Janne (Elffi) and Ari-Pekka (Shufu) were selected at the Helsinki Book Fair this weekend to represent Finland at WCS 2011 next summer. Their performance was from Trigun as the characters Vash the Stampede and Rai-Dei the Blade.

You can see video of their winning performance here!
It starts off with a unique style fight scene and finishes with a comedic flare, check it out.

Elffi is also on Deviant Art, you can see his previous cosplays here.

Way to go guys, see you in Japan next summer!

Team Spain 2011 has been selected, they are
Maria Perez & Nicolas Cabrerizo!

You can watch their performance here!

Mei and Nico represented Spain at WCS 2008, winning the preliminary again shows how their ability remains among the top in Spain. They won the contest that took place at the XVI Salon del Manga.

Congratulations on representing Spain again Mei and Nico!

A couple things are happening this weekend, we have the Denmark preliminaries and the third regional competition in Mexico which is taking place at Soracon in Mexicali, Mexico. Looking forward to hearing how things turn out!