As the more worldly wise of you will no doubt already know, New York City is not in Japan. Nor is it in any other part of Asia. But as you’re probably also aware, we at RocketNews24 just can’t pass up a bit of quality cosplay when we see it, especially when much of it is based on characters from the island many of our team now call home.
Sadly, our bosses refused to pony up the cash for a plane ticket to the Big Apple so we could check out New York Comic Con 2015 for ourselves, but our friends over at Pixable (you do know we’re on Pixable now, right?) were there with cameras in hand, and they were good enough to share their photos with us.
Check out 20 of our favourite cosplayers at New York Comic Con 2015, after the jump.
Let’s get straight to it, shall we?
1. Be on your best behaviour, guys, it’s the Hulkbuster!
Keith Estiler/Pixable
2. Goku and Master Roshi strike a pose
Keith Estiler/Pixable
3. Kapow-i GoGo
Keith Estiler/Pixable
4. The Witcher’s Geralt and Ciri
Keith Estiler/Pixablee
5. Best Conan cosplay ever?
Chris Anderson/Pixable
6. Ginyu Force girl. Don’t make her mad.
Keith Estiler/Pixable
7. Headhunter Caitlyn and Sejuani
Keith Estiler/Pixable
8. A confident I-No from Guilty Gear
Chris Anderson/Pixable
9. Mortal Kombat’s Jade
Chris Anderson/Pixable
10. Black Cat strikes a sexy pose
Keith Estiler/Pixable
11. Hey, it’s Ratchet and Clank!
Chris Anderson/Pixable
12. And the cutest Super Mario ever…
Keith Estiler/Pixable
13. Borderlands’ Mad Moxxi gives us a smile
Chris Anderson/Pixable
14. Spider-Man, are you feeling okay?
Keith Estiler/Pixable
15. Boba Fett has fallen on hard times…
Keith Estiler/Pixable
16. The hero of Hyrule!
Keith Estiler/Pixable
17. Next up, it’s the man who shocked the world by leaking classified information from the United States National Security–wait, what? Different guy?
Keith Estiler/Pixable
18. Catherine’s Vincent having yet another nightmare…
Keith Estiler/Pixable
19. Marty McFly in his regular 2015 gear…
Keith Estiler/Pixable
20. And finally, it’s the candy that has the power to destroy you, Darth M!
Keith Estiler/Pixable
Our pals at Pixable took a whole load more shots at this year’s New York Comic Con, so be sure to head over and see the rest of their pics!
All photos © and published with the permission of Chris Anderson/Keith Estiler/Pixable
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