Heroes of Cosplay is a 2013 Syfy channel reality television show co-produced by Mark Cronin, Courtland Cox and Dave Caplan of 51 Minds Entertainment.

[7] According to Zac Bertschy of Anime News Network, the show is "just a really terrible, manipulative, mean-spirited reality TV series that completely misrepresents the entire hobby and craft of cosplaying, makes cosplayers look like a bunch of backstabbing harpies and generally does a disservice to the already widely-misunderstood world of people who just like making costumes and showing them off at silly nerd conventions.

[9][10] The second half of the first season (1.5) had an overhaul of the presentation formatting for the show with more emphasis on the crafting, group work, skit competitions and less manufactured drama.

[citation needed] Despite the controversies surrounding it, the first season achieved solid Nielsen ratings, being watched by some 1 million viewers,[11] and a mostly positive Metacritic score of 66.

[12] Jeff Jensen of Entertainment Weekly gave it a B+[13] and Allison Keene of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a worthy journey into a world few may be familiar with.