KCSM Asia Insight March 2, 2017
Culture and the market size exceeds 29 billion u. S. Dollars. The culture spread to china in the late 1990s. From then a number of young people who like anime and manga slowly began expanding the culture. Initially the movement was met with disapproval but when the Chinese Government began promoting them, they began investing, creating major industry. Cosplayers who now symbolize the culture are making a living from cosplay. Some of them appear in dramas and variety programs. Major dramas featuring cosplayers are even in the works. Chinas cosplay is experiencing dramatic shift. This episode fo...