Misato Katsuragi Cosplay — Akihabara Streets

Misato Katsuragi cosplay — shot in Akihabara

Misato Katsuragi is NERV's Operations Director, and the red jacket worn open over the black dress is one of the most recognizable outfits in Neon Genesis Evangelion. This gallery of ten photographs puts it where it belongs — on the street in Akihabara, Tokyo's electric town, among the exact shops and posters that sell the series she comes from.

Why the location matters

Studio cosplay removes context. Shooting Misato in Akihabara puts it back: retro game posters, storefronts, crowds, crossings, and in two frames a large Evangelion mural directly behind the character it depicts. The dense visual noise of the street works against a bright red jacket rather than with it, and the frames are composed so the red always wins.

The set

A V-sign frame under the Evangelion mural, walking a Tokyo street, posing beside colorful retro game posters, a full-body frame on a street crossing, two street portraits with the long purple hair, a frame with one hand on her head in the street crowds, a second mural frame, a smiling street portrait, and a walk through a narrow Akihabara side street.

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