Cosplayers Unite To Fight Abuse

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Following the recent trend of otaku, and specifically cosplayer abuse in recent years in Japan, a group of concerned cosplayers have formed Japan’s first non-profit organization to promote cosplay culture, foment understanding of cosplaying and counsel those cosplayers who have been victims of abuse.

Its no wonder that with the recent fascination the mainstream has had over otaku culture and therefore outsiders entering what used to be save havens for otaku and cosplayers, they have been victims to abuse and bullying. Cosplayers in particular suffer from stalking and sexual abuse, and it doesn’t help that a good portion of Japan still has that whole “if it looks like a female, its asking for it” mentality. So this guys wont take it anymore, they are willing to fight back, in fact I’m sure if someone is in need of legal counseling they’d gladly cosplay as Phoenix Wright for them, and that’s what I call commitment!

[Cosengokai / Via ANN]

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  • 2 Comments

    1. MetalFormer
      March 16th, 2008 at 6:27 am

      Hi. Nice article. I was not aware of those incidents. That’s a shame. Good to see action is being taken. Its about time for people (worldwide) to start understanding the culture and stop seeing it as a weird thing.

    2. April 8th, 2008 at 11:35 pm

      That’s crazy! I am a professional stalker killer by trade, if you need some help, you know where to come ^_^


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