Manga Cosplay Masks

Nowadays, it ain’t a big problem anymore to bring your favorite manga character to life. In this regard, the usual cosplay costumes don’t seem to be appropriate anymore for some cosplay enthusiasts, although most often good looking. To mimic a certain manga character as good as possible, ‘Cosplay Dollers’ as they are called utilize special cosplay costumes also called ‘Kigurumis’. Basically, Kigurumis are special costumes covering the whole body.Important parts of a Kigurumi are the cosplay mask and the costume or costume parts covering the rest of the body, for example skin-colored wristlets. Cosplay masks often show faces with seemingly cute facial features such as the characteristical large, accented eyes or the snub nose. Often, said cosplay masks are covering the whole head of the ‘cosplay doller’ and are often worn in combination with a suiting cosplay wig. A noteworthy fact is that most often the ‘cosplay dollers’ dressing up as females are males, a phenomenon called ‘crossplay’. In Japan, this doesn’t seems unusual to many, while in Europe it is nearly unheard of; well, every nation has its own ways of behaving.




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