Wonder Festival is an biannual event in Tokyo which showcases figurines and miniatures which attracts thousands of Otakus each time. The 2008 winter fest was held in late February.
You can view more pictures at Akibana, Akiba-Ch, Akibablog, Heisei and Dengeki. Mind that some of the pics are not safe for work.
After the news conference, here comes the real event… the World Cosplay Summit 2007 (WSC2007) in Nagoya Japan!
Cosplay fans gathered at a news conference in Tokyo on August 1, ahead of the World Cosplay Summit 2007.
The annual event is moving into its 5th anniversary; the summit will be held in the central Japanese city of Nagoya this weekend.
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. [Reuters]
There is a new business in Tokyo, aiming at Otaku (anime and manga fan) who love 2D girls but can’t stand the face of real girls – satsueikai (photo session) of hybrid models called Anigao which means ‘anime face’.
Hundreds of Otaku took part in the ‘Akihabara Liberation Demonstration’ last Saturday (June 30) to protest against otaku discrimination.
