Cosplay Registration and Category Updates for Cosplay Competition
Good news for individual cosplay registrants! We have decided to increase the individual cosplay limit to 150 cosplayers. Due to these changes, there will be 8 winners for individual categories which would be as follows:
- Best Overall Cosplayer
- Best Anime/Manga Cosplayer
- Best Video Games Cosplayer
- Best Western Comics and Cartoons Cosplayer
- Best Jpop/Jrock Cosplayer (cosplaying the artist or celebrity)
- Best TV/Movies/Live-Action Cosplayer
- Best Lineage Cosplay
- Best Levelup Cosplay
Also, we will be limiting group cosplay registration to 5 groups, instead of 10.
Reminder to all cosplayers: Original and harajuku cosplay will not be allowed. For more details on the cosplay guidelines, please proceed here. For questions and suggestions, you can direct them to FilCosplay Forums.
New Activities and Logos
We are pleased to share with you the new logos for the CBC and Costube contests within Cosplay Mania! Haven't seen the rules and guidelines? Then click on the images below!
Also watch out for more activities we have in store for everyone! Here are some of them:
Update: Costrip Fighter Alpha Page is now up! Click on the activity logo or click here to view details.
Individual Cosplay Contest Categories
For our event, we will be classifying cosplayers into 5 major categories which are as follows:
- Anime/Manga
- Video Games
- Western Comics and Cartoons
- Jpop/Jrock (cosplaying the artist or celebrity)
- TV/Movies/Live-Action
Based on the judges scores, we will pick out one best cosplayer for each category, plus an overall winner.
Reminder to all cosplayers: Original and harajuku cosplay will not be allowed. For more details on the cosplay guidelines, please proceed here. For questions and suggestions, you can direct them to FilCosplay Forums.
Cosplay Video Contest Rules are now UP!
Calling all potential filmmakers!
The Cosplay Video Contest Rules are now available for public viewing. Please refer to the Cosplay Video Contest links under Contests and Activities found in the right menu of the page.
Registration form is not yet online, but it will be open soon. In the meantime, start visualizing and making those videos!
Check out our Video Channel for Cosplay Mania's official video teaser.
EDIT (08/12/2008): Registration form is now live! New sample registration form template uploaded. Please check out the link to your right.
Cosplay Mania / Filcosplay’s Banner Contest
Join the in-forum Banner Contest, now ongoing! Winners will get cool prizes and will receive them during the Cosplay Mania event! All qualifying entries will be featured at the Cosplay.ph gallery, and the top finalists will become part of the FilCosplay forum design for 2008-2009!
Click the banner above to take you to the contest thread! Join now!
cosplaymania.com now online!
We are pleased to share with everyone the official website for Cosplay Mania. Its simple and very easy to remember - http://cosplaymania.com! Dont forget to bookmark (or press CTRL+D)!
Feel free to browse through the website for details on the event's contests and activities. We shall be loading the site with more content in the next few days, so please check back often for updates!
In the meantime, let me share with you our teaser poster - featuring cosplay.ph members hitman as Optimus Prime from Transformers the Movie and kero as IronMonger. Also watch out for more online teasers!
website updates
We have uploaded / edited the following pages:
- About Us
- Contests and Activities
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Contact Us






