(Camera: Sony A55)
The Cosplay Club of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University held its annual Cosplay Day today. This colourful Asia breed of masquerade had a great atmosphere. The participants role-played Japanese anime characters by wearing special dresses, makeup and imitating the gestures.
The dressed-up young people would ask any photographers coming along if they wished to take pictures, and willingly post for them for as long as can be.
Among the troop of photographers, some enthusiastic expats were spotted while some young Americas – you just knew from the way they spoke – found the sight amusing and probably kind of strange.
In the canteen for a respite, the author asked some participants how they managed to mimic in such fantastic ways. Two of them revealed that they either bought the costumes and special makeup on the Internet, and paid factories to manufacture the clothes based on their designs or made from scratch by themselves. One said that she was from the department of fashion design which the university is well known for.
This is a great opportunity for photographers; and no entrance fee or registration is required for this in-campus event. Just walk in and bring your camera next year around the same date for it.
Some more photos coming when ready.
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