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July 19 (Sat) 4:30pm @ Pagoda Stage, Japantown

JPSF 2014 and AOD are very happy to bring you another glorious COSPLAY MASQUERADE!
Presented by AOD



★ HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
You can sign up via email OR on site (First-come, first-served basis). The first 20 entries of cosplayers and groups who signs up will be able to participate in the Cosplay Masquerade 2014 and receive a special gift from SEGA!

① EMAIL:
Email Contest@J-POP.com by 7/14 (Mon) 5pm PST with the following information and material. *All performers who will use soundtrack need to sign up thru email and send in their sound file!!
1. Name
2. Stage Name (if you have)
3. Email Address
4. Age: If under 18, we need your parental permission form & accompaniment of parent/guardian at festival. Please DOWNLOAD THE FORM HERE – please have signed and scanned, faxed or take a digital photo and send back to contest@j-pop.com WITH the sign up email.
5. Cellphone (emergency contact use only)
6. Are you performing or doing a display walk-on?
7. Your sound file (wav, aiff, m4a formats (do not up-convert from mp3 or lower formats)).
● DEADLINE: 7/14 Monday by 5:00pm PST

…OR…
② SIGN UP ON SITE!*
Come to AOD booth early on Post Street on Saturday. We are accepting sign ups for participants who want to WALK the stage (without skit or performance).
● Registration: 7/19 Saturday (11:00am~4:00pm) at AOD Booth
*When we have 20 entries of cosplayers and groups who register via email by then, we no longer accept the contestants.

Read more details below!

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☆ Winning Categories:
● Winner (or Best Entry)
● Best Costume
● Best Performance

☆ Prizes:
● Passes to AOD 2015 will be given for the best overall entry, best performance, and best costume.
● All contestants will receive a special gift from SEGA and more!!

☆ Rules:
1. The maximum number of people allowed in an entry is 6.
2. Performances must not exceed 3 minutes.
3. Performances must submit their audio before 7/14 (Mon) 5pm PST
4. Audio that is longer than 3 minutes (please edit to fit), or not in the allowed formats will be discarded and your entry will be changed to a display walk-on. Allowed audio formats are: wav, aiff, m4a formats (do not up-convert from mp3 or lower formats).
5. Entrants that choose to do a display walk-on should be prepared to introduce themselves and answer a few questions from our MC.
6. Have some good clean fun! Remember this is a street fair so all sorts of people will get to see your costume and performance!

☆ Judges:
To be announced very soon!

☆ NOTE:
If you are signing up on site and under 18, we need you to bring a printed and signed copy of the parental (legal guardian)’s consent form for you to perform on stage. Please download from this page. Please submit the signed copy at check-in (once you qualify).
☞ DOWNLOAD FORM HERE: 2014 Appearance Agreement UNDER18.pdf

*Contest participants will be subject to festival photography and videos (official and unofficial), and the result may appear in j-pop.com, J-POP SUMMIT Festival’s future promotional materials, social medias, affiliated sites, and broadcasts of media partners and sponsors, as well as in NEW PEOPLE’s Flickr albums. J-POP SUMMIT Festival does not take responsibility nor action for unofficial photos and images taken in our festival ground. When you join us at the wardrobe screening, we assume that you understand these facts.