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Please list the series you are looking for additional cosplayers~

Masquerade Looking For Group: a space to potentially find group members for your Masquerade skit! A lot of people would love to find more group members but don't know where to start. The FanimeCon forums allow you to message without having to share e-mail while you figure out if a person is a good fit for your group. Please e-mail Masquerade at [email protected] if you need any help or if want to add new people to your existing Masquerade Group Registration! You can also change from a Walk-on/Display entry to a Performance/Skit entry!

Please list what you are looking for:

• Series
• Character(s)
• Skills needed [dancing, singing, etc.]

Online Registration for Masquerade is here: https://www.fanime.com/events/masquerade/

[Location: San Jose CivicHours/Times: Sunday, May 255:30 pm (Doors open)6:00 pm (Performances start)]

Masquerade
Location: San Jose Civic
Hours/Times: Sunday, May 25
5:30 pm (Doors open)
6:00 pm (Performances start)

Love cosplay? Want to see the best of cosplay in action? Don't miss FanimeCon's Masquerade event featuring outstanding costumes and performances. Hosted at the beautiful historic San Jose Civic theater, right across the street from the San Jose Convention Center, the Masquerade is open to all FanimeCon attendees. Cheer on our contestants as they compete for the grand prize of $1000 and to make a name for themselves in the competitive world of cosplay!


Contestants

Would you like to compete in the Masquerade Cosplay Contest? The grand prize is $1000, plus other cash prizes and awards. Please review the Masquerade Cosplay Competition Rules before you apply.

Masquerade Registration Opens March 1 @ Noon Pacific Standard Time (PST) (click here!)

FanimeCon Masquerade is By Fans, For Fans: Cosplay for everyone! We welcome both new and experienced cosplayers!

Participate in one (or both!) of our two prize tracts:
- Performance: sing, dance, or do a skit. No craftsmanship required!
- Craftsmanship: show us your elite skills!

We accommodate new cosplayers or those who may have a fantastic skit idea, but can't make their own costume or have limited craftsmanship skills, with our performance-only division.

We still have a craftsmanship prize tract for our cosplay artisans with master, intermediate, and novice categories!

You can do both! Our Best in Show prize, which is best OVERALL Performance & Craftsmanship, is $1000!

Please note we are looking for staff! General Staff, AV/Video Staff, & an assistant Stage Manager!
Apply here: https://apps.fanime.com/2025/staffapply/

If you have any questions you can e-mail me at [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you in 2025!

So now we're editing other people's posts? How nice indeed

It's OK! He wrote me via PM about it, and I agreed to the change. I was unable to change it myself because I was travelling and only had access to my cell phone.

ewu is a great guy :) no worries.

~M

Hi everyone~

My team and I ran the FanimeCon Masquerade from 2004 - 2012, before taking this year off due to some RL family issues. I told Fanime that our team would be willing to come back, but there are others applying as well, and they are having us interview for the job. I had several people write to me asking me to come back. Feel free to share any similar sentiments via PM so I can send it to Fanime for when we interview.

If you have general questions, just PM me here.

Thank you for your support!
Marisa, Casey, and the Cosplay Team