Cost play has a several meanings, but the most relevant is the words costume and play. If you want to wear a costume while attending an event perhaps even to compete then you have enter the exciting world of cost play.
Zhi Zhanj, 22 is team leader of Valkyria cost players in China.
She is known among the children in her city for being cost player character of Mio in famous Japan cartoon K-on.
She has interested in cost play since 2004 when she was in school.
Since 2004 Zhi Zhanj hardly worked with her team to perform as best as they can to win Cost play competition, which held every year in Gonjo big city of Chine.
On 2006 Valkyria team won best cost player prize in Gonjo , China.
“ Judges liked the way we presented, we choose different type of closed and from not well-known cartoon to make audience to know about other cartoons characters which usually other teams were choose same character every time and people were bored by them.
Zhi Zahan likes to be a cast player whenever she performing in stage it gives her different feelings separate from normal daily life.
I asked her what is the different between real Zhi Zhanj and Mio character.
“Well Mio she is very shy girl while I am not at all but basically you have a different faces and characters like sometime you are princes or sometimes you are witch which means I am not as soft as princes and not bad as witch.” she smiled and said.
In China "cosplay" as a hobby is usually an end unto itself. Likeminded people gather to see other costumes, show off their own elaborate handmade creations, take lots of pictures, and possibly participate in best costume contests. Mostly they are playing for Japans cartoons since in China Japanese cartoon are most famous for their outstanding animation.
However, for Chinese people in some circles, "cosplay” expanded to mean simply wearing a costume, having fun and spend nice time by enjoying watching their popular cartons characters alive.
Zhi Zahan being known as Mio cartoon character said: “ For me its only entertainment and fun its not the field of carer for me its not a way of making money.”
Zhi Zahan doing her MAJ in Westminster University in London she wants to be a magazine editor in China in a future. And she wants to continue to be cost player as well.
By Sadia Hasanzada
Related links:
http://game.xj169.com/a/9122449.shtml
http://photo.blog.sina.com.cn/category/u/1222244775/s/172555
http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/files/costumes/1411/8938/K-on_Mio_Bass.jpg
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