Cosplay Parade Brings Excitement to Ikebukuro!

Just in time for Halloween, the cosplay event Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festa 2014 was held for two days, Oct. 25 and 26, in the East Entrance area of Ikebukuro Station. The sponsor of the event was the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festa Executive Committee, which is comprised primarily of members from Animate and Dwango, the company that manages Japan’s largest video sharing service, Nico Nico Douga.

The event started at 10 in the morning. All over the East Entrance area there were photo spots for cosplayers, and there was also the genre-bending cosplay area Niconico Cosplay Gathering, for which a red carpet was rolled out. Passersby even stopped in their tracks and enjoyed mingling with the cosplayers. At 2 p.m., a cosplay parade circling the area began. Heating up the event where the race queens of Evangelion Racing from the recently opened Evangelion Store Tokyo-01 as well as 44 cosplayers from 22 countries participating in World Cospaly Summit, an event that gathers the love of cosplay from around the world.


The parade begins

She waved this way!

The parade. The cosplayers walked in formation as they were gazed upon by onlookers.

The head of event PR for the executive committee showed surprise over the success of the event, saying, “To think this many people came.” Niconico’s head office 1 was recently moved to Ikebukuro’s P’Parco to deepen the company’s ties to Toshima, and the event came about as a joining of Animate’s cosplay event Acosta! and Niconico Cospllection held at Roppongi Nicofarre. We were told there was warm support for Toshima leading up to the event. In a welcoming mood, the PR representative concluded, “When you come to Japan, I hope you’ll visit Ikebukuro, the home of Niconico, as well as Akihabara.”

Official Site
Niconico

^1^ A business complex that houses Nico-bukuro Studio which develops the live streaming video distribution site Niconico Live, event space, shops, and a cafe.

This is a Tokyo Otaku Mode original article.

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