Whilst cosplay is rumoured to have been started in Japan, that is a point that is otherwise debated. It is widely stated that Forrest J. Ackerman started the trend of fan-based costumes in 1939 in Caravan Hall, New York, at the 1st World Science Convention which marked his debut of Myrtle R. Douglas’ futuristic costume. The term “cosplay” was coined in 1984 by Nov Takahashi, whilst he attended a science-fiction convention in Los Angeles. The costume masquerade stunned him so much that he wrote about it in Japanese sci-fi magazines. “Cosplay” is a word meaning … Continue Reading “Cosplaying, Anime, And Video Games”