{"id":11735,"date":"2010-05-13T12:15:25","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T16:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=11735"},"modified":"2010-05-13T12:17:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T16:17:14","slug":"nys-japan-society-throws-cosplay-party-2-0-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/13\/nys-japan-society-throws-cosplay-party-2-0-this-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"NY’s Japan Society throws Cosplay Party 2.0 this Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By JQ Magazine<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Justin Tedaldi<\/strong><\/a> (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)\u00a0for Examiner.com.\u00a0Visit his NY Japanese Culture\u00a0page <\/em>here<\/em><\/strong><\/a> to subscribe for free alerts\u00a0on newly published stories.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

As\u00a0reported at Sakura Matsuri<\/strong><\/a> earlier this month, cosplay (costume play) is a growing trend among youthful patrons of public Japan-related gatherings. Last year, New York\u2019s Japan Society hosted its first-ever cosplay party as part of its KRAZY!<\/a><\/strong> exhibition dedicated to anime, manga and video games. The event was a sold-out success, drawing nearly 500 fans who expressed their visual zeal (not to mention their tailoring abilities) for the more contemporary facets of Japanese culture. This year\u2019s edition, fittingly titled Cosplay Party 2.0, kicks off Saturday, May 15, and is expected to top last year\u2019s inaugural event.<\/p>\n

The day promises a chance to meet and mingle with other cosplayers, nonstop musical entertainment by cosplay DJ Ruby Red, a photo booth, free admission to Japan Society’s current exhibition Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and a full-tilt costume competition, hosted by Uncle Yo and judged by World Cosplay Summit 2009 Team USA along with guest judge and Japan Society artist-in-residence Hiroki Otsuka. During the party, Japan Society\u2019s theater will host New York\u2019s big screen premiere of the anime film Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read the\u00a0full article here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By JQ Magazine\u2019s\u00a0Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)\u00a0for Examiner.com.\u00a0Visit his NY Japanese Culture\u00a0page here to subscribe for free alerts\u00a0on newly published stories.\u00a0 As\u00a0reported at Sakura Matsuri earlier this month, cosplay (costume play) is a growing trend among youthful patrons of public Japan-related gatherings. Last year, New York\u2019s Japan Society hosted its first-ever cosplay party as part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t