Last year, we have Costube: Cosplay Video Contest and was right to predict that Rider Wars will win... and I was wrong to predict that CosPlayboy will win as the People's Choice. Since this we year, we have Cosplay Mania X (Pronounced as X), in partnership with Animax Asia, we have: Lights! Camera! Cosplay! and now the final five entries are chosen. But before that, here's the advertisement for the said event that features clips of the past winners, Rider Wars and CosPlayboy.
Entry 1: Cosplay Mania X - Anime Dance Battle
The entire video was fun to watch. so fun that I could feel the beat on every character! making full use of weapons in dancing was rather creative. But the best part of the entire vid is when they gave each character they cosplayed a spotlight for they to give their stuff. If I would see a head spinning Orochimaru, I would bow down to these guys.
Entry 2: Shinkenger vs. Double - Worlds Collide
Rider Wars was one of the entries that wowed me to start off... even if the official trailer was the official entry which was extremely good. It was one feat that is hard to defeat IMO. This year, we have Shinkenger vs. Double - Worlds Collide entry... again in trailer form. Even in this form, it never failed to wow me especially the mecha battles. My only problem is the voice acting, it was rather lame that it partly ruin the good action scenes.
Entry 3: Team Suna - Don't Mess with Us
The bad camera was the problem in here. But one thing that is good about this video is the sound editing. The fight between Team Gaara and the Random Ninja was good but it gave me this impression that Temari can't handle him. Kankuro's puppet was well crafted.
Entry 4: Weave Master
I barely saw any cosplay, but the story was rather good place it alongside with a good camera, some good editing. But the mediocre acting made it mediocre.
Entry 5: Double X Will Mark the Spot
Weird. Just weird... aside that they used that old Coca-Cola ad!
From the five entries, my personal faves are Entries 1, 2 and 4. There is a possibility that 2 and 1 might fight for the first place based on the last year's winners. To vote, go to: http://www.animaxasia.com/animax-lights-camera-cosplay. Voting opens till October 1 and winners will be announced on the Cosplay Mania X event that will happen on October 2-3 at the SMX Convention Center at the SM Mall of Asia.