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The Best Cosplay We Saw at Taiyou Con 2020

Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 8 a.m.

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Princess Hibana and Tamaki Kotatsu from Fire Force. 1/69

Benjamin Leatherman Rachel Medevielle (a.k.a. eiyre.cos) as Eijiro Kirishima from My Hero Academia in his Red Riot costume. 2/69

Benjamin Leatherman He's sporting the costume of Angeal Hewley from Final Fantasy VII, complete with the Buster Sword. 3/69

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying Asra from the video game The Arcana (left) and Kanaya Maryam from Homestuck (right). 4/69

Benjamin Leatherman Amy.Does.Cosplay (left) as Mount Lady and Calvera.Cosplay (right) as Midnight from My Hero Academia. 5/69

Benjamin Leatherman Goku from Dragon Ball Z makes an appearance at Taiyou Con 2020. 6/69

Benjamin Leatherman She's cosplaying Momo Yaoyorozu from My Hero Academia. 7/69

Benjamin Leatherman Big weapons are a thing in anime and at anime conventions. 8/69

Benjamin Leatherman Valley residents Trevor Wood (left) as Naofumi Iwatani and Lexi Caldwell (right) as Raphtalia from the anime Rising of the Shield Hero. 9/69

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayer kattskreations as Zero Two from DARLING in the FRANXX. 10/69

Benjamin Leatherman Smart Alex Cosplay as Sea Hawk from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. 11/69

Benjamin Leatherman Phoenix Wright from the Ace Attorney video game series makes an objection. 12/69

Benjamin Leatherman Spotted in the vendor hall at Taiyou Con 2020. 13/69

Benjamin Leatherman Momo Kurumi of Phoenix as Nessa from Pokémon Sword and Shield. 14/69

Benjamin Leatherman One-Punch Man is here to save the day. 15/69

Benjamin Leatherman This Taiyou Con attendee is portraying Sir Pentious from the animated web series Hazbin Hotel. 16/69

Benjamin Leatherman The webcomic Homestuck inspired their costumes. 17/69

Benjamin Leatherman Everyone needs a Dungeon Master now and then. 18/69

Benjamin Leatherman Anime-inspired costumes at Taiyou Con 2020. 19/69

Benjamin Leatherman Ryu is ready for a fight. 20/69

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayer Junko the Goddess as Shura Kirigakure from the anime Blue Exorcist. 21/69

Benjamin Leatherman The Miles Morales version of Spider-Man is always awesome. 22/69

Benjamin Leatherman Mirza Rascon as Eijiro Kirishima from My Hero Academia and Sam Leon as France from Hetalia. 23/69

Benjamin Leatherman Lady Iron Man and Lady Thor manning the Heroes United booth at Taiyou Con 2020. 24/69

Benjamin Leatherman Papyrus from the video game Undertale. 25/69

Benjamin Leatherman Tamaki Kotatsu (left) and Princess Hibana (right) from Fire Force. 26/69

Benjamin Leatherman One of the many cosplays inspired by My Hero Academia at Taiyou Con 2020. 27/69

Benjamin Leatherman Manny Tapia as Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z. 28/69

Benjamin Leatherman Just some friends hanging out in a tree. 29/69

Benjamin Leatherman It’s not an anime con without an appearance by Pikachu. 30/69

Benjamin Leatherman This couple cosplayed Rem and Natsuki Subaru from the anime Re:Zero. 31/69

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayer Schrei205 as a Blood Elf Hunter from World of Warcraft. 32/69

Benjamin Leatherman Anime fans having fun at Taiyou Con 2020. 33/69

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers outside of the Mesa Convention Center. 34/69

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying the comic book version of Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy. 35/69

Benjamin Leatherman She came as Aziraphale from Good Omens. 36/69

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplaying characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. 37/69

Benjamin Leatherman Kylene Nosewicz of Phoenix as Ciel Phantomhive from Black Butler. 38/69

Benjamin Leatherman These friends came as the kids of South Park. 39/69

Benjamin Leatherman These friends dressed up as characters from the anime Demon Slayer. 40/69

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayers as Taako (left) and Kravtoz (right) from the popular role-playing/adventure podcast The Adventure Zone. 41/69

Benjamin Leatherman The vendor hall at Taiyou Con was filled with cosplayers. 42/69

Benjamin Leatherman Troy Barrigas from Phoenix wore his custom-made Brotherhood of Steel Power Armor from Fallout 4 to Taiyou Con 2020. 43/69

Benjamin Leatherman It’s an anime con, so of course there were Sailor Moons present. 44/69

Benjamin Leatherman Ramen is always good when you need a cheap meal or a last-minute costume. 45/69

Benjamin Leatherman A female version of Leorio Paradinight from the anime Hunter Hunter. 46/69

Benjamin Leatherman Hey, it’s All Might from My Hero Academia. 47/69

Benjamin Leatherman Cosplay inspired by Overwatch. 48/69

Benjamin Leatherman Local cosplayer Metal Gate Dragon portrayed Takehisa Hinawa from Fire Force, a firefighter-themed anime. 49/69

Benjamin Leatherman Taiyou Con attendees cosplaying Junko Enoshima (left) and Mukuro Ikusaba (right) from the anime Danganronpa. 50/69

Benjamin Leatherman Awesome costumes depicting Zim and GIR from Invader Zim. 51/69

Benjamin Leatherman Members of Team Rocket Arizona. 52/69

Benjamin Leatherman Sailor Chibi Moon, as portrayed by NyuNyu Cosplay of Gilbert. 53/69

Benjamin Leatherman Velma from Scooby-Doo. 54/69

Benjamin Leatherman Beta Lee of Mesa (left) as Nezuko Kamado and Juno Vaier of Chandler (right) as Tanjiro Kamado from Demon Slayer. 55/69

Benjamin Leatherman Even more cosplay inspired by My Hero Academia. 56/69

Benjamin Leatherman She’s a fan of Attack on Titan. 57/69

Benjamin Leatherman Allyson Phillips from Mesa as Taako from the popular role-playing/adventure podcast The Adventure Zone. 58/69

Benjamin Leatherman Peace and anime. 59/69

Benjamin Leatherman The cosplay was on point at Taiyou Con 2020. 60/69

Benjamin Leatherman The orange soda completes the costume. 61/69

Benjamin Leatherman My Hero Academia inspired a lot of costumes at Taiyou Con. 62/69

Benjamin Leatherman Both of their costumes are inspired by the Ace Attorney franchise. 63/69

Benjamin Leatherman Joey Rhodes of Mesa as Portgas D. Ace from the manga series One Piece. 64/69

Benjamin Leatherman The cosplayer known as I Am Vailence came to the con dressed as Mitsuri Kanroji from Demon Slayer. 65/69

Benjamin Leatherman Aziraphale and Crowley From Good Omens. 66/69

Benjamin Leatherman We didn't plan to have Ash Ketchum in the background of this photo of a Glaceon cosplayer. It sort of just happened. 67/69

Benjamin Leatherman Sapphire Nova Cosplay as Majin Buu from Dragon Ball Z. 68/69

Benjamin Leatherman Sammy Tapia came to the con as Suika from Dr. Stone (left), while her brother Manny Tapia portrayed Pegasus Seiya from Saint Seiya. 69/69

The Best Cosplay We Saw at Taiyou Con 2020

Cosplayers were everywhere to be seen at Taiyou Con 2020, the annual geek celebration for local fans of Japanese pop culture. The three-day event, which took place from Friday, January 3, to Sunday, January 5, at the Mesa Convention Center, features hundreds of attendees wearing costumes inspired by anime, manga, video games, and even podcasts. Here's a look at the best cosplay we encountered at the event.

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