In cooperation with Cosplayers Archive, Panasonic, and Mulodo, WCS Inc., the organizers of the World Cosplay Summit competition has officially launched an online cosplay platform named "Cosplayers.Global" that is available in 10 languages: Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplify and Traditional), Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Indonesian, Thai, and Russian.
World Cosplay Summit started in 2003 by TV Aichi, and had 30 country members last year. This year's competition is scheduled to be held in Aich Prefecture from July 29 to August 6.
The official post on the site explains its service as below:
"Cosplayers.Global is a SNS service that is able for people all around the world to enjoy without the language barrier. Other than posting cosplay images there are functions to celebrate character’s birthdays,
a heat map to know what is popular around the world, we have prepared a structure for people who
love Japan’s anime, manga and games. We will implement more functions to enjoy communication
with [cosplay] in the future, please stay tuned!
First login and upload your proudest cosplay picture from the “+” button on the bottom right. That will be
the first step to the world."
The site is also set to offer various Cosplay-related news in the 10 languages.
Promotional posters:
Japanese/English
Chinese (Simplify and Traditional)
Spanish/Portuguese
Korean/Thai
Indonesian/Russian
Source: WCS press release
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