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Hey guys! I will be hosting the annual fighting game cosplay gathering once again at Anime Expo 2022.Where?: Site 8 (Chick Hearn Court side of Crypto.com Arena)
Why Site 8? KOBE
When?: Day 2 (Friday) at 3pm-4:30pm
NEW CHANGES for 2022:
-I am attempting to extend this gathering with new incentives
-For the first time, I'll be officially be allowing SMASH characters but know that I also gotta equally distribute the love through all characters and series. By extending the cosplay gathering time, I could now include Smash
-To keep y'all around, for the first time ever, I will be also having some raffles to help further engage everyone that attends from cosplayers, photographers, and passerby folks. I want y'all to stick around the end. I'll have stuff like toys, survival things for gaming tournaments, simple things, and games.
Here are ways to get raffle tickets:
1. Hit attending on this event page
2. Actually attend
3. Cosplay a character I actually main in a game.
4. Cosplay at this event
5. Do photography
Here are some of the series we would include:
Street Fighter series
-Street Fighter 1 to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
-Street Fighter EX series
-Street Fighter Alpha series
-Street Fighter the Movie
+Final Fight characters are allowed
+Side characters that aren't playable, but are canon are allowed
Vs Series
-Marvel vs Capcom series
-XMen vs Street Fighter
-XMen: Children of the Atom
-Marvel Super Heroes
-Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter
-Capcom vs SNK series
-SNK vs Capcom series
-Tatsunoko vs Capcom
-Street Fighter x Tekken
Dragon Ball FighterZ
+Would allow Xenoverse characters too
Injustice series (DC)
-Injustice 1-2
+Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hellboy allowed
Mortal Kombat series
-MK1 to MK11
+Jason Voorhees, Alien, Predator, & Leatherface allowed
+Freddy Krueger and Kratos allowed
+Spawn, Joker, Robocop, Rambo, and Terminator allowed
Tekken series
-Tekken 1 to Tekken 7: Fated Retribution
-Both Tag games
+Noctis and the rest of the FFXV main cast are allowed
+Negan is allowed
SNK games
-King of Fighters series
-Last Blade series
-Samurai Showdown series
-Fatal Fury series
-Art of Fighting series
-KOF All Stars characters allowed
Arc System Works games
-BlazBlue series including Cross Tag Battle
-Granblue Fantasy Versus
-RWBY
-Guilty Gear series
-Persona 4 Arena
-Under Night In Birth series
-Fist of the North Star
Soul Calibur series
-Soul Edge to Soul Calibur VI
+Darth Vader, Yoda, Spawn, and Link are allowed
+Ezio is allowed
+2B and Geralt are allowed
Smash Series
-64 to Ultimate
-3rd party characters and Mii fighters allowed
-Background and trophies are allowed
-All Koopalings are okay
Dead or Alive series
-DOA1 to DOA6
+Ninja Gaiden characters and Samurai Warriors are allowed if they appeared in the game.
+Yes, Beach Volleyball is allowed
Killer Instinct series
-Original SNES version to XBox One version
+Rash and Arbiter allowed
Virtual Fighter Series
-VF1 to VF5: Final Showdown
Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax
+Yes, all characters are allowed
Nitroplus Blasterz
+Yes, all characters are allowed
Other Capcom games
-Darkstalker series
-Cyberbots
-Rival Schools
-Jojo's Bizarre Adventures
-Power Stone
Other games
-Skullgirls
-EX Fighting Layer
-Divekick
-Melty Blood
-Arcana Heart
-Them Fighting Herds
-Aquapazza
-Clayfighter series
-Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S
-Shaq Fu
-Bloody Roar series
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
-MUGEN
+only allowing characters based off of other fighting game characters
-Jackie Chan in Fists of Fire
-Sonic 3D Fighters
-Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
-Mace The Dark Ages
(Note: If the character is that obscure, I'll do my best to get you in as many shots as possible)
Series and genres I won't allow
-Any of the UFC games and any MMA games
-Any of the WWE games and other wrestling games
-Any of the Fight Night games along with boxing games
-I'll also lean towards banning arena fighters like Jump Force and My Hero Academia
-Def Jam Vendetta series
-Gundam characters
Feel free to ask me any questions. I'm still going to keep updating this page.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S Figueroa St,Los Angeles,CA,United States