World Cosplay Summit Philippines will hold this year’sย national finals on July 2 at the first leg of the Japan Cultural Expo in SM City Davao. Eightย teams hailing from different parts of the country will compete for theย right to competeย at the World Cosplay Summitย championship in Nagoya, Japan.
The teams that have been selected are teams Cosaga and JBF from NCR, team Albay Otaku from Southern Luzon, teams Ace and Usaka Sumbag Bai from Visayas and teams Sakura Punch, Weapon &ย Mask Destruction and Starseeker from Mindanao.
Special guest cosplayers Reika and Cheru from Japan will come to the event for a meet and greet and serve as judges for the national finals. Aside from the stage activities, boothsย activities are also set.
Last year, the national finals was done in the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City atย Hero TV’s “Face Off: The Ultimate Cosplay Battle” event in celebration of the cable channel’s 10th year anniversary, where Team Eurika wasย selected to represent the country last year.
World Cosplay Summit 2016ย will beginย in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan on July 30 withย an event at the Laguna Ten Bosch resort, and the cosplay championship will be held on the weekend of August 6 and 7.
Voice actor Tohru Furuya, Comiket representativeย Kaoru Yasuda, manga artistย Keishลซ Ando, Cure WorldCosplay manager Tatsumi Inui and last year’s champion Team Mexico will serve as judges for this year’sย championship, which will be streamed live on NicoNico.
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