World Cosplay Summit 2008

The sixth-annual World Cos-Play Summit in Nagoya, central Japan, drew 28 contestants from 13 countries, including China, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. The two-day contest will named a winner on Sunday. Japan is serious about aggressively promoting animation and the culture that it represents overseas. The country has been trying to use the power of pop culture to raise its clout on the international stage, recently appointing cartoon cat robot Doraemon as an ambassador.