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This was the 2015 World Cosplay Summit that was held in Osu Kannon (Nagoya), Japan. The annual event promotes friendly international exchanges, through anime, manga and other parts of the Japanese pop culture. Also known as WCS, the summit began in 2003 with the goal of establishing international friendship and camaraderie, through the famous media products of Japan. Because of this purpose, the Japanese goverment decided to help the event starting in 2008. The ministries that are now involved with WCS are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

A cosplay competition called the 'Cosplay Championship' was originally held at Aichi Expo in 2005 and in 2015, the championship was moved to the largest venue within the Aichi Arts Center, called 'The Theater.'

Tags: anime, cosplay, World Cosplay Summit, Osu Kannon, Nagoya, pop culture