cosplay


Literally "Costume Play." Dressing up and pretending to be a fictional character (usually a sci-fi, comic book, or anime character).

Cosplay: It is a word that has it's root in costume play. It is both a noun and a verb. Cosplay can mean the actual costume, as well as the action of wearing it Contrary to popular belief, many cosplayers (well over 98%) do not believe they are the characters they are "cosplaying" as. Cosplays are typically worn to anime conventions. Cosplays are made for the following reasons.. ---- 1.) To recreate a 2 dimensional art form into 3-D. 2.) To challenge one's self to create a cosplay. Many of which dont seem possible to physically create, but somehow are. 3.) To show appreciation and/or interest in a certain anime/manga/videogame. 4.) To take pride in a cosplay that looks well done. 5.) Because normal cloth that is shitted out for everyone via mass factories and little kids in china are dull. Cosplays are much more interesting to wear. And each cosplay is one of a kind unique considering the wearer most likely made it him/herself. 6.)It's a Hobby ---- Reasons why cosplays are worn: 1.) To take pride in ones own creation 2.) To wear something out of the ordinary (societies restrictions on what is allowable to be worn everyday is bland) 3.) To show support and/or interest in an anime/manga/videogame 4.) Self expression. Often the character that is choosen to be cosplayed mirrors the actual person wearing the cosplay. The person's personality is like the character Not the other way around (the person wants to be the character). 5.) To get into the spirit of the son 6.) To have fun ---- Cosplayers cosplay for the same reasons that... 1.)Sports fans wear jersies and paint themselves for games. 2.)Goths wear all black, punk wear punk cloth, Preps wear tight cloth, "gangstas" wear baggy cloth.... But for cosplayers....A cosplay is worn for 1-3 days out of the year. A limited and restrained form of self expression. ---- Cosplay is a "HOBBY". Much like a model builder builds models, a person modifies their car, a hunter hunts (when they can buy food instead), a gamer plays games, a sports fan watches sports. A cosplayer cosplays (makes costumes). ------- For every 7 good cosplays there is one that someone did without putting any effort into. Those crappy cosplays are the ones that are shown on message boards and posted around everywhere. These shit cosplays are what give the rest of the cosplayers a bad name. ----- (this applies to American cosplay)

Cosplay is an abbreviation of "costume-play". The term refers to dressing up as an anime/manga/game character. Cosplay is a popular hobby of teen-aged girls in Japan, and is also prominent amongst anime fans worldwide. Sometimes, cosplays can be very good; with a well-crafted, well-fitting costume that looks like its original reference. Such cosplays often require hours of hard work, and considerable seing talent. Other times, cosplays can be horrendous; especially when fat, balding, middle-aged men decide to cosplay as Sailor Moon, or when a costume really doesn't fit the wearer.

Cosplay- The act of gathering raw and ready made materials to create a 3D object from a 2Dreference. Cosplay are referenced from not just Japanese anime or manga but from video games and even american comics. Cosplay can be anything from weapons to clothes to even automotives or animals. The skills required to complete a finished "Cosplay" include anything from: sewing, woodcraft, knitting, sculpting, metal working, painting, fabric dying, hair styling etc. A large component of cosplay is the understanding of composition and proportion so that the costume will look correct on yourself as it does the character you are trying to emulate.

kos-pley n. The habitual act of dressing up like comic book or cartoon characters favored by enthusiasts, nerds, and batshit weirdos with a loose grip on reality.

Cosplay is when you kind of be or pretend to be someone else. You put on makeup if you need to. You have to look like the character you are cosplaying. For example cosplay as hatsune miku you need a wig and makeup along with eye contacts. You can cosplay as anyone or anything. It's like dressing up. You also have to act like the character you are cosplaying as. Like if your character was Cold and greedy then tou have to act that way. If your character is Kind and shy then act that way. So act like you are the character. If you were cosplaying as hatsune miku then act like YOU ARE Hatsune Miku.

When you dress up like Bill Cosby then drug and assault younger women.

Girls with huge tits who dress up like Wonder Woman and pretend to like Comic Books.

Abbreviated for Costume Play Mostly used for Anime and Comic fans that like to dress up as their favorite characters and go to conventions or other themed events. The costumes are usually home made and will include all the accessories the characters has (weapons, luggage, pets, etc) . Strangely, it’s not uncommon to see Males dress up as female characters and Females dress up like Male characters. Sadly, 90% of them look like big fucking dorks, mostly because THEY ARE big fucking dorks, meanwhile the other 10% who are always female look pretty hot in an almost fetish manner.

Cosplay is the "art" of dressing up (and optional roleplaying) of anime or anime-related characters.

When a 4/10 NEET (female or male) puts on clothes and makeup to look like a 7/10 and pretend to be an anime character for a day

When 70% fatass people dress like anime characters, and 30% pretty ass's dress like really cute/nice anime charcters

There are two realms of Cosplay~ 1.) Japanese girls (sometimes attractive) who dress up as anime characters. not that big of a deal. 2.) Fatass nasty acne ridden American social retards who dress up as anime characters except they look nothing like them because their fat ass is pouring out of the back. And YOU ARE NOT JAPANESE, YOU WILL NEVER BE. Gross.

Cosplay is a portmanteau of the words costume and roleplay. Generally, depressed lifeless Japanese wannabees tend to dress up in shoddy costumes ordered on the internet, before running to their towns dressed in a white wig, claiming to be the ultimate bishie (Sephiroth), and stealing the pudding from the town.

Short for 'Costume-play." More or less the act of dressing up as an anime oor video game character. Popular among anime fans and teenage Japanese girls.

Wearing a costume. Not exactly a new concept. The word, though, projects a new concept. It is a gen X/Y concept, related to "just saying". Gen X/Y hate to be held accountable for actions; they consider it an act of violence. So, they have language that says, "I'm doing this, but act like I'm not because that will make me feel better about doing it". "Just saying" means, "I'm going to make a point, but act like I didn't. That way I can have my say, but not have any negative consequences". Cosplay is the same idea. If we still said, "wearing a costume", one might well, and often, ask, "Why are you wearing a costume?" Hoy! "That's about me!" "Uh, uh, uh...I have to give a rationale for my behavior. I never do that! Can't we pretend it's not about me???" So we have cosplay, the activity takes on the responsibility for the actor. "Why are you doing that?" "Because it's cosplay!" If one responded "that's stupid", they can say, "Oh, you're not down with cosplay". If they had said, "I'm wearing a costume" and you said, "that's stupid", it would be about them. And they would feel bad. And never upsetting anyone is what we've taught our vermin so we can shove a few more into the same space without them killing each other.

Just plain queer. Excuse for effiminate men to wear dresses and put on makeup.

Fancy Dress at a comic/anime/sci-fi convention. Labelled "cosplay" because the participants know exactly how stupid it is to be playing fancy dress-up games at their age, and calling it something else throws civillians of the track for a while.

In Japan, "cosplay" or "costume play" seems to mean no more than "wearing a costume or something that looks like a costume". If somebody is walking around dolled-up or in a funny-looking outfit, everybody just calls them a cosplayer.

Short for "costume play", a practice in Japanese adult video and idol photobooks whereby a female dresses in costume for the purpose of acting out a sexual fantasy, with particular attention to erotic costumes made popular in anime. Cosplay is differentiated from roleplay in that there is no roleplaying or acting involved, merely visual imitation of anime fantasy characters.

Costume play People who dress up as their favorite characters in general sexual in nature

Dressing up as an anime character.Mostly,asian girls do this.Why are caucasians trying so hard to cosplay?Its embarassing 'cause im white and I'd rather dress up as goth than cosplay as an anime character.First of all,caucasian cosplayers are fat but even the skinny ones doesn't look good in cosplay outfits.Anime characters doesn'thave narrow,unwrinkled,unfreckled and quite fair (but not pale) skin and they don't have the big pointy nose too.Asian cosplayers have wide,smooth,younger-looking skin.They have almond shaped eyes.I don't know why caucasians kept saying that they are better in cosplay than asian people.They say that anime characters have big eyes,yes they do but their eyes are still shaped like asian eyes..This is why caucasian cosplayers but eyeliners and get rid of their crease right?Anime characters don't look caucasian at all.The characters they thought look like caucasians have shiny,straight yellow (not wavy,dry blonde) hair.I mean what's wrong with that?They have characters that have pink,green and other unbelieveable hair colors right?And also,the blue eyes..other characters have different eye colors even red!So why do people kept saying that they look caucasian?If they do,how come asian people do better in cosplay?Come on people lets just leave the asians in anime/cosplay.I mean,at least were better than asians in punk/emo/goth/halloween outfits!

A measurement of looks, photoshop skills, number of 'likes', and race. An overall contest.

the act of showing parts of your body (mostly female) to gain money and fame among virgins online.

gay

It means "to pretend" in Korean slang

Cos- costume Play- roleplay Cosplay- costume roleplay Cosplay is dressing up as a character from a film or book