An entire generation of American girls got their aesthetics permanently shaped by the Sailor Moon animated series. The anime, though, was based on a series of manga by Naoko Takeuchi–the apotheosis of the “magical girl” genre. And, while the English translations of Takeuchi’s Sailor Moon manga volumes were immensely popular in the U.S. between 1997 [...]
Otakon is one of the largest anime/cosplay conventions held annually on the East Coast. Time.com’s Joseph Chi Lin photographs some of the best cosplays from Otakon 2010′s Hall Costume Contest and Masquerade.
Take a peek into anime convention Katsucon 2010, held every year in Washington, D.C. TIME takes you through the transformation of anime lovers who put so many resources into their cosplay alias and costume. I just love the girl who becomes the witch from Bayonetta.
By now, you’ve probably seen this strange video of Kirsten Dunst running around Tokyo clad in a tutu and offensive Japanese stereotypes.
