Photos: Cosplay on Parade at Nan Desu Kan 2015

The local anime and fantasy convention Nan Desu Kan moved to downtown Denver in 2015, bringing some of the region's most stunning cosplayers along to strut their stuff onstage and on the 16th Street Mall. Danielle Lirette brought back these images of the con's ongoing costume show. Now see the...

By Westword Staff

September 8, 2015

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The local anime and fantasy convention Nan Desu Kan moved to downtown Denver in 2015, bringing some of the region's most stunning cosplayers along to strut their stuff onstage and on the 16th Street Mall. Danielle Lirette brought back these images of the con's ongoing costume show.

Now see the full Nan Desu Kan 2015 slide show.

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