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Anime NYC is an annual New York-based event to celebrate all things anime and related Japanese pop culture. It purports to be the largest anime convention on the East Coast, with over one-hundred-thousand people showing up for the four-day event. And with its association with Crunchyroll, has become an important fixture in the Western anime calendar. As such, it brings in an impressive list of celebrity guests, and of course some incredibly fine cosplay. As ever, Mineralblu were in attendance for Kotaku, snapping the best fits for your eyeballs’ pleasure.

2025’s event saw some very big names from the world of Japanese culture. A-1 Pictures president Akira Shimizu and Blue Eye Samurai director Jane Wu were there, along with voice actors Abby Trott, Zeno Robinson and Kpop Demon Hunters‘ May Hong, among many others. But we’re here to celebrate the cosplayers, the people who put months into sewing and crafting extraordinary outfits to celebrate their favorite anime and video games. The results, as ever, are fantastic.

Check back soon for a video of the event, but in the meantime, click on for some of the most impressive costumes.

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Control is, for me, one of those games that can make playing everything else feel a little bit worse. Remedy simply nailed the paranormal bureaucratic atmosphere too hard. After playing Control back in 2019, I have to live with the faint wish that whatever game I spend time with would give me more opportunities to interact with unfathomable triangles. I now yearn to believe a postbox could imperil an entire town. Every collectible text document that doesn’t feature ominous redactions now feels like a wasted opportunity.

My time in the Oldest House left me with a mild yet incurable brain sickness. And it’s one that you can contract yourself for just $4 thanks to the Steam Autumn Sale. Control has only been 90% off one other time, during a weeklong sale in August. Otherwise, this is the lowest price it’s ever been on Steam.

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Now, there are some detractors in the world who might try to convince you that Control’s shooting isn’t terribly impressive, so it can’t be that great. You can safely ignore these misguided souls. No matter what they’ve convinced themselves, Control isn’t a game about shooting. It’s a game about throwing forklifts with your mind.

More importantly, it’s a game where a federal bureau has an archive collecting all the nonsensical, conspiratorial mail deemed unfit for delivery by the Postal Service because it could contain paranatural insights. If you don’t get a thrill out of imagining why an organization like the FBC would redact the Pinstripe World letter, you’re beyond any help I could give you.

Plus, you’ll finally get to know why people talk about the Ashtray Maze so fondly. At $4, this is a great entry point into the growing Remedy Cinematic Universe. Or in my case, a great opportunity to buy it on Steam so I don’t have to open the Epic launcher whenever I feel like strolling the FBC corridors. Everybody wins.

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The Very Finest Cosplay Fits From New York’s Anime NYC

Control is 90% off in the Steam Autumn Sale, meaning you can read some of the finest redacted documents in videogames for just $4