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This Is Just A Middle-Aged Man Dressed As A Japanese Schoolgirl

He’s called the “Sailor Suit Old Man”. And he’s called that for good reason too. Whenever you see Hideaki Kobayashi on the weekend, he’s dressed as a Japanese schoolgirl. Recently, Japanese sites and Twitter users in Tokyo have spotted an old guy dressed in a sailor style school uniform — a truly unusual sight to behold. People were amused. People were baffled. What the hell was going on?!


BioShock Infinite’s Mysterious Physicist Gets Some Great Cosplay

BioShock Infinite has proven pretty popular with cosplayers, but most of them focus on Elizabeth. Eeeeeveryone cosplays as Elizabeth. And that’s fair, Elizabeth is a wonderful girl and a very cool character. But what about Roaslind Lutece?


Chinese Airline Dresses Up Flight Attendants As Maids And Butlers

In China, one airline isn’t just flying the friendly skies. It’s cosplaying in them. Spring Airlines, a Shanghai-based budget airline, is dressing up its male cabin attendants as butlers and its female ones as maids.


Now This Is Some Serious Warhammer 40K Cosplay

There’s dressing up as your favourite game or TV character, then there’s assembling a massive suit of Warhammer 40K armour. Like, say, this massive suit of Warhammer 40K armour.


A Terrific Week In Cosplay Pays Tribute To Forgotten Games

‘Twas a strange week in cosplay. We’ve got your expected tributes, yeah, like Mass Effect. But I can’t say I’ve ever seen someone from the West dress up as a character from Zangeki no Reginleiv, a Wii RPG that was never released outside of Japan.


Rent Go-Karts In Tokyo’s Geekiest Neighbourhood

Ah yes, Akihabara. When you think of Tokyo’s “Electric Town”, you probably think of retro game shops, arcades, and a sea of anime, manga, and collectible figurines. Add go-karts to that list.


True Love Is Dressing Your Dog Like A Star Wars Animal

These four costumes are real products, not late April Fool’s gags. You can preorder them now, and one day soon, your dog (or capybara) can look just like a beast of burden from the Star Wars universe.


The Revealing World Of One Piece Cosplay

One Piece is the biggest manga in Japan. Know what that means? Yep, there’s a lot of One Piece cosplay.


Why Do I Cosplay? Let Me Count The Ways

The past couple of weeks have run the gamut from disheartening to encouraging, but predominantly enlightening. I’ve learned lessons about others, about myself, and about the industry and hobby I pour my heart into. I feel that I’m a stronger individual and professional coming out the other side.


Mass Effect Cosplay Is Like A Real-Life Director’s Cut

Sadly, they just missed the bus for Mass Effect week, but this cosplay extravaganza was too good to not share, regardless of what day it is. Propped Up Creations emailed us yesterday with these shots of a Mass Effect fight that, while spoken of in the game, was never actually shown.


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