WCS 2011 German Preliminaries

"The World Cosplay Summit (世界コスプレサミット Sekai Kosupure Samitto?), also known as WCS, is an annual international cosplay event that promotes friendly international exchange through Japanese pop culture.[2][3] The event is hosted by TV Aichi and held in Nagoya, Japan. Since 2005 the event has held a cosplay contest, the World Cosplay Championship, thus the preliminary contests for the championship have been held in the respective countries of the participants. Because of the keen attention from abroad, as of 2008, three ministries of Japan give support to the event; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Since 2005, the event is held over a two day period; the Cosplayer Parade is on the first day and the Cosplay Championship is on the second day."

The Preliminaries took place on the last day of the Connichi, Germany's biggest Anime & Manga Convention,from 10:15am to 12:15am.

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Shot on a 1D Mark II / 70-200mm f/2.8 / ISO 1250