Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) announced on Friday that it is organizing the U.S. Preliminary for the World Cosplay Summit (WCS).
The World Cosplay Summit launched in 2003 with four participating countries and has since expanded to 30 countries and regions.
The event will take place during the masquerade at Anime Expo on July 2.
The winner will represent the United States at the Cosplay Championship at WCS 2017 in Nagoya from July 29 to August 6.