Cosplay

General Rules

All attendees in costume, whether or not they are participating in the Cosplay Competition, must abide by the following rules:

• No weapon props that look realistic, particularly guns and metallic swords and knives, are allowed. Real weapons are absolutely prohibited; per the 2005-2006 BGSU Student Handbook, p. 14, "The University prohibits weapons of any kind on campus." In addition, on p. 47, it is stated that "[e]xplosives, firearms (actual, or novelties/toys reasonably resembling actual firearms), fireworks, firecrackers and similar devices, and weapons of any kind create a potential safety hazard and, therefore, the use or posession of these items is prohibited in University residences. Weapons include, but are not limited to, knives with blades over three inches, guns, pellet guns, paint guns, tazers, bows and arrows, machetes, Ninja stars, nunchucks, grenades and swords." (The Student Handbook may be viewed here.)
• Shoes or other similar footwear and a shirt or other garment that covers the chest be worn at all times. Bare chests and bare feet are not allowed.
• Animarathon and University staff members have final say on what is allowed.

If you have any questions or concerns about the general cosplay rules, please contact the President of ANO, Jonathan Edwards.

Animarathon V Cosplay Competition

A group MAY sign up as a single entry. Non-Asian cosplay WILL be allowed HOWEVER, your score may be HURT. As thus, it is HIGHLY recommended to stick to Asian cosplay.

First person to register will recieve a custom novelty pin.

There are 3 catagories: rookie (3 or fewer cosplay compititions), intermediate (4-5 cosplay compititions), and expert (6+ competitions OR WINNER of a compitition). NOTE: Experts MAY use a winning costume, but MUST have a different performance. Rookies and Intermediates may enter at a HIGHER rank if they choose.

Performances/skits are REQUIRED for Expert level. Performances/skits are recommended for Rookie and Intermediate; you will NOT be punished, however you may get EXTRA MARKS to your benefit, so please do SOMETHING, it WILL help you to try.

ALL SKITS WILL BE REVIEWED AT COSPLAY REGISTRATION (2:30-3:55). Skits MUST be PG13. The reviewer (non-judge) may give advise and edits to make it fit criteria and WILL allow resubmitions. Use of script is ALLOWED, HOWEVER, you may get extra benefits for memorization. Solo performances should be at LEAST 1 minute. Skits with two or more should be at LEAST 3 minutes.

After the performances, there is going to be a bonus round. Details of this will be announced at the competition. Contestants will be given a choice to be in one of two forms of participation for the bonus round. This round will NOT hurt your score, thus all entries will be participating.

Prizes will go to:

• Best Rookie
• Best Intermediate
• Best Expert
• Otaku's Choice
• Best Show
• Best Costume

Winners will recieve via land mail an Animarathon V Award Certificate, so they should remain after the competition to give us the mailing information.

Due to limited resources, only ONE ITEM can be won by an entry, thus if there are two or more people in a group, only ONE can get a prize, so participants should decide amoungst themselves who gets to keep the prize.

Good luck and have FUN!

Special thanks to Anigames (419-690-0414) for help in providing the prizes.

**Changes may occur depending on participation**