The WCS 2009 web page is finally up!!! Kishimoto-san (aka DJ Kissy) has been slaving on it for months and I'll bet he's pretty happy to have it online.
I did a little poking around and found some great upgrades from previous versions.
Right on the top page you can see some very cool fade in images from last years event. Whoever did the image selection and editing did a great job!
Profiles of the 9 teams that have been selected until now can be found in the profiles section:
http://www.tv-aichi.co.jp/wcs/2009/e/profile/index.php
You can see the photo gallery from the countries already selected as well:
http://www.tv-aichi.co.jp/wcs/2009/e/gallery/
There are reports available on the proceedings of each national final with placement and performance details of each preliminary event participant:
http://www.tv-aichi.co.jp/wcs/2009/e/report/
There is plenty of details on rules and regulations. Take a look at them, there are some changes from 2008:
http://www.tv-aichi.co.jp/wcs/2009/e/event/wcs_reg.php
Another cool new part to the web page is the complete list of preliminary rounds. With 15 countries participating now its easy to make a mistake with which preliminary took place when. I have made that mistake. (>,<) Also, there is detailed information on the multiple regional rounds in Brazil and Australia.
http://www.tv-aichi.co.jp/wcs/2009/e/preliminary/
Another need addition is a new sort of random image selection on the right side, keep clicking through and maybe come across some content that you haven't seen before.
Altogether a pretty robust page with lots of content to go through. Enjoy and you can say thanks to DJ Kissy for his hard work by leaving a comment here:
http://www.tv-aichi.co.jp/blog/wcs/2009/04/up_4.html
Comments (3)
I see the rules,but I not understand something,"Cosplays from Shueisha titles are prohibited" it is for people who not participed too(dress for photo)?
Posted by sayuri | April 20, 2009 5:09 PM
Posted on April 20, 2009 17:09
Thank you for your question Sayuri!
The rule about "Cosplays from Shueisha titles" is only for the WCS representatives who compete at the event in Japan. It's not for cosplayers who participate in the audience watching the event in Japan and there are no restrictions during the preliminary round in your country.
So you can participate in WCS regardless of this rule although if you are aiming at participating in the event in Japan keep the regulation in mind.
We are looking forward to seeing you at WCS2009!
Posted by WEB MASTER Kiss Y | April 21, 2009 10:36 AM
Posted on April 21, 2009 10:36
OMEDETO KISSY!!
and all the rest of WCS staff ;)
see you soon
Posted by Cutie Mario | April 21, 2009 3:58 PM
Posted on April 21, 2009 15:58