A traveler at heart, Brianna is a risk-taker and goal chaser. Ever since she saw her brother playing Ocarina of Time on their N64, her path was set. In 2021, she graduated from California State ...

Japan Expo Paris is the largest Japanese pop culture convention outside of the country it honors, so you can always expect some incredible cosplay from the four-day convention. This time around, ...

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Comic Market – better known as “Comiket” – is the Japanese bi-annual 3-day indie manga event. Not only is there plenty of manga, but there’s cosplay, too. Lots of it. The event took place from ...

Living near Paris, Iyane (He/Him) is mainly covering Japanese media on DualShockers. He started his writing career in 2018 after being scouted for his blogging and talent for live-translating Japanese ...

Over the past 30 years, cosplay (コスプレ) has grown from a small subculture to a worldwide cultural phenomenon. While for some, cosplay has become a hobby that borders on an obsession, for others the ...

AWAJI, JAPAN, February 18, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Hyogo Prefectural Awajishima Park Anime Theme Park “Nijigen no Mori” (Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan ...

The Queen biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' has now spent 13 weeks in the box office top five charts and is one of the biggest Hollywood films in Japan since 2000, thanks to karaoke screenings, Cosplay ...

Ōta TOKYO is set to take place in Bangalore on January 10, 2026. The organisers describe it as India’s first Japanese doujin cosplay festival, focused on fan culture that usually thrives in Japan. The ...