CosplayBy Mariana Valesca

Cosplay was created from the words “costume play”, is a performance art or hobby in which participants wear costumes and accessories to represent a specific chareter or idea that is usually identified with a unique name.

What is Cosplay?

•Cosplaying includes dressing up as chareter from various mangas, animes, comic books, video games, and films.

•Any entity from the real or virtual world that lends itself to dramatic interpretation may be taken up as a subject.

Cosplaying

The cosplayer's purpose may generally be sorted into one of three categories, or a combination of the three:

•The first purpose might be to express adoration for a character, or in feeling similar to a character in personality.

•The second category is those people who enjoy the attention that cosplaying a certain character brings. Such cosplayers are often characterised by their choice of popular characters.

•The third is those who enjoy the creative process, and the sense of personal achievement upon completion.

Purpose

•The term “cosplay” was coined by Nov Takahashi in 1984, while attendinga sci-fi convention in Los Angeles. He was so impressed by the costume masquerade that he wrote about it in Japanese sci-fi magazines. Word spread quickly through Japan of this new performance art.

•Since then cosplay has spread to countries across the globe

•Japan is the largest exporter of quality cosplay. the Japanese have taken cosplay to a new level. They’ve managed to turn it into an art form, inspiring fellow cosplayers worldwide.

History of Cosplay

•The most popular form of presenting a cosplay is by wearing it to a fan covention or Event. Multiple conventions dedicated to anime and manga, comics, TV shows, video games, science fiction and fantasy may be found all around the world.

•WCS (World Cosplay Summit ) is an annual international cosplay event that promotes friendly international exchange through Japanese pop culture.

•Brazillian events: Anime Friends, Anipolitan, Bon Odori and others.

Conventions

Cosmaker: is a person who creates cosplays costumes to sell.

Social worker: Cosplayers that visiting orphanages, kindergartens, hospitals and other

Working with Cosplay

Cosplayers in BahiaThese Cosplayers are members of the Group “Cosplayers-BA”.

My Cosplays

Credits

Presentation by: Mariana Valesca

Photos: Antonyevans Fotografia

Jonathan Callis Photography

Cosplayers Photos: Mary CosplaysCosplayers BA

Moabo CosplayConselho Jedi Kiwii6 Cosplay

Ana Luiza CosplayVictor Karl

Tiago CalheirosNizandra Henrique

Marina BatistaMichelle Valois

Witchiko, Reika, Mon, Ryoko, Akatsuki Tsukasa