cosplay
cosplay – sostantivo non numerabile
cosplayer – sostantivo
cosplay – verbo
I enjoy cosplaying at anime conventions.
Our community test our games for us and cosplay our characters.
When it comes to cosplay, it seems like nearly all of the cosplayers I speak to make their own costumes.
Per certi fan, fruire passivamente il videogioco, fumetto, film o serial preferito non è abbastanza: molti vestono letteralmente i panni del personaggio del cuore indossando il costume (spesso realizzato da sé) e interpretando il personaggio stesso, magari nel corso di fiere dedicate al cosplay. I generi anime (cartoni animati) e manga (fumetti) giapponesi sono tra i più gettonati, ma numerosi sono anche i cosplayer che preferiscono personaggi di videogiochi, film o serial televisivi. Costumi, trucco, pettinature e accessori sono spesso molto elaborati e di grande effetto, e per i cosplayer riveste grande importanza fare amicizia e divertirsi insieme ad altri appassionati di cosplay nelle convention e sui social.
Origini del termine
Cosplay e i termini da esso derivati sono parole macedonia formate dall’unione di costume e play (o forse roleplay). Il fenomeno nacque in Giappone negli anni ’70 ma il termine cosplay sembra sia stato coniato dal regista e produttore Nobuyuki Takahashi che lo usò in una rivista di anime nel 1983.
cosplay – noun U
cosplayer – noun
cosplay – verb
I enjoy cosplaying at anime conventions.
Our community test our games for us and cosplay our characters.
When it comes to cosplay, it seems like nearly all of the cosplayers I speak to make their own costumes.
For some fans, passive enjoyment of their favourite game, comic, fiction or TV series is not enough. They want to go a step further, so they dress up as their favourite characters and often act out stories about them. This type of fandom is particularly strong among fans of the Japanese genres of anime and manga, as well as comic books, computer games, film and TV. Many participants in the subculture go to extraordinary lengths to resemble the characters they are playing and attend conventions and competitions as well as interacting via social media.
Origins
Cosplay and its derivatives are portmanteau words formed by combining costume and play (or perhaps roleplay). Cosplay started in Japan back in the 1970s and the term is of Japanese origin. It was apparently coined partly by director and producer Nobuyuki Takahashi of Studio Hard, who used it in an article in an anime magazine in 1983.
