Cosplay fans! Do you know this event held every year in Japan called “The World Cosplay Summit”? This event has been running since 2003 and is sponsored by the Japanese television network Aichi TV. This year, cosplayers from 12 different countries joined in the fun.

Let’s talk about the Supersonic Warrior G-Five television drama, in which I appear as an actress. Everyone, have you heard of “tokusatsu” (special effects),“hero,” or “sentai” (fighting team) shows? Of course you have!

Hello, everyone! I’m Yunmao Ayakawa, a Japanese cosplay "talent." Starting with this issue’s column, I’m going to introduce everyone to Japanese otaku culture, cosplay, and more. I hope you enjoy it!

Last weekend, a few of us from Otaku USA went out to the Jacob Javitz Center for the New York Anime Festival. Among other events, we held an informal cosplay contest, with the top five entrants receiving a free 1-year subscription to Otaku USA magazine.

Here we have more photos from Otaku USA’s cosplay contest at the New York Anime Festival. With around 100 quality entries, we’d like to show off as many photos as practically possible, and meanwhile, it’s been difficult to narrow down the finalists.

We’re on the final stretch of pictures from our cosplay contest at the New York Anime festival. Hope you have as much fun looking at ‘em as we did putting them together! Thanks again to all who participated. Winners will be receiving an email very soon…