Launched for the very first time during Japan Expo 11th Impact, the European Cosplay Gathering is a contest in which European Cosplayers compete on originality and style.

After national selections during festivals, the first finale will take place at Japan Expo 12th Impact. Each country will be represented by a solo Cosplayer and by a group of two or three people.

Behind the competition, this new tournament will create links between fans of every country, reinforcing the popularity of Japanese pop culture in Europe.

hosted on the Japan Expo 12th Impact which will take place from June 30 to July 3, 2011 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center

source:[url]http://www.japan-expo.com/en/[/url]

don´t know much about it but since i found a notice about it on a german website (and nothing on ANN) i thought i should post it here

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I heard about this too.
Not that I care too much about cosplaying. Ideals are perfect as they are.