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WORLD COSPLAY SUMMIT IN PILLS |
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WHAT IS IT: an annual world cosplay meeting
WHERE: Nagoya, Japan
WHEN: from 29th of July to 9th of August 2005
WHO WILL PARTECIPATE: individual and group
representatives (for a total of 4) from the following
countries: Italy, France, Germany, Spain, China, America,
Japan
ITALIAN REPRESENTATIVES: Giorgia (individual)
Francesca, Elena and Emilia (group)
WHAT WILL WE DO: A week all about cosplay,
with parades, television events, interviews and a
final contest during which the world best cosplayer
will be crowned; everything is paid by the TV Aichi,
the producer of the event.
OFFICIAL SITE: http://cure.livedoor.com/summit/
INFO: http://www.tv-aichi.co.jp/cosplay2005/index.html
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| WHAT IS IT |
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World Cosplay Summit is an international cosplay meeting,
sponsored by TV Aichi and held annually in Nagoya, Japan
since 2003.
Only starting from next edition in 2005 the Summit will
sport the nature of a real world cosplay championship, where
singles and group representatives from some european countries
(Italy, France, Germany and Spain), from America, China
and Japan will be competing against one another with their
costumes to crown the World Best Cosplayer.
In order to choose the representatives from the participating
countries Mr Shirakawa (the TV Aichi delegate) and his assistants
have travelled the World, attending the designed national
competitions and choosing by themselves the representatives
who will fly to Japan.
It must be pointed out that, although this chance is open
to any cosplayer regardless of the gender, girls have been
privileged, mainly because of imagine and sponsorship issues.
For a cosplayer, competing in the World Cosplay Summit
is a dream come true: flying to the animation's home country,
with everything completely paid by the production (first
class flight and four star hotel), and living a week among
television studios, interviews, photo sessions, parades,
sightseeing and a final stage.
In fact each cosplayer is requested to take at least four
costumes (one of which will have to be made specifically
for the contest) and to wear them during the stay in Japan.
Costumes must be taken from japanese animation and videogames,
but only the one worn the day of the final show will be
taken into account for the crowning.
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| RECRUITING |
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These are the european national events linked to the World
Cosplay Summit:
Italy - Romics
France - Epita Convention
Germany - Connichi
Spain - Salon del Comic de Barcelona
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ITALIAN TEAM... |
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Individual
representative: Giorgia Vecchini (GiorgiaCosplay)
Group representatives: Elena and Emilia Fata Livia,
Francesca Dani
The italian representatives in the 2004 edition have been
Sonia Segreto and Laura Barbaresi, two famous cosplayers,
who have been on the scene for years, while for the 2005 edition,
selections have been held during the Romics convention last
October.
Rules stated that a single representative and a group of maximum
three person was to be selected.
However, while as the single representative I've been selected,
the group chosen during the contest was made of only two persons
(the "Final Fantasy sisters").
This is because one of the major sponsor for the event specifically
asked - but we came to know this only after - another cosplayer
, who's very famous also among the Japanese audience, to partecipate
the Summit: Francesca Dani.
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| Giorgia |
Elena&Emilia |
Francesca |
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are some pictures of the award ceremony at Romics (Ottobre
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| ...AND
THE CHALLENGERS |
| Who will
we challenge to defend the honour of the Italian flag? |
| Germany |
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(America and China will be picked only few days before the
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| A WEEK IN
JAPAN |
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To our surprise we have recently come to know that individual
representatives will be the first to arrive in Japan (on
the 29th of July), while group representatives will arrive
between the 4th and the 5th of August.
This is the schedule - still under construction - for the
week.
Events, places, free time and something else have not been
decided in full details yet.
29th of July: Departure from Italy
30th of July: individual representatives arrival in Nagoya
31th of July: Cosplay parade in Osu festival
1th of August: Tokyo WCS Promotional Tour
2th of August: Tokyo WCS Promotional Tour
3th of August: free time in Nagoya
4th of August: American and Chinese representatives arrival,
interviews and rehearsal
5th of August: European representatives arrival, interviews
6th of August: rehearsal
7th of August: Cosplay Contest at Aichi Expo
8th of August: Karaoke Concert
9th of August: travel back home
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| AICHI
EXPO |
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Opened in March 1997, Aichi Expo is a multi-purpose event
space that can hold over 40,000 people. It is used as a
venue for professional baseball games, concerts, and other
large-scale events. The "Dome Tour," a one-hour,
behind-the-scenes tour of another side of Aichi Expo that
cannot be seen when events are staged is particularly popular.
Getting there: Aichi Expo is a 15-minute walk from
Ozone station on the JR Chuo Honsen train line, the Meijo
subway line, or the Meitetsu Seto train line.
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