I do realize that I’m a bit late on the whole OTACOOL thing, but I did finally order both of them a couple of days ago! As I got them late last night I haven’t had the time to completely look them through yet, but so far they’re both really awesome^^
There’s supposedly some Swedish otakus in the first book, haven’t seen them yet, but I’m definitely interested in seeing what that looks like. I don’t really have any crazy otaku friends around here, except for a couple of gaming otakus.
I do like the design of the books a lot, both the cover and the inside, it’s very nicely done! But content is king after all, and it really is king in this case.
I’ve never cosplayed myself, but I do enjoy looking at other cosplayers, so OTACOOL 2 is just perfect for me^^
The books are both in Japanese and English and about 130 pages long. Sadly, I’m not in the books myself, but I guess I can’t say that I’m much of an otaku, not in comparison with these people at least! There are some really sweet setups to look at if you need inspiration for your own room. Oh and both books include interviews with Danny Choo as well!
Most of the cosplayers have included names, age, years of cosplaying, website, their cosplaying name and a message. Some of them have two full pages and some share one page, so it’s a good mix of text and pictures, feels like browsing through a magazine.
I’m gonna have a lot of fun looking through these two books, that’s for sure. So if you haven’t bought them yet, I definitely recommend them, they aren’t that pricey either.
You can buy them both from White Rabbit Press, see the links below. If you buy them now, White Rabbit Press has a 21% discount on OTACOOL 2! And get some Japanese candy while you’re at it ;)
OTACOOL: Worldwide Otaku Rooms - OTACOOL 2: Worldwide Cosplayers
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Do they have any books that include only Japanese cosplayers? (proper cosplay I mean)
Well I’m sure there are other cosplay books out there, but OTACOOL is international. Plenty of Japanese cosplayers in it though^^ My favorite cosplayer is from the Philippines!
I’m wondering what a cosplayer is? Please tell me, I’m not kidding.
Cosplay is a Japanese subculture, it’s short for costume play. Basically you dress up as anime or game characters. Many conventions then have competitions for cosplayers, like, the best costume or the best act.
Otacool 3 submissions are now open, will you be in??
I’m definitely submitting my desk^^
That is awesome, i am gonna buy the books myself.
That sounds like fun, but whatever happened to the Harijuku girls (and boys)? I thought that’s what they were doing.
Cosplaying is what they’re doing^^
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