Cosplay (コスプレ kosupure), a contraction of the words costume play, is a performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character. Cosplayers often interact to create a subculture and a broader use of the term “cosplay” applies to any costumed role-playing in venues apart from the stage.
The video above by UrbanQ8 is of all the cosplay from last months ComFest event that took place here in Kuwait. From all the previous videos and photos of similar events I’ve seen, it looks like the local cosplay scene is growing pretty rapidly and I’d say we’ve got a pretty legit scene at the moment. It’s also not male dominant as you’d imagine it being, it’s probably close to a 50/50 split. [YouTube]
11 replies on “Kuwait’s Cosplay Scene”
1. Their costumes are epic.
2. Must never miss any cosplay event. Ever.
It’s also waaaaaay higher quality than a lot of foreign ones, it’s weird how that happens.
I always find it interesting how deeply passionate people in Kuwait get over their hobbies, it’s nice that some people can take the extra time and money and do something productive with it
Yeah I agree I always tell people it’s because we have a lot of free time and money so we take hobbies to the extreme here.
Even though I am big nerd, and like and know all of this characters. I don’t know how cosplayers make their outfits.
Chances are they buy them (which is what I would do).
i think they would probably make them as well. Labor isn’t that expensive here and we have a lot of pros in blockat (the area behind your office building)
Actually those big metal armors(swords..etc) you can’t buy them online since the weight is expensive so they craft i’ve seen them, also there are tailors you can organize with them to create your outfit
i doubt they’re made of metal…
This is all kinds of awesome!
When is the next comic-con/cosplay event???
Cosplay is haram!