E-Life — one of the newest retail and entertainment complexes in the Ortigas area (MAP), is holding its first ever cosplay competition!

Dubbed the E-Life Cosplay Genre Wars, this unique take on the ever popular cosplay competition pits characters from the same genre against each other for slots in the the grand finals.

To qualify, cosplayers are asked to submit reference photos of their character from the genre they came from. In case of characters that appeared in more than one genre (for example: manga, anime, and live-action film), competitors are asked to bring reference photos from the genre of the day.

Cosplayers may not interchange costumes and genres. For example: Optimus Prime movie version may not compete during the Anime contest date, nor can Optimus Prime animated series version compete during the Movie contest date.

For a complete listing of rules, please click here.

Contest dates are scheduled as follows:

26 June 2010 – Anime Mayhem
10 July 2010 – Comic Book Battle
24 July 2010 – Video Game Face-off
7 August 2010 – Movie Showdown
21 August 2010 – Grand Finals

The winners of each genre round will receive the following prizes:

First Place: P5,000 worth of Cash and Prizes
Second Place: P3,000 worth of Cash and Prizes
Third Place: P2,000 worth of Cash and Prizes

The winners of the grand finals will receive the following prizes:

First Place: P15,000 worth of Cash and Prizes
Second Place: P10,000 worth of Cash and Prizes
Third Place: P5,000 worth of Cash and Prizes