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World Cosplay Summit

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

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 Australia.

WCS Logo

2008 was a grand and extraordinary year for Cosplay as Animania Festival hosted 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.

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Hall of Fame

Team Australia 2009
Team Australia 2009
Gabriella & Katherine
2008 WCS Preliminary winners

Team Australia 2010
Team Australia 2010
Amber & Melanie
2009 WCS Preliminary winners

Team Australia 2011
Team Australia 2011
Jessica & Tessa
2010 WCS Preliminary winners
 

Team Australia 2012
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Who will be Team Australia 2012?

  

2011 WCS Audition and Preliminary Competitions + Portfolio Submission Deadlines

Animania Festival will host four Audition Rounds in 2010-2011. The cosplayers selected from each of these rounds will gain a place in the WCS Preliminary Competition and the chance to become Team Australia 2012 and represent us at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan!

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

2011 WCS Competition Deadlines

All entrants intending to compete in the WCS Preliminary and Preselections MUST pre-register their entry and submit a competition portfolio 3 weeks prior to the Festival.

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

  • WCS Audition ROUND 1 (Animania Festival Adelaide October 2010)
    Portfolio Submission Deadline: Event completed, 1 teams selected
  • WCS Audition ROUND 2 (Animania Festival Melbourne March 2011)
    Portfolio Submission Deadline: 11th February 2011
  • WCS Audition ROUND 3 (Animania Festival Sydney March 2011)
    Portfolio Submission Deadline: 25th February 2011
  • WCS Audition ROUND 4 (Animania Festival Brisbane April 2011)
    Portfolio Submission Deadline:  8th April 2011
  • 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: 26th August, 2010

Rules & Documentation

WCS Partner Links

World Cosplay Summit website
Official World Cosplay Summit english blog

Official DeviantArt World Cospay Summit Group

WCS Partner Countries:

WCS Blog

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

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