Please fill out the form below if you wish to enter the Anime Night cosplay contest at Anime Night: Live In Pittsburgh at the Roxian Theatre on May 25th, 2024. Entry will be limited to 15 contestants, and will remain open until May 21st, 2023 unless all spots are filled sooner.
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All contestants must have purchased a GA ticket to enter.
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All costumes entered must be based on an anime, or anime character. (I.E. No original characters, and no characters not featured in an anime. Ex: Woody from Toy Story wouldn't be acceptable as there is no Toy Story anime, but 2B for Nier Automata would be, because although is was a video game first, there is also an anime featuring the character).
3. Costume must be worn by applicant.
4. No group cosplay. (If you and a friend(s) are doing a group cosplay, you are still welome to enter the cost, but you will be judged individually. If you would like to instead show off your work as a group, please come find us at our merch table the day of to sign up for our masquerade!)
5. No hate speech, racist, sexist, or prejudice cosplay of any kind.
6. No nudity or performance of sexual acts.
7. No weapons. Any weapon like props must be approved in advance.
8. No bullying of any kind to the other contestants, panelists, staff, or concert attendees.
9. No industry professionals. (For real, if you're that good, you don't need to enter this contest. If you'd like to collaborate with us at an event, please just reach out! Let's allow this contest to be something accessible by cosplayers of all skill levels!)
10. Have fun.
Prizes
After every contestant has been introduced, a top three will be chosen by the panelists, and the prizes will be received as followed!
1st Place:
2 Guest Passes for the next local Anime Night event, with the winner invited to serve as a guest panelist alongside our judges for the next event.
1 Guest Badge to 3 Rivers Comic Con
1 $25 Gift Card to Arcadia Collectibles
An "Anime Night" Merch Bundle, pick 3 items of your style and size
More Prizes TBA
2nd Place
1 Guest Badge to 3 Rivers Comic Con
1 $20 Gift Card to Arcardia Collectibles
1 Free Anime Night merch item of your choice
More Prizes TBA
3rd Place
1 Free Anime Night merch item of your choice
More Prizes TBA
Tickets
Please be sure to purchase your tickets before filling out the contest registration. In the event of a sell out. we won't be able to accomodate sign ups that were made before the event hit sellable capacity if a ticket hadn't been previously purchased.
