Youmacon 2008

October 30–November 2, 2008 Hyatt Regency Dearborn Dearborn, Michigan

Detroit's { Anime / Manga / Gaming / J-Music } Experience

Cosplay

Enjoy dressing up as your favorite characters? Youmacon has many cosplay opportunities.

Signing Up

All cosplay entries require a judging appointment. There will be a desk in Artists' Alley with the required forms, as well as a list of available appointment times. Entrants will sign up for a craftsmanship judging time, a skit approval time, or both. You may enter either or both of the hall cosplay contests, and/or the masquerade, provided that you have a different costume for each. Only the masquerade entrants will be on stage during the masquerade.

During craftsmanship judging, our judges will evaluate the quality and accuracy of the costume(s). During skit approval, our staff will evaluate skits for time and content. CDs with dialogue and/or music to use during the masquerade will also be collected at this point. Skit performance is not pre-judged, but our approvers may give advice to make your final performance more effective.

Masquerade participants should be at the Masquerade Green Room in Panel 2 at 6:00 with their badges for check-in. Participants will wait in the Green Room for their number to be called and return there after their presentation. Awards for both hall cosplay and the masquerade will be given out at the end of the masquerade performances.

General Cosplay Rules

• No metal weapons, real firearms, or props capable of shooting high-velocity projectiles. Realistic weapon props may be peace-bonded at the discretion of security or masquerade staff.
• Props should be carried and posed with in a way that does not inconvenience or injure other attendees.
• Costumes must be tasteful and cover appropriate areas of the body.

Hall Cosplay Contest

The hall cosplay contests give cosplayers a chance to get their craftsmanship judged without the pressures of an audience and a chance to get additional costumes judged.

Craftsmanship Judging Rules

• All of the general cosplay rules above apply.
• All participants must be registered for Youmacon and bring their registration badge to judging.
• Participants must fill out a cosplay registration form with legitimate information for award purposes.
• You may enter the Friday and Saturday hall cosplay contests and the masquerade, but not with the same costume.
• Reference material is required.
• Costumes entered must be of Japanese game, anime, manga or media (Sentai, music, J-rock, etc.) origin. No original characters are permitted. Korean media may be accepted.
• Costumes cannot be judged for craftsmanship if they were primarily store-bought or commissioned. Children 12 and under are exempt from this rule.
• Costumes that have won a major award at other events are ineligible to win another award in the same category.
• You need to make a judging appointment upon cosplay registration. Be sure to show up to judging a few minutes early in your costume. If you miss your appointment, you will be rescheduled, time permitting.

Masquerade

Put on a performance or show off your costuming work in front of a large audience at Youmacon's masquerade! Skits can enter for performance, craftsmanship, or both, or you can model your costume in a walk-on for craftsmanship judging.

Time Allotments

Masquerade Rules

• All the general cosplay and craftsmanship judging rules above apply.
• Keep skits PG-13 rated.
• Groups may not exceed 7 people.
• No jumping onto or off of the stage or acrobatics.
• No throwing items off of the stage.
• Clean up after yourself. Do not leave anything behind on the stage.
• Stage combat will be allowed only if approved by the judges after a demonstration.
• No special effects. Electronic flashes are permitted only if okayed by masquerade staff. An announcement will be made to attendees at the start of your skit.
• Karaoke is not a skit. Please save it for the karaoke.
• No surprises.

Cosplay Photo Shoot Gatherings

Youmacon will have scheduled gatherings for cosplayers from the same series to meet up and get photos. Times will be determined when the con schedule is released in the fall; many will be coordinated with events.

Gatherings will be scheduled for:

• Air Gear
• Bleach
• CLAMP
• Code Geass
• Cosplay.com
• D.Gray-Man
• Death Note
• Final Fantasy
• Fruits Basket
• Fullmetal Alchemist
• Gundam
• Gurren Lagann
• .Hack
• InuYasha
• J-Fashion
• J-Rock/J-Pop
• Kingdom Hearts/Kingdom Hearts II
• Loveless
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Naruto
• Nintendo
• Ouran High School Host Club
• Pokémon
• Ragnarok Online
• Sailor Moon
• Tales of...
• Wolf's Rain
• Yu-Gi-Oh!

If you want a gathering to be added to the list, suggest it in our forum, and if it gathers enough interest we'll add it.

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