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{{Short description|Type of cosplay}}{{crossdressing}}Crossplay (the term is a portmanteau of crossdressing and cosplay) is a type of cosplay in which the person dresses up as a character of a different gender. Crossplay's origins lie in the anime convention circuit, though, like cosplay, it has not remained exclusive to the genre. While it is similar to Rule 63 (gender-bending) cosplay, it can be differentiated by the performer becoming completely immersed in the codes of another gender, rather than picking and choosing what behavior enhances the performance.BOOK,weblink Gender and the superhero narrative, Goodrum, Michael D., 1983-, Prescott, Tara, 1976-, Smith, Philip, 1983-, 2018, 978-1-4968-1880-5, Jackson, 145, 1030446156, 2020-09-25, 2021-08-24,weblink live,

Female-to-male crossplay

File:Yaoicon cosplayers.jpg|thumb|left|Two female crossplayers dressed as Sora and Roxas from the Kingdom Hearts series strike a yaoiyaoiIn most countries that play host to hobbyists who would call themselves cosplayers, female-to-male crossplayers (females costumed as male characters, sometimes abbreviated "FtM") are far more common, due to a variety of social and cultural factors.NEWS, Palmer, Ada, Let's Cosplay: Crossplay, March 29, 2007, TokyoPop,weblink 2007-04-18, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070421090515weblink">weblink April 21, 2007, Many (or even most) females will crossplay for the same reasons that they would cosplay – because they like the character and/or the costume, and wish to represent that. In Japan, female costumers tend to dominate (in numbers) the field of cosplay in general, often portraying a huge assortment of colorful characters regardless of gender.As are portrayed in manga and anime as liminal beings, it is considered "easier" for a female to cross-play as a bishōnen than it would be for her to crossplay as a male character from a Western series.JOURNAL, Craig Norris, Jason Bainbridge,weblink Selling Otaku? Mapping the Relationship between Industry and Fandom in the Australian Cosplay Scene, 20, April 2009, Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, April 21, 2021, September 14, 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090914023513weblink">weblink live,

Male-to-female crossplay

File:Comic Market 91 Day 1- Cosplayers (36106848610).jpg|thumb|A male crossplayer at ComiketComiketMale-to-female crossplayers (males costumed as female characters, sometimes abbreviated "MtF") are somewhat more common outside Japan.Originally, in America, a popular anime series for MtF crossplayers was Sailor Moon, creating "humorous effect and social levity".JOURNAL,weblink Theresa, Winge, Costuming the Imagination: Origins of Anime and Manga Cosplay, 1, 2006, Mechademia, 65–76, 10.1353/mec.0.0084, 121679787,

See also

• Mana – figurehead of Japan's Gothic Lolita fashion movement
• Cross-dressing
• Gender bender

References

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External links

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• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071027160535weblink">An article about Crossplay on TokyoPop's website
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070927201125weblink">"Sailor Bubba" recognized by a popular amateur convention journalist (August 26, 2001)
• BBC story on cosplay and conventions (RealVideo)

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