Cosplay

There Can Be Only One Sub-Zero

The Emerald City Comicon went down over the weekend in Seattle. Expect photos to be turning up here all week, but we’re kicking things off with a couple of shots from William Phan The Mass Effect Blood Dragon armour is being worn by Clay Stooshnoff, while Sub-Zero is Danquish

$4000 Cosplay Commission Stolen, Here’s How You Can Help

Last week, Jacqueline Goehner’s car was broken into while she was visiting a friend’s house. Among the stuff stolen was a black duffle bag that had two Zelda outfits inside that she’d done for a commission. They were worth $4000 The loss of the outfits isn’t the end of the job, though. Jacqueline has taken…

Metal Gear Solid V’s Snake Looks Like A Lady

All you really need to know here is that this is cosplay superstar Omi Gibson bringing Metal Gear Solid V’s Snake to life as only she can. She first wore the outfit at last year’s Tokyo Game Show, but these studio shots let Omi get her acting on. I really want that Walkman. スネーク（女体化版）/ MGSV[Omi]

There Is A Model Underneath All This Marge Simpson Make-Up

Somewhere, under all that make-up, is Russian model Kate Moukhina. For the purposes of this vdieo, however, she has become Marge Simpson. The clip is a showreel for the talents of make-up artist Veronica Ershova and photographer Alexander Khokhlov. If you’re wondering about the “hair”, it’s actually an enormous tower of chrysanthems, giving it that…

The Force Is Strong With These Cosplayers

The Dark Side always did have the best outfits. Photographer Kamil Krawczak got together with Ireland’s Emerald Garrison the other day to take these stunning images. The Asajj Ventress is Annas Black, whose husband Paul helped out on the costume. If Darth Malgus looks familiar, meanwhile, that’s because it’s Julian Checkley There are some good…

Borderlands Salvador genderbending by Its Raining Neon. Photo by Cozpho

Johnny Santos flickin’ like only Gambit can.

Cosplay Makes This The Best Graduation Ceremony in Japan

Kyoto University is one of Japan’s most prestigious universities. And it has a delightful graduation tradition: Cosplay. For years now (save for a brief period when it was banned), students have dressed up in amusing cosplay while they receive their degrees. In Japan, students graduate in the spring, and this month, new grads came out,…

Human Family Transformed Into Mario, Luigi & Friends

The Smith sisters, aka Twiznik cosplay, attended this year’s Anime Matsuri in Houston in Mario costumes. As did their dad. And four younger brothers. That’s awesome, but even more impressive than the final result is seeing the video below of them transforming from human beings into residents of the Mushroom Kingdom via some elaborate facial…

You Can Cosplay In Secret, Wearing Regular Clothes

Regardless of the personality of the person wearing the outfit, cosplay is an incredibly extroverted pastime by virtue of what it is: a human being walking around dressed as a make-believe character, usually from a fantasy or science-fiction universe. That being the case, it’s certainly not for everyone. At least not all of the time.…

League of Legends pool party. Photo by Vaxzone, cosplayers listed exhausitvely here

Little Dogs Make Attack on Titan Cosplay Cuter

Attack on Titan isn’t exactly an adorable anime. But this doggy cosplay sure is. Twitter user 30miomio3030 created an Attack on Titan dog outfit, complete with Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear made from Amazon boxes. Bravo. miomio3030 [Twitter via Otaku News] To contact the author of this post, write to bashcraftATkotaku.com or find him on Twitter…

Some of Japan’s Most Wonderful And Strange Cosplay

Today, Osaka’s geek district Nipponbashi held a big street festival. The area’s main drag was closed off to cars, allowing cosplayers to roam free and cause all sorts of cosplay chaos. Every year at this event in particular, the costumes get more and more outrageous (though, there are some old favorites on display below). Either…

C.O.S.P.L.A.Y. POWER

Sorry for that headline. I get terrible flashbacks, you see… This was taken at last week’s All-Con. Photographer is Neither Noir, the turtles are Turtle Power Entertainment, Casey Jones is Zander Yurami and Shredder, as he should be, is a mystery.

A boatload of Metal Gear cosplayers, hanging out with series creator Hideo Kojima. As you do.

Yes, Handsome Jack, You’re Very Handsome

Photographer Mike Dosik tells Kotaku he has a “very dramatic style”. He’s not kidding. Most of his shots are up-close, and also skip busy backgrounds in favour of keeping the focus entirely on the cosplayer. You can see more of Mike’s work at his personal site KINGDOM HEARTS | dookie4617 FROZEN | Chibi-Nekos BORDERLANDS |…

Madonna Dressed As Daenerys Targaryen. For Real.

Your eyes do not deceive you. This is Madonna, dressed not as an ageing pop star, but as Game of Thrones’ Mother of Dragons herself, Daenerys Targaryen. And while she probably had some very professional help putting everything together, the end result is still pretty impressive. She wore the costume to help celebrate the Jewish…

The New Godzilla Movie Will (Sadly) Not Look Like This

Mike K runs eleventhphotograph, a cosplay photography studio. He was most recently snapping pics at Katsucon last month, and those pics were great You can see a selection of them below, with a lot more at Mike’s site Living in Canada, Mike works in TV as a producer and is a freelance photographer in his…

Major Kusanagi, Reporting In…

Miss Sinister is one of the best cosplayers around. And you’re about to see why. One of the coolest things about her cosplay is that she isn’t afraid to branch out and try characters that you wouldn’t expect. Cosplaying as Mary Jane Parker and Major Kusanagi, OK, that’s understandable, but Sagat? Vaas? Awesome. You can…

This Is The End…

Metal Gear cosplay that’s as dramatic as it is hilarious. Cosplayers are SquallWolfheart(The End) & Kieran Kerrigan