Cosplay competition

You may have seen them walk around other festivals, or you may have heard rumours about them! People who are so into their anime/manga hobby that they make costumes based on these characters and then walk around wearing them!

While this may sound a tad weird to some of you, cosplaying (from the contraction COStume PLAYing) has become a major part of both the anime-related culture and of our festival. You will not believe the amount of work and detail that goes into these outfits and how wonderful they can look!

Or actually, you can believe it, if you join us at the Cosplay Competition, which will be held on the saturday of the festival. And if you happen to be a cosplayer, why don't you sign up and win nice prizes?

Sign-up

Required for competing, not required for watching. The deadline for signing up will be announced at a later date.

Restrictions

Aside from the usual rules, the following applies. Visitors of this specific event are allowed to take pictures of the event. All entrants need to agree to this if they want to compete in this event. A special entry for this purpose has been added to the Cosplay Competition registration form. However it is NOT allowed to use FLASH photography! Remember other people's personal (as well as third parties) rights will always apply, but what you do with YOUR pictures/recordings is YOUR OWN responsibility!

Rules

Aside from the usual rules, the following applies.

• For cosplay weapons guidelines read the house rules/huisregels. Dutch weapons law will always apply!
• For now acts are time limited according to the following criteria:
  1 person act = 3 minutes maximum
  2 person act = 3 minutes maximum
  3 or more persons act = 4 minutes maximum
  Please be aware that this is a hard limit, imposed to ensure that as many people as possible can be allowed to participate!
• You need to attend the short Cosplay Competition rehearsal at Saturday! If you don't, your act gets cancelled! Keep in mind that this will take a lttle of your time, BUT gives you the opportunity to check out the stage, rehearse your act a bit and be better prepared for this event!
• You will have to provide us with a storyboard of the act when you sign up. In the past there have been acts that just were too boring to watch. To prevent this from happening again, we will review your storyboard. Only if we give an OK you will actually be allowed to perform the act at the Cosplay Competition. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but we want to present the best possible show to the public occupying the 840 seats of the theatre room.
• Visitors of this specific event are allowed to take pictures of the Cosplay Competition. All contenders need to agree to this if they want to compete in this event. A special entry for this purpose has been added to the Cosplay Competition registration form. However it is NOT allowed to use FLASH photography! Remember other people's personal (as well as third parties) rights will always apply, but what you do with YOUR pictures/recordings is YOUR OWN responsibility!

Questions?

If you have questions regarding the Cosplay Competition, kindly direct them to us, using the appropriate forum (Before you submit a question, please browse the forum to see if your question has already been answered) or send us an e-mail using our contact form (choose 'Cosplay Event' from the subject dropdown menu).

Availability

'Whole Weekend' AND 'Saturday Only' visitors.

Location

Archonia Room.

Time

Saturday: 15.30-17.00.

For legal and safety reasons we are not allowed to exceed the Archonia room's maximum capacity. For the people that will miss out we will try to show a recording at a later time.