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People who dress as characters from anime, manga, or video games are known as cosplayers. The term " | People who dress as characters from anime, manga, or video games are known as cosplayers. The term " | ||
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+ | Cosplayers fall into three categories: 1) people who dress up as fictional characters from anime, manga, or video games; 2) those who dress up as members of specific professions, | ||
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+ | ===== Gender-Bending Cosplay ===== | ||
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+ | When cosplayers dress up and play characters of the opposite gender, this is known as gender-bending cosplay.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Layer ===== | ||
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+ | The slang term for " | ||
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+ | ===== Layer Support ===== | ||
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+ | A cleaning service called "Layer Support" | ||
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+ | ===== Takahashi Nobuyuki===== | ||
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+ | After attending Worldcon in Los Angeles, Japanese journalist and manga publisher Takahashi Nobuyuki first used the term " | ||
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+ | ===== Sailor Moon ===== | ||
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+ | When Sailor Moon's final episode aired in 1997, a " | ||
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+ | ===== Cosplay Cafe ===== | ||
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+ | The first cosplay cafe debuted in Akihabra, Tokyo, in 1999, and numerous others soon followed.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Dengeki Layers ===== | ||
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+ | Launched in 2003, Dengeki Layers is a magazine aimed at the Japanese cosplay scene.[([[https:// |