Ready to wow the judges and the crowd? ✂️🎭 The Anirevo 2025 Cosplay Contest is your chance to bring your favourite characters to life and showcase your creativity on our biggest stage!

Whether you’re brand new or a seasoned cosplayer, our contest is open to all experience levels — from meticulous craftsmanship to dazzling skit performances. This isn’t a popularity contest — it’s about celebrating your passion and hard work!

Meet our Guest Judges:

• A.K. Wirru – World Cosplay Summit 2019 Champion and international master crafter
• Twinfools – 15 years in cosplay, passionate advocate for 2SLGBTQ+ representation and inclusive judging
• Dubois By Design – Award-winning local talent and costume design expert with a degree from KPU

Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, Dubois by Design will be stepping down from her role as a judge for our cosplay contest this year. We extend our sincere thanks for her time and contributions.

In her place, we are pleased to announce that Trubbishbin will be joining the judging panel. 

We are confident that their expertise and perspective will be a valuable addition to the team.

Thank you for your understanding.**

Don’t miss your chance to show off your work and get valuable feedback from some of the best in the community.

🔗 Sign up here! We can’t wait to see you shine!

Judges Bios:

A.K. Wirru

A.K. Wirru is an international award-winning cosplayer, costume maker, and workshop presenter from Sydney, Australia.

After encountering cosplay for the first time in 2004, he learned to create visually interesting costumes of characters he loves. By 2006, he started entering competitions. In 2014, A.K. Wirru began making tutorials to share knowledge about his craft.

A.K. Wirru is a well-rounded costume crafter, handling traditional leatherwork, sewing, woodwork, handcrafting, and McGuyvering creations out of household objects. Now living in Canada, A.K. Wirru travels around the world as a cosplay competition judge and guest, presenting and sharing his craft at various pop culture conventions.

Awards:

World Cosplay Summit Grand Champion 2019
World Cosplay Summit Team Australia 2019
C2e2 Global Crown Championships of Cosplay Runner Up 2018
Global Crown Championships of Cosplay OzComic-Con Australian Champion 2017
Madman National Cosplay Championship Champion 2014
Madman National Cosplay Championship Runner Up 2013
World Cosplay Summit Team Australia 2012
Madman National Cosplay Championship Champion 2010

Social Media:
Website: https://akwirru.com/
Twitter/X: @AmenoKitarou
Instagram: @amenokitarou
TikTok: @amenokitarou
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmenoKitarou

Twinfools

“Jack of Many Trades”, Cosplay Guest Twinfools is Joining us for Anirevo 2025!

Another cosplay expert joins our Anirevo 2025 guest lineup as a Cosplay Contest Judge!
@Twinfools is a cosplayer residing on the unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. He is openly trans and has used his platform to raise awareness of 2SLGBTQ+ issues through cosplay for 15 years.

He brings a wealth of experience to the table as a cosplay judge, with a remarkable 13 years of experience judging cosplay contests worldwide! His passion for inclusivity in cosplay is evident in his advocacy for equity-driven contests, where participants are always celebrated for their unique contributions.
With a focus on wig-work, Twinfools has expanded his crafting over the years and humbly considers himself a “jack of many (but not all!) trades”.

Lets give him a big welcome! Come pick his brain for cosplay tips in person!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twinfools
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twinfoolscosplay
Twitter/X: @twinfoolz

Trubbishbin

A wild Trubbishbin has appeared!

Active in the Canadian cosplay community since 2001, Tru is a self-taught creator whose first fully handmade costume earned a Hall Cosplay workmanship award at Anime North 2003. Just one day later, they and a group of friends swept the same convention’s masquerade, taking home Best in Show for both construction and presentation.

Having accomplished the goal they set for themselves from the start, Tru stepped away from competition and turned their focus to the organized chaos behind the scenes. Since then, they’ve judged contests across the country—including Otafest, Animethon, and Anime Revolution – and in 2009 co-founded Otafest’s Costume Showcase, a celebrated event dedicated entirely to craftsmanship without the pressure of performing onstage.

Tru has been the master of ceremonies, managed tech, and served as co-director and director for both Calgary Expo and Edmonton Expo. In 2013, they were invited to Emerald City Comic Con to help restructure and support its masquerade. Most recently, at Anime Toronto 2023, a last-minute scheduling mishap left the cosplay event in limbo—until Tru was asked to step in and pulled off a fully judged and hosted show with less than two hours’ notice.

Today, Tru runs a secret workmanship contest at Otafest, affectionately dubbed “the contest you didn’t know you entered” among staff and longtime attendees. In 2025, they joined the Katsucon Photosuite team as a photographer, bringing their sharp eye and passion for precision to a new creative perspective.

With over two decades of experience, Tru remains deeply committed to the heart of cosplay: creativity, craft, and the community that brings it all to life.

Selected Awards
Best Recreation – Anime North 2001
Hall Cosplay Workmanship – Anime North 2003
Best in Show (Craftsmanship & Presentation) – Anime North 2003

Socials
@trubbishbin – Instagram
@trubbishusedsnapshot – Instagram