Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #122400 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-06-01
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English, Japanese
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 75 minutes

Customer Reviews

Go Chako!
This is a very funny three episode story about the girls of the East Oizumi Academy Cosplay Association. I do not know if there are such clubs in schools but this anime so yay, right?
There are a few things which will either stop you dead, or make you immediately want this DVD. Number one: with all the cute girls involved there are some views of underwear (almost a given in anime). Number two: there is also brief nudity, of the mild sort, in my opinion. Number three: one of the new members recruited really *likes* young girls. This is played for laughs and I didn't find it offensive; it was fodder for some very funny situations. Actually, I am thankful that the Japanese have a different view and it is refreshing to see a female perv for balance. The perv girl does learn a tiny life lesson in the second episode : ) She also experiences a nosebleed which should have killed her when she finally gets close to Athena,the object of her obsession; I still laugh when I think of that scene.
The DVD is suggested for 17 plus, which may be just about right, depending on your standards. I think this falls into a gray area between an R rating and PG-13. You have been warned, however. My advice is to read more detailed reviews at www.animeondvd.com and other websites.
Although extras are not the best reason to purchase a title, there are some annotated sketches, as well as Cosplay Identification 101 to help identify some of the costumes in the episodes, and clean closing, as well as a Japanese opening. The opening theme is bouncy and fun; however, I prefer the closing theme,The Cosplay Marching Song as performed by the Japanese voice actors. It is one of my favorite anime themes now. Photos of real cosplayers are shown at the end of each episode.
This is a highly amusing kind of whacko anime and has very memorable characters. The anime does leave questions(some of them huge questions) unanswered and the strong possibility of more adventures to follow. I fervently hope the series is continued.

A tad forced....
There are tons of anime and manga out there that is now focusing on the fans. The fans of anime and manga have now become the point of many of the stories and this is one of those animes. It deals with, duh, cosplay. Sadly, the humor, plus much of the plots, seem forced. The fan services is all over the place, from panty shots to full nudity. And the voices don't seem to fit the characters.
Now, don't get me wrong. If you are a cosplay fan or cosplayer you may get more out of it than the general anime/manga fan. And everybody loves taking pictures of cute girls in revealing outfits. But this 3 episodes really didn't do it for me. Rent it or get it out of the library. For 17 years old or older.

Cosplay Complex
Cosplay Complex is one of the funniest films I own. Even I did things like this when I was a kid. It was well worth it to me.