STORY: In the meantime one can almost speak of tradition. Because a part of the final Sunday of the Frankfurt Book Fair is dedicated to the so-called cosplayers. The German Cosplay Championship will then also be held. But probably many also like to dress up like their popular manga, comic or anime characters and spare neither effort nor expense. “My daughter started it and I just followed suit because it’s a lot of fun and it’s interesting to be there too. And it’s interesting to look at the fair and the people, yes.” “I got into it because I play a lot of video games myself. And I had a favorite character there. And wouldn’t it be great like that. And then I went online, typed in cosplay, got inspired let it go. And I really enjoyed creating it like that and feeling like the character.” You can see the many hours of work on most of the costumes. The aim is to be as close as possible to the original. Cosplay event is also available in many other cities around the globe. The origin of this colorful gathering lies in Japan. The term was coined there in the 1980s.