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AnimeLeague has announced that it will be running another of its Cosplay Picnic event which proved to be a popular event earlier this year. The next London Cosplay Picnic is scheduled for the 11th April (weather permitting) and no, Misaki Sai did not attend as far as I’m aware! Below is the official press release. [...]

This week has been quite eventful on eMagi, making the return of the website with a new look and new content. There has been news of the Sony Playstation Network being affected due to a clock bug, more interesting glitches in Heavy Rain, Press Releases MangaUK and Capcom including Super Street Fighter IV and Resident [...]

Cosplay and anime events in general have exploded this year in the UK and eMagi will continue to keep everyone updated as possible with all the latest events. A brand new one has come under the radar that offers something unique – A Cosplay Cruise! eMagi got in touch with Matt Kamen, the co-event organiser [...]

Travelling Man, based in Manchester will be holding a special event at their Manga store! They will be holding a Death Note day where cosplayers of the highly popular Manga can join forces for photos, discussion and the chance to win prizes.

Image copyright of grandcosplayball.com Building on the success of last year’s event, the Grand Cosplay Ball is returning! Based in Clapham Grand, London it is gearing up for another success come November 29th. The theme this time for the Grand Cosplay Ball is “An Enchanted Forest” which should get your creative juices flowing for the [...]

Image copyright of Iggie Hello! Thank you once more to be interviewed for eMagi.co.uk. Please state your name (don’t need to include surname if wanted) and current occupation. Dee Hunter, currently working nightshift at a local supermarket but graduated this year (Publishing with Journalism). Do you have any hobbies or interests? Other than anime and [...]

A festival in Japan called “Itasha G Fesuta” took place on Sunday 9th in Japan which featured around 450 cars organised by a popular Japanese graphical magazine. The term “itasha” refers to cars which have been illustrated upon by anime, manga and videgame character decals. Not only cars were on display but other forms of [...]

We previously interviewed Potential Angel here at eMagi and we present the second round of interviews with the lovely TaroTard! Hello! Thank you once more to be interviewed for eMagi.co.uk. Please state your name and current occupation Ashlea Babb Student at Cardiff University (Japanese and Business Studies) Do you have any hobbies or interests? Cosplay [...]

The Grand International Cosplay is an event that sets out to combine cosplay and theatre like no other event before it. Being staged at the elaborate Clapham Grand, London, it sets to welcome a global audience of cosplayers and masqueraders to join forces and to share their love for cosplaying in a unique environment. Featured [...]

As part of an ongoing feature here on eMagi we shall produce a series of interviews from cosplayers all around the world every Wednesday for as long as possible! If you have cosplayed before and wish to be interviewed by us then please contact us and we shall be in touch! For the very first [...]

London Expo October 2006 was my first experience at cosplaying. I didn’t want to buy a cosplay and decided to make my own. Unfortunately, at that time, I didn’t have a sewing machine so resorted to hand-sewing which was fun but tedious at the same time. I liked unique cosplays, so I did a lot [...]

As part of a series of weekly features, I will focus on picking the best of cosplayers around the world (and indeed Japanese Idols) every weekend as a highlight. Today though I have picked this cosplayer that I stumbled upon a few weeks ago… She goes under the name BelleChere and her photoset can be [...]

Yaya Han will by flying over to London a day before the International Cosplay Ball, London, on the 29th November! Courtesy of TokyoToys, she will be holding an exclusive talk at their store in London in the Trocadero, Picadilly Circus. Here is her bio from her official website: My name is: Yaya Birthday: 10th April [...]

Previously in Part One on eMagi we covered what ALcon 2008 was about, the dealers and screenings that happened and in Part Two of ALcon we covered the various panels like the Iron Artist and Charity Auction. In this final part of our ALcon coverage this will wrap up the remainder of events and what [...]

The crowd getting into the Caramelldansen song eMagi attended the Midlands MCM Expo 2008 of which has been shortened from the usual two day event down to just the one. However I felt that this worked in their favour because the venue is a lot smaller than in London and it gave everyone a good [...]