Cosplay World

What is "cosplay"? I am looking for emo / Japanese clothing, and the word that keeps up.

I'll find a dress or something like that and the description will say: "Great for cosplay."

Cosplay (コスプレ, KOSUPURE?) Contraction play (or case) from the English words "costume" and "" is a Japanese subculture of dressing as characters from manga, anime, tokusatsu centered, and video games, and, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, fantasy movies, or Japanese pop music bands. In some circles, has "been extended cosplay" is simply understand wearing a costume. In Japan, "cosplay" as a hobby is usually an end in itself. Minded people together to see others' costumes, show with their own elaborate handmade creations, take lots of pictures, and possibly the best costume contest. The most specific anecdote about the origin the word "cosplay" was that November Takahashi (from a Japanese studio called Studio Hard) coined the term "cosplay" as a contraction of English words "costume play" while he was there in 1984 in Los Angeles Science Fiction Worldcon. He was so from the hall and masquerade costuming there impressed that he reported about it frequently in Japanese science fiction magazines. This point is the question, however, as the word in connection with a common Japanese method of abbreviation: The combination of the first two syllables of a word with the first two syllables of a second word (or, more precisely, the first two moras of each). Other examples include Pokemon (ポケモン, Pokémon? Short forポケットモンスター, or "Pocket Monsters") and puroresu (プロレス, puroresu? short forプロレスリングor wrestling

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