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Tokusatsu at Katsucon 2022 Convention Recap

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Tokusatsu at Katsucon 2022 Convention Recap

Team TokuNet staff member Charlie Li attended Katsucon 2022 in National Harbor, MD in February, thus uniting a community of tokusatsu cosplayers and fans. 


Katsucon is an annual 3-day convention at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD. Katsucon is one of the largest and most popular anime conventions of the year as thousands of attendees come from all over the world to showcase their cosplays, participate in various events, and have fun with old and new friends.

Starting off into the Dealers Hall, Image Anime and Megaroad Toys And Entertainment LLC both supplied tokusatsu merchandise for con attendees to purchase. Items for sale included DX toys, DX gimmicks, photobooks, plush toys, figures, Kamen Rider Figure-Rise Standard figures, and CSM Releases. JP USA sold a good amount of soundtrack CDs from the Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Godzilla, and Ultra Series. Armory Quest surprised Power Rangers fans with a 1:1 replica of the Sword of Darkness from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1.

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The tokusatsu community on Saturday at noon of the convention gathered at the Tokusatsu Katsucon 2022 Cosplay Meetup, hosted by Heaven’s Gem Cosplay. Fans cosplayed as characters from a myriad of tokusatsu shows such as Super SentaiPower Rangers, and Kamen Rider. Each cosplayer came to the meet-up with cosplays they’ve spent so much time and energy on as well as their undying passion for tokusatsu.

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As our 30 minutes allotted time frame came to an end, the final picture was snapped, and we all went our separate ways, I reflected on how much the tokusatsu community has evolved since last year’s convention-less year and how everyone’s love of the tokusatsu genre contributed to the huge success of bringing tokusatsu representation to Katsucon 2022. I want to thank everyone who attended this fun event as both a fan and a cosplayer. I had a great time meeting others who share our passion for tokusatsu. I can’t wait for what’s in store for future conventions.

All photos are taken by Jason Linetsky/Freeze Frame Foto. Please do not repost or alter in any way without permission and proper credit.

Also known as HebitsukaiLi Cosplay and @sentairidertaisen45 on Instagram, Charlie Li is a current MFA Student at New York School of Interior Design and a New York University Game Design BFA Graduate. He enjoys tokusatsu of all kind as well as anime and k-pop. His top 3 Sentai include: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger, and Denji Sentai Megaranger.

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  1. Bobby

    March 19, 2022 at 4:39 pm

    I was part of that shoot! I was the guy wearing the Swordriver & Hogwarts shirt. It was a lot of fun!

    I bought the Revice Driver from Megaroad Toys and the Eagle Vistamp with Vistamp Holders & the Kong Vistamp from Image Anime!

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