Roadhog by Bellexi Cosplay

Last weekend, I hopped a train to Baltimore to report at Otakon, an anime convention with upwards of 20,000 attendees, many of whom were decked out in mind-meltingly good cosplay. One thing I noticed was that, on the whole, Otakon’s women were absolutely killing it cosplaying Overwatch heroes.




One of Overwatch’s main draws is its heroes’ costume designs, which, although complex, beg to be tackled by seasoned cosplayers. At Otakon, there are a hell of a lot of those. Overwatch’s wealth of heroes of color, female heroes and heroes with varying body types also drew in cosplayers who rarely before identified strongly with video game characters. Kotaku writer Luke Plunkett has documented some amazing instances of that. Below are my own photos from Otakon:

Dva by Alma ( @Kurumizawa


Dva by Alma ( @Kurumizawa

Tracer by Angeli S. ( @Kitteacats

Hanzo by Shani Doki Doki

Zarya by Cloud ( @agenerichero


Zarya by Cloud ( @agenerichero

Genji by @inkycosplay


Genji by @Inkycosplay

Roadhog by Bellexi Cosplay


Symmetra by Corrin

Hanzo by Ami

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