Cosplay Competiton

The World Cosplay Summit (WCS) is back again at MEFCC for its 3rd appearance! Bringing you the chance to make your dreams come true and travel to Japan to compete in a cosplay championship like no other! Grab a buddy and start working on your cosplays and props to participate in the WCS 2023 Preliminaries at MEFCC 2023. This category requires teams of two participants to perform onstage and attend a prejudging round where all the costumes and props will be examined by our esteemed professional cosplay judges and a representative from the WCS Board. The winning team will get the opportunity to represent the UAE at the WCS Summit 2023 Finals in Nagoya, Japan during the summer!

Are you a specialist in costume design? Do you build your own armor or sew your own dress? Is your attention to detail so specific that your character ends up looking perfect and as extremely cool as they look in their respective source material? Then this is the perfect category for you! Bring your ultimate craftsmanship game in this new category as our cosplay judges will look closely to examine your cosplay building skills and guide you on how you unleash your full crafting potential.

Prize Money:

• 1st Place: 12,000 AED
• 2nd Place: 6,000 AED
• 3rd Place: 3,000 AED

Not everyone works on their own costumes and that’s completely fine! However, there are cosplayers who can bring their favorite characters to life! And we are not talking looks, it can easily be shown through their speech, moves, manners, and performance on stage. If you’ve got what it takes to bring your favorite character to life, go on ahead, wow the MEFCC audience and make the stage your own playground!

Prize Money:

• 1st Place: 5,000 AED
• 2nd Place: 3,000 AED
• 3rd Place: 1,000 AED

Talent exists in all forms of cosplay, especially if it involves cuteness and straight up awesomeness at a very young age. To our little Stormtroopers, Wonder Women, Spidermen and Ninjas, the stage will be yours to take over MEFCC as we celebrate your enthusiasm and skills in this category.

Prizes:

• Everyone is a winner (Exclusive MEFCC Swag Bag)