the history of cosplay in west countries
admin | January 2, 2010
The word cosplay was coined by journalist Nobuyuki Takahashi and first appeared in print in an article he wrote in a June 1983 article in the magazine “My Anime.”” Takahashi shortened the word to “cosplay” after hearing that “costume play” was not actually an English word. The history of cosplay is intertwined with the West [...]
