admin | February 28, 2010
Cosplay, or dressing up like a favorite character and acting like them, is one of the biggest aspects of geekdom. Many conventions are built around the masquerade, or cosplay competition, where fans act out scenes from their favorite anime, movie or video game.
Often, the most rewarding part of cosplay is showing off your handiwork. [...]
admin | January 22, 2010
Others, however, were more neutral on the data. “Inflation prints in NZ have been volatile of late and we are reluctant to read too much into today’s negative print. In part it reflects some correction to the large jump in inflation in the previous quarter,” said a note from RBC Capital Markets.
Boots, whose retail [...]
admin | January 20, 2010
American Idol highlighted contestant Mere Doyle during the Boston auditions. Doyle called herself an “otaku, which is another word for anime freak.” Doyle also said anime inspired her to design and make her own kimono. The segment highlighted Doyle wearing a kimono and also other cosplay items such as a jacket worn by the titular [...]
admin | January 5, 2010
Before saying a final farewell to the last 10 years, here’s an alphabetical list of the 10 live-action films I feel had great impact between 2000 and 2009.
Summing up the output of a 10 period is always a challenge and a joy. I don’t pretend to present this as the definitive list, but here is [...]
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 [...]
admin | December 30, 2009
The country’s movie-making industry is experiencing a boom, with ticket sales increasing and more quality offerings from homegrown talents. Liu Wei reports
Box office takings in China have been rising 20 percent annually for the past five years, and though Hollywood blockbusters such as Transformers 2 and 2012 were the most profitable films this year, local [...]
admin | December 9, 2009
Games and cosplay industry finds opportunities for development in crisis. A game company, says that in many Western countries, it is because the financial crisis of unemployment at home, watching TV and playing games lead to more people. According to reports, North Zone with animation companies and gaming companies a total of more than 30, [...]
admin | November 24, 2009
Blue Jackets players’ wives and broadcast personalities representing the Dispatch Media Group will be collecting the jackets on the designated game nights. For fans that are unable to make a game-night donation at Nationwide Arena, jackets will also be accepted at the Dispatch Ice Haus, the Chiller Ice Rinks, and at the FOX Sports Ohio [...]
admin | November 22, 2009
anime cosplay fans from all over Southeast Asia gathered here Saturday for the region’s biggest cosplay festival. Thousands thronged the two-day Anime Festival Asia, most of whom had been lining up in long queues to buy tickets before the show opened its doors on Saturday morning at the Suntec City Convention Center.
A cornucopia of anime-related [...]
admin | November 19, 2009
The special thing about this dinner and a movie experience, is the ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ cosplay DVD is not set to release to the public until Dec. 7.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
At least that was the case Tuesday night when Harry Potter fans dressed like their favorite characters to [...]
