Before the "World Cosplay Summit", where anime and manga enthusiasts from all over the world become characters, will be held in Nagoya City from the 5th, participants from overseas visited Governor Omura and Mayor Kawamura respectively. And the governors also welcomed them in cosplay.
The "World Cosplay Summit" is held every year by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aichi Prefecture to let people know about Japanese culture through anime and manga. It's been years.
On the 4th, representatives from each country participating in the contest visited Governor Omura in costumes of anime and game characters.
Governor Omura greeted us by pretending to be Howl, the main character of the movie "Howl's Moving Castle," and said, "Ghibli Park will open in the fall, so I cosplayed as it. Please enjoy Japan and the Cosplay Summit." '' and welcomed it.
The representatives of each country also visited Mayor Kawamura of Nagoya City.
Mayor Kawamura dressed like Fujio Akatsuka's character "Osomatsu-san," wearing a red hoodie, black jeans, and a distinctive hairstyle with a part of his head popping out. "I was looking forward to seeing you. "Welcome to Nagoya," he said in English.
In response, a German woman who cosplayed as a character from the anime "Love Live!" said, "I'm really happy that she's finally able to come to Japan after three years."
The "World Cosplay Summit" will be held from the 5th to the 7th of this month at venues such as "Oasis 21" in Nagoya City and the Aichi Arts and Culture Center.