There are many preliminary rounds taking part in the fall. Some of them are finished and there are a couple coming up very soon.

Germany: Connichi took place from September 7th to 9th. The WCS 2008 representatives Annie and Katherina's profile can be seen here!

Thailand: Japan Week was held from September 17th to 23rd with the preliminary being on the 23rd. Julaluk and Jittraporn's profile (limited version) can be seen here!

Italy: Romics fell on the first weekend of this month from October 5th to 7th. There is no information on the representatives updated yet but you can see Nadia and Martina's pictures here and here!

Denmark: Coming up on the first weekend of November, J-Popcon will be held from the 2nd to 4th with the preliminaries planned for the 3rd.

Spain: XIII Salon del Manga will be held on the same weekend as her counterpart in Denmark, going from the 1st to 4th of November in Barcelona.

In the coming months look forward to the Brazil regional rounds which should begin in December and continue until the national finals in June. The Mexico preliminaries at TNT GT2 are planned to be held in February.

I will keep you updated with information from each event and hopefully direct information from the representatives as well!