Brazil - 3rd Preliminary Round Report

Anima Heroes reveals the 3rd WCS Brazil's finalist double

Event in Porto Alegre city defines one more double to dispute the final of WCS 2009 - JBC Brazil Stage.
The event Anima Heroes, in Porto Alegre city, had the presence of nothing less than 4,000 people, on November 15 and 16, 2008. The 3rd selective for WCS 2009 - JBC Brazil Stage took place at this event. Tiago Machado Diemer and Carolina Boranzeli, which interpreted the game Final Fantasy X, were the great winners.
The Japanese final's video was shown, in order to cheer up the audience and cosplayers. Applauses and shouts could be heard.When the winners were announced, Tiago and Caroline got really moved. With tears in their eyes, they showed to be very proud of being chosen to represent Anima Heroes at WCS's final.
Playing Trinity Blood (manga), the double Pedro Messias Hoffman and Vivian Ribeiro Silveira got the second place and shall dispute the repechage. Another success was the superhero creation championship, which had 50 enrolled characters.

The winner for this tournament was the hero Papo Amarelo

The talk with dubbers Elcio Sodre and Mirian Fisher was disputed. They told stories about their work with characters like Sarah (Wildfire), Shiryu (Saint Seiya) and Borat.Many specialized stores participated from Anima Heroes. Among them, Shinozaki and Anime Market, from Sao Paulo.

Final classification for the Selective Anima Heroes

  1. 1st place:Tiago Machado Diemer / Caroline Baranzeli (94.5 points)

  2. 2nd place:Pedro Messias Hoffmann / Vivian Ribeiro Silveir (89 points)

  3. 3rd place:Roni Santos da Silva / Eber Loose Kaiper (84.5 points)

  4. 4th place:Bruno de Quadros Pazzim / Pedro Dalosto Alves Branco (84 points)

  5. 5th place:Pamella Studzinski Sanchez / Simone Paulo de Souza (80 points)

  6. 6th place:Renan Nadvorny Barbachan / Darien Pires Silveira (75.5 points)

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