The gates of the anime and cosplay convention scene will open once again to unveil another epic adventure! Resonate with the unending merriment from the all-new Cosplay Mania Event series, ...

Tempe Public Library, already a haven for book lovers and pop-culture obsessives, got exponentially more nerdy this past weekend. On Jan. 31, hundreds of Valley residents turned out for Tempe FanCon, ...

If you head to the Oregon Convention Center this Sunday, you might spot Deadpool, Sailor Moon or a Stormtrooper waiting in line for a hotdog. FAN EXPO Portland is in town for its annual visit to the ...

The Tales series has been around for over 20 years, and has become one of the most well known JRPG franchises around. It started with Tales of Phantasia on the Super Famicom in Japan in 1995. That ...

Getting ready the morning of a convention has never gotten any less chaotic for C.J. Stiles. They wake up, find whatever source of caffeine they can and begin the long transformation process: skincare ...

The world of cosplay lost an integral part of its spirit with a very sad event in November 2025, when Ashley, referred to by her handle Ash or @squidkid1111, bid farewell to life at only nineteen ...

India’s win at the 2025 World Cosplay Summit in August for Best Armor was a highlight for a subculture that has been on the rise in the country for a few years now. What was once considered a niche ...

The sweet and dreamy arpeggios that introduce opener ‘Echoes’, for instance, are deceptive, the song gradually darkening until it erupts into a blast of epic distortion. Closer ‘Jive’ starts so sombre ...

They’re only three albums into their career, but you could be forgiven for thinking Sorry have been around longer. What they lack in quantity, they make up for in a sonic prolificness, an ...

Desperation and delusion are at the heart of Sorry’s COSPLAY. It’s a fitting pendulum swing of emotion that feels like a morning skin routine in 2025. Our pores have adapted to AI slop, a growingly ...

It’s weird because we already kinda think that Dispatch is going to be a cultural phenomenon. It feels like the start of something every time we play. As we get closer to the release of Episodes 5 and ...

Local cosplayers at UwU Con 2025 came dressed to impress as the convention settled into its new home at Mesa Convention Center. The annual geek event may have changed venues, but the costuming energy ...