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If you’re reading this, and know about the world of cosplay then feel free to leave. Or stay, depending on how you view the art of cosplaying.  If you’re not quite sure what cosplay is here’s a brief summary:

The term cosplay, is a meshing of ‘costume’ and ‘play’. The idea of cosplay is to develop a costume that emulates a character from anime, manga, video games, movies, comic books etc… The difference between cosplay and other other costumes (like Halloween), is the dedication into becoming the character you’re emulating. The good cosplayers spend hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars to create their costumes.

Of course to understand cosplay, you really have to see it. If you’ve ever been to a video game, comic book, or movie convention then you’ve undoubtedly seen cosplayers milling about. They add an air of fun to these conventions, the good and bad cosplayers.

Let’s take a look at some of the goofy, and bad cosplay:

This is the cosplay of Sailor Moon, a famous anime, and manga. Notice that the gentleman’s costume is actually well put together (comparatively speaking), even if the physique doesn’t exactly match the character…

here’s what Sailor Moon’s character looks like

Alright, the guy above might not have had the body for Sailor Moon but atleast he tried. His costume wasn’t anything to scoff. Some outfits just shouldn’t be worn though….ever.

This cosplay is based on Misty from the Pokemon series. Unlike the gentleman above, this dude just cut out the stomach of a yellow t-shirt and put on some cut off jeans and suspenders. No effort on the hair…tsk..tsk.

and here’s the guy’s cosplay…

For every awful, or laughable cosplay there’s good ones out there as well. They’re not any less geeky, but are definitely worth more time to check out. After viewing these, you see how much of an art cosplay actually is.

This first cosplay is from a famous cosplayer by the name of Thaís Jussim. She has been tweaking, and perfecting her art for years. Her most recent display is easily her best. It’s a Samus Aran suit from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

You can check out her full portfolio at: Yukicosplay

For some reason, Samus Aran has seen good cosplay, as here’s another one of her that’s well constructed.

I can’t just show love to Samus Aran, there’s been some other great cosplays as well.

So there you have it, the good and bad world of cosplay. Even the bad costumes are still worth having a laugh at. I’ll hand it to cosplayers, it takes some dedication and a whole lot of not giving a damn to walk around dressed as a comic book, video game, or movie character. You make all the conventions worth while. So here’s a toast to you.

Do you have some examples of awesome cosplay, or do you have some outfits you’d like to show off. Drop a link in the comment section

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