Something Interesting on Flickr

[Strider]

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.

[Alaron]

It's called 'cosplay', short for costume play. It's all the rage in Japan.

[TwoRails]

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]

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]

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.