Masquerade Rules
  1. Another Anime Convention's 2010 Masquerade and Hall Contest are open to all registered attendees. Staff, guests and volunteers are not permitted to enter.

  2. By participating in Another Anime Convention's Masquerade or Hall Contest it is possible your image may be used in an advertisement or promotional item. If you do not want your image used, please make note of this at the bottom of your entry form or by contacting the Masquerade staff via Masquerade@anotheranimecon.com.

  3. Any contest found to be cheating will be permanently banned from entering any AAC costume competition. Including but not limited to, AAC's Masquerade and Hall Contest, AAC's Yomise Costume Contest, and any AAC Matsuri or other event Costume Competitions. We cannot stress this enough, there will be repercussions for cheating.

  4. All costumes and skits must be pg-13 This rule is absolute! Any contestant that breaks this rule will be automatically disqualified and removed from the main event hall. Sorry Reno, yes stripping counts.

  5. Another Anime Convention's Masquerade and Hall Contest are reserved for Anime, Manga, or Japanese video games. All other costumes are prohibited, this includes, J-rock, Gothic Lolita, and all non-Japanese media.

  6. All costumes must be made by a participant of your group. Commissions and bought costumes are not allowed. Any piece that is commissioned will not be judged.

  7. All costumes must be self-contained, this mean no plugs, cords, or various tentacles that may trip others.

  8. All contestants must be able to move their costume on their own. So please no 80lb wings or giant mecha unless you can walk up stairs in it.

  9. Participants are eligible to enter both the Masquerade and the Hall Contest, however no one costume can be entered into both competitions. If you have already entered one of the contests, or plan on entering both, please make note of it at the bottom of your registration form.

  10. Masquerade and Hall Contests groups are limited to 6 members. Exceptions will be made for stage ninjas.

  11. Please do not wear a costume that has won a craftsmanship award in another contest. We encourage you to wear a costume that has been entered in other contests but has not yet won an award. Exceptions will be made only for costumes being entered into a higher category. I.e. if you have won an award for the costume in the novice and enter it into the advanced division. If you have won a lower division award and enter your costume into a higher division a link to the official list of contest winners is required.

  12. Each person may present only once in the Masquerade or Hall Contest.

  13. Contestants must report to the Masquerade headquarters on time for their judging. Failure to do so may get you disqualified. If a contestant is more than five minutes late their slot will be given to the next available contestant. You will be given the opportunity to get judged at the end of the line or when ever there it a free block. The Masquerade headquarters schedule will be posted before the convention, and on the headquarters door. Schedules for judging, and when the judges will be available will also be posted.

  14. All props must meet Another Anime Convention's weapons policy standards.

  15. Another Anime Convention reserves the right to award an individual or group one or more awards.

  16. Contestants are prohibited from entering or exiting the stage while running, or jumping, skipping or falling. Though we cannot foresee the last of said options.

  17. Any presentation with stunts, stage fighting, or excessive dancing must be approved by the Masquerade coordinators. Please preregister; and include your skit description in the proper entry box. The Masquerade coordinators will contact you if your skit raises an issue.

  18. Non original choreography can be no longer than 30 seconds. This means that if your skit uses a pre-existing choreographed dance, such as the Hare Hare Yukai, you can only perform 30 seconds of the pre-choreographed dance.

  19. You must be able to set up/take down you skit within 15 seconds unless otherwise approved by the Masquerade staff. Also, there should be no pieces left on the stage after your skit/walk on. We will not supply stage ninjas, as they are still out of stock. If you are in need of stage ninjas please bring your own. They will not count towards your group limit, but must be accounted for in your registration form.

  20. Groups that have won more than 3 previous awards in the novice division of AAC's Masquerade are required to enter into the Advanced division for all future entries.

  21. AAC retains the right to overrule a judge in the event of a conflict of interest.

  22. All entries must be finalized by the 1st of October. This is included but not limited to audio, cues, skit details, digital references images and individual requests.

  23. Entrants are only permitted to make major changes to their skit once. This includes, complete character, series, member, or audio source changes. Multiple changes to audio-visual cues are permitted, but must be approved by the Masquerade and Technical Operations departments.

  24. All audio must be received by the 8th of October. No audio will be accepted in con. Any requests to enter CDs or files at the con will be denied, and you will be given the option to perform the skit live with microphones.

  25. HAVE FUN! (No seriously, it's a rule, failure to do so may result in disqualification.)