Plenty of kids have been tricked into reading by libraries with DDR and Guitar Hero. But the Forest Hills Library does far better by offering cosplay, anime, manga, and more.

The 40+ members of the Alamo Cosplay Troop dress up as characters from video games, anime, and manga and “perform” regularly at the library for huge crowds.

And the best part? It’s in San Antonio, Texas.

It’s amazing that the state whose governor wanted to secede from the United States after Obama’s economic stimulus plan would have taxpayers eager to pay for teenagers to learn sumo wrestling and sahaja yoga meditation.

A library cosplayer enjoys the finer things in life

San Antonio’s entire library system is apparently like this. Every week, there’s Japanese Bunka Monday, where kids can watch anime, learn how to draw manga, or play karuta (a Japanese card game with many variations). There are many different tabletop gaming clubs, from Yu-Gi-Oh to D&D.

Representatives from San Japan, the Texas Japanese culture and anime convention, come to the library to teach kids how to make Japanese animation cells.

If you prefer your geekery American-style, you can always join the USS Bexar Star Trek Club, which has a major presence at the San Antonio libraries. Remember: trekkers, not trekkies.

And yeah, there’s DDR, Guitar Hero, and Wii done Texas-style, with wall-to-wall big screens and major tournaments.

I’m proud of you, cowboy libraries. On a more serious note, I’m really impressed that the library district offers free lunch for kids and teens every day on top of all the geeky fun.

Seen on mysanantonio.com.

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