Petit Fancy 8 Cosplay (Costume Play) at National Taiwan University sports center, Taipei, Taiwan. Xiao Qiao (left) and Da Qiao.

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Short for costume play, Cosplay was originally a Japanese subculture that began in the 1970s which featured people dressing as characters from anime, manga, tokasatsu and video games. As it’s grown and spread to other countries, it’s added some local flavor, with characters from Taiwanese puppet theater, Star Wars, American Civil War just a few of the accepted additions to the subculture. This image is from a cosplay and comic convention called Petit Fancy 8, held at the Sports Center of National Taiwan University (aka Taida or NTU) in April 2008.

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Size: 5500px × 3667px
Location: NTU, Xinsheng and Xinhai Rds, Taipei, Taiwan
Photo credit: © Craig Ferguson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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