August 09, 2005

World Cosplay Summit 2005

World Cosplay Summit 2005 took place on August 7th at the Aich Expo.
40 cosplayers from 7 countries (America, China, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and 4 teams from Japan) who had won in their domestic competition performed in front of the audience many of who are in costume too.

The winners of each award
Grand Champion (The best country): Italy
The best team: France
The best individual: Giorgia Vecchini (Italy)
Brother: Middle Japan

The themes each team performed
America: Rosen Maiden
China: Samurai Spirits
France: Tokyo Mew Mew
Germany: Magic Knight Rayearth
Italy: Soul Calibur 2
Spain: Fullmetal Alchemist
East Japan: Inuyasha
Middle Japan: Lupin III
West Japan: Aim for the Top
WWW Japan: Sailor Moon

Various characters were played for the best individual award. In his blog, Emperor System Zero, Hoshino who attended it says, “Silen from ‘Devilman’ was overwhelming. As soon as she appeared, she received a lot of applause. Both the visual impact and her eloquent play left nothing to be desired. As I expected, she won the best individual award. Every cosplayer was splended, but no one could compete with her. ”
Silen was played by Giorgia Vecchini from Italy. After singing the theme, she played a secen from Devilman in Japanese.

You can view the photos on the websites as follows.

World Cosplay Summit 2005 result report
Aichi Expo Official Site
Emperor System Zero
Golgo 31
Sazamani Kaihen
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