Singapore's largest annual cosplay event, Cosfest VIII: A Very Happy Event, was held at Downtown East over the weekend. The festival attracted a crowd of 16,000 – 400 of whom were in costumes based on anime (Japanese cartoon) or manga (Japanese comics) characters.

Winners will represent Singapore at the annual World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan, later this month.

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