Requirements for a cosplayer

In the traditional sense it is a kind of "theater" of heroes and is derived exclusively from Japanese culture. The whole entourage of cosplay depends on the imagination in the minds of the fans or other entertainment field.

The motto of cosplay is "no game, no life," and among Western cosplayers the following saying is popular: "you must prove that only you are the best at playing your character. After all, you are him!".

That is how the essence of this Japanese subculture is manifested, and the task of the cosplayer is to conform as closely as possible to the chosen character and help you such a wonderful star wars blasters helmets and costumes where you can buy a quality costume.

It is not enough to make an identical costume. Each cosplayer must fully reveal his character and his manner of speaking, copy his behavior, use gestures and phrases specific to him, show his character and thus temporarily become him so the participants and the audience would believe in his existence.

History of appearance

History of Cosplay. Originally, the emergence of cosplay is associated with fans of anime and manga, and it was a purely Japanese phenomenon.

Fans liked to follow the life of their favorite characters so much that they gradually began to identify with them, and, reincarnating in the images from the screens, computer monitors, manga pages to "animate" their favorites.

The development of cosplay in Japan was fostered by the communication between fandom members and fans of fantasy and sci-fi. In these communities, there were people who began to model and create various accessories, game costumes and other paraphernalia.

Such specialists had enthusiastic cosplayers, who began to adopt the experience and make costumes to transform into anime characters. Subsequently, approximately the same pattern was observed in Western countries.

On the international scene, this subculture emerged at the turn of the 80s and 90s. Festivals and cosplay cones began to take place, and major anime conventions began to include blocks devoted to cosplay.