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The first World Cosplay Summit was held on 12 October 2003 at the Rose Court Hotel in Nagoya, Japan, with five cosplayers invited from Germany, France and Italy. There was no contest until 2005, when the World Cosplay Championship began. The first winners were the Italian team of Giorgia Vecchini , Francesca Dani and Emilia Fata Livia.
Model and costume designer, featured on SyFy channel's Heroes of Cosplay and the TBS reality show King of the Nerds. United States [36] [37] Moeka Haruhi: Professional wrestler, gravure idol, and actress known for cosplay. Japan [38] Angela Hill: Professional mixed martial artist who has appeared in cosplay before fights. United States [39] Sica Ho
The World Cosplay Summit (世界コスプレサミット, Sekai Kosupure Samitto WCS) is an annual international cosplay event, which promotes global interaction through Japanese pop culture. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It developed from a cosplay exhibition held at the Aichi Expo in 2005.
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By the mid-1970s, it was possible to meet fans at science fiction conventions who did not read science fiction, but only viewed it on film or TV. Anime and manga fandom began in the 1970s in Japan. In America, the fandom also began as an offshoot of science fiction fandom, with fans bringing imported copies of Japanese manga to conventions. [16]
Anime conventions in other locations, such as Europe began to take off in the Mid-1990s. Japan Expo in Paris is the largest convention in Europe. [9] AUKcon was a one-day anime convention held in London, England in 1994, and was chaired by Helen McCarthy.
The hobby of fan costuming and modern cosplay largely developed from the World Science Fiction Conventions (Worldcons), starting with the first in New York in 1939 when two attendees, Forrest J Ackerman and Myrtle R. Douglas, wore "futuristicostumes". [9]
According to Forbes, the convention is the "largest convention of its kind in the world"; [5] and is also the largest convention held in San Diego. [6] According to the San Diego Convention and Visitor's Bureau, the convention has an annual regional economic effect of $162.8 million, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] with a $180 million economic impact in 2011. [ 9 ]