World Cosplay Summit 2024 Posts Video of Team India's Performance
Grand finale for Indian qualifiers of this year's WCS takes place at Mumbai Comic Con on April 12
The official YouTube channel for the World Cosplay Summit (WCS) posted a video on March 30 showcasing Team India's performance at the 2024 event. The video features cosplayers Reuben and Puia portraying characters Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju from Naruto Shippūden.
Cosplay Genie by NODWIN Gaming hosted the regional qualifiers for WCS 2025 at the Comic Con India events in the 2024-2025 convention season. The grand finale for the Indian qualifiers of the competition will take place at the Mumbai Comic Con on April 12.
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Team Agni Hana won the Prop Making award at the World Cosplay Summit event in 2022. Team Agni Hana represented India at the competition and comprised Rohit Kailasya and Vanna Calista. They cosplayed as characters from the Monster Hunter game franchise.
Team India won the Environmental Consideration in Costume Making award at the World Cosplay Summit Finals that took place in August 2021. KitsuneBlood Cosplays cosplayed as Kagura and Hotaru Juno cosplayed as Matako Kijima from the Gintama anime.
The WCS event hosted both physical and online events in 2021. The physical event took place at various locations centered around Oasis 21 in Nagoya. WCS included cosplay events with photoshoots and stage events, as well as a video cosplay championship. The event's executive committee includes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya City, Nagoya Convention & Visitors Bureau, Osu Shopping District Alliance, Aichi Television Broadcasting, and WCS.
The event canceled its Championship and International Representative events in 2020 due to the pandemic, and instead held a "Cosplay Summit Online Presentation."
Sources: World Cosplay Summit's YouTube channel