Pure passion of cosplay, animation, games and manga forms the World Cosplay Summit and Asia Cosplay Meet Malaysia serves as a platform for all cosplayers all over the country to meet and share their experiences and skills. In addition, cosplayers from nearby countries will also be able to participate in such sharing session. World Cosplay Summit and Asia Cosplay Meet Malaysia will be brought to Pulau Pinang for the first time. To all Cosplayers and Japanese animation fans out there will be able to share a cultural exchange. Malaysia Cosplay Toshokan will be hosting the World Cosplay Summit and Asia Cosplay Meet Malaysia.

Basically, what is World Cosplay Summit? World Cosplay Summit is a cosplay event sponsored by TV Aichi in Japan. The World Cosplay Summit event comprises of all cosplayers around the world gather on this common platform to share a common hobby, which

is Cosplay. World Cosplay Summit started off when manga and anime became the initial stimulus of sparking interest of all youths. The World Cosplay Summit, setted up together by TV Aichi in 2003 with a program called “Manga wa Sekai no Kyoutsu-go” (Manga – The International Common Language).

The progress proceeded by inviting a number of cosplayers from around the world to share the common thoughts on animation and manga in Japan. As year-by-year, the event has grown larger to include 17 countries with 34 cosplayers including events like Osu Cosplay Parade and World Cosplay Championship. On April 2009, the World Cosplay Summit Executive Committee is created in order to support the growing event.

In general terms, World Cosplay Summit was created to promote international exchange through Japanese youth culture of animation and manga. With such art, it gave birth to the new hobby, which is cosplay. These days, youth from all over the world has found this hobby as a common language and a common global interaction. The World Cosplay Summit began in Osu, Nagoya and has grown to participation of many countries. Considering the amount of audience and participants of each preliminary events are as of 100s of thousands. World Cosplay Summit will strive to continue development for this new form of international exchange.

Asia Cosplay Meet Malaysia started off with the common terms of sharing knowledge of Cosplay in the Asia Region. Asia Cosplay Meet Malaysia aims the cosplayers to improve standards in preparation for the best cosplayer in the Asia Region.

World Cosplay Summit Malaysia and Asia Cosplay Meet Malaysia will be held on June 30 & 1st July 2012, at Straits Quay Marina Mall (SQ), Pulau Pinang.

Following is the programme for the event:

 

Following is the programme for the event:

ASIA COSPLAY MEET MALAYSIA

Event Day 1

Saturday, June 30, 2012

TimeEvent

12.00pm Gathering of Cosplayers and registration

1.00pm Keynote Ceremony

2.00pm Asia Meet Cosplay Competition Starts

2.30pm First Intermission

3.30pm Asia Meet Cosplay Competition Ends

4.00pm Second Intermission

4.30pm Result Announcement of Asia Cosplay Meet Malaysia

5.00pm Kendo Demonstration by Pulau Pinang Kendo Club

6.00pm Kimono Show by Pink Hibiscus Club

7.00pm Closing of Asia Cosplay Meet Malaysia

 

WORLD COSPLAY SUMMIT MALAYSIA

Event Day 2

Sunday, July 1, 2012

TimeEvent

12.00pm Gathering of Cosplayers and registration

1.00pm Opening Ceremony of World Cosplay Summit Malaysia

2.00pm World Cosplay Summit Malaysia Competition Start

2.30pm Intermission

2.45pm World Cosplay Summit Malaysia Competition Continues

4.00pm Announcement Results of Best Costumes of the Day

4.30pm Announcement Results of indian pharmacy online World Cosplay Summit Malaysia

5.00pm Closing Ceremony (Closing dance)


WCS and ACM is brought to you by Malaysia Cosplay Toshokan