EPICon Cosplay Contest Winners!

September 1, 2010 1:24 pm

Hello, I'm Titania McGee with Channel 5 Action News, your best source for up to date EPICon information!

It's a full house this morning in the main auditorium at EPICon, as conference officials will be announcing this year's Cosplay Contest winners any minute now...

And first place goes to , playing as Princess Jasmine! Here is the winning costume:

In her own words: "Princess Jasmine from the Disney Classic movie, "Aladdin," was my inspiration. She is featured here with her pet tiger, Rajah. She lives in the palace of Agrabah (also shown behind her) which is located in the desert."

Be sure to check out all of this year's winners!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Congrats to the winners! I'm actually glad it's not all anime wins. I honestly thought those would be the ones cause there were tons of anime/manga entries, especially ones I never seen before. I think categories would be good for next year. I voted based on the effort/likeness of who they are imitating and these are all fantastic. Love the old spice guy, what a wonderful idea! <3 This comment is now diamonds. XD

As for bitter people and conspiracy theories... seriously get over it. It's not a presidential election.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

8 out of 10 winners were Disney characters.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

You know guys, if you're sa no L or no Sebastian from Black butler won, go look at how easy it is to make a cosplay from these guys, and compare to the complexity done with some of these winners.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Yeah, I only saw Ursula. (Which I voted for. lol.) But that's cool I wasn't on like at all this convention.

I totally love the Edward Scissorhands, Jasmine, Queen of Hearts, and Old Spice Man though! <3 Congrats!!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Congrats to the winner!

Personally, I'm just happy mine got some votes! YAY!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Hey, she was the last person I voted for! XD Congrats! It is a very thorough, accurate and attractive cosplay. heart

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Hey, she was the last person I voted for! XD Congrats! It is a very thorough, accurate and attractive cosplay. >3<

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Fff, I never even SAW those cosplayers. So cute! DX -clings to Miguel-

Congrats, you guys!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Damn, I really wished I'd known about entering this... lol! Well done to the finalists and the winner!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I didn't even see half of these, but congrats to them!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Congrats to all the winners!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">The winner was a beautiful entry. I have to admit, though, that in a whole week of voting I saw almost none of the runner ups even once. Strange.

SAME. obviously a conspiracy. congrats to the winners! i am a little disappointed my favorite ones didn't get runner ups :^(

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Lol love the cosplay, never saw it tho :S

Gratz to all the people who entered and winners

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Oh, by the way, I'm hoping we'll be able to see how many votes we got later? 3: I know I earned 256 points, but I've no idea how many votes that counts for, haha.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Oh man, I love that Miguel cosplay. xD I never saw that entry, I would've totally voted for it~ I didn't see a few of the other ones too, but there were a couple days when I wasn't online to vote anyway, so whatevs. P: Congratulations everyone! And thanks to all the staff who put the contest together, it was tons of fun, I'd love to see more things like it in the future. I don't think I even have the heart to change out of my cosplay yet.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Congratz to all the winners! The only one I saw was the Jasmin cosplay, which I did vote for. The winners all deserved to win~ They all look great! OMG IS THAT EL DORADO'S MIGUEL I SEE! LOL, The man you could smell like is so funny xD

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I voted for the Tia Dalma one. 8D She was amazing. -none of the other top 10 showed up for voting- Congrats to all you guys! The Man Your Man Could Smell Like = WIN.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Congrats to all the winners! Very much deserved

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Do points = number of times you were voted for? orrrr what?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Congrats to all winners. ^^

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Not complaining just saying ...I kept seeing the same three cosplayers every time I voted..

Congrats to the winners ...GO DISNEY

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I really like Spasmodically's, and a lot of the other Top 10's, but, honestly, some of the entries were just crap.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I'm on a horse.

I loved that cosplay, I voted for it when it came up <3

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The winner was a beautiful entry. I have to admit, though, that in a whole week of voting I saw almost none of the runner ups even once. Strange.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The Old Spice Man just wins in my books hands down XD SOOOO glad he's up there and whoever did that cosplay, I LOVE YOU FOREVER ;o;

The Jasmine was absolutely fantastic, very well deserved win I just love the background you used, it's so appropriate <3

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I voted for The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (Amazing cosplay! ) and The eighth place Carl Fredrickson.

I have to say The Man Your Man Could Smell Like cosplay was my favorite, and I'm glad it got third place. All the others are amazing as well, don't get me wrong, I just loved that cosplay to death.

Congrats to all who won! You deserved it!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Congrats to the winners.. well deserved

I have to say, I LOVED this part of the event. I haven't ever put so much thought into a costume and I looked forward to voting because I saw so many brilliant HAs every day. Some people were so imaginative and when I'd look at the ref and realize just how perfect a person had managed to recreate it, it made me really appreciate all that's been done for us here as far as clothing is concerned and how many people here are just over the top creative.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Congrats everyone! I do wonder how many points you guys got. xD

The issue I regularly saw with anime/video game cosplays were that they were either:

plain clothes thus far too easy to cosplay
missing some really obvious items. Seriously I saw someone without a gun when their ref had a gun. If you can't afford all the items in the ref then don't use that ref or do that character.
refs weren't clear or complete. I'm supposed to judge you based on a HEADSHOT? REALLY?
No refs. Just cuz you watch the anime or play the game and recognise yourself right away, doesn't mean the rest of us do.

I love how much Disney is in winners row. If I cosplayed at any convention it would be something Disney FOR SURE.

Was mostly surprised at the lack of Harry Potter showing up there!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Congrats to all the winners, they all look amazing and well-deserved! I'm also happy I got 142 points for Nico easily by this Contest. xD

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Awesome. I saw this and thought it was one of the best! Well deserved first place winner. Congrats, Spasmodically!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

DEAR KEITH AND STAFF, THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR A SUPER-FUN EVENT THAT I, AND EVERYBODY ELSE POSTING HERE (even the complainers) PARTICIPATED IN. YOU DID THE BEST JOB YOU COULD WHILE DOING A NEW EVENT FOR US AND IT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL. I'M SORRY THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE SELFISH, ANNOYING, CRY BABIES AND CAN'T APPRECIATE ANY OF YOUR HARD WORK. LOVES FOREVER (with rainbows & glitter & streamers,) Alicia.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The main reason I didn't vote for many Anime characters was that alot of the cosplays were really easy. When voting, they first had to have a reference. If I immediately knew who they were without a reference, then awesome and i would consider it, but most of them with no reference i had.. no idea. Then, I was drawn to the ones that i recognized. But even if i didn't recognize it, i would vote, considering it was a good and complex cosplay - when someone does a cosplay of an anime character that's super accurate, but because it's like, a suit, i wasn't impressed. I was more looking for complexity and ingenuity when voting than accuracy. (For example, i think the Tia Dalma one is great, and obviously required a lot of creative thinking.)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I only saw and voted for The Man Your Man Could Smell Like. As stated previously the rest never showed up as options on any of the pages that I saw. Like others have also said... I too voted for who I thought had the best costume and the most creative ideas and I will admit that I voted for many of the anime entrants. I too am disappointed that almost everything in the top 10 was from Disney/Pixar when there were so many other great categories of cosplay characters. I took the time to look at every reference picture and cosplay character to gauge the likeness and effort. I voted for many of the anime, fantasy and sci-fi characters. I did NOT vote for the character but for the talent! However...this was fun!!!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

- you can't simultaneously tell people who wished something Anime-related had made it into the top ten to ''grow up'' while cheering that the Old Spice guy got it. People will value what they like, and want it to win. Really... there's no difference... only bias.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

OMG! dies

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I like how they're almost all disney ones. xP Grats to the winners.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Congrats to the winners! I think I only saw (and voted for) the Buzz Lightyear entry- the rest never showed up as options. Like others, I voted for who I thought had the best costume and the most creative idea- I personally never would have thought about characters like the main character from "Up", or any of the other winners if I had entered the contest myself. If they had a creative idea AND pulled it off well, I voted for it. Only once did I vote for an entry without a ref picture though (even if I knew the character) because it wasn't enough to just look sorta like a character, I wanted to see HOW well they became that character (details can mean everything!)

There were a lot of great anime and video game characters too- some I voted for, some I didn't. If I thought one entry was more clever than another, that's who got my vote.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Awesome cosplays, guys! ^__^ Congrats to the winners. Next convention, I hope the contest is separated into categories. Video games, Manga/Anime, Tv Shows, Movies.. you know, stuff like that. I think that would be more organized than what happened this year. c: But yes, it was great fun anyways!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Kudos man, that's real wicked. c: And this is the first time I've seen it.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

anyone ever wonder why the achievements didn't come out till after the event was over?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

LOL @ all the baww no anime comments. Seriously folks, grow up.

Congrats to the winners! I'm tickled to death that the old spice man made it into the top 10, I voted for it every single time it came up and cracked up over it XD

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Wow lots of great looks I didn't see any of them when I was voting xD

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

nice jasmine though i have to say i never saw it... or most of the others, to be honest i thought the zelda's would have had a chance at top ten XDwhen i saw the tiadalma i was like "i dont even need to see your reference"click

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Hahahahaha the old spice man!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

omg grats everyone! old spice guy, i voted for you bb

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Congrats to the winners. I'm a little disappointed that almost all the winners were of Disney and not of some lesser known branch.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

All of the winners are great, but...I'm a little dissapointed that almost everything was from disney/pixar. I know a lot of people who put a TON of effort into making costumes from lesser known anime/game series and didn't even get a second look because everyone was lazy and only voted for recognizable characters. I'm not saying I have a huge problem with it, since I knew it was going to happen, but perhaps next time we have something like this, we should have different categories? Like movies in one section, anime/games in another, disney, in another, etc. so that we can have a little bit of everything win? Just a suggestion. Again, congrats to all of the winners!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

old spice ftw! 8D and congrats to the winners. i think i voted for Tia Dalma at one point, haha. c:

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I never saw Jasmine or a greater majority of the top 10, but I did see Edward & voted for him ( best cos I saw). Also saw Ursula & voted for her.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Oh, and I'll second the disappointment at all the winners being recognizable (somewhat. Old Spice Guy... not so much.) but alas, that's how things work with these contests.

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