The beautiful cosplayers and booth models of Niconico Super Conference 2023【Photos】

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Japan’s celebration of Internet culture returns in full force for the first time in four years.

The Niconico Chokaigi, or Niconico Super Conference, isn’t an anime convention per se. The annual event is a celebration of Japanese Internet culture and fandom, having grown out of the Nico Nico Douga online video platform.

Of course, there’s a lot of crossover between Internet enthusiasts and anime otaku, so you can always expect a big turnout of cosplayers at the event. That was especially so at this year’s iteration, held April 29 and 30 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba (about an hour outside of downtown Tokyo), since this was the first Niconico Super Conference since 2019 to be held without attendance caps or other pandemic protocols in place.

The recently premiered anime adaptation of Oshi no Ko is already making a splash with its mix of music, murder mystery, and metaphysics, and cosplayer Emilia Sakurai saluted the series by dressing as Ai Hoshino.

Representing another recent hit was Shinamon as Bocchi the Rock’s Hitori Goto.

But while there’s an image of fast infatuation turnover in online fandoms, there were also plenty of evergreen characters being cosplayed at this year’s Niconico Super Conference, such as Final Fantasy VII’s best heroine Tifa Lockhart (cosplayer Nozomi)…