Personal Bio: Born and raised in South Jersey, Joseph "Cosplay Joe" Haughey has a long history with music, and anime fandom as well. Taking piano lessons from ages 7-10, Cosplay Joe then moved on to local school bands, before moving on to pursue other interests, such as stadup comedy, AMV's, panels, and of course, cosplay. In 2012, Cosplay Joe has made his return to music, in the form of singing and songwriting, first Christmas songs, then "regular" anime songs, and now regular songs as well!

In addition, he got into anime at age 15 (in 2001 believe it or not!) with the thanks of some old colleagues, and he hasn't looked back since! Now, he does all of the above; comedy, panels, AMV's, anime songs, cosplay collection videos, and more!

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In fact, he even came up with a word that can be used as a replacement for the word "otaku", which is described in the images below.