Cosplay fans from around the world gathered at a news conference in Tokyo on August 1 ahead of the World Cosplay Summit 2007.

The annual event is moving into its fifth edition in 2007. The summit will be held in Nagoya, Japan, this weekend. More about the presscon on Reuters.
Cosplay, which originated in Japan, is a combination of the words “costume” and “play”. In cosplay, people dress mainly as characters from Japanese anime, as well as graphic manga novels and video games.
