All Cosplay Online

Reading manga, watching anime, and wearing cosplay. Those three points seem to be a mandatory for some people.

The online retailer Amazon currently lists three unannounced manga series from the North American manga publisher Tokyopop. Amazon’s listings do not necessarily indicate definite release plans or dates.

Local business Otakumals, a Japanese-inspired plush doll maker, will sponsor the exhibit hall, and gaming cafe, Evolution Games, will host tournaments and programming in the video game room.

TOKYO (Kyodo) — A hair salon in the Akihabara district, the “anime” mecca of Tokyo, is helping costume players get closer to the anime characters they aspire to emulate by trimming and styling wigs they bring in to emulate the characters’ hairstyles.

The presence of bouncers meant that “creepers wait outside,” said volunteer maid Victoria Colbranna.

At this weekend’s Katsucon anime convention in National Harbor, there was naturally plenty of overlap between the pervy and the adorable. Pervy and polite, though? For that, you had to go to the event’s Maid Cafe.