Ronald McDonald as The Joker
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Why didn’t we think of this earlier? Here’s an unnamed cosplayer at this year’s FanimeCon in San Jose as a mashup of a Heath Ledger-styled Joker and Ronald McDonald, photographed by Seattle-based photographer David Ngo. And the only common ground we thought the Joker and old Ronald had were for being clowns. Not sure what [...]
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Cosplayers vs traditional theatre actors
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For their Soul-Stealer project, Chinese artists Zeng Han and Yang Changhong delved into the two worlds of role-playing, both traditional (landplay in Guizhou and Mulian opera) and contemporary (cosplayers dressing up as anime, manga and World of Warcraft characters), then shot portraits of the players in them.
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The Simpsons opening in real life
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Remember how these iconic Sesame Street characters came to life as grumpy old men at Dragon*Con? The entire family of The Simpsons have been there too in the real world, replicating shot for shot faithfully, the now-famous opening TV sequence of the cartoon series. This was a promo spot for UK TV channel Sky One [...]
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Canine Star Wars: Imperial Walker and more
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Now you no longer have to take your dog for any other walk, you can take them on an Imperial Walk instead.
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Bert and Ernie cosplayers will terrify all the kids
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Really, take your pick from all the fictitious characters in the world — there are way too many choices for a bit of cosplay fun. Why anyone would want to cosplay Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street as two grumpy, wrinkly grandpops, though, we can’t imagine. Yet that’s exactly what two guys had in mind, [...]
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Fantastic Norton Antivirus Japan antivirus ad
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Behold! The Blessed Data Backup USB Guardian Amulet is born. Norton’s fantastic Japan ad promotes its data protection products with a horribly awesome ad. Incarnated as ballsy shrine maidens, the girls of pop idol group Dempagumi destroy ninja-cosplaying thieving viruses before they touch a hair on anybody’s head. I’ve never been this happy to see a virus attack.
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Cosplay in slow motion
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Cosplay never ceases to fascinate me, so I find this video by cosplay enthusiast and cinematographer Angel James de Ocampo (filmed at Japan Expo 2011 in Paris) to be pretty entertaining.
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Corpse Bride cosplay photoshoot
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DeviantArt user Malro-Doll truly brought Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride fantasy animation film to life with the help of her friend Victor. The two are avid cosplayers who successfully pulled-off a photoshoot emulating Burton’s distinctive visual aesthetic.
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Parisian Seven Hotel: movie-themed suites
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The lavish Seven Hotel in Paris is a movie aficionado/cosplayer’s dream come true. Like the name suggests, seven different movie-themed suites are available at check-in which include: 007, Alice in Wonderland, Sublime, On/Off, The Black Diamond, Lovez-Vous and Marie Antoinette. So the next time you feel like living the extravagant life of James Bond, I [...]
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Japan’s World Cosplay Summit
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Cosplay, an activity for lovers of comics and science fiction, was born in Japan in the 70s. The word derives from the combination of two British words: costume and play. So the translation would be ‘costume to play’. It consists of wearing the costume of some fiction character and dramatizing and acting like that character. The design and preparation of the costume also counts, as does the body shaping in order to make the costume fit and make it as ‘real’ as possible. Cosplayers take part in mass conventions around the world in order to decide the best of them. The most important of them is the World Cosplay Summit, which takes place in Japan every year.
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Cookie Warrior
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You know, most cosplay pics on the Internet inspire laughter and pity. This one, however, does funny things to me. I guess the best way I can describe it is that it’s like developing a crush on your cousin.
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Steve Schofield’s Land of the Free
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In his series Land of the Free, photographer Steve Schofield captures geeky, cosplay fanatics in their own homes, sometimes with their costume-less family members. Two Klingons relaxing in a Middle-American living room as if waiting for grandma to serve cookies and tea makes for a truly compelling image. Schofield’s photos seem tense, as if halfway stuck between a mundane but warm reality and an exciting fantasy world.
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Thor Engelstad
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Thor Engelstad’s photo-media series, Just A Moment, Please, is a statement on Harajuku sub-culture. It portrays the fashion anarchy known as ‘cosplay’ or ‘costume play — total identity transformation through dress-ups. From the baby doll Lolita to dark Goths, these Sunday street sirens are waiting for their moment to be discovered. Englestad’s metallic prints capture this hyper-real style and composites them against Tokyo’s electric backdrop.
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