Takahashi decided to coin a new word rather than use the existing translation of the English term "masquerade" because that translates into Japanese as "an aristocratic costume", which did not match his experience of the Worldcon. The term was coined by Nobuyuki Takahashi of Studio Hard after he attended the 1984 World Science Fiction Convention ( Worldcon) in Los Angeles and saw costumed fans, which he later wrote about in an article for the Japanese magazine My Anime. The term "cosplay" is a Japanese portmanteau of the English terms costume and play. Cosplay is very popular among all genders, and it is not unusual to see genders switched in an act referred to as gender-bending. Cosplay events are common features of fan conventions, and today there are many dedicated conventions and competitions, as well as social networks, websites, and other forms of media centered on cosplay activities. A rapid growth in the number of people cosplaying as a hobby since the 1990s has made the phenomenon a significant aspect of popular culture in Japan, as well as in other parts of East Asia and in the Western world. The Japanese term "cosplay" ( コスプレ, kosupure) was coined in 1984. The term is composed of the two aforementioned counterparts - costume and role play.Ĭosplay grew out of the practice of fan costuming at science fiction conventions, beginning with Morojo's "futuristicostumes" created for the 1st World Science Fiction Convention held in New York City in 1939. Favorite sources include anime, cartoons, comic books, manga, television series, and video games. Any entity that lends itself to dramatic interpretation may be taken up as a subject. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture, and a broader use of the term "cosplay" applies to any costumed role-playing in venues apart from the stage. Cosplayers at Yukicon 2014, a fan convention in FinlandĬosplay, a portmanteau of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character.
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Nothing very significant.ĭye packs (3000 points) – Each of these contains 5 dyes that you can apply to a full armor set. Housing Items – Haunted Housing Decoration Bundle (25,000 points) – If you want to make your house spooky, here’s what’s included in this set:Įmoticons – There is a coinflip and a clap. Plague Doctor Mask (7,000 points) – Okay, this one is solid for the right class. The language is too much.Īn elusive mask (7000 points) – I don’t like it sorry. Here is a druid for you.ĭemon mask (7000 points) – I was on board up to the tongue. We’ll see.Įlemental mask (7,000 Marks, ~ $ 7) – Now we’re on to the masks, which exist as their own headgear skins with no armor set attached. Pharaoh’s curse (8,500 points) – I’m still considering buying it for my big ax, but it goes more with the mummy armor that I didn’t buy. Staff of the Black Widow (8,500 points) – Well, if you don’t have arachnophobia and the spiders crawling on your stick don’t bother you all the time, you can look intimidating enough with that skin. Skeletal Rapier (8,500 points) – Turn your sword into an all-bone sword.Ĭrimson Bloodlock (8,500 points) – If I were a musket, I would probably choose this one because it’s very cool. I regret nothing.įrankenstein hammer (8,500 marks, ~ $ 9) – Make yourself Warhammer wood and give it spooky eyes. Skeleton knight (16,000 points) – Well I just couldn’t avoid buying this one for my tank. Shroud of the Pharaoh (14,000 points) – Here is your mummy costume, maybe good for an archer or rapier type, as it seems to replace medium armor.