While Japanese cosplayer Ushijima Ii Niku ("Good Meat") was in Taiwan, she caused a media storm after showing up to an event in her underpants. The incident even made the evening news there. But that's not what is pissing of the country's police force.
Won't somebody think of the children? You think of the children; Ushijima Ii Niku ("Good Meat") is going to push every envelope she can with her daring cosplay.
Last year, cosplay at Japanese events was toned down. New regulations tried to make outfits less revealing. Extreme cosplay looked to be a thing of the past—that is, if not for Cosholic.
National Taiwan University is the country's most prestigious institute of higher learning. The country's first Nobel prize laureate is an alum. It's where the best of the best get educated.
Its beginnings were humble. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Japanese fans went to manga and anime conventions dressed as their favorite characters. There's a long history of people dressing as their favorite characters in the West, too—notably, Trekkies.
At the Arc System Works booth, Tokyo Game Show attendees could do more than watch players duke it out in Persona 4 The Ultimate In Mayonaka Arena. They could also watch Ushijima Ii Niku (aka Ushijima "Good Meat"), one of the country's most famous cosplayers, duke it out with cameras.
What cosplayers wear at Comiket aren't the only colorful clothes at Japan's biggest self published comic fair. The outfits that the booth companions don are just as fetching.
It's hot and humid. Time to head to the beach, or don colorful costumes and hang out with nerds. Whichever!
Ushijima Ii Niku (Ushijima "Good Meat") is Japan's biggest amateur pin-up. And this summer, she's coming to a theater near you. That is, if you live near Akihabara.
"I'm just a regular, amateur cosplayer," says Ushijima Ii Niku, or Ushijima "Good Meat", in a swish Tokyo hole-in-the-wall eatery. By day, she has an office job, photoshopping adult-related pictures, and in her free time, she cosplays. She's anything but ordinary. (NSFW)
