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''[[Cosplay Complex]]'' is an [[OVA]], focusing on the hijinks of the East Oizumi Academy's [[Cosplay|cosplay]] club. The main character is Chako Hasegawa, a somewhat [[The Ditz|ditzy]] girl with [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|pink hair]] who absolutely adores cosplaying, despite the fact that she basically is not so very good at it (a [[Running Gag|recurring joke]] is her tearing up her clothes when trying them on).
 
The rest of the club is a weird bunch, even as total cosplay [[Otaku|otakus]] go. We have our [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|silver haired]] control freak, a [[Meganekko]] [[Miko]], the Miko's little sister who is actually way too young to even attend college and a blonde girl [[Lolicon|lusting after the aforementioned one]]. The only guy in the club is prone to extreme bouts of method acting that would give Jack Nicholson a run for his money, but he actually ''is'' pretty darn good at what he does.
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The weirdest "members" though are Delmo, a miniature bunnygirl, and her friend [[Meaningful Name|Ikebukuro]], an owl who can't speak but still somehow gets his message across. Delmo has the magical ability to change into all kinds of clothing, which saves Chako on more than one occasion, even though Delmo always has to be bribed with food (of which she consumes an awful lot).
 
Despite all the weirdness, the makers of the show display quite a bit of affection for the characters, coming very close to a declaration of love for cosplay and its performers. The number of [[Shout -Out|shout-outs]] to other shows is truly staggering and it's a lot of fun to try to discover where all the costumes come from.
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* [[Phenotype Stereotype]]: Jenny is "Italian", but looks and acts stereotypically American.
* [[Red Herring]]: The woman at the end of episode 1 implied to be the club's sponsor. The characters break the fourth wall when it turns out their sponsor is someone entirely different.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Like, ''LOTS''.
** ADV's (dual-audio) release includes a feature where they show stills from across all three episodes of the various cosplay outfits worn, and list the origin of each. This lasts for ''just'' over five minutes (it's named "Cosplay Identification 101", if you want to look it up yourself on Youtube or pick up the DVD.)
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Sachiko.