Is cosplay a cool pastime to hone creative self-expression or a nerdy and expensive way to escape pressures of the world? And do you care either way? It is nice to add a bit of fantasy to an otherwise boring or stressful world. Yet, translating someone's fantasy into reality can be tricky. 
Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, is a singing synthesizer application and its female character becomes a hot role to cosplay among young girls now. The name of the character comes from a fusion of the Japanese for first, sound and future. 
An informative look into cosplay including examples of what is considered cosplay and what is not. Article also includes examples of popular cosplay outfits to help you visualize better without actually seeing pictures. 
Born from large gatherings and events full of fanatical anime fans, cosplay has become an international hobby with thousands of followers. As anime has grown in popularity in the past two decades so has the hobby of cosplay. Cosplay is derived from the English words "costume" and "play" and is used to describe the hobby of crafting highly detailed and accurate costumes of beloved anime and manga characters. 
Cosplay costumes are of Japan origin. These costumes are also designed by some of the international counties like USA, UK AND CANADA. These designs are entirely different in appearance and culture of japan. Some of the Cosplay models which are popular in these countries are star trek, science fiction characters like aliens, start wars etc. most of the popular costumes which are popular in Japan like Nazi are not of much use in international market. 
The famous cartoonist Osamu Tezuka adapted a comic named New Treasure Island in 1947 and comics became popular in Japan, which helped ACG (Anime, Comic and Game) boom in Japan and fixed its real foundation. In the meantime, cosplay of Disney entered Japan and it had a great influence. 
