Role-playing is the abbreviation of English costume drama. The Chinese translation of Cosplay originally came from Taiwan Province Province and was translated into cosplay. However, this translation is similar to RPG, so another translation-dressing up is more popular at present. Cosplay is usually regarded as a sub-cultural activity, and the roles played by objects usually come from animation, comics and video games (ACG mentioned earlier).
The concept of Cosplay is now gradually expanded to include light novels, movies, photo albums, special photography, idol groups, occupations, historical stories, social stories, unique legends in the real world (or their anthropomorphic forms), or other self-created tangible characters. The specific method is to wear similar clothes on purpose, and add parameters such as prop collocation, makeup modeling and body language to imitate these characters.
In China, the role-playing team is also growing. From Hongkong to Taiwan Province Province, and then to the mainland, with the development of animation industry in China, the influence of Cosplay has expanded year by year, and now it has a certain number and scale. But in the content of cos, almost all are Japanese comics. In Taiwan Province Province, inspired by local traditional puppet shows, Taiwan Province Province has a unique role-playing style. Role-playing is closely related to the puppet show in Taiwan Province Province, which makes the once declining puppet show popular again among the younger generation.
Female Soldier, the professional masterpiece of the role-playing cartoonist Naoko Takeuchi. Since 199 1 was serialized, it has not only become the originator of American girls' works in ACG field at that time, but also the charm of its works and characters has transcended time and space and still has a strong influence. After The Prince of Tennis was adapted into an animated film, tennis and role-playing became a craze. So I think the reason why cosplay is so popular is that young people like it.