We’re constantly posting galleries from major cosplay shows, and they are always excellentbut for the recent New York Comic-Con, one photographer wanted to do things a little differently. You want to try something other than just taking nice photos, veteran photographer Andrew Boyle (Disclaimer: I wrote the foreword to his book) thought he was trying ...
picture: cosplay universe I was has been covering cosplay for well over a decadeand in that time i have seen tons of books, posts, youtube videos and even tv series on the subject. What I hadn’t seen until now was that someone actually went and made one Documentary as smooth and comprehensive as cosplay universe. ...
Just like big shows in the USCosplay conventions are slowly returning to the calendar in Europe too, and that includes the Japan Expo, which takes place in France and is the largest of its kind on the continent. It’s been three years since we last ran a gallery from the show, billed as “the largest ...
It’s been a few years since we were able to do a cosplay entry from San Diego Comic-Con, but we’re back in 2022 with a gallery and video recap which is probably the greatest nerd show in the world. There hasn’t been a proper Comic-Con for a long time; The 2020 show was canceled in ...
People have played as Link and Zelda (and even Ganon) since the series first debuted, but these guys are (relatively) simple. They’re two-legged, they’re wearing clothes, you put on makeup, get a gun, boom, you play as a Nintendo character. But what about breath of the wild Wardens, those giant stone warriors that shoot lasers ...
Since most of the scene was closed during the pandemic and big shows are just beginning to make their way back into the lineupIt’s nice to bring our attention back internationally with this feature at the Japan Expo 2022 that took place in Bangkok a few months ago. These photos and videos are thus the ...
Like so much in recent years, the pandemic has hit the cosplay scene hard, shutting down the conventions that in many ways are the lifeblood of the community. but after getting things back on track with Dragon Con last DecemberI’m really excited to present our first cosplay showcase for 2022. One of the first big ...
Back in 2019, in the past Ukraine-based illustrator Kutty Sark celebrated Inktober with a series of Sailor Moon photos who portrayed the girls as straight forward witches (this is not the blog to have fun discussions about whether using wands and magic means Sailor Moon beautiful a witch, thanks). This team of cosplayers, costume designers ...
I’ve featured the work of Alyson Tabbitha here a couple of times Kotakubecause she is simply the best. Your makeup work is on transformative, and in the past it has turned into all of Wonder woman to Jack Sparrow to Leeloo Dallas. Her latest work is Angelina Jolies Thena from Marvel’s Eternal. Note that this ...
photo:: ROSLAN RAHMAN / Contributor (Getty Images) Kotaku EastThe East is your slice of Asian internet culture and brings you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Turn on every morning from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. At the moment, everyone in Japan can dress up as their favorite character. It will ...
