Story and photos by JUSTIN ZACK
Every year in August, the world-famous Tokyo Big Sight in Ariake, Tokyo, turns from unassuming convention hall into a battlefield filled with cosplayers, sweaty otaku (obsessive fan, usually of manga and/or anime) and the odd lost tourist.
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