What is animegao kigurumi?
Animegao kigurumi combines anime-style masks with full-body costumes. The term "animegao" originated as a translation artifact from early web translations of Japanese kigurumi. The phrase "anime-faced" masks was interpreted as a unique term for kigurumi masks themselves. What began as a translation mistake has evolved into its own distinct sub-genre of kigurumi, embracing stylizations unique to western animegao mask makers.