World Cosplay Summit
After a long Corona break it’s time again! The World Cosplay Summit – Contest will take place again!
general
The World Cosplay Summit was founded in 2003 by the Japanese TV station TV Aichi to promote cosplay outside of Japan. In 2013, a separate company (WCS Inc.) was founded to host the event and competition.
Until 2005, the World Cosplay Summit did not have a real competition. The WCS was intended to gather cosplayers from around the world in Nagoya with the support of the government’s “Cool Japan” initiative. Today, the WCS is an international cosplay championship with participants from 22 countries around the world. Participants must first qualify in one or more preliminary rounds in their countries.
Austria has been in the preliminary since 2018 and thus also in the final since 2019. The Austrian preliminary will take place at AniNite. The winning team of the preliminary competition travels to Nagoya (Japan) the following year to compete in the final in front of tens of thousands of fans on the covered outdoor stage of OASIS 21. An experienced jury, supported by mangakas (e.g. Go Nagai), famous musicians (e.g. Ichiro Mizuki, May’n) and anime voice actors (e.g. Toru Furuya) selects winners in various categories as well as a WCS Grand Champion.
However, the WCS Finals competition is only one component of the multi-day event. Cosplayers experience nearly two weeks of parades, stage performances, press events, and official visits to Nagoya state and city officials.
For more information, visit the World Cosplay Summit Wikipedia page.
Rules
Read the rules carefully.You can read them here. Before you register, please read the stage guide! You can download it here
