You may have heard of cosplayer, right? And you must have even bumped into someone dressed as a character, representing a character from a movie, series or game. Not yet? So get ready: the art of cosplay, with its countless fans and professionals, will be one of the highlights of the Cosplay Festival, which will take over the Historic Center between November 14th and 17th and will hold a cosplay contest. So if you run into a superhero or want to be fantastic out there, you know: you're in the mood for pop culture. If so, the Spiderman Costumes are quite popular.

1.The Right Rules

The rules of the Cosplay Fest contest are now available. The event promises to attract dozens of cosplayers (people who dress like their favorite characters) and will be held in two days: November 16th and 17th, with awards on both dates.

It will be the opportunity for fans of cosplay, the art that emerged in the 1970s, in the United States, to parade with their clothes featuring characters of the most varied, known or not so much. And whether the costumes are made by themselves or by the cosmakers (yes, there are cosplay couturiers!), the fact is that the costumes and their accessories make the cosplayer dive into the character's profile and everyone around him thinks they are in a scenario of video game, series or movie.

2.Cosplayer Is Ageless.

Children, adults, parents and children, people of various ages who like to play dress up, escape reality and be the character they like for a day. That's what cosplay means, which comes from the English words custom fantasy and play, explains the contest curator and event promoter.

In the kids’ categories (children from 4 to 10 years old) and adults, the contest will receive entries moments before the presentation, with a limit of up to 40 places per day. The event is one of the great moments of the festival and was expanded due to the success of 2018. People are expecting a lot of creativity and, at the same time, fidelity in relation to the details of the clothing. Applicants will parade showing their costumes to the jury. Afterwards, the notes will be added.

According to the regulations, cosplayers can take printed supporting material with the character's image and any other document that can help in the evaluation to the jury. The top three places in the two categories will win prizes and trophies. Among adults, the 1st place winner will win a state-of-the-art cell phone, geek shirt and trophy. The 2nd will receive a gamer kit (keyboard, mouse and headset) and geek shirt. And the 3rd gets a headset and a geek shirt.

3.Nerds, Geeks and Otakus

Depending on the time of year, there are cosplays in more evidence. After all, a successful movie or game can make the trend for a certain character explode. In the art of dressing up, there are nerds who like back issue comics, geeks who are into technology, video games and otakus who like Japanese pop culture, like anime and manga. Art that represents a hobby for many and a profession for others arrived in Japan in the 1980s during Star Wars and RPG conventions. In the land of anime (animation produced by Japanese studios), where dressing up as Dragon Ball, Knights of the Zodiac and Pokémon was already a tradition, it was not difficult for cosplay fashion to invade the big Japanese centers.

4.The Most Popular Super Heroes Today

Superheroes have won over audiences since their inception, contributing immensely to the enrichment of pop culture. With comics, movies, animations and games, these characters have become more and more famous and their popularity has reached levels never before imagined, with many children choosing to wear Halloween masks of these characters.

After the primal cinematic success of Richard Donner's Superman, with the charismatic and iconic Christopher Reeve in the lead role, superheroes have found a new home outside the pages published in magazines and newspapers. The real success, however, would only come 21 years later, when Blade and the X-Men opened the door to show that the 20th century needed a new look.

Since then we had as a highlight the Batman by Christopher Nolan and absolute success of the Cinematographic Universe by Marvel, which is the most popular franchise today. With the suggestion of the reader Hugo Oliveira, so that each fan could vote for the character they considered the best. The result is quite surprising, and you can check it out now.

5.Captain America

The icon in the United States was frozen for years after World War II. He returned as a big name and leader of the Avengers. In film, Chris Evans has done a great job, and increasingly the character has become a fan favorite. The Captain America Cosplay Costumes are most popular now.

6.Hulk

One of the first creations of the duo Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the Hulk first appeared in the title The Incredible Hulk published in May 1962. Since then, the Hulk has been the protagonist of non-comic animations and games. The Hulk's popularity, however, is due to the fact that the character won a TV series in the late 1970s, with Bill Bixby playing David Banner, and Lou Ferringo bringing the Emerald Giant to life.

After the series was canceled, the acting duo returned to three television films released in the 1990s. In cinema, the Hulk appeared in 2003 in Ang Lee's famous film. In 2008, the character was rebooted to be part of Marvel's Cinematic Universe.

7.Iron Man

In recent years, Tony Stark has become a major icon at Marvel Studios, a fact proven by the successful combination of Robert Downey Jr. and the comic book character. In the original media, Iron Man had already been quite successful before the release of the first film in 2008, mainly due to his participation in The Ultimates magazine, or Os Supremos as the title is known in Brazil. Although Tony Stark was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, and Jack Kirby in 1963, the peak of the character's popularity comes today, and Iron Man is one of the main if not the main figure in UCM.

8.Spider Man

Marvel's biggest character is also the most popular. Peter Parker was a Stan Lee creation that barely made it to the shelves, as publishers at the time didn't believe in its success.