Anime is definitely something you really need to be into in order to enjoy all of it, but watching people get into can be just as impressive and enjoyable. The cosplay that goes on in these many different conventions is simply amazing and the costumes that people wear can be truly intense and make you wonder just how much time they spent on them. For some cosplay is a way of life, while others simply enjoy it as a pleasing hobby. However you look at it, cosplay is something that takes a great deal of time and effort to really get into. Those that do this professionally, yes it’s possible, are truly dedicated to the craft.
The convention wasn’t all anime but unless you happen to know the characters that are shown in the clip you might not know that. There were only a few that I could really recognize from my gaming days and a few that were pretty obvious because of who they were. Superman and Wonder Woman are kind of hard to miss, though I did see Rikku from Final Fantasy X-2 and Blade at least. There were also a few characters from World of Warcraft unless I was mistaken.
In some ways this convention looked like a giant club scene where the cosplayers were invited to come and dance the day and night away, but I doubt that’s all that it was. Instead it was most likely something to get on film to pass around the internet. It could definitely create more buzz about cosplay and about a particular convention in order to get more people to come and enjoy themselves.
What’s more confusing than anything are the rules that cosplayers seem to have to go by. Some conventions seem to have rules about how the costumes can appear, how much skin can be showing, and how long or how big the implements used for the costumes can be. This means anything that is attached or must be carried that goes along with the outfit, such as weapons or other tools. Obviously the weapons can’t be real as this would be a huge liability for any venue, but the length and girth of them seems to vary between one set of rules and another.
In all honesty unless a person is there just as a cosplayer and not to freely mingle around the place then it would seem a bit cumbersome at times to be carrying anything so big or to wear anything that might hinder movement in any way. That though seems the role of a cosplayer, to walk around, as much as they can, and mingle with the crowd. More often than not those who know how big their costumes are might try to stay in open spaces as much as possible and just soak up the crowd’s different reactions. After all for those that practice cosplay as a way of life this is great exposure and can allow them to gain more and more followers on their own websites so that they can continue to follow their passion.
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