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		<title>Japan&#8217;s Cosplay Graduations</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Tofugu team was in Japan, we were hanging out with some graduates of Kyoto University, one of Japan&#8217;s finest schools. We asked them about their alma mater, and they showed us a YouTube video of Kyodai&#8217;s graduation ceremony. It wasn&#8217;t what I was expecting. Students from this prestigious school were cosplaying at their [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While the Tofugu team was in Japan, we were hanging out with some graduates of Kyoto University, one of Japan&#8217;s finest schools. We asked them about their alma mater, and they showed us a YouTube video of Kyodai&#8217;s graduation ceremony.</p>
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<p>It wasn&#8217;t what I was expecting. Students from this prestigious school were cosplaying at their graduation, walking up to the stage to accept their diplomas as Power Rangers and anime characters.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know if these people are otaku or just wanna have fun at the end of a very important part of their lives. I&#8217;ve looked into it a bit since we got back home and found more graduation cosplay from Kyodai, including Spider-Man conducting the Kyodai graduation band:</p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/keng5/status/184447419382120448" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/vader-graduation-cosplay.jpg" alt="vader-graduation-cosplay" width="562" height="750" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29831" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/busgasexplosion/statuses/184438162125373440" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/video-camera-graduation-cosplay.jpg" alt="video-camera-graduation-cosplay" width="360" height="480" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29832" /></a>
<p style="text-align:center;"><i>Hey, it&#8217;s <a href="/2011/08/06/breakdancing-video-cameras-saturday-timewaster/">the guy from the commercials!</a></i></p>
<p>Unsurprisingly, Kyodai isn&#8217;t the only school in Japan with some costumed graduates. The Kanazawa College of Art&#8217;s graduation ceremony this year was full of cool, weird, and interesting costumes from its graduates. It seems like there were more people <em>in</em> costume than not.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/sknthr/status/307298068578054145" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/pikmin-graduation.jpg" alt="pikmin-graduation" width="525" height="700" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29835" /></a>
<p style="text-align:center;"><i>Legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto is a Kanazawa College of Art alumni, so there&#8217;s plenty of Nintendo cosplay to go around.</i></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/sknthr/status/307295735609708546" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/sailor-scouts-graduation-cosplay.jpg" alt="sailor-scouts-graduation-cosplay" width="700" height="525" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29836" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/nikata920/status/307293783089885184" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kumamon-graduation.jpg" alt="kumamon-graduation" width="1024" height="768" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29834" /></a>
<p style="text-align:center;"><i>Leave this place, <a href="/2013/01/10/kumamon/">Kumamon</a>! You have no power here!</i></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/shak_i/status/307340735206797313" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/crowd-graduation-cosplay.jpg" alt="crowd-graduation-cosplay" width="1024" height="765" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29839" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/nikata920/status/307294892810448896" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/seats-graduation-cosplay.jpg" alt="seats-graduation-cosplay" width="1024" height="768" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29840" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/sknthr/status/307326202346090498" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wamuu-graduation-cosplay.jpg" alt="wamuu-graduation-cosplay" width="525" height="700" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29841" /></a></p>
<p><img src="http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/white-alien-graduation-cosplay.jpg" alt="white-alien-graduation-cosplay" width="1024" height="576" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29842" /></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/sknthr/status/307327269565771776" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lineup-graduation-cosplay.jpg" alt="lineup-graduation-cosplay" width="700" height="525" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29843" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/yukqwak/status/307334757883191296" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.tofugu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/wiimote-graduation-cosplay.jpg" alt="wiimote-graduation-cosplay" width="768" height="1024" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29844" /></a></p>
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<p>What&#8217;s your favorite costume? Did you dress up at your graduation ceremony? Tell me in the comments!</p>
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