Forum - View topicNEWS: Project A-Kon to Attempt Guinness Game Cosplay Record
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Megiddo
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*ponders if he can do the Paperboy cosplay*
A-kon will be even more video game-centered this year rather than anime, at least, cosplay wise. |
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Zin5ki
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What? That small handful of characters I saw actually broke the record? I think that statistic was exaggerated : There was a class of schoolchildren there all roughly dressed up as mario. They probably contributed a good 40% of that number, most likely without having a clue what was going on. I digress. Here's hoping that this A-Kon thing succeeds. |
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osakanodaioh
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I'll be doing a Pyro cosplay from Team Fortress 2...I don't see too many of those around
 especially with a flame thrower
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Gage
Posts: 480 Location: United States |
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80 seems like a low number to me so I think it's quite possible for this record to be broken, considering we're in America and cosplaying has grown here over the years. Perhaps 80 is a high number? I've never been to a convention so I don't really know, unfortunately.
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melonbread
Posts: 317 Location: UK (London) |
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Good, because 80 was totally pathetic.
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Zoe
 Posts: 898 Location: Austin |
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I'm sure 80 has already been broken unofficially. I can see this becoming a contest between conventions.
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RMC
 Posts: 101 Location: Waco, TX |
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Oh my, I'm glad you posted this. I hadn't realized they were going to try and break the Cosplay record this year. This is good to know since I've been accepted as a volunteer. You'll probably see me taking your money or running around doing whatever they want me to.
So thanks again!  This should make A-Kon really fun, even if they don't break the official record.
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The Xenos
 Posts: 1519 Location: Boston |
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80 cosplayers? That's pretty lame. I've seen more in one hour at a number of anime cons.
Then there's also the stupid 'game' cosplay stipulation. So I guess Fate Stay Night would qualify? Would they count if someone shows up in an anime costume by mistake? This record sounds like bunk. For example, and I know it's not from a game, but if someone gets a red robe and white wig, does that make them an Inuyasha cosplayer? Does it matter if any effort was put into it? Meh. I prefer quality over quantity in cosplay. |
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Zivil
 Posts: 54 Location: Texarkana, USA |
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I'm certain that unofficial (or rather official) is the key element here. Guinness has relatively strict rules governing their judging. I believe that the attempt must be declared and submitted to Guinness before the activity is undertaken and the submission must be made with enough lead time for Guinness to schedule the judging or witnessing of the event, often several months in advance.
I believe the stipulation for "originating in a game" is likely a big factor also with 80 being the current record. Even though there may have been a few hundred cosplayers at any given large con, how many of those originated in a game. Many cosplay creations were of characters may have been made into game characters after the anime became popular. I'm sure many of them did originate in games, but I would bet that any costume based on a character originating in anime or manga (or movies or live action TV for that matter) were probably disqualified. Guinness, as I understand the process, sticks pretty closely to the wording... kind of like legaleze. Maybe not exactly to the letter of the law, but pretty darn close. Sorry about any spelling mistake, I'm having a little vision problem (that I hope to have cleared up in a couple of weeks) and I'm having a really hard time getting used to this computer magnifier thingy! |
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osakanodaioh
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Well according the rules, they'll have to verify the game you're coming from, and it has to be a char that appeared in video games FIRST, instead of any char that was ever used and adopted from other sources to become a video game char.
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hogkill3
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Yeah there's not doubt 80 is just an official number. There was definitely more than 80 Naruto cosplayers at last years anime north, let alone total cosplayers.
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ex_mutants
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Well the first thing to know is that Guinness has a Gamer’s Edition of their Record Book -
http://gamers.guinnessworldrecords.com/ And that’s why the focus is on video game characters because this is actually a video game record and not an anime record from the view point of Guinness. It just happens to be that anime conventions are the best source for cosplay and since A-Kon’s the oldest running US anime con, why not go for the record. A-Kon already has a lot of gaming to begin with. BTW the costumes will be checked because we really want to win this so there will be no silliness like 50 people sitting in cardboard boxes saying they’re cosplaying as Snake from Metal Gear Solid. But yes the characters have to come from a video game first to be eligible, so Final Fantasy works fine but Naruto doesn’t |
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Zoe
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What about characters created specifically for the games who never show up in the anime? |
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ex_mutants
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Any game character works fine even if they never show up in any place else like anime or manga. |
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
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I think Zoe meant for anime-based video games where the game has a unique, made-up character (like Arturo in the GC/Wii Bleach fighting game). |
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