Browsing: cosplay

With our Evo 2026 Las Vegas cosplay video, I wanted to do something different with its production than I’d seen anywhere else in my time covering fighting games.

Comic Con Astana, Central Asia’s largest pop culture festival, has transformed Kazakhstan’s capital, bringing together international actors, cosplay enthusiasts, gamers and artists.

Wookiees walked the aisles alongside superheroes and video game characters this weekend as Oklahoma Comic Con returned to Tulsa, drawing fans, vendors and celebrity guests from across the region.

India has scored another critical hit on the global cosplay stage. Cosplayers Karan Desai and Karan Prakash have clinched Zipair’s next journey category at the World Cosplay Summit (WCS) 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, proving once again that Indian craftsmanship can go toe-to-toe with the world’s best.

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Shawn, like her sister Whitney dressed as a character from Demon Slayer, had two words to describe the weather as she waited to watch the grand parade at Japan’s annual World Cosplay Summit: “Extremely hot”.

A WOMAN lost 28kg over a year and a half just so she could cosplay as Chun-Li, her favourite character from the Street Fighter video game series, China Press reported.

Japanese companies cut hours, cosplay summit moves dates as heat intensifies – Türkiye Today

Life‘Damn hot’: Japan’s biggest cosplay event is escaping the summer heat Sunday, 02 Aug 2026 8:46 AM MYT

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)