KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Three Japanese women and a Spanish man have been arrested in a raid on a Malaysian cosplay festival for participating without the proper permits, immigration authorities said Tuesday.
The role-playing craze – where enthusiasts imitate characters from anime series, comics and videogames, many drawn from Japanese pop culture – has been growing in popularity in the South-East Asian country.
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