Cosplay / Anime Festival (コスプレー & アニメ)

Kansai PJ's FLV # 138

On March 20, 2009, a friend and mine went to the Nipponbashi Street Festa (日本橋ストリートフェスタ) - a gathering of anime (アニメ), manga (マンガ), and cosplay (コスプレー) fans in the Denden Town (デンデンタウン) part of Osaka. We were invited to visit there by a former student of ours, "Kansai Ani". She was our tour guide to an interesting and unusual world, an important subculture here in Japan. Though it is certainly not my 'cup of tea', I found it fascinating. I have a lot of respect for people who are into that subculture because they are not afraid to go their own way. I made this video with respect for them; this is in no way meant to offend or belittle that world.

The songs used as BGM were:
"Hardcore Genisis" by AX, and
"Chaotic Revolution" by KEENAN.

The songs were used with the permission of the artists and came from the PodShow Podsafe Music Network. Check them out at music.podshow.com

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• kansaipj
• cosplay
• anime
• osaka
• matsuri
• manga
• festival
• kansai
• japan
• 日本橋
• ストリート
• フェスタ
• アニメ
• マンガ
• コスプレー
• 大阪
• 外人
• ブログ

[RetainersRock]

I love your videos! Lol, I think I saw Luigi from Super Mario Brothers in the corner at 3:12.

[kansaiPJ]

@RetainersRock Thanx.

[usagiichigo]

lol.wow this is so awesome!! i wish to go to an anime festival one day

is it always on March 20th?

[kansaiPJ]

@usagiichigo I believe so.

[mofomonkey]

wow this was wonderful thank you for taking the time to record this

[kansaiPJ]

@mofomonkey :-)

[damiester]

@penn10rocks you've got a whole town dedicated to this culture, whereas in Hong Kong where I live, we've got a mere hall for a week every year...

[CyeNiN]

totally lol'd at 6:10

[boyyoyo]

I'm big into anime and anime conventions but those anime heads are kinda creepy...

[anime1620]

i love anime n cosplay

[FoxDragon1]

That pikachu is kinda creepy.. other than that very nice cosplays.

[zurick777]

I Like Your Vids Allot Keep Making them!! Ohn but ehmm i don't think you should put soundtracks on your clips i think most of us just want to hear the orginal sound of the video :D

[l33trikimaru]

I would go as death from "soul eater" domo domo

[jetixiz84]

Youre cute... 8)

[12animegirl1]

i love anime

[DoannaNguyen]

LOL you video tape a girls booty LOL ;)