Did you know? There’s a cosplay tv program being broadcasted in Japan!
Its name, CosCosPlayPlay; and it delivers the latest cosplay info and tips to answer all the needs of the cosplayers out there. We were invited to the public filming on August 10th. Normally, the filmings are done in private studios, but, this time, they rented out half an elementary school (not used as a school anymore), let regular cosplayers come in freely in their favorite costume, and filmed the program inside the school!
The actual broadcast date for this will be on September 1st at 9pm (Japan time, of course) on Fuji Satellite Television channel 721. Have your friend in Japan tape it for you!
First, here is the main cast posing in front of (more…)
So, I went to the Tokyo Wonder Festival Summer 2008 (Wonfes) last Sunday. Well… I’ve been living in Tokyo for 5 years and right in Akihabara for the past year, so I don’t get surprised much. However, my first Wonfes was a bit shocking.
Most of the otaku are waiting right when it opens and dash to their favorite booth to get the toys. Takashi went there from the start, so check out his post information on the Wonfes early morning lines (actually, some people wait in line since the day before). A lot of the toy companies produce Wonfes exclusive stuff which can be resold for double, triple or, I’ve even heard, 5 times the retail price. Anyway, here’s my little report on the Tokyo Wonder Festival Summer 2008!
I took the monorail from Shimbashi Station to Tokyo Big Sight Exhibition Center. The monorail is fully (more…)
Hey everyone! Ted from OverDrive went over to Nagoya for the World Cosplay Summit. So here it is:
World Cosplay Summit 2008 Day 1 Event Report
If you didn’t know, this is the competition which determines who the world’s best cosplayers are! This would be the 6th time for this yearly event and, this time, cosplayers from 13 different countries attended. Each nation had preliminary contests which the cosplayers had to win through and, finally, gathered in Nagoya to see who is the best of the best.
The World Cosplay Summit (WCS) is a 2-day event: the first day being a cosplay parade and the second, the World Cosplay Championships. The cosplay parade took place in Osu, also known as the Akihabara of (more…)
