![]() We do have to wonder what’s going through the cosplayer’s head, since she seems perfectly content with all the attention. “When I see other cosplay festivals overseas, there’s not a single person being photographed from this angle. “It’s amazing the cosplayer’s going along with it.” “It’s ridiculous this kind of stuff is allowed in the first place.” “People of the world, this is Japan’s Comiket!” Regardless of whether this qualifies as ‘work’ or not, Japanese forum viewers were quick to voice their distaste for the scene: ![]() ▼Hey guys, spot any of Shimakaze‘s 15 torpedo tubes up there? Here’s the real Shimakaze, a destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy which was launched in July 1942 and sunk in November 1944 off the coast of the Philippines: Shimakaze means “Island Wind.”īut that’s not all, because all the cute girls featured in Kantai Collection are actually personified ships and submarines from WWII! She’s dressed as Shimakaze, a character from the online card game Kantai Collection (“KanColle”), for which an anime series will begin airing in January 2015. The situation is made funnier if you take a moment to figure out who the girl is portraying. ![]() Apparently there’s an actual market for these kinds of photos, so for the photographers involved, it was strictly business as usual. This bizarre sight reminds us of pictures from another cosplay event held back in March, which also showed a similar number of cameras vying to get the perfect angle for a cosplay panty shot. On Thursday, one Twitter user posted an alarming photo of a cosplayer who appears to be completely cool with the fact that there are a crowd of cameras looking up her skirt: Take the above picture, for example– what on earth is happening here? Naturally, a comic festival as big as Comiket draws a ton of cosplayers, and while there are some truly impressive costumes out there, there are some other, shall we say, more unusual sights to be seen. Manga fans from around the world are lining up in droves and enduring hour-long waits in the hot sun just to get into the exhibition rooms that are jam-packed with merchandise. ![]() It’s that time of the year again! Comiket, the world’s largest dōjinshifair that’s held twice per year, is currently in full swing again at Tokyo Big Sight on Odaiba, the artificial island located in Tokyo Bay. ![]()
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