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Check out the crazy, intense anime costumes from AWA in Marietta

A scene from Anime Weekend Atlanta 2014. The Saturday Night Dance, one of AWA's more popular events. Photo courtesy of Anime Weekend Atlanta.

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A scene from Anime Weekend Atlanta 2014. The Saturday Night Dance, one of AWA's more popular events. Photo courtesy of Anime Weekend Atlanta.
By Ben Brasch
Oct 3, 2016

If it seemed like Marietta had more people wearing fake ears or in skin-tight get-ups than normal this weekend, it wasn't your imagination.

Cobb Galleria hosted Anime Weekend Atlanta, a four-day convention celebrating Japanese animation (anime), comics (mange) and costume play (cosplay).

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The gathering started in 1995 and drew an estimated 20,000 people in 2014, according to the event's website.

Check out social media posts, including some of the intricate and zany costumes people wore to the convention:

@awacon Can you RT my little bro's costume pic from Fri? He'd love it! ☺️ #narutoshippuden #cosplay #Blerd pic.twitter.com/FMbGywoePS

💣💣💣 (@JEI_BAYBAY)

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NINJA CLAN HERE WE STAND

💥

Explore#awacon
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— ⭐️usuratonkachi⭐️ (@ichirakus)

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💙💚💛💜 I love my friends.

Explore#AWACon
Explorepic.twitter.com/9WN0p0ai30

— Megan @ NYCC (@UncannyMegan)

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We were blessed with a visit from the cute Vanilla!

💖🐾

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Explorepic.twitter.com/rMRrm4sNmZ

— Sekai Project (@sekaiproject)

ExploreSeptember 30, 2016

🃏♥️♦️photo by: @matthew.hale0009 #animeweekendatlanta2016 #awa2016 #animeweekendatlanta #bombshellharley #harleyquinn #harleyquinncosplay #cosplay

A photo posted by Hayley Becker (@hayzelb) on

Take me back to @awacon

😭

Explore#AWA
Explore#AWA2016
Explore#AnimeWeekendAtlanta
Explore#animeweekend
Explore#animeweekendatlanta2016
Explorepic.twitter.com/DrRJDhqcsc

— ❄️Mei❄️ (@FaithAnne_)

ExploreOctober 2, 2016

#AfroSamurai cosplayer last night at #AnimeWeekendAtlanta ! pic.twitter.com/zw33JhWZPV

💔 (@xGamingNinjax)

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Ben Brasch is the reporter tasked with keeping Fulton County government accountable. The Florida native moved to Atlanta for a job with The AJC. If there's something important to you going on in Fulton, he wants to know about it. Help him better metro Atlanta by dropping a line, anonymously or otherwise.

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