Cosplay in America [Hardcover]

Ejen Chuang (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 25, 2010

In the past decade, cosplay has exploded in popularity here in the United States. Walk into any anime convention in America and you'll see fans dressing as their favorite characters from anime, manga, or video games. In 2009, photographer Ejen Chuang travelled to six anime conventions across America to capture this phenomenon. Five months were spent photographing 1,651 cosplayers from coast to coast followed by another six months of editing. The result is a hard bound coffee table book of cosplayers captured at the conventions. Through these pages one can see the many faces of Americans - of different race, background, and age all united under the love of anime

Editorial Reviews

Review

Cosplay in America is a gorgeous tribute to the people who attend anime conventions ...The layout is slick and the photos are lovely. Chuang did what I hope more people will do in the future, portrayed cosplay as art. --Liz Ohanesian (BoingBoing.net)

About the Author

Ejen Chuang is a photographer based in Los Angeles.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: OptikNerve; 1st edition (April 25, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615349064
• ISBN-13: 978-0615349060
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, October 13, 2010

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This review is from: Cosplay in America (Hardcover)

Full of photos and great value if you like looking at cosplay then this book is for yo,u in this book much looking and less reading it's really loaded with pictures i loved it

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time for cosplayers in American to Shine!, September 11, 2010

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Crystal Wigfall (Waco, tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cosplay in America (Hardcover)

I was at this year animefest and just so happen to meet the author of this book. After talking to him, I find out that there was no books about cosplay here in America and we have some really good cosplayers here. I want to thank him for doing this book and giving our guys chance to shine. I hope in the futue he does another one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good coffee table book, September 15, 2011

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R. Sun "Corban" (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cosplay in America (Hardcover)

Great coffee table book. For those in the know, it serves as a fun guess-who game. For those not in the know, it does exactly what a coffee table book should do: spark conversation. It's clear that a lot of work and passion went into the many photographs, and each cosplayer brings their character to life in the costume and their expressions.