Every year, more and more conventions are out there, and more and more people want to dress as their favorite DBZ characters. These are incredible works of art that took hours and hours of planning and constructing to pull off, and of course they look amazing. In combination with other aspects of stagecraft, theatrical costumes can help actors portray characters’ and their contexts as well as communicate information about the historical period/era, geographic location and time of day, season or weather of the theatrical performance.