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NEWS: New York Anime Festival to Host World Cosplay Summit




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Splitter



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:07 pm Reply with quote
YATTA!!!!

RECOGNITION AT LAST!!!
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starcade



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:18 pm Reply with quote
Don't hold your breath.

Unless you're at least an 8 on the 10 scale for women, don't even bother, because you're probably going to get screened out by the qualifiers or DQ'ed by the Japanese.

We learned about how some Japanese view cosplay as a beauty contest...
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OneHotAlchemist



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:46 pm Reply with quote
Recognition for what? Your looks? Because WCS could certainly care less about cosplay.

Its just a costume-themed beauty contest.

Should be noted too that its being held at NYAF because no other con in the country wanted anything to do with this debacle.
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starcade



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:57 pm Reply with quote
OneHotAlchemist wrote:
Recognition for what? Your looks? Because WCS could certainly care less about cosplay.

Its just a costume-themed beauty contest.

Should be noted too that its being held at NYAF because no other con in the country wanted anything to do with this debacle.


I'm actually shocked anyone wanted in that quickly, after the debacle.

Look, if you aren't willing to stick your ass up some ecchi Japanese otaku's TV camera, don't bother with this crap.
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OneHotAlchemist



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:08 pm Reply with quote
Well, from what I can tell, its NYAF's first year. What better way to up attendance than to get all the starry-eyed young cosplayers to attend with the hopes of winning a trip to japan? *sigh*
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Hon'ya-chan



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:25 pm Reply with quote
$10 says one of the acts is a Rose of Versailles cosplay. And it'll be dumped in a spectacular way by the Japanese.

The only people I see even remotely winning this contest.....are either more concerned about modeling a/or have completely escaped the fandom.
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PatrickD



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 5:22 pm Reply with quote
starcade wrote:
I'm actually shocked anyone wanted in that quickly, after the debacle.


After personally hearing about the 2005 competition from one of the USA finalists who went to Japan, I wouldn't touch this thing with a 10 foot pole.
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OneHotAlchemist



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:49 am Reply with quote
Hon'ya-chan wrote:
$10 says one of the acts is a Rose of Versailles cosplay. And it'll be dumped in a spectacular way by the Japanese.

The only people I see even remotely winning this contest.....are either more concerned about modeling a/or have completely escaped the fandom.


Which is even more amazing, considering the winning team in 06 was cosplaying Rose of Versailles. Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:40 pm Reply with quote
OneHotAlchemist wrote:
Hon'ya-chan wrote:
$10 says one of the acts is a Rose of Versailles cosplay. And it'll be dumped in a spectacular way by the Japanese.

The only people I see even remotely winning this contest.....are either more concerned about modeling a/or have completely escaped the fandom.


Which is even more amazing, considering the winning team in 06 was cosplaying Rose of Versailles. Wink


That's because they were prettier.
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starcade



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:07 pm Reply with quote
OneHotAlchemist wrote:
Well, from what I can tell, its NYAF's first year. What better way to up attendance than to get all the starry-eyed young cosplayers to attend with the hopes of winning a trip to japan? *sigh*


Let me put it this strongly:

Any plans I might've had to make the cross-country trip to this show (and there were a few) are squashed by them getting involved with this rigged farce.
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Hon'ya-chan



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:08 pm Reply with quote
SakechanBD wrote:
Which is even more amazing, considering the winning team in 06 was cosplaying Rose of Versailles. Wink


That's because they were prettier.[/quote]

Yes, Fukuzawa Yukichi looks very pretty....in multiples. Laughing
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The Seventh Son



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 2:44 pm Reply with quote
this convention has officially whooped the f***ing shit out of AX and all other cons before this.

there is no way you will be able to sign up for this con at the gate. when people start to hear about this the entire pre-reg thing is going to fill up the entire attendance capacity of this con.

whats next, Miyazaki shows up!?
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