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

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

Dubios by Design

Dubois By Design brings her vast knowledge of design and costume craftsmanship to the judges’ table at Anirevo 2025!

Graduating with a Bachelors of Design from the Wilson School of Design at KPU, her skills also include sewing, pattern drafting, fit excellence and wig styling.

She also won “Best Journeyman” in the Craftsmanship category at Anirevo 2024!

Please join us in giving her a warm welcome at the Cosplay Contest Judges’ table this year!

Awards:

2nd Place Masters – Island Fancon 2025
Best Journeyman Craftsmanship – Anirevo 2024
Best in Show – Kelowna Comicon 2024
Best Novice Craftsmanship – Tsukinocon 2024

Social Media:

Instagram @dubois.by.design