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SoraNews24
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
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A look at the cosplay of the 2025 Osaka Comic Con
Capes, canes, cowls, and crazy crotches converged at this Comic Con. As we reported earlier, Osaka Comic Con was held once again at Intex Osaka, bringing lots of stars and artists to this corner of Japan. This also meant it was time for cosplayers from all over the world to come together and show off their carefully crafted wear. Now a juggernaut of both comics and movies, Marvel characters figured prominently among costumed visitors. There was a whole multiverse of Deadpools to be seen, but this guy with heart-shaped eyes showed up first, so I'll give him top honors. ▼ Deadpool The entire Spiderverse also seemed to have shown up with webslingers of all shapes and sizes. ▼ You got your preppy and street Spider-Men… ▼ Standard Spider-Man… ▼ Sam Raimi Spider-Man 3 version black suit Spider-Man, suitably hanging out with the Black Widow… ▼ Spider-Woman and a rather jolly-looking Green Goblin Naturally, wherever Spider-Man is his greatest foes aren't too far behind. ▼ Doctor Octopus and Kingpin ▼ J. Jonah Jameson There were plenty of other Marvel characters out and about too, like this parent-child team who had their posing game down cold. ▼ Captain America and Red Hulk ▼ Infinity War Iron Man ▼ Ghost Rider's head flickered like a flame too, which was pretty cool. ▼ Yelena Belova and Bucky Barnes of the Thunderbolts* ▼ Reed Richards and Susan Storm of The Fantastic Four ▼ And we finally found someone the perfect height to be Wolverine. Meanwhile, the Dark Knight rises again to represent the DC cinematic universe, along with some villains. ▼ The Talon, Bane, Batman, and Catwoman ▼ The Riddler In close second to comic books, there was a huge number of Star Wars cosplayers with extremely intricate and accurate costumes. We saw most of them on stage with Daniel Logan in the previous article, but here are a couple I found that weren't there. ▼ Boba Fett ▼ At first I thought this Chewbacca was way too tall, but looked it up afterward and that does look about 2.3 meters (seven-foot-six). There were plenty of characters from the wide world of video games as well, with the Resident Evil series being a prominent source of inspiration. ▼ Lupo and Hunk ▼ Ada Wong ▼ Cloud from Final Fantasy VII ▼ Spamton Neo from Deltarune ▼ A Monster Hunter… and did I mention I'm a monster? ▼ A couple of Sam Bridges from Death Stranding ▼ Jamie, Chun-Li, Fei Long, and E. Honda from Street Fighter ▼ Ashley from Resident Evil 4 and Mita from MiSide ▼ A couple members of Shadow Company from Call of Duty Walking around I felt a real sense of community among many of the cosplayers there. It was so charming to see Hiroshima Freddy and Bayonetta chatting together, I just had to capture this tender moment. ▼ Freddy Krueger and Bayonetta Freddy was far from the only non-comic cinematic character hanging around either. I kept seeing this guy out of the corner of my eye. I assume he was a cosplayer and let me take a picture, but still… ▼ Ghostface from Scream ▼ T-800 and Sarah Connor from Terminator 2 ▼ Judy Hopps from Zootopia And you can't have movies without the Eiga Dorobo from Japanese anti-piracy ads. He's a perennial character in cosplay events and still extremely popular among the attendees. ▼ A Death Eater from Harry Potter ▼ A Predator ▼ Leeloo with her Multi Pass from The Fifth Element and Vault Boy from Fallout I'm not 100-percent sure, but I think these might be actual performers from the Universal Studios Japan show Universal Monsters Live Rock n' Roll that I stumbled on by accident. And speaking of Universal Studios, here is Hami-Kuma Soul, the disfigured teddy bear from their Halloween Horror Night event. ▼ A Robot from Castle in the Sky : It even shines the light on its head at little kids when they walk up to it too, which was just adorable. ▼ Sophie Hatter from Howl's Moving Castle was also there representing Ghibli works. Moving more into anime and manga in general, we have a yoked Master Roshi who's literally yoked by a Myaku-Myaku ring, as well as many other characters. ▼ King, Fubuki, Tatsumaki, Saitama, and Speed-o-Sound Sonic from One Punch Man ▼ Nico Robin from One Piece ▼ Loid and Yor from Spy x Family ▼ Although these anime mecha legends look like statues, they're actual costumes that people went inside for regular shows. Cartoons from the West were also well represented at this year's event, along with some major throwbacks that old-timers like me appreciate. ▼ Rosie from Hazbin Hotel ▼ Alastor from Hazbin Hotel ▼ Charlie Brown from Peanuts ▼ Optimus Prime from Transformers And quite frankly, I felt this incredible Dick Dastardly cosplay was criminally underappreciated at this Comic Con. Shame on you, everyone. I also saw a satirized depiction of Xianxingzhe, the first bipedal robot made in China, called Senkosha in Japanese with an emphasis on what appears to be a crotch rocket. And even the literary world was honored by a couple of Angels from the Heavenly Memorial Agency book series. While I find cosplay to be a celebration of resourcefulness and creativity, there are some people who were just born resembling certain characters from pop culture. ▼ Leon Kennedy from Resident Evil 4 ▼ Dennis Nedry from Jurassic Park ▼ Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad Whether you were born with famous looks or made your own luck with outstanding costumes, we here at SoraNews24 salute you and look forward to seeing you at the next Osaka Comic Con. Photos ©SoraNews24 ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
SoraNews24
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Nicolas Cage meets Gachapin and a world record is broken at Osaka Comic Con 2025
That is a photo I never thought I would take. This year, 2 to 4 May marked the return of Osaka Comic Con, an annual event that brings major talents from the world of cinema, TV, music, and comic books together under one roof. I was able to head down on the final day of the event to get an eyeful of everything going on. This first stage event of the day featured Emily Rudd and Mackenyu Maeda who play Nami and Zoro in the Netflix live-action adaptation of One Piece . The two shared their thoughts about playing such iconic characters, and Rudd was shocked to hear that some Japanese fans were reluctant to approach her because they hadn't seen the Netflix show, telling them that they could come say hello anytime. Meanwhile, Mackenyu was oozing with charm and even had grown men screaming out, 'I love you, Zoro!' This was also a very special stage show because everyone there, including the staff and members of the press, was attempting to set a Guinness World Record for the most people to wear straw hats in the same place. To do this, everyone in the theater had to wear a straw hat for one minute. After the minute was up, the Guinness rep returned backstage to tally the hats, Rudd and Mackenyu posed for some photographs and were joined by a surprise guest, Jacob Gibson, who plays Usopp on Netflix's One Piece . The three actors then took some time to fire off some signed T-shirts into the audience. At the end of the show, the Guinness representative tallied the hats and confirmed that we all smashed the previous record of 797 with 897 people in straw hats, which I guess makes me an official Guinness World Record holder of sorts? Later on in the day, Daniel Logan, who played the young Boba Fett in Star Wars: Episode 2 – Attack of the Clones , took to the stage, accompanied by his gigantic friend/bodyguard Tim and NMB48 member Kurumi Mikamo. Logan shared a heartwarming story about the recent Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo, where the lineup to get autographs from Hayden Christensen was so long, they had to give refunds and turn away scores of people. Feeling bad for them, Logan offered to meet and do autographs with those people for free, adding that he's aware of how hard Japanese people work every day and wants to make sure they can enjoy their precious free time. Logan was then joined on stage by 'The Gathering' of the top Star Wars cosplayers at the event. After that, Logan and Tim fired off some autographed T-shirts. At some points, Tim put down the cannon and opted to use his arm, which is also a cannon. In between stage shows, there was a lot to see and do around the convention. Both Japanese and American artists had booths out to talk to fans and sell works, including a booth with Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski. I rather liked the official Ghostbusters booth, where you could do the Venkman psychic challenge. I got one out of three right, which I thought was pretty decent. An R2 unit was scooting around here and there. There were also lots of movie memorabilia set up, such as original costumes and props. I learned that a near-mint Duke Nukem 3D goes for 280,000 yen (US$2,000). And, of course, there were shops a plenty, like the Grogu store for all your baby Yoda needs. Also, every once in a while, I would hear someone shout out 'Gachapin desu!' followed by a flurry of camera shutters and cheers. It was clear that both Gachapin and Mukku were elite celebrities at this Comic Con. At the end of the day, it was time for the Grand Finale, where all of the stars that appeared for these three days came out to take the final bow and say thanks. There were quite a few big names at this year's Osaka Comic Con, including… ▼ NMB48 ▼ Daniel Logan, Edward Furlong of Terminator 2 and Pecker fame, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, and C.B. Cebulski ▼ Christina Ricci, who has aged maybe 10 years in the 34 years since The Addams Family came out ▼ Hugh Dancy… ▼ Followed by his Hannibal co-star, Mads Mikkelsen ▼ The indomitable Nicolas Cage ▼ And last but certainly not least, Gachapin and Mukku! I have to say, seeing Gachapin, Mukku, Nicolas Cage, and Mads Mikkelsen all lined up like that was one of the more surreal experiences of my life. ▼ Cage seemed like he was unsure what to make of the dinosaur and monster standing before him. Then it was time for some more T-shirt cannons and tossing of giant caps into the crowd. ▼ Mikkelsen even knows how to be cool while shooting a T-shirt cannon. Finally, Osaka Comic Con 2025 was brought to a close with an explosion of golden ribbons. I'm surprised I could get a clear shot as the ribbon cannons were right next to me and really startling. With that, it was time for everyone to go home. The celebrity guests bid farewell to the audience and each other. It'll be interesting to see who shows up for next year's Osaka Comic Con, but before that, we'll take a look at the other stars of this event — the cosplayers — in a future article. Photos © SoraNews24 ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
