Well, its been a tough couple months for Northern Japan. Nagoya was never really directly affected by the earthquake and after visiting Tokyo on the weekend things have virtually returned to normal. Remember you can donate through the WCS website here and for cosplayers if you have not done so already, send a photo message to Prayers from Cosplayers here.

On Sunday May 8th the first WCS preliminaries ever held in Holland took place and a pair were selected, I expect to have more information in the coming days but here is a preliminary photo of them and their winning costumes from their Full Metal Alchemist performance:

More information to come, congratulations!