What is Cosplay? Inside the Passionate Community Bringing Games to Life

For as long as fandom has existed, people have found creative ways to celebrate whatever it is they’re passionate about – whether it’s through off-the-wall fan-fiction, incredible fan art, or even waxing poetic about it in the YouTube comments.

But one particular act has stood the test of time as the flashiest, most elaborate and perhaps the most personal form of fan expression: cosplay.

Shot by: Matt Massey

Interviews at Toronto Comicon and Six Major Paris 2018/Six Invitational Montreal 2019 conducted by Daniel Rosen & shot by Miles Hackett.

Footage credits:

Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).

[yodahn]

2nd video of baiting Sneaky in thumbnail..

Ahh shit, here we go again.

[paulistastars]

Goddamn, cosplay didnt start on Japan?!? Thats the most important piece of knwoledge on this video.
Oh
Spoiler alert

[overlordlettuce]

Is it just me or has someone in the writing team like a massive obsession with sneaky?

[EvanSaltare]

I assume every female cosplayer is Sneaky. The comments just reaffirmed this habit.

[jeanne]

C9 sneaky is a bit too sneaky if y’all get my drift

[tsukikotsutsukakushi]

Sneaky doesn't cosplay, he "crossplays" 😂😂😂😂

[shape]

Thanks for featuring the 2019 Invitational in this video! I was the Elite Blackbeard present im the big Siege group picture in the back-left! Such an amazing community and event!

[YahliAtzmon]

"for games with lore"
*Shows overwatch*
Lmao I wish

[tartineboy]

Your documentation is on point
Good job guys

[lukhwn]

Of course Sneaky would be in the thumbnail if it's esports's cosplay related.

[therrogue]

Holy hell that Lich Queen cosplay is badass tho.

[Supersonic]

I had been putting off watching this video because i was worried it would just focus on the glamor side of cosplaying. BOY was i pleasantly surprised

[clintmaricapacite]

Cosplaying porn was the biggest life changer 😂

[daddydevito]

Looks like you're trying to do a cosplay of Colin with that mustache

[TheGreatChrisB]

Heck yeah, Siege is great. I love when it's in the spotlight for good reasons.

[TgProd]

Cosplaying may seem cringy but damn is it a nice and loving community!

[crafty_prop]

Nah, even if ur costume is shit and still enjoy what you're doing, it is still cosplaying. The presentation of a costume is relative to each individual. You should only judge a cosplayer's costume or what they are doing when they entered a tournament. However, people who's just having fun shouldn't be bothered about label; cosplay or not cosplay.

[swagmoneybuge]

I love CS:GO cosplay. It's just so funny and epic.

[Dyleniz]

also don't forget that one guy who cosplayed a melee creep in dota (its jhonny)

[DanielHernandez-mzwo]

The scoreEsports: new video (cosplay weebs)
Me:👌👌👌👌👌👌