Asia Cosplay Meet Grand Finals Event Report
July 4th, 2010 | Published in Event Reports | 21 Comments
No thanks to the weather and our crap airport, I was unable to attend the event myself, but fortunately my BFF and flatmate Rael was in town for work and didn’t mind attending the con in my place. This is just a quick round up with none of my usual personal observations, but I hope you guys won’t mind too much.
Running from the 3rd to the 4th of July 2010 at Singapore’s Downtown East D’ Marquee, Cosfest IX is one of Singapore’s largest cosplay events. This year it hosted both the Singapore World Cosplay Summit Finals and the Grand Finals of the Asia Cosplay Meet.
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Cosfest IX attracted Singapore’s best cosplayers (called “cos-ers” in local slang) as well as hordes of hobby photographers. Also at the venue were costume shops, anime merchandise booths, and doujinshi circles offering their very best works on sale. We picked up a couple of doujinshi from one of the booths — who, incidentally was also at AFA 2009; we hope to see you girls again really soon :)
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Cosfest IX featured the Singapore Finals of the World Cosplay Summit, as well as the Anime Games World Music Competition. Winners of the former will be flying to Nagoya to compete in the TV Aichi event against winners from Australia, Europe, North America, and the rest of Asia.
The WCS Singapore leg was won by a pair of cosplayers who portrayed characters from FFXIII, while the Anime Games World Music Competition was won by Ryuusei (3rd Place), Club Nicole (2nd Place), and Quis (Winner).
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Cosfest IX also featured the Grand Finals of the Asia Cosplay Meet, where contestants from Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea battled for the honor of being the first ACM Grand Champion.
The competition ended in a tie with Franky from Singapore and KOS-MOS from the Philippines sharing top honors. Franky had the crowd rooting for him after his comedic stage performance, while KOS-MOS impressed the audience with her intricate costume and massive props.
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KOS-MOS — Ms. Jia Gold Bustamante, was one of three representatives from the Philippines. At just thirteen years old she has already been to a several cosplay events, and this is her biggest win to date. Congratulations to Team Philippines — you’ve made us all proud!
Thank you to 3GmBrain for the on the ground reporting and photos. Sorry I couldn’t make it to the event with you :(
July 6th, 2010at 20:26(#)
too bad im waiting for your review…
HISTORICAL SMOG IN THE AIRPORT hehehe
July 6th, 2010at 20:50(#)
sorry — no review this time, just a quick round up of the event plus photos.
July 7th, 2010at 10:20(#)
Congratulations to our Three representatives!!! especially to Ms Jia!!! We are very proud of you!!!
July 7th, 2010at 11:59(#)
yes — congratulations to all three! so delighted to see new faces reap prestigious awards for the community as a whole :)
July 7th, 2010at 23:10(#)
hi hi! i’ll be posting the photos i took by tonight. pwamis!
July 7th, 2010at 23:13(#)
Congratulations to Jia! XD
July 7th, 2010at 23:22(#)
LOL hi jimmy :D i’ll put up a separate post for all your photos :D can’t wait to see them!
and yes, mary grace — congratulations again to jia as well as lyron and riyo :)
July 9th, 2010at 12:42(#)
Congratulations to our representatives! You did us proud!
Nakakataba ng puso makita to :D Well deserved talaga.
July 12th, 2010at 05:32(#)
Congrats to jia~~ wooot!!!…
July 12th, 2010at 07:54(#)
riyo, is that you? :) if so, congratulations also for being part of team philippines!
July 15th, 2010at 05:19(#)
waaaa .. yeah its me add my fb ^^ you got my email or just type in my name ^^ … hinahanap ka nga ni ly nun asa SG na kami sad di ka nakapunta T.T … thnx … the best ang SG exp.. an otaku’s Dream Getaway!
July 15th, 2010at 05:21(#)
yeah i got stuck in manila due to the bad weather at sa sirang equipment ng bulok nating airport >.>
yung sunod na flight sunday na ng tanghali wala na kong aabutan so di na ko tumuloy :(
congrats uli sa inyong tatlo lalo na kay jia!
July 16th, 2010at 07:06(#)
Thnx ate… i hope to see you on future conventions this year ^^
July 16th, 2010at 12:55(#)
same here — and good luck with your future cosplay events!
P.S. now that you’re been to SG, why not give it another shot by cosplaying for ANIME FESTIVAL ASIA? :)
July 18th, 2010at 05:08(#)
i dont know that event hahahahahaha… and average guy lang ako cant go overseas para lang mag cosplay ^^if me sponsor like ACM why not ill rock their world .. just like what i did at SG ahahahahaha… just cant give out details ^^ ya~HA!
July 18th, 2010at 05:11(#)
P.M. (pahabol na mensahe)
~ its my first cosplay / 1st event / 1st time on stage nyahahahahahaha ~ wala pa ko xado exp .. i need a lot to learn pa ^^ .. aCM was just begginers luck~~
anyways.. hope to meet you in person… at mag pix pix pix ^^
July 18th, 2010at 14:40(#)
AFA will be sponsoring reps from the philippines, malaysia, and thailand so give it a shot :)
they will probably announcing the selection process very soon so keep your fingers crossed :)
July 19th, 2010at 14:45(#)
what do you mean they will be sponsoring? no event? they will just choose? and thats it? you go fly back at sG? hmmm how can i give it a shot if i dont know how to join hahahahaha anyways thnx sa event ^^ details
July 19th, 2010at 20:19(#)
the selection will be done online; you can take a look at last year’s event at AFA09.COM.
July 20th, 2010at 14:54(#)
yes but how can i submit can you post the link here on how to submit entries on AFA 2010 .. or kung panu namili nun afa 2009
July 20th, 2010at 20:36(#)
the selections for this year are not open yet :) once the announcement is out i’ll post it on the site.