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Product’s claims to make breasts five times bigger prove to be every bit as dramatic as they say.
East meets west in this fusion style that combines overseas trends with traditional Japanese elements.
Comely cosplayer steals the show in quirky showcase of Japan’s capital.
Musical and visual tributes to anime including Your Name, Sailor Moon, often require her to cosplay as two different characters in the same video.
“Gosh darn it, Hanako, is that the Kamehameha or the Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki they’re practicing this time?”
The girls showed off the new underground fashion trend in one of the city’s most upmarket shopping streets.
Eye-catching backpack and Sakura Card pass case are ready to make your commute to school or work feel a little more magical.
With muscles, crimson beret, and signature army green bodysuit, it’s arguably one of the best Cammy cosplays out there.
Cats may not be crazy about water, but that doesn’t mean they don’t look unbelievably cute wearing sailor suit fashion.
Adorably awesome but timid prankster stalks cosplayers, with musical accompaniment, at Indiana’s Indy PopCon.
Pair perfectly recreates look of the human stars of the beloved Studio Ghibli anime.
With temperatures skyrocketing, cosplayers tapped into their creativity to inject a splash of cool.
This is what happens when one of the country’s most adulated cosplayers makes an appearance at a cosplay convention.
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