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At the annual Anime Expo in Los Angeles, fans of the popular Japanese animation genre gathered to celebrate the art form, meet and hear from popular artists -- and join in the costume play fun. Here, some of the more interesting costumes depicting famous video game characters.![Megaman Zero]()
Zero is a video game character present throughout the Mega Man franchise first appearing in the 1993 game Mega Man X for the Super Nintendo.![Samus]()
Samus Aran is the protagonist of the Metroid video game series. Introduced in the 1986 video game Metroid, Samus is a female ex-army soldier bounty hunter usually sporting an armor suit though she is pictured here without.![Pikachu]()
Pikachu is one of the most popular and recognizable creatures from the Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri.![Mario]()
A legend in the industry, Mario is the protagonist of his own video game series (Mario Bros., of course!) and also serves as the Nintendo's official mascot.![Luigi]()
Luigi is the slightly younger fraternal twin brother of Nintendo's mascot Mario and appears throughout the popular video game series, frequently as a sidekick.![Portal]()
This fan has fitted himself with an extremely impressive robot costume from the popular video game Portal developed by Valve Corporation.![Lara Croft]()
The beautiful Lara Croft is the protagonist of the popular Square Enix video game series Tomb Raider. The series later spun off as a feature film starring Angelina Jolie.![Halo]()
This fan showed up in an extremely intricate armor costume from the popular Halo series, a first person shooter available for Xbox.![Ganondorf]()
Ganon is the main antagonist of Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series of video games, often appearing as the final boss.Fans Dress Up as Their Favorite Video Game Characters
Animation and video game fans gathered at the 2011 Anime Expo last week -- many dressing up as their favorite characters. And amateur photographer Thai Le was there to capture it all.
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- Fans Dress Up as Their Favorite Video Game Characters
