Anime is a vast category of Japanese animated works. Other countries have imitated this storytelling style to expand it even further since its advent nearly a century ago. Within anime, there are a wide variety of genres focused on different content, style, and stories. Maybe you like cooking with Food Wars! or the adventure of Sword Art Online. We break down all your favorite character designs here, so you can have your anime cosplay ready in time for that next convention!Let’s take a more in-depth look at the wide variety of anime that is out there. Chances are, you will tend to prefer a particular type of story, and therefore base many of your anime cosplays on characters from that genre. Most anime shows can be classified as one of these basic genres: