Comic Con India announces Indian Championships of Cosplay

India’s best/chosen cosplayer will represent the country at the Annual Crown Championships of Cosplay at Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo

Comic Con India has announced ‘Indian Championships of Cosplay’, an initiative by Comic Con India, to encourage local cosplayers to go professional by providing them an international platform to showcase their talent.

Speaking on the initiative, Jatin Varma, founder, Comic Con India, said “I am extremely excited to start our new initiative to promote cosplay in India and provide an international platform to Indian cosplayers! In addition to being the grand prize winners of our city-wise cosplay contests, the 10 finalists are in the running to become the national champion and represent India at our sister show, Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo 2015!”
“We hope to continue expanding this championship further each year and grow the cosplay community in the country”, he added.

‘Indian Championships of Cosplay’ is the first of its kind national championship of cosplay, which brings the best and brightest cosplayers from across India. A total of ten finalists will be competing for the championship.

The nominations have been announced and votings are open at comicconindia.com/ICC, where fans can vote for their favourite cosplayer and can find a pitch from each finalist on the website, in the form of images, videos and write up about the finalist to know each contender better.

Once selected, the Indian champion qualifies directly into the championship round of ‘Crown Championship of Cosplay’ at C2E2 2016, the most prestigious cosplay competition in the world.

The Indian champion will be representing Comic Con India as a regional champion against champions from US, Australia, Europe. Voting for the competition closes on January 24 and the winner will be announced on January 26 on the website and all social media pages of Comic Con India.