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Strider
01-05-2008, 02:16 PM
Today while looking at other people pictures on Flickr I came across this :
http://flickr.com/photos/siusun/

It looks like some kind of Japanese (I think it's Japanese?) version of what Americans would do at a Star Trek Convention (Like dress up as Klingons). After looking at this a bit closer I do see Darth Vader so it is some kind of convention and I think the other characters are from video games? Does anyone here on PCMech know exactly what kind of convention this would be?

It does look a little neat....Ok the nerd in me is starting to show. :D

Alaron
01-05-2008, 02:44 PM
It's called 'cosplay', short for costume play. It's all the rage in Japan.

TwoRails
01-05-2008, 02:48 PM
Kinda looks like fun. Don't know if I'd do it... heck, I don't even "dress up" for Halloween anymore, but that's more of a time and money issue for that sort of thing.

Cricket
01-05-2008, 07:19 PM
Many of the characters that the people are dressing up as come from manga (Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese cartoons). The Japanese youth have been doing this for ages.

:) Cricket

Strider
01-05-2008, 09:12 PM
Thanks I thought I was correct about that and I did notice it was 99.9 percent young people doing this, which is better than some of the American Star Trek Conventions you see on TV from time to time.:rolleyes: