Editing Cosplay (section)

====Conventions====
[[File:Cosplay at Comiket 84.jpg|thumb|left|A crowd including many cosplayers at [[Comiket]] 84 in 2013]]

The most popular form of presenting a cosplay publicly is by wearing it to a [[fan convention]]. Multiple conventions dedicated to anime and manga, comics, TV shows, video games, science fiction, and fantasy may be found all around the world. Cosplay-centered conventions include [[Cosplay Mania]] in the Philippines and [[EOY Cosplay Festival]] in Singapore.

The single largest event featuring cosplay is the semiannual ''[[doujinshi]]'' market, Comic Market ([[Comiket]]), held in Japan during summer and winter. Comiket attracts hundreds of thousands of manga and anime fans, where thousands of cosplayers congregate on the roof of the exhibition center. In North America, the highest-attended [[fan convention]]s featuring cosplayers are [[San Diego Comic-Con]] and [[New York Comic Con]] held in the United States, and the [[anime convention|anime-specific]] [[Anime North]] in Toronto, [[Otakon]] held in Washington, D.C. and [[Anime Expo]] held in Los Angeles. Europe's largest event is [[Japan Expo]] held in Paris, while the [[London MCM Expo]] and the [[London Super Comic Convention]] are the most notable in the UK. [[Supanova Pop Culture Expo]] is Australia's biggest event.

[[Star Trek]] conventions have featured cosplay for many decades. These include [http://www.destinationstartrek.com/ Destination Star Trek], a UK convention, and [http://www.creationent.com/cal/st_lasvegas.html Star Trek Las Vegas], a US convention.

In different comic fairs, "Thematic Areas" are set up where cosplayers can take photos in an environment that follows that of the game or animation product from which they are taken. Sometimes the cosplayers are part of the area, playing the role of staff with the task of entertaining the other visitors. Some examples are the thematic areas dedicated to Star Wars or to Fallout. The areas are set up by not for profit associations of fans, but in some major fairs it is possible to visit areas set up directly by the developers of the video games or the producers of the anime.