 Maskon was the name given in Japan in the early ‘90s to the phenomenon of “rubber dolls”, or the erotic practice of playing the role of dolls while wearing latex clothes and masks.The practice had elements of sadomasochism, but filtered by references to the world of manga (not to be confused with the Cosplay phenomenon).Anthrocon, a blend of the words “anthropomorph” and “convention”, is a series of conventions that have taken place, from the Nineties onwards, primarily in the United States and, to a lesser extent, other parts of the world.