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Close up and pan across of Team Italia winners of 2013 World's Cosplay Summit. Team Italia, Andrea Vesnaver and Massimo Barbera., Italian competitors. 2. Wide shot of presentation to Team...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eOasis 21, Nagoya, Japan - August 3,  2013\u003cbr/\u003e1. Close up and pan across of Team Italia winners of 2013 World's Cosplay Summit. Team Italia, Andrea Vesnaver and Massimo Barbera., Italian competitors. \u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide shot of presentation to Team Italia.\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide shot of audience.\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide shot of Team Italia and other winners.\u003cbr/\u003eInternational Hotel, Nagoya, Japan -  August 3, 2013\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE:(English) Ben Hufford, Liaison officer for the World Cosplay Summit Organising Committee.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The World Cosplay Summit, started in 2003 and originally it was bringing Cosplayers from different countries to Japan to sit down and really talk about their way of doing Cosplay. To really share how different countries do different cosplays and it has grown from there. In 2005 we started doing a championship stage, where we take people from different countries that have won their preliminary rounds against everyone in their country and take them to Japan and have them compete against all the different countries that are in the World Cosplay Summit and we try to find the best cosplayer in the world.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNishiki Dori, Nagoya, Japan \u003cbr/\u003eAugust 3 2013\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide shot of Cosplay performers on red carpet.\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid shot of Cosplay performers on red carpet.\u003cbr/\u003e8. Various shots of Cosplay performers on red carpet.\u003cbr/\u003e9. Pan up on Thailand Cosplayers.\u003cbr/\u003e10. Mid shot of audience.\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide shot of Cosplay performers on red carpet.\u003cbr/\u003eInternational Hotel, Nagoya, August 3, 2013\u003cbr/\u003e12.  SOUNDBITE:(English) Ben Hufford, Liaison officer for the World Cosplay Summit Organising Committee.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Cosplayers can be anyone.  We have people that are 40 who have joined this year. Our Italian team are actually in \u003cbr/\u003etheir 40s, we also have people that are not even 20 yet.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNishiki Dori, Nagoya, Japan.\u003cbr/\u003eAugust 3 2013\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various of the Italian team.  \u003cbr/\u003e14. Tilt down of other competitors posing for photographers.\u003cbr/\u003eInternational Hotel, Nagoya, Japan \u003cbr/\u003eAugust 3, 2013\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (English)  Ben Hufford Liaison officer for the World Cosplay Summit Organising Committee.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Anyone can be a cosplayer. We try to celebrate that by bringing people from all over the world, bringing people from all \u003cbr/\u003edifferent ages and life style groups and everything to share their passion.  So anyone who loves animation, anyone who loves Japanese culture, Japanese anime, to really bring that together and express it through the mimicking and copying that animation or game and to really become that character.\"\u003cbr/\u003eOasis 21, Nagoya, Japan.\u003cbr/\u003eAugust 3,  2013\u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of local cosplayers in the Oasis 21 grounds.\u003cbr/\u003e17. Pan across from Oasis 21 building to crowd below.\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (Japanese.) Tsugo Rie \u0026amp;amp; Maeda Suki Cosplayers from Nagoya (Maeda frame right.)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am really happy.\" \u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Tsugo Rie Cosplayer from Nagoya, Japan. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Me, too.\" \u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Maeda Suki Cosplayer from Nagoya Japan.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am really happy that Japanese anime is being shown outside Japan. I love dressing up as my favourite character and it makes me happy that people outside Japan are doing the same thing.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of Performance sign\u003cbr/\u003e22. Various mid shots of the championship performances\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide shot of audience and stage.\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide shot of stage\u003cbr/\u003e25. Mid shot of performers\u003cbr/\u003eInternational Hotel, Nagoya, August 3, 2013\u003cbr/\u003e26. SOUNDBITE (English.)  Ben Hufford Liaison officer for the World Cosplay Summit Organising Committee.\u003cbr/\u003e \"Cosplayers are evaluated with a points system. Part of their score is based on their craftsmanship so we actually have the organisers look at their costumes. The organisers are cosplayers themselves some of the times and if not they know a lot about cosplaying, how to make costumes, make props and things.  And we judge them based on their creativity as well as how close they are to the actual anime or game that they are trying to match.\"\u003cbr/\u003e27. Midshot of winning performance by Team Italia.\u003cbr/\u003e28. Wide shot of Team Italia on stage.\u003cbr/\u003e29. Various mid shot of Team Italia on stage\u003cbr/\u003e30. Tilt up on Team Italia performer\u003cbr/\u003eCosplay fans from around the world have been dressing up as famous anime characters in Japan.\u003cbr/\u003eAt this year's event Team Italy won top prize for their costumes which took four years to make.  \u003cbr/\u003eVictory here at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya for these Italian competitors.\u003cbr/\u003eAndrea Vesnaver and Massimo Barbera competed for the first time in the event held on August 3rd 2013.\u003cbr/\u003eThey based their performance on the Japanese anime \"Mazinkaiser: Shitou! Ankoku Daishogun\". \u003cbr/\u003eIt took them four years to build the costumes.\u003cbr/\u003e'Mazinkaiser: Shitou! Ankoku Daishogun' is based around a race of subterranean beasts called Mikene who appear randomly and cause chaos.\u003cbr/\u003eTheir aim is to bring about the death of Kouji Kabuto, who pilots the Mazinkaiser. Daishogun is the feared leader of the Mikene. \u003cbr/\u003eCosplay is short for costume play where participants wear costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or work of fiction.\u003cbr/\u003eFavourite sources include manga, anime, comic books, video games, and films.\u003cbr/\u003eIt started in Japan but has many followers across the world. \u003cbr/\u003eThe first Cosplay Summit was held in 2003 and its popularity has steadily grown.\u003cbr/\u003eThis year Cosplayers from 20 countries took part.\u003cbr/\u003eBen Hufford is the International liaison officer for the World Cosplay Summit Organising Committee.\u003cbr/\u003e \"Cosplayers are evaluated with a points system,\" he says. \"Part of their score is based on their craftsmanship so we actually have the organisers look at their costumes and we judge them based on their creativity as well as how close they are to the actual anime or game that they are trying to match.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe Italian competitors who are in their forties are the oldest people taking part in the competition. \u003cbr/\u003eMost of the other competitors are in their teens or twenties.\u003cbr/\u003eThe day starts with a parade along one of the main streets in Nagoya Nishiki Dori and ends at Oasis 21, the venue for the main competition.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Summit attracts Cosplayers from throughout Japan as well as those from around the world.\u003cbr/\u003eAmong them are Tsugo Rie and Maeda Suki, Cosplayers from Nagoya.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am really happy that Japanese anime is being shown outside Japan.\" says Maeda. \"I love dressing up as my favourite character and it makes me happy that people outside Japan are doing the same thing.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe competing teams each have 2 and a half minutes to give their performance.\u003cbr/\u003eCostumes must be hand made and competitors are evaluated on their craftsmanship, creativity and how closely they resemble the characters that they 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