What is cosplay
Cosplay is the abbreviation of Costume Play, it also called in Japanese, it means use the costumes, accessories, prop
and makeup to act the anime works. And the people who play cosplay have
been called cosplayer. And as the social development, cosplay has
broader implication, and the content of the role play also increased.
The scale of cosplay did not limited in anime or comic, the popular
movie and some hot games even the top star also become the RPG Objects
to cosplayers. In this respect, we should say, the current cosplay
contains wide development space. It could even say that now the cosplay
has become the main stream culture among youngsters.
Talk about the origin of cosplay, I think most people approve that
Japan is the birth land of cosplay, actually, in the broadest sense, the
cradle of comic cosplay is USA, and even this cosplay first appeared in
several centuries before Year One. Around 1000 BC there had existed the
priests’ attires, and then the greatness bard who actives in two
Greece epics Iliad and Odyssey of 8th Century BC were acted others. In
reality, cosplay did not only mean the visualization of appearance, how
to cosplay the connotation of the role is more important.
As one symbolic culture, you should see the cosplayers’ figure
anywhere, in there, cosplay have been divided into several factions:
Palace doll (Lolita), the visual, Anime & cartoon, nurse costume and
so on.
How to Join in Cosplay?
As one unofficial entertainment, there have any limiting to the
participants around the world, as long as you wearing cosplay costumes,
you can join in the cosplay activities as the cosplayer. If the activity
did not limit the role, you can select your cosplay object according to
your prefer, we suggest before you cosplay, you should realize several
part of the role, firstly, the cosplay costume, this is the most
important part; secondly, the related prop, one cool prop could increase
your own modeling, finally, if you could make up as your original
modeling, that could help you seems more similar to your cosplay
objects.
What the Cosplay bring to us?
It is hard to say what cosplay bring to us, every coin has two sides. In
out-group's eyes, cosplay is a white elephant; you must encounter
someone who not understanding you, even some media also report the
adverse effect to youngsters. To cosplayers, what you got from it? As I
said just now, the real cosplay is not only a apparent act, but also the
act the intension of one role. In our daily life, all of us would
encounter some dilemma, it also one nice activity help us relax. So do
not make the location only in ACG games. Try to act some other people,
maybe you could get more fun.
