From Street Fighter characters to elaborate armors from Fate, check out the most impressive costumes we spotted at the anime and manga gathering this weekend.
This Labor Day weekend, the San Jose Convention Center was the site of second edition of the Crunchyroll Expo, a celebration of all things manga, anime and cosplay.
We were blown away by the talent of attendees who showed up to give life to their favorite characters. Here, you'll find the most impressive cosplayers we saw.
The character was created by Manabu Takemura and designed by Takashi Nishiyama, debuting in 1987 as the lead of the first installment of the video game series.
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Ryu from Street Fighter
It looks like Ryu is getting ready to show us a Hadouken.
This impressive armor belongs to Morder, a character also known as Saber of Red or The Knight of Treachery. She 'sthe saber servant of the Holy Grail War of Fate/Apocrypha and is brought to us by cosplayer @dekisui.
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Camie and Gilgamesh
@Lillipopheidi13 cosplays as Camie Utsushimi from My Hero Academia and @Meiguro is Gilgamesh from Fate.
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Warrior of Chaos
@Azak_von_krieg shows us his version of the Warrior of Chaos from the Warhammer Fantasy Battle game.
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Rei Ayanami
Rei is the main protagonist from Neon Genesis Evangelion and the pilot of Evangelion Unit-00.
This cosplayer's went as Roy Mustang from Full Metal Alchemist.
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The trio @daytimegremlinscosplay turned into gender-bending versions of Bakungo, Prince Shoto Todoroki and Kirishima from the anime seroes My Hero Academia.
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Shadow stormtrooper
This shadow trooper is from the Star Wars franchise. It took cosplayer @jj510to415 a week and two days to finish the costume.
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Pledging allegiance
A shadow trooper kneeling in front of Lord Darth Vader, guarded by an Elite Praetorian Guard.
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Cosplayers @gennei_haku and @yu_i.i_ show us two versions of Earl Ciel Phantomhive from the anime series Kuroshitsuji, also known as Black Butler.
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Mount Lady and Midnight
This cosplay duet of the series My Hero Academia is brought to you by @feisty_vee and @camislyce.
Keep clicking through to see more cosplay photos from Crunchyroll Expo 2018.
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