Cosplay in Kunming China

Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 @ 2:32 pm by in Crazy Consumers, Travel Views: 1,493

Last week I noticed a sign for a CosPlay convention happening here in Kunming China, so I decided to take a peek.

Despite living in Japan for 7 years, and also having lots of Anime-loving friends in the States, I had never been to a CosPlay convention before checking this one out.

From the pics I see around the internet of Comic-Con and whatnot, I think this one was not quite up to par with the rest, but it was still interesting.

Shopping for Anime Goods

This event had more people showing up to buy anime related goods rather than actually cosplaying. They were selling everything including little Dragon Ball figures, obviously pirated Anime themed jigsaw puzzles, character hats and costumes, and even unrelated stuff like random handmade jewelry.

Do you recognize the character hats?

There were indeed cosplayers, and this girl here with the giant hammer gets my vote for the best outfit.

I don’t know what character she was playing… anyone out there know? Maybe it’s an original character? Or Chinese?

Hammer Girl

I don’t know if this happens in CosPlay places in Japan or the states as often… but here in Kunming China there were quite a lot of guys dressing up as girl characters… with stockings and make up and everything. Not for me, but hey, I guess they did a good job. A Chinese teacher who was with me said that some of them looked prettier than she did… doh.

It was great to see the Japan-China culture mix though. There are lots of young Chinese who are very much into Japanese Anime. Some of the more popular ones seem to be Miyazaki Hayao stuff, and also Inuyasha.

Anyway, more pics from the cosplay event below. Enjoy!

- Harvey

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  • http://japanlands.com Daniel

    oh…the arale hat is very cute!..

    i want it! haha ^^

  • http://www.findermind.com Darren | FinderMind

    Now THIS is the reason why I would love to visit China :)

    • http://www.sanseed.com/ sanseed

      You should come ,I promise it wiil be worth it.

  • http://www.sanseed.com/ sanseed

    Wow,in Kunming?Pity I wasn’t there,but my city is near Kunming.It must have been fun.

  • 何赛

    I love the Arale cap too!!!

  • http://japanlands.com daniel mardjuadi

    yea…the arale cap is so cute ^^

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    Looks like an interesting event and well worth checking out if nothing else but out of interest.

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    I love the hammer girl outfit but she looks a little young to be wearing that!

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    Cosplay seems not popular in China. there’s no more than 20 people in the room!

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