Straight from the world of anime into reality — this upgraded Rasengan cosplay prop looks just like swirling chakra energy! In Version 2.0, we’ve leveled up the effects, the design ...

The championship was part of the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya ... skills from make-up artistry to prosthetics, dressmaking and prop design. The result is a little like drag performances ...

Our around-the-world cosplay appreciation trip has taken us ... I can’t imagine how heavy and unwieldy and hot it is. Props to this guy.

FuRyu will release a replica of the staff Frieren uses in the manga and anime, though the cosplay replica doesn't seem to be 1:1.

Cosplayers like her portray animated, fictional or sometimes historical characters by using costumes and props. A portmanteau of costume and play, cosplay has left an indelible mark on Maoru’s life.

When Kazuki Foo was 15 years old, he participated in the World Cosplay Summit (WCS ... they also need to make their own costumes and props, whereas in other cosplay events, they can just buy ...

“I have a theory that maybe Cosplay is so popular in the adult world because life is so drab ... Cosplayers can go all out with elaborate costumes and props, or they might keep it simpler ...