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2012 Kigurumi Chronicle

This volume records events, works and publications from this year. Announcements and completed events are identified separately.

Verifiable nodes

September 22-23: large kigurumi entered the public costume boundary

The public-day rules place large kigurumi, papier-mache costumes, and floor-dragging skirts or mantles in the category of costumes that inconvenience others. The Japanese text adds that long skirts and mantles may be opened for photography but must be folded while moving.1

This does not prove animegao appeared at the venue, nor does it make every form of kigurumi the same size risk. The narrower finding is that by 2012 the organizer was already using the kigurumi category to manage the effect of large full-body costumes on public circulation.

September 22-23: Hall 7 changing, cloakroom, and repair support formed one workflow

The designated changing room was on the south side of Hall 7. Its JPY 500 fee included cloakroom use. Changing elsewhere, including restrooms, was prohibited, as were eating, resting, and photography in the changing room; suspicious objects or hidden cameras were to be reported immediately. Costumes were checked at the exit, non-compliant props could be held, participants had to return by 16:00, and arrival or departure in costume was prohibited.1

The room was scheduled to open early from the first train at Kaihin-Makuhari Station until 8:00, and sewing kits were available from staff. The archived page proves that the organizer published these services and conditions. It is not a post-event report and does not establish service usage or animegao participation.

September 22-23: designated photo areas and publication boundaries were published together

Photography was limited to part of Yasuragi Mall between Halls 3 and 4 and an outdoor cosplay area on the south, ocean-facing side of the venue. Photographers had to obtain the subject's permission and avoid including unrelated people. Video, commercial photography, and submitting or selling venue photos to publications were prohibited; posting to a personal website required the relevant person's consent.1

Sources

  1. Tokyo Game Show, “Tokyo Game Show 2012 / To Cosplayers,” https://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2012/visitor/cosplayers.html and https://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2012/en/visitor/cosplayers.html ↩↩↩