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(9/1/2006 Update)
Electrifying performances will take the stage again in 2007! Cosplayers
from around the world are returning to Nagoya for the annual journey.
Adding to the international excitement, the number of participating
countries will increase by 2 next year to a total of 11. Which cosplayers
will survive the fierce competition of the preliminary rounds to
represent their home country in Japan next year? Whose smile of
victory will grace the crowds at the Cosplay Championship in 2007?
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(8/6/2006 Update)
Maurisio Somenzari L
Olivas
Monica Somenzari L Olivas
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Runners-up:
Japan’s B Team representatives (Web)
Barbara: Mariko, Cyoko
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Third place: Italy’s
representatives
Alessandro Leuti and Alessia de Magistris
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Brother Prize: Japan’s
A Team representatives (Tokyo)
Strike Freedom Gandum & Killer Yamato
Goldie & Aoi Sakuya
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(8/3/2006 Update)
On August 2nd the “World Cosplay Summit Representative
preliminary competition and live event” took place, and the Japan
representatives (from Nagoya) were chosen.
Kyara (Right) and Ray Ya (Left)
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(8/2/2006 Update)
Many thanks to the press gathered here today. TV
Aichi will once again be broadcasting news on cosplayers who enjoy
in Japanese culture through their love of manga. The day’s performances
and interview footage can be seen here.
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(8/1/2006 Update)
People from around the world who love Japanese
manga come to the home of manga: Japan! Cosplayers who embody manga,
anime and game characters that they love will take part in the championships
that will take place on August 6th (Sunday) at Oasis 21 in Nagoya,
Japan (6pm start) where the cosplayers will do live performances.
We look forward to this as there has been a huge build-up by the
25-strong cosplayers.
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(7/14/2006 Update)
Masterpieces which Mr. Go Nagai produced, such
as Majinga-Z, Devil Man, and Cutie Honey, are countless!! Mr. Go
Nagai , who is the master of a Japanese comics community, participate
in WCS 2006!
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(7/12/2006 Update)
The representative cosplayers from France have
been decided.
Anne Cesile (Right) and Lenia (Left)
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(7/12/2006 Update)
The representatives from Singapore have been chosen.
(Left) Julia Laurant, Teo Rong Zhen
(Right) Ferlyn Tan
A detailed report will be up in a few days.
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(7/4/2006 Update)
We apologize to all who were looking forward
to meeting the representatives from the USA this year as had
been scheduled. Due to a regrettable mix up in the planning towards
the US representative's preliminary contest for “World Cosplay
Summit 2006” there was no other option but to postpone participation
for this year.
America was one of the first countries to take part in the Cosplay
Summit and we are all looking forward to continued participation
at “World Cosplay Summit 2007”!
The 9th country to participate at World Cosplay Summit 2006 will
be Singapore! The preliminary contest for representative selection
will be held on July 9th (Sun). Don't miss future updates to
the home page with further developments!
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(7/3/2006 Update)
Applications for the Japan preliminary competition
in Nagoya has closed. Applications for the Japan preliminary competition
in Nagoya on the web have also closed. Many thanks for everyone’s
applications.
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(6/27/2006 Update)
Brazil’s representatives have been confirmed!
(Left) Maurisio Somenzari L Olivas (20 years old) Cosplay name:
Mar Psylocke
(Right) Monica Somenzari L Olivas (18 years old) Cosplay name: Aeris
A brother and sister team from Sao Paulo who are attending university
in the city. Their cosplay was "Rochelle" and "Alexelle"
from the manga "Tenshi Kinryoku". The Brazil preliminary
competition report will be up soon.
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(6/27/2006 Update)
Japan Preliminary Competitions on the web applications
have closed. Many thanks for all your applications.
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(6/26/2006 Update)
The “World Cosplay Summit 2006 Japan representative’s
preliminary competition in cosplay festival” was held on June 25th
and the Japan representative (Tokyo venue) was decided. The new
representatives Goldie and Aoi Soyo dressed up as Strike Freedom
Gundam and Killer Yamato.
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(6/20/2006 Update)
The application desk for the Japan representative
preliminary competition in Tokyo has closed. Many thanks for all
your support. We had many people ask if we could extend the application
period for entries. Regarding the Tokyo venue, because of time restrictions
it will not be possible to extend the application time, however,
because of the requests that we received, the entry desk has been
extended to June 26th (Monday) for the 「Web preliminary competition」.For
those who couldn’t enter the Tokyo venue preliminary competition,
you must apply here.
We are waiting for your applications!
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(6/12/2006 Update)
只Entries are being accepted for the Japan representative
preliminary competition. At this preliminary competition, the wonderful
representative team chosen for Japan will be given a Lock Sewing
Machine! This is an essential product for a cosplayer. There are
many out there who would probably like to get a Lock Sewing Machine
and it is recommendable for those who participate in the preliminary
competitions. Details of the Japan representative preliminary competition
can be found here.
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(6/9/2006 Update)
Entries are being accepted for the Japan representative
preliminary competition. At this preliminary competition of the
World Cosplay Summit, the team (2 people per team) chosen to be
Japan’s representative cosplayers will gain the right to participate
as Japan’s representatives and will also get a great prize! The
prize will be announced next week. On the web, the deadline for
entries for the Tokyo venue is the 19th of this month and for the
Nagoya venue, the deadline is the 2nd of July. The deadline is soon,
so please enter quickly!
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(6/9/2006 Update)
The World Cosplay Summit has invited cosplayers
from around the world to Japan since 2003. Acknowledging these results,
we are delighted to have the support of the Land, Infrastructure
and Transportation Ministry. Mediated through manga and anime culture,
we would like to introduce this contemporary part of Japanese culture
to the world. We gratefully ask for everyone’s continued support.
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(6/1/2006 Update)
As Foreign Minister Aso stated in a speech (Digital
Hollywood, April 28th, 2006), Japanese pop culture such as manga
and anime have become important keywords in Japan’s cultural diplomacy.
Paying close attention to Japanese culture such as “Manga and anime”
and with the support and acknowledgement of the Foreign Ministry,
TV Aichi has held the “World Cosplay Summit” every year since 2003.
As this is an event that disseminates recognized parts of Japanese
culture, we will endeavor to build and develop the “World Cosplay
Summit”. We gratefully ask for everyone’s continued support.
Foreign Minister Aso’s speech [New Ideas in Cultural Diplomacy---seeking
the strength of all people]
A New Look at Cultural Diplomacy:
Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso
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(5/12/2006 Update)
A new country joins WORLD COSPLAY SUMMIT! It
is "the country of passion" BRAZIL!
The details of Brazilian preliminary contest will be announced
on this site soon.
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(5/1/2006 Update)
The WCS 2006 championship will be held on August
6th 2006!
Of course, the Cosplay Parade in the annual Osu summer festival
(August 5th and 6th) will be held as in previous years.
Detailed information will be announced at a later date on this
home page. Check back regularly!
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(2/15/2005 Update)
In the current edition of Brutus magazine (March,
No.1, Magazine House) in the “Meet the Genius ---Learn from the
geniuses!” special feature, the individual winner from last year,
Giorgia, appears in a two-page spread! The untold story of the costume
she wore at the 2005 cosplay summit (Siren) is also in the article,
so please check it out!
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(12/26/2005 Update)
We went to the preliminary rounds for the Cosplay Summit in Italy.
In the midst of the Christmas season in Rome, Italy, ROMICS was
held (December 8th-11th) and the representative cosplayers for Italy
were decided. A detailed report will be up in a few days.
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(12/19/2005 Update)
The German manga information magazine “Koneko” has a report on the
World Cosplay Summit 2005 and an announcement for voting for representatives
on the web for the World Cosplay Summit 2006.
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(12/8/2005 Update)
Japanese manga and anime are becoming explosively popular worldwide.
Lots of anime fans gather in numerous festivals in Asia, North
America
and Europe, and millions of young people have started learning
Japanese just to be able to read manga.
Though we shall not grow conceited by flattering words such as
"Japan is Cool," it is an indisputable fact that manga and
anime have
changed Japan from being the object of mere exoticism or curiosity
into that of genuine yearning interest. Sailormoon, a superheroine
in
a girls' anime, shapes her own future for herself, and in this
sense
differs from Olive, who can be a heroine only by being saved by
Popeye. Sailor Moon now represents independent and self-aware women
also in Europe and America. The contemporary pop-culture of Japan,
beginning with anime and manga, has reversed the direction of cultural
exchange, which was once a one-way flow from Europe and America
to
Japan.
There was a wish that we should organize a super-anime-manga festival
which young people in the world would want to participate in, the
Olympics for anime and manga. "World Cosplay Summit" has
responded to
such an expectation. Winning the championship at the World Cosplay
Summit equals getting an Olympic gold medal or Nobel Prize for
participants from around the world!
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(12/8/2005 Update)
On the 1st (Tuesday) and 2nd (Wednesday) of November, 2005, the 53rd
National Association of Commercial Broadcaster’s symposium was held
in Kita Ward, Osaka, at the Osaka International Convention Center
in Osaka Grand Cube, Osaka City, Japan. The issue of the World Cosplay
Summit was taken up at the symposium by Mr. Nakamura, Director of
the Research Center at Stanford Japan Research Center.
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Recently,
just as Japan’s anime and manga has become really happening
and cool, in 2005 at the Aichi Expo Hall the World Cosplay
Summit was held. Cosplay means identifying with and dressing
up as characters from manga and anime. Young people from
many countries who have taken an interest in manga and
anime, the so-called ‘cosplayers’, gathered in its original
place, Japan. Without knowing this situation, it was surprising
to find that Japan was the original place for this. Japan
is looking outwards with this culture, and although it
is seen from abroad as the place of origin, we did not
realize that this was such a large asset.
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Mr. Ichiya Nakamura
Director of the Research Center
at Stanford Japan Research Centerr
Executive Director of International IT Foundation, Deputy Vice President
of Canvas, Special Advisor to the Federation of Music Producer’s Japan、Corporation
Advisor to CSK Corp., and director of rock band “Shonen Knife” while
a student at Kyoto University. From 1984 to 1998 was a policymaker
at the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. From 2002 has been
a Visiting Professor at MIT Media Laboratory. Publications include
[The Internet, freedom for us] (Published by Ascii), and [Appeal to
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