What is Cosplay?
A Brief history of its origin
Alot of people upon witnessing cosplayers for the first time, they seem to always ask the same question. Now this may not be true for everyone, but for the majority of cosplayers, this is the typical question we hear from non cosplayers all the time? This is a normal scenario cosplayers face.
Scenario
NonCosplayer: What are you doing?
Me: Oh, I am cosplaying dark rose mam.
NonCosplayer: Cosplay? What is cosplay?
Let's stop it right there ladies and gentlemen, and maybe even aliens. Now, alot of cosplayers do not know how to respond correctly in a situation like this in particular. No folks, what we give is the vaguest definition of cosplay possible. I have done it before too, and left people more confused about cosplay then they were before. The real definition of cosplay according to dictionary.com is “ the practice of dressing up as a character from a movie, book, or video game, esp. one from the Japanese genres of manga and anime.”Some people, when they think of cosplay they think of cartoons specifically Asian cartoons. But a lot of cosplayers do not know that Americans originated cosplay and were actually the first to do it, let me explain.
Cosplay can be broken into two parts cos short for costume and play which is the act or participation of an activity. Costume play has been around in America since the early 20th century. “The first World Science Fiction Convention was held over the 4th of July weekend in New York City. It was later nicknamed Nycon 1 by Forest Ackerman.” And the world first cosplay was a tiny little Martian named Skygack it provides the picture of the character and article.
Cosplay can be broken into two parts cos short for costume and play which is the act or participation of an activity. Costume play has been around in America since the early 20th century. “The first World Science Fiction Convention was held over the 4th of July weekend in New York City. It was later nicknamed Nycon 1 by Forest Ackerman.” And the world first cosplay was a tiny little Martian named Skygack it provides the picture of the character and article.
Years past and conventions and cosplay was deemed unpopular and hidden until “the genesis of Costume-Con as we know it today took place at the 1981 World Science Fiction Convention in Denver. This convention turned out to be something of a landmark for science fiction costumers.” This was the event that put costume playing back in the public eye, and from there cosplay raised in popularity increased and media coverage increased as well. Today we have televisions series based on the particular art form, as well as countless conventions, internet sites and even music videos.
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