Contestants thinking out of the box at cardboard cosplay fest

A Mechagodzilla monster and Tsukino Usagi, the main superheroine in the animated "Sailor Moon" series, were among 26 characters featured at what is thought to be the first-ever exclusively-cardboard cosplay festival in Aomori, Japan.Along with the first version of Mechagodzilla, Mazinger Z and Mobile Suit Gundam also inspired at what organizers said was the first cosplay event in Japan featuring only costumes made from cardboard.The contest was organized by the Aomori prefectural government and local cardboard art aficionados who believe an event based around the use of the ubiquitous packa…READ FULL ARTICLE