Browsing: Cosplay

Cosplayers gather in a hotel before taking part in the Osu Cosplay Parade, during the second day of the World Cosplay Summit 2026 in Nagoya on August 1, 2026 (Philip FONG)

At an anime convention in Guangzhou, a cosplayer drew crowds and criticism by selling “feet juice” — a concoction of lemon-infused water from large tubs where she soaked her feet, priced at 50 yuan (US$7) per cup. – Photo: Bilibili

Viktoria Chernenkii and Denis Chernenkii — better known as Medovvika and Armeyes — are among Russia’s best-known cosplayers. Recently in Shanghai, they transformed into Rapunzel and Flynn Rider from the Disney movie Tangled, bringing the fairy tale to life at the intersection of fantasy and reality.

Vancouver’s annual anime convention returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre this August long weekend for three days of all things anime and Japanese pop culture starting on Friday, July 31.

Walking through the cavernous exhibit hall of the San Diego Convention Center, dodging thousands of attendees clad in meticulously crafted spandex, foam armor, and wizard robes, it is easy to assume you have left reality behind. Yet, against the backdrop of the 2026 Comic-Con International, the line between science fiction fantasy and the daily grind…

The dice are back in Indianapolis, and downtown is once again becoming a four-day stage for board games, role-playing campaigns, cosplay and the kind of convention traffic that makes every nearby restaurant look like a quest objective. Gen Con opened Thursday and runs through Sunday, bringing its annual wave of gamers back to the city.…

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But the saying never specified exactly how.

Cosplayers representing 10 countries and regions visited Aichi Governor Hideaki Omura and Nagoya Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa on July 29 ahead of the World Cosplay Summit, one of the world’s largest cosplay events, which opens in Nagoya on July 31.

Ryan Reynolds appeared during the “Avengers: Doomsday” panel in San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H on July 26, wearing a black-and-gray, denim-inspired Deadpool costume he later named “Jeanpool.”

[Sportschosun reporter Jang Jong-ho] A controversy is brewing after a large anime event in China featured female cosplayers selling water in which they had soaked their feet.