On November 3-4, BlizzCon made its triumphant return to the Anaheim Convention Center and cosplayers were not, ahem, playing around. The best BlizzCon cosplay was definitely worth writing home about, ...

Japan Expo Paris is the largest Japanese pop culture convention outside of the country it honors, so you can always expect some incredible cosplay from the four-day convention. This time around, ...

The global cosplay costumes market value was more than $3,625.0 million in 2020. The global cosplay costumes market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 16.4% ...

A traveler at heart, Brianna is a risk-taker and goal chaser. Ever since she saw her brother playing Ocarina of Time on their N64, her path was set. In 2021, she graduated from California State ...

Currently, anyone in Japan is free to dress as their favorite characters. But it might not stay free for them to do so. The Japanese government is proposing big copyright law changes for those who ...

World Cosplay Summit WCS is the annual international cosplay event held in Japan, considered as the most vibrant and popular part of Tokyo’s pop culture and it promotes global interaction through ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — On a quick pass you might think you can pin down the dress on display in the center of the exhibit — something Japanese, a kind of kimono. Look closer and you can see more of what is ...

Story by Toyabe Kohei The Tokyo Game Show 2025 (TGS2025) is taking place at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan from Thursday, September 25, to Sunday, September 28, 2025. Netmarble's booth was a major ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...

One of San Antonio's most popular conventions is right around the corner. Every year, San Japan invites cosplayers and conventiongoers from across the state and beyond to be part of an event that’s ...

Anime and manga fans took over downtown San Antonio this weekend for the 2021 installment of the San Japan convention. For the occasion, we rounded up some of the best cosplay looks we saw, plus other ...