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, a contraction (or portmanteau) of the English words "costume" and "play", is a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga, anime, tokusatsu, and video games, and, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, fantasy movies, or Japanese pop music bands. However, in some circles, "cosplay" has been expanded to mean simply wearing a costume.
In Japan, "cosplay" as a hobby is usually an end unto itself. Likeminded people gather to see others' costumes, show off their own elaborate handmade creations, take lots of pictures, and possibly participate in best costume contests.
The most specific anecdote about the origin of the word "cosplay" was that Nov Takahashi (from a Japanese studio called Studio Hard) coined the term "cosplay" as a contraction of the English-language words "costume play" while he was attending the 1984 Los Angeles Science Fiction Worldcon. He was so impressed by the hall and masquerade costuming there that he reported about it frequently in Japanese science fiction magazines. This ultimately triggered Japanese cosplay. This point is debatable, however, as the word fits in with a common Japanese method of abbreviation: combining the first two syllables of one word with the first two syllables of a second word (or, more precisely, the first two moras of each). Other examples of this include and .
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@tuflus Sabés que yo vi unos muy parecidos en la última cosplay que hubo en Mza? Y te digo más, creo que @Hunting_Bears se compró uno
Blu_Orchid (Laura Ramos) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:20:29 -0000
@tuflus Sabés que yo vi unos muy parecidos en la última cosplay que hubo en Mza? Y te digo más, creo que @Hunting_Bears se compró uno
@ThalesDK: ah, agora vi q vc mudou o icone daqui! tem fotos do cosplay pra mostrar? \o\ (foi em grupo?)
nutellamadou (Marina) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:18:02 -0000
@ThalesDK: ah, agora vi q vc mudou o icone daqui! tem fotos do cosplay pra mostrar? \o\ (foi em grupo?)
@GuilhermeBriggs NOSSA, esse aà se superou no cosplay o_o imagina montar isso td?
bielfun (B!eL Quad) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:16:36 -0000
@GuilhermeBriggs NOSSA, esse aí se superou no cosplay o_o imagina montar isso td?
@angelkurr fotonya yg cosplay ya? keren bgd ya.. dia uda 2kali cosplay dan gw ga dtg hiks:((
kawegembul (Kevin William) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:15:49 -0000
@angelkurr fotonya yg cosplay ya? keren bgd ya.. dia uda 2kali cosplay dan gw ga dtg hiks:((
Olha um dos meus padrinhos! Optimus em versão cosplay (via @radiofragao): http://migre.me/aEFN
guilhermebriggs (Guilherme Briggs) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:15:02 -0000
Olha um dos meus padrinhos! Optimus em versão cosplay (via @radiofragao): http://migre.me/aEFN
@freedomxxxx Na verdade, és cosplay do Kira. #fikdik =]
joshbaconi (Josh Baconi) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:09:45 -0000
@freedomxxxx Na verdade, és cosplay do Kira. #fikdik =]
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