chainsaw and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
United States. [25] Morojo. June 20, 1904. Nov 20, 1964. American costume designer, science fiction fan and fanzine publisher who in 1939 created the first costumes worn at a science fiction convention, worn by her and Forrest J Ackerman; "the mother of cosplay". United States. [26] [27] [28] Olivia Munn.
Game On Expo is a multimedia gaming convention that began in August 2015, and is the largest gaming and anime convention in Arizona. It covers all types of gaming from video games and arcades to board games and tabletop games. The expo boasts a large vendor hall, video game lounge area, free-play arcades, tournaments (both video and card games ...
Emiru. Emiru (born January 3, 1998) is an American Twitch streamer and cosplayer. She is primarily known for streaming League of Legends and her cosplays on her Twitch channel, where she has garnered more than 1,100,000 followers as of January 15, 2023. She is a co-owner of and a content creator for the gaming organization One True King.
Japan. Inaugurated. 2003. Attendance. 248,000 (2016) [not verified in body] Website. www .worldcosplaysummit .jp /en /. The World Cosplay Summit (世界コスプレサミット, Sekai Kosupure Samitto WCS) is an annual international cosplay event, which promotes global interaction through Japanese pop culture. [1] [2] It developed from a ...
Cosplay Mania is an annual cosplay-centered convention organized by Cosplay.ph. It is usually held in the fourth quarter of the year in the Philippines. The convention features various events related to cosplay, anime, Jpop cuture which features rookie and veteran cosplayers, costumers and cosplay enthusiasts.
Characteristics Cosplay of Master Chief, main character of Halo, a major sci-fi video game franchise.. Science fiction games traditionally have a male-dominated audience, with a 2017 survey by Quantic Foundry finding that only 16% of sci-fi MMO players were female, compared to 36% of high fantasy MMO players.