COS activities with face covering may violate the law. Japan's Asahi TV reminds people not to mislead the public

As one of the important daily activities for anime and gaming fans, COSPLAY has long been taken for granted. However, recently "improper behavior" of COSPLAY has sparked heated discussions. Recently, Japan's Asahi TV warned a COSER with his face covered who was interacting with children in the park not to mislead the public into thinking that it was an official anime event.

"Pretty Cure" is an animation produced by Asahi Broadcasting, Asahi Advertising and Toei Animation. It is about a Japanese girl who transforms into a hero of justice. It is one of the three major Toei animation companies. Recently, a male COSER posted a picture on SNS saying that he COSed "Pretty Cure" in a park and interacted with children. He also "cordially" hugged and interacted with the little girls.

This made Asahi Broadcasting very dissatisfied, and it issued a warning, saying that this event was not officially organized, and asked COSERs not to mislead the public, which sparked heated discussions among netizens.

·A lawyer has previously mentioned in his explanation of how COSPLAY can avoid legal disputes that COSERs must show their faces to prove that they are participating in entertainment activities and not suspected of deliberately riding on the popularity of the IP or deliberately misleading the public, so as to avoid official copyright disputes. In this incident, many netizens still expressed that "it feels like they have violated some laws." Perhaps the act of hugging the little girl caused more disgust among netizens, after all, under the cute girl COS costume is an adult male.