“Cosplay”----is the abbreviation of “costume play”. Those people who play “cosplay” called ‘cosplayer‘。As Chinese translation: “角色扮演”. That is to act by dressing up and using props, also by using make up and body languages to play the roles in acg(anime、comic、game) or those Japanese visional bans and films. Simply is, the fans are not only satisfied by watching performance but form together to copy the characters of cartons and games, thus transform the images into real.
講究視覺沖擊是COSPLAY壹大要素，或新奇炫目或華麗前衛的服裝、發型、化妝對追求前衛時尚的年輕人有著巨大的吸引力。
The visual impact is the most important factor. The bold, fashionable, fancy and colorful dress, hair styles and make ups are heavily attracting those teenagers who are specially pursuing the leading pattern.
Cosplay是壹種個性獨特鮮明的新興視覺文化，它新鮮酷炫，充滿強烈的時代色彩，它的大膽造型、艷麗色彩、前衛作風，帶給人強烈的視覺沖擊和享受。
Cosplay is a unique personality that developed in visual culture. It’s cool, new and shine, fully expressed the style of new ages. All its bold styling, colorful pattern and fashionable moves bring people powerful visual impacts and joys.
那麽如何能成為壹名合格的cosplayer,
So how do you define a standard cosplayer,
1.長相身材：壹個角色像不像，關系到人物的身高、體形、氣質等各方面，只有神似才行。
1,body outlook: Whether a player looks like the role, it concerns with all players’ heights, figures, demeanors etc, and it only works when the natures similar.
2.時間金錢：玩COSPLAY要有大量的時間，而且這是個非常消耗資金的項目。妳承受得起嗎？cosplay衣服價格不菲，專賣店成品服的話通常要價近千。自己動手裁制雖然花費較少，但如果就cos角色服飾的復雜度而言有時也要將近六、七百元，並且還要付出相當大的心血與勞力。
2. Time and cost: To play cosplay needs huge amount of time, and also very expensive. Could you afford it? The cosplay dresses are very costly from the exclusive stores, almost a thousand yuan per set. Although that would be cheaper to make your own dress by yourself, but six, seven hundred yuan still would be spent according to the complexities of the dress, and don’t forget the efforts you would pay.
3.動手能力：不要以為妳有錢又有閑就無敵了，很多時候衣服和道具有錢也買不到，全靠自己制作，倒是體現了COSPLAY的精髓：DIY。
3,Abilities: Do not even think that you can make yourself incredible if you have money and time. Many cloth and props could not be purchase from the shops, you have to make it up, but this, is exactly reflecting the spirit of cosplay, which is DIY.
4.獻身精神：大熱天穿著很厚的衣服，大冬天裏穿著露肩又露背的薄衫裙，為了藝術必須忍受天氣的考驗。有人為了追求角色上的相似，必須用戲劇油彩在臉上繪上詭異的花紋，寶貴的皮膚也只好犧牲壹下了。
4,Sacrifice: Thick bulky cloth in summer, thin tiny shirt in winter, you have to endure the weather some times for the art. Someone was painting their face with drama color oil in order to maximize the similarity with the character, while their treasurable skin was sacrificed.
很難說cosplay到底為我們帶來了什麽，畢竟任何事物都有其兩面性。從圈外人士來看cosplay這項活動是壹種既勞民傷財不經濟又沒意義的活動。其實真正的cosplay並非只是裝扮其外在，更主要的是對心靈上的互換。得到心靈上的舒解、對現實的暫時逃避以及壹種想法上的暫時改變。感受到的喜悅與逃避現實痛苦的輕松感卻是可以讓自己更加積極更有自信與期待。
It’s hard to say what exactly cosplay brings us, because every thing has both sides. From outside opinions the cosplay is nothing but a none sense costly activity, and it is waisting time. But the real fact of cosplay is not only just an outlook decoration, but more importantly, the communications between souls. It could find a peace for mind, a piece of dreamland of fantasy, and a temporary switch of thoughts. Relax from the pain of reality, enjoy the please from playing, and after rebuilds oneself who has more confidence and expectations.
Cosplayer不僅僅是滿足自我，更是壹種積極向上的人生態度！壹種樂觀的生活方式！
Cosplay is not only a satisfaction of oneself, but more than an upward attitude, and an optimistic life style!