Cosplay (コスプレ kosupure?), short for "costume play",[1] is a type of performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Characters are often[2] drawn from popular fiction in Japan.
Urggh.. I'd love to go out on Halloween cosplayed as Homura Akemi from Puella Magi Madoka Magica, or as Osaka from Azumanga Daioh, but then I'm liek poor. And my family won't buy anything off the internet that isn't on amazon. So... T_T