Cosplay: The Fantasy World of Role Play By Lauren Orsini Paperback 1780976305 9781780976303 Cosplay: The Fantasy World of Role Play Cosplay is a growing phenomenon across the world, though still centred in Asia. It is generally agreed to have originated from fan events in Japan. Cosplay is a term that merges the words costume and play. Most wearers make their costumes themselves and they take great pride in showing off their skill with complex and intricate get ups. They are usually worn to attend events or conventions, with the wearer assuming the character of their costume. Cosplay costumes are beginning to have a wider influence for example, Cosplay is influencing street fashions in Japan. As the twenty first century art of dressing up, Cosplay enables you to adopt the persona of your favourite character or hero from manga or anime, or your most loved comic book, video game or sci fi film. Mixing fantasy with creativity, it is all about the fun of role playing your ultimate hero or heroine. Cosplay The Fantasy World of Role Play is a celebration of this unique cultural expression and features page after page of glorious characters in their amazing costumes, from all around the world. Cosplay The Fantasy World of Role Play also traces the various trends and genres within Cosplay and explores its origins and history as well as the cultural differences between how Cosplay is experienced in Japan, America and Europe.

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I liked that they had some essays at the beginning before launching into their photo book section This made it feel substantial than your typical cosplay coffee table photo book Cosplay The Fantasy World of Role Play Originally posted at those who don t know I work casually at a Public Library One of my co workers told me about this book thinking that I would like it and I did It s of a coffee table book than anything but it is interesting It gives a detailed account of the history of Cosplay which is actually quite fascinating Did you know it originated in the 1940s Despite that the book was broken down into types of Cosplay Anima.

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Cosplay is a growing phenomenon across the world though still centred in Asia It is generally agreed to have originated from fan events in Japan Cosplay is a term that merges the words costume and play Most wearers make their costumes themselves and they take great pride in showing off their skill with complex and intricate get ups They are usually worn to attend events or conventions with the wearer assuming the character of their costume Cosplay costumes are beginning to have a wider influence for example Cosplay is influencing street fashions in Japan As the twenty first century art of dressing up Cosplay enables you to adopt the persona of your favourite character or hero from manga or anime or your most loved comic book video game or sci fi film Mixing fantasy with creativity it is all about the fun of role playing your ultimate hero or heroine Cosplay The Fantasy World of Role Play is a celebration of this unique cultural expression and features page after page of glorious characters in their amazing costumes from all around the world Cosplay The Fantasy World of Role Play also traces the various trends and genres within Cosplay and explores its origins and history as well as the cultural differences between how Cosplay is experienced in Japan America and Europe Cosplay The Fantasy World of Role PlayLots of well taken photos and interesting blurbs about the history of cosplay It would have been nice to see some of the diversity that was mentioned though The layout was often confusing at times with captions not quite matching up with the photos or difficult to read because it had everyone s name and alias all listed in a jumble Cosplay The Fantasy World of Role Play 42 WORD REVIEW For the uninitiated a dozen pages of text and several hundred photographs detailing the history of costume play and explaining what it s all about For those already in the know a celebration of this colourful creative inclusive and for some all consuming pastime Cosplay The Fantasy World of Role Play 229 2018 Cosplay The Fantasy World of Role Play As a costumer cosplayer myself I think this is one of the better books on cosplay out there If I remember correctly Books Original Movies etc with pictures and small blurbs Quick read just a book to flip through but full of interesting information and ideas especially for someone such as I who while going to conventions doesn t really do the Cosplay thing to much time and effort for me atm And money Still certainly an interesting book to flip through Cosplay The Fantasy World of Role Play

Cosplay: The Fantasy World of Role Play By Lauren Orsini

1780976305

9781780976303

English

256

Paperback

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Filled with good info and loads of gorgeous and diverse photos from conventions around the world this book is great for everyone from cosplay enthusiasts to those just curious about the hobby My only issue is a few of the captions are either mismatched with pictures or flat out wrong Cosplay The Fantasy World of Role Play I borrowed this from the library to just look at all the different cosplay design that people have created. Cosplay art Yet I was also drawn into the history of cosplay and how it all came to be Cosplay The Fantasy World of Role Play.