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Cosplayers from around world in Nagoya

Cosplayers from around world in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Participants of the World Cosplay Summit 2012 pose wearing costumes of their favorite characters from Japanese animation, manga comics and video games in Nagoya on Aug. 5, 2012. Over 1,000 costume players from around the world took to the streets of Nagoya the same day to wrap up the 10th World Cosplay Summit in the central Japan city.

Cosplayers from around world in Nagoya

Cosplayers from around world in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Participants of the World Cosplay Summit 2012 pose wearing costumes of their favorite characters from Japanese animation, manga comics and video games in Nagoya on Aug. 5, 2012. Over 1,000 costume players from around the world took to the streets of Nagoya the same day to wrap up the 10th World Cosplay Summit in the central Japan city.

Foreign "cosplayers" visit Japan ministry

Foreign "cosplayers" visit Japan ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Costume players from Britain (2 women on L back), Russia (2 women on R back) and Indonesia (2 men at front) pose with Senior Vice Foreign Minister Ryuji Yamane (C) at the ministry in Tokyo on July 31, 2012. The three pairs from the countries, dressed in the costumes of their favorite characters from Japanese animation, "manga" comics and video games, paid a courtesy call at the Foreign Ministry, expressing their excitement about performing at the 10th World Cosplay Summit held in Nagoya, ahead of a contest Aug. 4 at the summit that will draw performers from Japan and 19 other countries.