A participant wearing a Hatsune Miku costume attends a Cosplay festival in Moscow on November 24, 2024. Cosplay (a blend word of "costume play") means the practice of dressing up as a character from anime, cartoons, comic books, manga, television series, rock music performances, video games and in some cases, original characters. For Russian youth, cosplay is growing in popularity every year as a legitimate form of self-expression. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)