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Ozine Fest 08 Cosplay Guidelines
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   1. Ozine Fest cosplay event is open to all event attendees.

   2. Ozine Fest cosplay event will be an OPEN CATEGORY event where participants could cosplay any character that they want from any genre whether it's from an anime, manga, games, comics, movies, western animation, visual kei, harajuku fashion, etc. Pls. keep in mind that Original Characters are not qualified.

   3. Ozine Fest cosplay event will be held for two days (April 5-6). Day 1 (April 5) cosplay will be a GROUP cosplay event while Day 2 (April 6) cosplay will be an INDIVIDUAL cosplay event.

   4. The cosplay registration will be both an on-site/at-con registration ONLY.

   5. All registrants are required to submit a reference picture of the character that they’ll be cosplaying upon registration. Pls. refer to the Picture Reference Submission section for the procedure.

   6. Cosplayers under eighteen (18) years of age as of cosplay event date must have their parent/s and/or legal guardian/s sign the waiver/image release form which will be distributed at the event.

   7. Fanservice (ie. yaoi, yuri, etc.) is allowed but should be “General Patronage”. Any kind of extreme kind of fanservice (ie. kissing, PDA, etc.) that is deemed inappropriate for minors are strictly prohibited. Keep in mind that the Ozine Fest is a wholesome and a General Patronage event.

   8. Costumes that are too revealing (ie. exposes private parts) are prohibited. Scantly clad and/or sexy costumes are allowed but are not encouraged. The Ozine Fest cosplay team has the right to disqualify any participant on this ground.

   9. All kinds of costume props must be handled with utmost care and must not be harmful to his/her fellow cosplayers, event staff and event attendees. Any kind of sharp and/or bladed objects that will be used as costume props that could cut human flesh are strictly prohibited. Any kind of pyrotechnic equipment/s that will be used as costume props that could render damage to the venue and/or property is strictly prohibited.

  10. The Ozine Fest cosplay team, Ozine Fest organizers and its staff will not be held responsible for damage or injury resulting from mishandling and/or negligence of a cosplayer in his/her use of props/materials throughout the duration of the event.

  11. Ozine Fest organizers reserve the right to disqualify any cosplayer who ignores and/or violates any of the aforementioned guidelines.

  12. Registration and participation to the cosplay event constitutes that the cosplayer gives the right and the authority to Ozine Fest organizers/staff, its sponsors and authorized press media to take pictures and/or videos of registered cosplayers, cosplay groups and its members and will be the sole property of the organizers/staff, its sponsors and authorized press media to be used for future publications and/or advertising promotions.

  13. All BGMs that will be used for the cosplay skit must be in audio format (.CDA) or in MP3 format and must be within the limit of their cosplay skit. Audio CDs must be properly labeled and submitted at the event itself upon registration. A cosplay group is required to have a sound director/representative who will assist the Ozine Fest technical team in the usage of their CDs.


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Individual Cosplay Guidelines
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   1. There will be no entry limit for the Individual Cosplay. However, there is a deadline for the registration and anyone who registered before the deadline is included to the official list of Individual Cosplay participants.

   2. All individual cosplay participants are required to be in costume when registering.

   3. Individual cosplay participants are qualified to join the Group Cosplay event even as a minor role or as a prop.


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Group Cosplay Guidelines
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   1. A cosplay group must consist of at least five (5) and a maximum of twelve (12) members per group.

   2. There will be any entry limit of ten (10) groups for the Group Cosplay. There is a deadline for the registration and anyone who registered before the deadline is included to the official list of Group Cosplay participants.

   3. A member of a particular cosplay group can only join ONE COSPLAY GROUP and he/she will not allowed joining multiple cosplay group/s.

   4. A member of a particular cosplay group is qualified and allowed to join the Individual cosplay event which will be held on Day 2 (April 6).

   5. All cosplay groups are required to have a cosplay skit. Each cosplay group will be given a maximum of 5 minutes of stage time to do their skits.

   6. We prohibit purley dance choreography/skit.

   7. All BGMs that will be used for the cosplay skit must be in audio format (.CDA) or in MP3 format and must be within the limit of their cosplay skit. Audio CDs must be properly labeled and submitted at the event itself upon registration. A cosplay group is required to have a sound director/representative who will assist the Ozine Fest technical team in the usage of their CDs.


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Picture Reference Submission
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   1. Each cosplayer is required to submit a digital file of the picture of the character that they’ll be cosplaying.

   2. All digital pictures must be in JPEG, GIF or PNG and must not exceed 10MB.

   3. All digital pictures must not go below 144 x 288 pixels (wallet size) and must not go beyond 792 x 594 pixels (short bond paper size).

   4. It is highly recommended to submit a full-body colored picture of the character that would be cosplayed. We’ll accept black/white pictures.

   5. All digital pictures must be stored either on a USB thumb drive or on a CD.