World Cosplay Summit

Animania Festival is proud to host the World Cosplay Summit Preliminary Competition again in 2010!

• What is WCS?
• Hall of Fame
• 2010 WCS Preselections and Preliminary Competitions
• Rules & Documentation
• WCS Partner Links
• WCS Blog - the latest news from Team Australia and more

What is WCS?

The World Cosplay Summit (WCS) is an international level Cosplay competition held annually in Nagoya, Japan, and hosted by TV Aichi. The competition brings together contestants from all over the globe to showcase their prize-winning costumes. Some of the participating countries include Germany, France, Brazil, China, USA, and recently, Australia.

2008 was a grand and extraordinary year for Cosplay as Animania Festival hosted the the inaugural WCS Preliminary Competition and Preselections for Australia. We expected fans to pull out all the stops to present the ultimate self-created costumes and we were not disappointed! In 2009 Cosplayers blew us away with a whole new level of brilliant and detailed costumes, showing that Australia certainly has what it takes to compete with the best of the best in the world.

Hall of Fame

Team Australia 2009 Gabriella & Katherine 2008 WCS Preliminary winners

Team Australia 2010 Amber & Melanie 2009 WCS Preliminary winners

Team Australia 2011 Who will be Team Australia 2011?

2010 WCS Preselections and Preliminary Competitions

Animania Festival will host four Preselection Rounds in 2009-2010. Winners selected from each of these rounds will gain a place in the WCS Preliminary Competition and the chance to become Team Australia 2011 and represent us at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan!

Preselection Rounds will be held at each of the Festivals leading up to the Animania Festival Weekend:

• WCS Preselection ROUND 1: Animania Festival Adelaide October - October 10th, 2009 (Finalist Profiles)
  
• WCS Preselection ROUND 2: Animania Festival Sydney March - March 20th, 2010 (Finalist Profiles)
  
• WCS Preselection ROUND 3: Animania Festival Melbourne April - April 10th, 2010 (Finalist Profiles)
  
• WCS Preselection ROUND 4: Animania Festival Brisbane May - May 1st, 2010 (Finalist Profiles)
• The final competition - the official WCS Preliminary Competition for Australia will be held at the Animania Festival Weekend in Sydney on September 11th-12th, 2010.

2010 WCS Competition Deadlines

All entrants intending to compete in the WCS Preliminary and Preselections MUST pre-register their entry and submit a competition portfolio prior to the Festival.

Follow the links below for more information about individual Preselection Rounds including competition rules, portfolio templates and any specific competition updates:

• WCS Preselection ROUND 1 (Animania Festival Adelaide October 2009)
  Portfolio Submission Deadline: Event completed, 2 teams selected
• WCS Preselection ROUND 2 (Animania Festival Sydney March 2010)
  Portfolio Submission Deadline: 26th February, 2010
• WCS Preselection ROUND 3 (Animania Festival Melbourne April 2010)
  Porfolio Submission Deadline: 19th March, 2010
• WCS Preselection ROUND 4 (Animania Festival Brisbane May 2010)
  Submission Deadline:  9th April, 2010
• ROUND 1-4 Finalists' Portfolio (for Animania Festival Weekend, Sydney September)
  Preselection finalists must submit a second portfolio detailing their second costume. Please note there will not be a preselection event at the Animania Festival Weekend, only the Preliminary Final.
  Portfolio Submission Deadline: 20th August, 2010

Rules & Documentation

• 2010 WCS Competition Rules & Checklist
• 2010 WCS Preselection Portfolio Template
• Example portfolio submitted by Go Wu Go! (Team Australia 2010)
• Cosplay judging guide 2010

WCS Partner Links

World Cosplay Summit website
Official World Cosplay Summit english blog

Official DeviantArt World Cospay Summit Group

WCS Partner Countries:

• Germany
  • Connichi Manga and Anime Convention
  • WCS Germany
• Denmark
  • J-Popcon
• Mexico
  
  • Expo-TNT
• Singapore
  • Cosfest

WCS Blog

Stay tuned, we're still working on this one!