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‘Cosplay’ Kids Bring Anime to Life

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The scene seemed straight out of a Japanese comic book: a young maiden swathed in a kimono stood demurely under a row of blossoming cherry trees, her long hair flecked with pink petals. Next to her, a samurai warrior wielded a wooden sword.

But this was no manga page: The setting was Brooklyn.

“I’m playing NaminĂ© from Kingdom Hearts!” declared college student Michelle Folvar, 19, as she strolled the Brooklyn Botanic Garden recently.

Folvar is not a performer or movie extra — she’s a dedicated “cosplayer.”

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4 Responses to “‘Cosplay’ Kids Bring Anime to Life”

  1. Comment by alice

    cosplay not only for kids actually….many age people join in cosplay, and it will be business in the near future.

  2. Comment by markisha

    (Blush) hayaya! Such a nice picture of me,un!! Ahaha! ^////^ I had lots of fun at that matsuri!! I can’t wait to go to the next one,un!\(>w<)/

  3. Comment by Candice Johnson

    I’m glad someone did a story on cosplay…if I had the money because costumes are costly… I would dress as a character from the anime bleach

  4. Comment by Anime Shop

    Nice=]

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