Twisted
That man in the corner
- 15 Mar 2002
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I'm always looking at the CD-Japan website to find out about new cd-releases. Now they are mentioning Psycho le Cemu on the frontpage and they call them a cosplay band. I'm not sure if they made this up themselves, but it is an interesting development.
What would distinguish a cosplay band from a real visual kei band? Cosplay is a common sight at anime-conventions where the fans of certain series would dress up like their favorite character. But this term is also applied to fans of visual kei bands who dress up like the bandmembers.
Are then outfits of the members of Psycho le Cemu perhaps not original creations? Maybe the fact that they obviously put quite a lot of emphasis into dressing up got them the cosplay tag, but then Dir en Grey should also get that tag. I somehow don't think their fans will buy it, though. So is this cosplay tag perhaps misplaced?
Anybody got any thoughts on this?
What would distinguish a cosplay band from a real visual kei band? Cosplay is a common sight at anime-conventions where the fans of certain series would dress up like their favorite character. But this term is also applied to fans of visual kei bands who dress up like the bandmembers.
Are then outfits of the members of Psycho le Cemu perhaps not original creations? Maybe the fact that they obviously put quite a lot of emphasis into dressing up got them the cosplay tag, but then Dir en Grey should also get that tag. I somehow don't think their fans will buy it, though. So is this cosplay tag perhaps misplaced?
Anybody got any thoughts on this?