Cosplay

And Now For Some Excellent Solo Cosplay

Here’s Sunjiwith one heck of a Han Solo/Alden Ehrenreich smirk. Photos by kmitenkova

Yakuza Cosplay Is My Kind Of Cosplay

It’s not easy cosplaying as Goro Majima, the spicy meatballs on the side of the Yakuza universe. For one, you need to be able to pull off some very tight pants. And then you need to nail his essence, which is so much arrogance and menace that the average actual human being just couldn’t do…

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The Cosplay Tailors From The Top Of The World

We try to keep our cosplay coverage as global as possible here on Kotaku, but there’s always room for surprises, stories from communities of fans we’ve never encountered before. Like some tailors from Nepal, who work full-time creating replicas of their favourite movie costumes. Baron Boutique is a company based in Kathmandu that was founded…

Samus Aran, Reporting For Duty

Here’s cosplayer Dani Buzzini channeling Samus Aran with a suit that not only looks the part, but lights up as well. Photos by Peterson Sim

Some Very 2018 Cosplay

I love this so much. That’s itsvictra with the memeplay, but know that this is not his first attempt at cosplay that is both terrible and incredible at once. Here’s Exodia from Yu-Gi-Oh: And maybe my favourite Smash cosplay of all time:

Dark Souls Cosplay That’s Good Enough To Die For

Here’s a pair of Russian cosplayers, zep-hindle & shion. They’ve not just made some incredible Dark Souls armour, but managed to include a very good and real Sif as well. shion is Ornstein, while zep-hindle is Artorias. Photos are by Nikolay Zharov

Tomb Raider Cosplay Strives For Accuracy

Loads of people faithfully cosplay as the new Lara Croft because she is a strong character with an outfit that is relatively easy to replicate. When it comes to the original Lara, beebinchknows how to do likewise in the most PS1-authentic way possible. You can see more of beebinch’s cosplay at her Instagram page, like…

The Best Cosplay From Gold Coast Supanova

Cosplayers from all across Australia converged on the Gold Coast last weekend for Gold Coast Supanova, giving us whole lot of great new costumes and fantastic cosplay photography. While the Gold Coast doesn’t have much in the way of big cosplay competitions, it does have a reputation as a great social event, so some of…

Time For Some Fortnite Cosplay

Despite its world-conquering popularity, I don’t see much Fortnite cosplay crossing my desk, so thanks toSami Bess for changing that. Her Ramirez is almost entirely hand-made, from the props to the armour to the tattoo. Even the boots were modified to make them look more like the character model. You can see more of Sami’s…

Musician FKA Twigs Gets Into Cosplay, Poses With Sephiroth

Singer FKA Twigs spent the past few days cosplaying as her original character Anomalie for her Instagram magazine Avantgarden, and it finished with a snap of her and a Sephiroth cosplayer at MCM Comic Con. FKA Twigs is multitalented artist known mostly for her moody, haunting music. Her first album, LP1, was released in 2014…

Post-Apocalyptic Cosplay Looks Like It Survived The End Of The World

Dimitri Zaitsev, from Nuclear Snail, built this piece of post-apocalyptic cosplay that’s so detailed it looks like it travelled back in time to warn us to save the bees while we still could. We’ve featured Nuclear Snail’s work before; rather than directly replicate costumes from stuff like Fallout, Mad Max and STALKER, he comes up…

Springtime In Japan Means Great Cosplay  

NicoNico, Japan’s video sharing platform, holds a big party every year called Chokaigi at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, outside Tokyo. It’s a huge otaku event and the cosplayers show up in droves. Here are some of the best cosplayers from this year’s Chokaigi.

Hopefully The Witcher’s TV Show Looks As Good As This Cosplay

Here’s Dutch cosplayer Rick Boer with one heck of a Geralt of Rivia. Rick made all costumes and props himself, and as with so much of Rick’s cosplay, the real star is his make-up work. You can see more of Rick’s cosplay at his Instagram page

Big Bird Cosplay Is An Enormous 7’8″ Tall

If you’re going to cosplay as Big Bird, you gotta go big George Hughes has just finishedthis gigantic piece of Sesame Street cosplay, crafting a Big Bird costume from scratch that stands 7’8″ when he’s wearing it. There are around 3000 feathers covering the suit, which George had to glue on individually. It’s so close…

How Some Of The Best Cosplay On Earth Is Made

While the traditional idea of building cosplay invokes the image of one or two people toiling away on an outfit, Henchmen Studios work on an almost industrial scale, drawing on the talents of massive teams to produce work so good that they’re often hired by Blizzard to help debut Overwatch characters. Take the company’s latest…

The Best Cosplay From Fan Expo Dallas 2018

Fan Expo Dallas ran from April 6-8 at the Dallas Convention Center, and in addition to a surprisingly huge list of star attendees there was also loads of amazing cosplay present as well. Our cosplay photographer Mineralbluwas in the house (and outside it) taking shots, the best of which you can see below. He also…

Time For Some Vice Admiral Holdo Cosplay

Paying homage to the series’ Vanity Fair covers, this shoot by Miramay and photographer Alexandra Lee is an absolutely stunning example of Star Wars cosplay. Miramay made the entire outfit herself, while Alexandra took the shots at Katsucon earlier this year

Great Cosplay From The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo

The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, or C2E2, was held between April 6-8 and The Portrait Dude was in attendance taking shots of some of the best cosplay. You can see more of The Portrait Dude’s photography at his Facebook page

Overwatch Brigitte Cosplay Is Pretty Much Perfect

Henchmen Studios have once again performed wonders with a new Overwatch character, building a suit for cosplayer Moosefixthat looks like it jumped straight out of the game and straight into PAX East. Here’s a group shot, and these guys aren’t too shabby either: Remember: in addition to Moira’s reveal, Henchmen also made a terrifyingly accurate…