![]() For safety reasons as well as legal ones, it’s best to attach a foam blade or other similar material that won’t cause much harm if an accident happens (like slicing your own finger off). ![]() A lot of cosplayers have successfully created their own versions, which can actually be dangerous if a sharp edge was attached to it. For example, popular costumes from the Assassin’s Creed franchise feature a hidden blade. The main thing to note is that when cosplaying characters who hold weapons, you’ll need to make sure that they are not capable of actually harming people. Now that we’ve covered guns, what about fake swords and other fake bladed weapons? The Malaysian law that covers these weapons is the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Offensive Weapons Act 1958 (CESOWA). If you or your friends intend to cosplay characters who use guns - it’s best to take note that they don’t appear TOO real to avoid legal trouble. ![]() This includes air guns and flamethrowers as well. Since the definition doesn’t specify, an “arm” is any lethal barreled weapon that can shoot any shot, bullet, missiles, noxious liquid, gas, or other things. This includes non-lethal guns (like BB guns), and toy guns. Yep, your props don’t actually need to be capable of shooting bullets, flames, or gas to be considered an “imitation arm”. “.anything which has the appearance or is intended to give the impression of being an arm, whether it is capable of discharging any shot, bullet, missile, noxious liquid, gas or other thing, or not” An “imitation arm” is defined under Section 2 of the Arms Act as: Section 36 of the Arms Act 1960 says that any person who carries around an “imitation arm” without a license shall be liable to up to 1 year in prison and/or a fine up to RM5000. Prop Weapons Can you tell if they’re real or not? Image from dailydotĬosplayers are not going to get arrested for carrying a foam sword around, but Malaysian laws actually make it illegal to carry a foam gun around. Here are a few laws about cosplaying you may not have known about.ġ. This is just one of the many legal issues cosplayers could face from time to time. But is it actually legal for cosplayers to carry fake weapons around? You’re not going to buy a real sword to cosplay as a knight character, and you wouldn’t get a real machine gun to act as a soldier character. Image from acparadiseĪmong the huge and sometimes strange variety of characters out there, a lot of them are fighters who carry big, dangerous weapons with them (which is one reason why they’re so cool in the first place). There are the games, anime, manga, merchandise, and of course - cosplay. In case you’re not familiar with what “cosplay” is, it’s a portmanteau of the words “costume” and “role play”, which involves fans dressing up as their favourite characters while role-playing as them as well. ![]() With Animangaki -chan on 26 th and 27 th, and Animangaki set for mid August, anime fans are probably excited off their socks for the event. ![]()
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