Know Cosplay and history
Cosplay is a Japanese-made English term (wasei-eigo) derived from the combination of the words "costume" (costumes) and "play" (play). Cosplay is a hobby and their clothes and accessories worn makeup like the characters in anime, manga, manhwa, storytelling, video games, idol singers and musicians, and cartoons. Actors called cosplay cosplayer, Among fans, cosplayer also abbreviated as layers.
In Japan, cosplay participant can be found in events held bevy fellow fans (dōjin circle), such as the Comic Market, or attend a concert of music group the visual kei genre. Including cosplayer cosplay fans and non-cosplayer already spread all over the world, namely America, China, Europe, Philippines, and Indonesia.
Since the second half of the 1960s, fans of science fiction stories and films in the United States often hold a science fiction convention. Convention participants wore costumes like that which bears the characters of science fiction movies like Star Trek. Culture of the United States had always know the mask forms a party (masquerade), as in celebration of Haloween and Easter.
The tradition of organizing a science fiction convention came to Japan in the 1970s in the form of a demonstration event costumes (costume show). In Japan, the demonstration of "cosplay" was first held in 1978 in Ashinoko, Kanagawa Prefecture in the form of a science fiction convention party mask Nihon SF Taikai 17th. Critics of science fiction by Mari Kotani attend the convention dressed like the characters in the cover story of A Fighting Man of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Not only Mari Kotani Nihon SF Taikai while attending her cosplay. Gainax animation company director, Yasuhiro Takeda Star Wars character costumes.
At that time, convention participants thought Mari Kotani manga characters wear costumes Triton of the Sea by Osamu Tezuka. Kotani himself did not try hard contradict him, so that the mass media often writes costume Triton of the Sea as the first cosplay costume worn in Japan. Furthermore, the show still be a cosplay contest since the Nihon SF Taikai 19th 1980. Participants wear a Superman costume, Atom Boy, as well as the characters in Toki o Kakeru Shojo and movie Virus. In addition at Comiket, cosplay events become increasingly frequent in the exhibition event held dōjinshi and science fiction fan meeting in Japan.
Anime magazine in Japan gradually began to include news about cosplay events at the exhibition and sale of publications dōjinshi. Massive coverage was first performed Fanroad magazine inaugural issue in August 1980. The special edition contains news about the emergence of groups of young people called "Tominoko-zoku" were in the area of Harajuku cosplay costume by wearing a Gundam mobile suit. Group "Tominoko-zoku" rumored to appear as a match for Takenoko-zoku (strangely dressed group of young people who enliven the Harajuku area at that time).
The term "Tominoko-zoku" a name taken from the Gundam animation film director, Yoshiyuki Tomino, and is a parody of the term Takenoko-zoku. Photos cosplay participants who dances while wearing costumes also come loaded Gundam robot. Although the actual articles about Tominoko-zoku only intended to seek sensation, the article managed to make the "cosplay" as a term common among anime fans.
Before the term cosplay is used by the electronic mass media, the assistant announcer Minky Yasu had often do cosplay. Costume characters are often worn Minky Momo Minky Yasu in onshore gathering Radi-karu mami no communication between the other broadcast by Radio Tokai since 1984. Furthermore, the same radio program began a cosplay contest. From 1989 to 1995, ranking aired on TV Asahi cosplay costumes that are popular in the show Hanakin Land Data.
Around 1985, cosplay hobby more widespread in Japan because of cosplay has become an easy thing to do. At that time Captain Tsubasa accident figures are popular, and only with a T-shirt T-shirt Captain Tsubasa soccer player, people can "air-cosplay". Cosplay activity reportedly began to group activities since 1986. Since it also began popping up amateur photographers (called camera-Kozo) who likes to take pictures of cosplay.
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