Cinema, telly, the game you lost a weekend to. This year's screens did the costume design, you just pick a side.
The cosplay shops on Baopals stock a film the week it opens, sometimes before. This is the pick of what is on the shelves right now, from the big franchises down to the ones only your group chat will get.
Straight from this year's cinema
If it was on a poster in 2026, it is on Baopals.
Nolan's Odyssey came out in July and the costume shops moved fast. Athena's white and gold, floor length, and a helmet that does half the work.
¥154.88
Bronze helmet, cape, leather skirt. For the person who saw the trailer once and has been saying 'my name is nobody' ever since.
¥170.00
The striped top and leather shorts, eighteen kuai. Cheapest film costume in the piece, and the one your flatmate will recognise instantly. Add a bottle of [fake blood](https://www.baopals.com/search?q=fake+blood&smartSearch=true) and you are in the third act.
¥18.49
From the Backrooms, the internet's favourite liminal nightmare, now with a film attached. Beige on beige with a satchel, the scariest costume here to anyone under twenty five.
¥190.05
Mia Goth's red farm dress and the smile that goes with it. A horror costume that reads as vintage until you start staring at people.
¥141.15
The Ash People's leader from the third Avatar, red and black war paint included in the photos, not in the box. Big, dramatic, nobody else will have it.
¥288.80
Television
For the group chat that still argues about the finale.
Blue suit, cape, gold eagle, terrifying smile not included. The full season three set, and the one costume that gets a nervous laugh from every room.
¥202.40
Red pinstripe, the ears, the grin. Hazbin Hotel is enormous with anyone who watches animation, and this is the character they all want.
¥157.04
Pick a colour, find four friends, argue about who is red. The group costume that needs no explanation to anyone born after 1985.
¥170.00
Game night
Recognisable across a dark room, which is the whole point.
The white gi, red headband and gloves, just as the new Street Fighter film lands. Pair it with the Chun-Li below and you have a two-player costume that fights itself.
¥90.80
The pink and white pilot suit with the bunny ears on the headset. Still the most-worn Overwatch costume ten years on, for good reason.
¥137.60
The remake's orange jacket, scarf and plaid skirt. A horror game costume that looks like a normal outfit until someone shouts Leon. [More Resident Evil costumes here](https://www.baopals.com/search?q=resident+evil+costume&smartSearch=true).
¥191.60
The blue champion's tunic with the belts and the pointed ears. Add a wooden sword from the props aisle and you are done.
¥191.60
The blue qipao with the gold trim and the hair buns. Forty one kuai, and every arcade kid of the nineties will bow to you.
¥41.03
And one that blinks at you
The lenses open and close on their own, so the mask does the acting while you stand there. Twenty three kuai for the best reaction of the night.
¥23.05
Cheap and a bit silly
Under a hundred kuai and guaranteed to get a laugh.
The yellow and blue suit from the Deadpool film, priced by the piece, so pick the full set on the page. Even the full set comes in well under a night out.
¥15.50
Yellow jumpsuit, red and white stripes, the gloves. Twenty four kuai. Turn up with a bag of fries and you have a whole bit.
¥24.11
The trench coat, the vest, the headband. Ninety three kuai for the coolest X-Man, playing cards are your problem.
¥93.00
The splurge
The retro blue suit from First Steps, tailored spandex rather than a costume shop bag. Not cheap, but it is the one people photograph.
¥479.54
**Or pick your own fandom** Three shops did most of the work here: Heroes Costume Shop, Pop Culture Halloween Costumes and June's Costumes. Or search the whole costume shelf and find your own. [Browse All Costumes](https://www.baopals.com/search?q=costume&smartSearch=true)