Cosplay Universe Is A Nice Documentary About The Craft

I’ve been masking cosplay for nicely over a decade now, and in that point I’ve seen a great deal of books, posts, YouTube movies and even TV sequence concerning the topic. What I had by no means seen, till now, was somebody really go and make a documentary as slick and complete as Cosplay Universe.

A feature-length movie, obtainable now on most digital platforms, Cosplay Universe seems to be on the historical past, the folks, the craft and the tradition, and options interviews with everybody from Yaya Han to Jessica Nigri to Stan Lee (the movie has been in manufacturing for some time). Right here’s the official pitch:

The award successful documentary, “Cosplay Universe,” provides viewers a window into the ever rising and evolving world of cosplay. What began in Japan as a subculture outlined by a communal love of anime and the characters it produces, has now develop into a worldwide phenomenon that encompasses characters from media throughout the globe.

On the floor, this comparatively new form of exercise could appear like merely “taking part in dress-up,” however cosplay has a lot extra to supply than that. This sort of “dress-up” fosters self expression in a approach that’s inspiring and fairly uncommon. It provides folks an avenue to find components of their identification that will have beforehand been hidden. Cosplay is artwork, cosplay is transformation, cosplay is neighborhood.

This movie gives you a entrance row seat to a really distinctive artwork kind devoted to fantasy and the individuals who make it a actuality.

I sat down and watched it lately, and I liked it! The entire thing is simply actually earnest; it’s fuelled by interviews with cosplayers huge and small, and by no means feels prefer it’s going over-the-top or reaching too far. It’s only a enjoyable, trustworthy take a look at cosplay and folks’s ardour for it.

You’ll be able to see its trailer under, and get extra data at its official website: