1 Apr, 2009 in Asia-Israel connections, Cosplay . Tags: cosplay; harucon; Israel; israeli; japanese; pop culture; purim;

So far, I’ve been to two major Cosplay events. The first was in NCKU-Tainan-Taiwan (1, 2, 3, 4), and the second in Comic World in Hong Kong SAR (1, 2, 3). I’ve always wondered what an Israeli Cosplay event would look like, and a few weeks ago I finally found out.  Scary scary stuff. I kind’o had the feeling it would have an extra twist to it in Israel.

 

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This is disturbing in so many different ways.

 

Visiting the Asian Cosplay events, I was always told by the local Taiwanese and Hongkongese that those Cosplay players I’ve been watching with fascination are considered somewhat of social outcasts – living in their own little world of fantasy and being on the geeky edge of society. Being a foreigner, I couldn’t really tell, they seemed kind of magical to me. One thing about this Israeli event – I think I can safely say that this categorization holds true for those I see in the Israeli event photos. Geeks gone wild :)

Here are some more "special" ones :

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There were a single few that I thought were actually quite nice…

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Here’s a video on You-Tube to show you some of the atmosphere at the place.

 

The part I find most interesting is the mix of Cosplay and Israeli soldiers (kids, really) that came to the event in their army-airforce uniforms (see 7:00 for example). This is how surreal Israel gets.

You can see more of the horror at the Harucon 2009 photo website and the official Harucon 2009 website.

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  1. Xan - Gravatar

    Xan  |  June 22nd, 2009 at 1:31 am #

    woot~ the most “disturbing in so many different ways” is a dress i made for the guy ^O^ /proud

  2. Fili - Gravatar

    Fili  |  June 22nd, 2009 at 3:44 pm #

    Xari – I might be a bit traditional but I prefer sexy Cosplay dresses to be worn by females. :P

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    Xan  |  June 22nd, 2009 at 4:08 pm #

    likewise, but whatever floats his boat :X. the dress i’ve made myself for that con wasn’t as fancy and i kept being asked “why is the dress you made that guy looks so much fancier than yours?”. I do agree about animecons in Israel being surreal, i’ve been to animecons in the Netherlands and the lack of insane people and military uniforms not as a cosplay was very refreshing.

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    Fili  |  June 22nd, 2009 at 4:39 pm #

    Xan – there’s a HUGE Cosplay/Anime event in Hong Kong during August. If you wanna see a more “authentic” Asian flavored Cosplay event, you should come over.

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    Xan  |  June 22nd, 2009 at 7:14 pm #

    That sounds more than awesome, and I do plan to visit some more animecons around the world later in my life after i am settled down and more financially independent :)

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