What is Cosplay?

The cosplay comes from English costume play, wearing costumes or interpreting costumes, and is widely practiced by fans of manga or anime series. The cosplay are individuals who dress up as characters of series, comics, movies, video games and fantastic heroes, generally of Japanese origin. They copy even the smallest detail, to emulate, at least in appearance, the personality of the chosen one.
They represent eastern characters, but also western and cult characters such as Batman, Superman, the hulk, Harry Potter or the Lord of the Rings.
This phenomenon emerged in the 70s, in the COMIC MARKET Japan, held in Odiaba (Tokyo), places where Dojinshi or collectable manga magazines are traded.
It grows rapidly, and every year its followers are more. Nowadays there are contestants from other countries and characters from other genres and cultures are being added, the quality and perfection in the costumes, as well as the histrionic capacity, palpating the commitment of its followers.
The contests have caused costumed members to become idols and have fans who select them in the contests.

The significance of cosplaying around the world it is much more reflected in the young people considered as generation Y, or millennials. Young people seeking to find a more global identity without focusing on a single lifestyle; therefore they exist cosplayers They can be considered from rockers, graphic artists, DeeJays, etc.
There are clear differences between the cospayer and the crossplayer or crossplayer, the crospayer change gender in his dress, a kind of cross-dressing but heterosexual, the Crosspayer has a certain fondness for the branch of yaoi. In America, male crossplayers have a preference for series like sailor moon and card captor sakura.
These people are like their own superheroes, because they lead a double life, they can be professionals and distinguished members of society, changing completely within the contests.

The marketing of companies, has learned to use the subject, and follows the contests from the World Cospay Summit in Japan, to Eurocospay, which is held in the old continent.