A traveler at heart, Brianna is a risk-taker and goal chaser. Ever since she saw her brother playing Ocarina of Time on their N64, her path was set. In 2021, she graduated from California State ...

Fans of anime and cosplay will gather this weekend at the Hilton Orlando for an event that celebrates Japanese pop culture. The Sugoi Expo, which last came to Central Florida in 2022, brings guests a ...

Currently, anyone in Japan is free to dress as their favorite characters. But it might not stay free for them to do so. The Japanese government is proposing big copyright law changes for those who ...

Japan is the home of many of the stories they love. For many cosplayers, competing in Japan is a personal milestone. Moreover ...

Dressing up at the World Cosplay Summit can be makeup-meltingly sweaty in Japan's baking summer, and after this year's event in record heat, organisers have pushed the 2027 edition to November. The ...

The whole ordeal began when Yu-Gi-Oh posted a special photo over on Twitter that broke the cosplay community. The Japanese page shared a shot of the cosplayer Enako dressed as the Dark Magician Girl, ...

TULSA, Okla. — Two worlds collide this weekend in downtown Tulsa. “Tokyo, OK,” is the state’s largest of its kind and has been around since 2008. “The Oklahoma Society for Culture Appreciation is a ...

Ohayocon, the popular Japanese animation convention, is coming back to Columbus as a live event after having been virtual last year because of the pandemic. The event will run Feb. 10-13, with most ...

A unique café in Japan is charging 4,000 yen (US$25) for customers to experience being a maid by serving members of staff posing as clients. The quirky new trend launched by a creative team dedicated ...

Levana Jane is a writer and artist based in sunny South Africa who discovered a passion for writing whilst studying Fine Art. Her interest in Anime began much earlier, as her young mind was blown ...

In a society where video games and Japanese manga are increasingly popular among the youth in Singapore, many are still deterred from getting into "cosplay" (short for costume play). Some people even ...