• ABOUT
• SECTIONS
• INTERNATIONAL CONTESTS PRELIMINARIES
• JUDGING
• FINAL RESULTS
• PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
• REGISTRATION
• TICKET
• FINAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

   

 

  ABOUT

The cosplay competitions at Nijikon 2016 has the following goals:

• Awarding the best cosplayers of 2016
• Selecting the cosplayer who will represent Romania at EuroCosplay 2017 (taking place at MCM Comic Con October Edition 2017 in London)*
• Selecting the team who will represent Romania at Clara Cow's Cosplay Cup 2017 (taking place at Animecon 2017, in The Hague)*
• Selecting the cosplayer who will represent Romania at Cosplay World Masters 2017 (taking place at IberAnime May Edition in 2017, in Lisbon)*

 

  SECTIONS

The cosplay contest is divided into two sections:

1. The solo cosplay competition – which will take place on Saturday (the EuroCosplay and Cosplay World Masters preliminaries will be organized during this contest, along with the regular competition)

2. The group cosplay competition – which will take place on Sunday (the Clara Cow Cosplay Cup preliminaries will be organized during this contest, along with the regular group competition)

 

  INTERNATIONAL COSPLAY PRELIMINARIES*

1. Preliminaries for Eurocosplay 2017 (MCM Comic Con, London, UK)

• Organized during the solo cosplay competition

  JUDGING

1. Solo cosplay competition – regular contest – the score will count as follows:

• Costumes 50%: costume quality, costume complexity, accessories, wig styling, make-up, character resemblance. Judging will take place on Saturday, before the stage performance.
• Roleplay 50%: roleplaying as the character. Marks will be given for: facial expression, gestures (if the case), body posture/posing, body movements. The complexity of the skit will help in case of equal score among several contestants.

2. Group cosplay competition – regular contest – in this section, marks will be given for the complexity of the skit, originality, the actual story, adapting the story to the characters involved. All participants are required to have a minimal cosplay outfit.

3. By participating in the competition you agree with the following:

• The final results provided by the judges are definitive and incontestable
• Any sign of uncivilized conduct will be sanctioned, up to banning the respective participant from future participation in competitions organized at Nijikon

   

  FINAL RESULTS

1. Solo cosplay competition 

• EuroCosplay Romanian representative – only for Romanian citizens over 18 years old (the winner will not be excluded from the other prizes for this section, except for the EuroCosplay qualifiers)
• Cosplay World Masters representative - only for Romanian citizens over 18 years old (the winner will not be excluded from the other prizes for this section, except for the Cosplay World Masters qualifiers)
• Best Costume, Best Performance, Best Prop, Jury’s Special Award, other awards if decided upon by the jury

 

  PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

1. Both Romanian and foreign cosplayers can take part in the regular contests. However, only cosplayers who are Romanian citizens can take part in the preliminaries for the international contests.

2. Participants of any age are welcomed; however, underage participants must be accompanied by either a person of age or by a parent, who will sign the registration paper for the person/persons they are in charge with

3. If a participant has already won a preliminary in an international contest – any of those in which Romania takes part – with a costume, they are not allowed to take part into other international preliminaries with the same costume.

4. Costume policy

• In order to be able to take part in the solocosplay competition, the costumes must be made by the participant. Taking part with costumes that were either bought or commissioned is strictly prohibited. Except only for the costumes that have SOME accessories or parts that were bought, provided that most part of the costume was handmade.

• For the group cosplay competition, taking part with costumes that were either bought or commissioned is allowed for the regular competition. For the international contests preliminaries, the costumes must be made by the participants.

• Characters from any source are accepted (manga, anime, movies, fan art-EXCEPT for fan art made by the cosplayer). Crossdressing costumes (as in changing the character’s gender from female to male or the other way around), crossover (inspired from several characters) are accepted, as long as they follow the rules and the cosplayer provides clear references to the judges.

• Both costumes and skit should follow the general audiences rules, as Nijikon receives visitors of all ages. Implicitly, the minimal costume should be at least a bathing suit. G-strings, transparent or close to non-existent underwear must be covered by a cape/shorts/skirt/dress/leggings etc.   

 

5. Weapon policy

According to the legislation, certain limitations regarding the accessories/props permitted in the contests are necessary, as follows:

• Swords, knives, shuriken etc. These will be made, as much as possible, from non-metallic materials. In some cases, metal is also permitted, but those props must be kept in their casing/sheath and must not be shown in public (except for the stage where the contest is taking place). The metal objects must not have sharp blades (they must be blunt) or pointed ends (they must be rounded; rule applies also to other materials). 
• The bows will have no string, and the arrows will have no arrowhead; or the arrowhead should be covered or blunt.
• Pistols and other related weapon-props must have a small yellow or orange circle on its tip, indicating that they are fake. Pistols are not permitted, regardless the ammunition (squibs, balls etc.). Keep in mind that if you go outside with such props, although they are fake, chances are that you get in trouble with the local police.
• Metal chains longer than 20 cm are not permitted; if they are longer, they must be made of plastic or other materials.

   

6. Skits policy

• The entire dialog (if it exists) must be pre-recorded. We won’t provide microphones.
• Obscene or sexualized gestures or dances are not allowed. Exhibitionism of any kind is prohibited. Respect yourselves and the audience. Jokes with double meaning (of which one is sexual) are not allowed, unless the non-sexual meaning is at least as clear as the sexual one. If, during rehearsals, a skit includes a part that does not follow the rules, the respective part will be removed from the skit. Otherwise, the group will be disqualified. This also applies to skits that include yaoi/yuri undertones.
• Use of firecrackers, fireworks, pyrotechnic devices, confetti, or other items that can affect the smooth progress of the contest is prohibited.
• Props are allowed, as long as each item can be lifted up and transported by no more than two persons, and whose mounting and unmounting don’t last more than 30 seconds (assisted by no more than 4 volunteers) and don’t cause damage. No prop is allowed to remain on stage.
• We can’t guarantee that we are able to provide furniture items. Therefore, don’t count on this when you work on the skit.
• Jumping off the stage, running into the audience or other stunts that can hurt the participant or the audience are not allowed.

 

  REGISTRATION

1. Solo cosplay competition

• On the day of the competition, the participant is required to have the ID card in order to be able to confirm the age
• Registration to any contest will be made via the registration form on the website. Registration deadline is October 15, 23:59 (EEST, Romanian time) and will be strictly observed. All registration requests received after the deadline won’t be taken into account.
• Registration to a competition is limited to one cosplay/participant/day.
• Registered participants will receive the contest badges starting with Friday, October 21, 16:00, at the venue – a special desk will be set up.
• The MAXIMUM duration of a skit is of 1 minute and 30 seconds
• When filling in the registration form, the participants are required to upload an archive that will include the following:
  
  • Two or three photos of the cosplayed character (reference photos). The photos need to be in high res, clear, and with all the details of the costume easy to spot. The more complex the costume, the more important that the photos are detailed.
  • A sound /music clip that needs to be prerecorded in.mp3 format, at 128, 160 or 192 kbps, with constant bitrate (CBR).
  • (Optional) A few work in progress photos in various stages. 

 

2. Group cosplay competition

• On the day of the competition, the participant is required to have the ID card in order to be able to confirm the age
• Registration to any contest will be made via the registration form on the website. Registration deadline is October 15, 23:59 (EEST, Romanian time) and will be strictly observed. All registration requests received after the deadline won’t be taken into account.
• Registration will be submitted by only one person, preferably the group leader, who will fill in the form with all the necessary information about each team member. If, meanwhile, the team has changed, you are kindly asked to let the organizers know this via an e-mail sent to the e-mail address you received when you registered.
• A participant can register with only one group.
• A group can participate with only one skit.
• The MAXIMUM duration of a skit is of 6 minutes
• The group must include a maximum of 6 participants
• Registered participants will receive the contest badges starting with Friday, October 21, 16:00, at the venue – a special desk will be set up.
• When filling in the registration form, the participants are required to upload an archive that will include the following:
  
  • Two or three photos of the cosplayed character (reference photos). The photos need to be in high res, clear, and with all the details of the costume easy to spot. The more complex the costume, the more important that the photos are detailed.
  • A sound /music clip that needs to be prerecorded in.mp3 format, at 128, 160 or 192 kbps, with constant bitrate (CBR). 

 

  TICKET

 

• Participants registered for the Solo cosplay competition and Group cosplay competition will pay only 35 RON – representing two days access to Nijikon 2016.
• The ticket will be purchased at the venue, when the registered participants come to pick up their badge.

 

  FINAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

1. Before registering, the participants will make sure they read and understood all the rules. For any concern or question, please contact us at cosplay[at]nijikon.ro.
2. Organizers have the right to change the rules without prior notice. In case of important changes, we will do our best to announce them on our website.
3. All unpredicted details related to this contest, which were not cover by these rules, will be settled at the venue. In case of emergency, please contact us at the e-mail address above.
4. You are strongly discouraged to participate with costumes that were already debuted in other competitions (it is allowed, but don’t expect a high score).
5. The exact times of judging, of the contests and of other stages will be made available on the website and strictly observed. Delays are not permitted.
6. Registration to a contest means that you have fully read, understood and accept the rules.