Probably few things have caught on in Japan as quickly and astonishingly as Halloween.
A few years ago, there might have been a few Halloween parties here and there, and so overly enthusiastic gaijin walking the streets in bad zombie costumes.
But now Shibuya and Roppongi -- in particular -- literally explode into an orgy of cosplay, much of it not technically connected to Halloween but to any fairytale, video game, or meme that is currently trending.
Halloween cosplay is especially popular with young female Japanese. It's perfect timing in terms of the climate. The autumn chill ...
Remember the hot Peach John Sailor Moon lingerie? Originally modeled by AKB48's Haruna Kojima, it swiftly became a sell-out hit and attracted a lot of other slinky models.
Well, now Gravure model Shoko Hamada has got together with her friends like former AKB48 idol Risa Narita to start a new Gravure idol group called gra-DOLL.
And they celebrated with some very nice cosplay sessions with the newly re-released Peach John Sailor Moon ...
We've already seen how a Tenga onacup makes for an unusual but brilliant costume for a guy.
Put a cute Japanese porn star in one and it's even better. Here is Mana Sakura posing in a Tenga onacup costume for some snaps.
She apparently had a great time, judging from her face.
We've been searching around but cannot find a way to buy these costumes, though we think they would be great for Halloween.
As we know from her previous antics, Mana Sakura LOVES Tenga.
The popular porn princess was recently in a little hot water over a college event that had to be ...
As if the front-zipper Realise swimsuit isn't enough for people to get excited about, now comes news that the swimming costumes featured in the "Underwater Knee-High Girls" series of aquatic photo books by Manabu Koga will also go on sale.
The third photography book by Koga was released in September, with the theme this time being pairs of girls diving underwater, who link arms to form "cubes". Well, the models were already erotic enough. Now we have hints of aquatic lesbianism to boot!
The two swimming costumes being sold by Village Vanguard have actually been developed for ...
Being a cosplayer can be painful.
But some ladies view looking cute and sexy as more important than their health.
At the recent Comiket 88 (August 14-16th), one cute cosplayer wore fishnet stockings and drew a lot of attention for her leggy charms.
Ayane Maro was doing cosplay of Misa Amane from Death Note.
However, there was a serious side-effect to wearing fishnet stockings on such a hot day.
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Celebrating its thirtieth anniversary, the biannual Wonder Festival 2015 Summer happened at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, just outside Tokyo, last weekend.
We couldn't be there, as usual, but other people with cameras fortunately were.
Here are some highlights from the sweltering event.
And if your preference is for weird cosplayers, especially guys, rather than cute girls, we direct you to the gallery at Rocket News ...
These days every fetish has a name. Kemonomimi ("animal ears") is a type of moe anthropomorphism where girl and boy characters in manga and anime have animal-like accessories.
Catgirls are probably the most famous but there are lots of others, since almost anything or anyone can become any kind of "animal" -- from dogs to wolves, rabbits and more.
All this moe inspires its fair share of adult toys.
Kemonomimi onaholes
You may think that masturbator sleeves had nowhere else further to go, but then you'd be wrong.
This is the Dekoboko Moo Moo Catgirl Onahole, a fairly typical ...
As we know, busty Hestia from DanMachi (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) is now a very popular character for cosplayers in Japan.
One Taiwanese cosplayer, Ma You Rong, attempted a Hestia impersonation recently.
What do you think of her efforts? Apparently some people think her cosplay doesn't make the grade. Of course, she's missing the gloves but we give her top marks for trying.
She can also do Tsunade from Naruto with some ...
After witnessing the femdom butt-kicking action of idol Hitomi Nogata, we return to highlight some ladies from Niconico Chokaigi 2015.
The event is kind of a tech and otaku bonanza, organized by Niconico, a video streaming platform.
This year's event was held over two days on April 25th-26th and was the biggest yet. Visitors numbered over 150,000!
This being Japan, naturally that included a lot of cute cosplayers...
There were also some colorful (or should that be scary?) male cosplayers.
Images via ...
Japanese television at its finest indeed.
Fuji TV have released a preview to "Yoroi Bijo", the show we wrote about last week.
The concept is seductively simple: Gravure idols wear the suits of armor of famous samurai, then take them off piece by piece while talking about the history of the warrior. They are then revealed in their underwear beside all the shiny metal armor. That's it.
The first show, which was broadcast on April 17th, features Gravure model Shoko Takasaki in the armor of Date Masamune.
Here's the preview.
No prizes for guessing that this is aimed at ...
