Getting All Dressed Up
The Rocky Horror Show and Star Trek inspired countless fans to dress up as their favorite characters. Japanese fans of manga, anime and games have taken this custom and perfected it. They call it Kosu Pure or Cosplay. The Japanese version of "Costume Play".
Over fifty thousand of young Japanese practice it fervently.
There are weekend gatherings at Jingu-bashi next to Yoyogi park in Tokyo, and Osaka Castle Park in Osaka. But the most spectacular is without question the biannual Kosupure Festa in Tokyo. More than four thousand of dressed up fans get together here and act out their favorite characters.