The frightening leader of the League of Villains has been brought to life in a very handy My Hero Academia cosplay.
Pictures of the Shigaraki cosplay were uploaded on Reddit by user BZNintendo, showcasing a strikingly accurate recreation of the villain’s second costume. This includes his iconic red shoes, long black trench coat and, of course, the many gray and yellow hands covering his face and arms. Indeed, the cosplay adapts the surreal, distinctively anime concept of the creepy costume into real life with impressive execution.
Mangaka Kōhei Horikoshi first published his ongoing superhero-themed series in Shueisha’s Weekly Shōnen Jump in July 2014. The story so far has produced 36 volumes worth of content. My Hero Academia is set in a world where the majority of the population has some kind of special ability known as a Quirk. It follows protagonist Izuku Midoriya from being a Quirkless but brave wimp to one of the world’s greatest heroes. Horikoshi’s manga has won multiple prestigious awards, including the Best Manga category at the Sugoi Japan Awards in 2017 and the Best Shōnen category at the Japan Expo Awards in 2018.
Moreover, with over 65 million copies of My Hero Academia sold worldwide, the series stands as one of the best-selling manga in history. This incredible level of success and popularity makes it unsurprising that My Hero Academia serves as a common inspiration for fan-made content, particularly cosplay. Beyond BZNintendo hands-on Shigaraki costume, other recent examples include a breathtaking Kai Chisaki cosplay that captures the character’s menacing nature and a gravity-defying Ochaco Uraraka outfit.
My Hero Academia’s Global Appeal
More notably, Grammy Award-winning rapper and songwriter Megan Thee Stallion is a My Hero Academia superfan, as she revealed this past Halloween with a gorgeous and accurate cosplay of the Rabbit Hero Mirko. She posted pictures of the costume on Twitter with the caption “For my first look MIRKO THEE STALLION.”
There have been other recent developments in the My Hero Academia franchise beyond impressive instances of cosplay. Excitedly, Netflix acquired the streaming rights for Legendary Entertainment’s live-action film version of the series. The movie will be directed and executive produced by Shinsuke Sato in his English-language debut and written by Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Joby Harold. However, a less-exciting development for the series recently occurred when Kiro Akiyama, the performer behind one of the ending theme songs for My Hero Academia, was arrested on Nov. 23 on charges of alleged battery.
Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia manga is distributed in North America by VIZ Media, and the anime adaptation by studio Bones is available to stream on Crunchyroll.
Source: Reddit
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