Cosplay Goes Global

Cosplay costume and role-plau Nov Takahashi subculture centers around participants dressing and emulating their favortite characters from Japanese mangas (comic books), anime (animation), and video games.
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Final Adjustments
A competitor gets helps getting into his costume backstage before his performance.

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