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Unit 74
Are You a Cosplayer?
-- What is a Cosplay?
"Cosplay" is an event which people dress up as their favorite character from cartoons, animations1 and video games and can take photos with them. The word is a compound word made up of "costume" and "play".
-- History of cosplay
Cosplay's history can be traced back to the 1970s, when merchants selling Star Trek2 comic books dressed up as Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock as a marketing3 ploy4 at the ComicMarket convention held in Tokyo each year.
The idea slowly caught on with customers, and now thousands of costume players crowd into ComicMarket every year.
Throughout the country there are believed to be around 50,000 costume players.
-- What are players' reasons for cosplaying?
"Cosplay to me is a way for me to make great new friends with the same interests as I have, improve my sewing skills, creativity, and let me use my imagination to help bring an amazing characters to life. I also really enjoy the challenge of making a good costume. I know a lot of people ask me why I cosplay, so these are a few reasons on why I spend so much time and money cosplaying."-- Angela
"Have a few reasons why I currently cosplay. I enjoy the challenge of creating something with my bare hands, discovering new ways to design and duplicate complicated outfits5 and accessories, and finally putting on the final product. While I enjoy wearing the costumes, I enjoy making them even more. Secondly6, I typically cosplay characters that I myself care about. I've grown to love these characters for different reasons, but nevertheless, I care for them like you care for a character in a novel you love, or a movie you enjoy. I want to kind of 'pay homage7' to these characters by re-creating them in the best way I can. As an actor, I enjoy the element of occasionally being in character as well. Finally, I enjoy the people. I've made a lot of friends through this hobby, and every few forms of social gathering8 can compare with the true Cos experience! As it is, I can say that my reasons for cosplaying haven't really changed all that much since I began... and I like it that way. I'm here to have fun, and I hope that never changes."-- Matt
The reason I started doing this was, well, I've been looking for an "analog9" hobby for a while now. I mean I do a lot of things with computers and electronics. I work at a computer company and I am on the computer most of the time in my off hours.
I got bored one day so me and a friend went to Fanime, an anime convention in San Jose. There we saw a lot of great costumes from anime that I recognized and from video games too. I sort of wanted to tackle a costume, and that's where it all started. -- Dennis
I first heard of this phenomenon when I moved to the USA three years ago (from Germany). I joined an anime club and we planned a group trip to the biggest anime convention here, Anime Expo. The idea of dressing10 up as a drawn11 character fascinated me and I started planning a costume. After wearing it to the convention I was completely addicted12.-- Christina
1 animations | |
n.生气( animation的名词复数 );兴奋;动画片;(指电影、录像、电脑游戏的)动画制作 | |
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vi.作长途艰辛的旅行;n.长途艰苦的旅行 | |
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n.行销,在市场的买卖,买东西 | |
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n.花招,手段 | |
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5 outfits | |
n.全套装备( outfit的名词复数 );一套服装;集体;组织v.装备,配置设备,供给服装( outfit的第三人称单数 ) | |
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adv.第二,其次 | |
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n.尊敬,敬意,崇敬 | |
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n.类似物,模拟 | |
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10 dressing | |
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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v.拖,拉,拔出;adj.憔悴的,紧张的 | |
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12 addicted | |
adj.沉溺于....的,对...上瘾的 | |
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