Australia

Partner Organization

Animania Festival
Animania Festival is a celebration of all things anime, bringing together the best of the best for competitions and demonstrations, entertainment and commercial exhibits. Animania began in 2002 as the first Japanese animation festival ever to be held in Sydney and was visited by 500 people. Since this first success, Animania Festival has taken its events to Brisbane and Melbourne, steadily growing and transforming into one of the most diverse anime events in Australia! Animania Festival produces one of the best staged Cosplay Competition events in Australia, as well as a wide range of staple events including all-day screenings, karaoke, video games, yukata-workshops, art displays, panel discussions and forums, traditional cultural performances and demonstrations, and lots, lots more! Top this off with a fabulous Festival community (online and off) and you have a pretty well rounded Japanese pop culture experience!

Australia Preliminary Round Course of Events

Animania Festival in 2008 has held three Preselection Rounds at each of their day events in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. There will be one more Preselection on the Saturday of Animania Festival Weekend (23rd August), making a total of 4 Preselections. At each preselection two Finalist Duos are selected to compete in the official Australia WCS Preliminary (so, a total of 8 duos to compete). The Preselection Finalist Duos are to be judged at the official Australia WCS Preliminary on the Sunday of Animania Festival Weekend (24th August). Finalists must present the costume they wish to enter into WCS + skit. Judges will select one duo to represent Australia at WCS 2009.

Preliminary rounds

1st Preliminary Round - 29 March, 2008, Sydney
2nd Preliminary Round - 19 April, 2008, Melbourne
3rd Preliminary Round - 10 May, 2008, Brisbane
4th Preliminary Round - 23 August, 2008, Sydney

Event Name

Animania "not-for-profit" Festival

Final round

Final round, official preliminary - 24 August, 2008, Sydney

Location

Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, Sydney