/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Anime used to be it's own niche and anime cons were smaller, so you were less likely to see non-anime cosplays. Now it's no longer a niche, more people are going to cons and more cons are starting up, and very few people exclusively like anime anymore.

There's hardly any bonafide "anime" cons anymore, they're all kinda of broad Japanese pop culture cons that still embrace western things to a smaller degree. People getting bitchy about conventions which happen to call themselves anime cons not being exclusively anime need to calm the fuck down.