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Watch the Cosplay Central Crown Championship Regionals, Finals, and Global Finals from Chicago's C2E2 '24!

The best cosplayers from the USA and the world gathered on a single stage at this year's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo - watch it here!

Features by Ashley V. Robinson, Popverse video producer

Additional contributions by Grant DeArmitt

Published on Sun Apr 28 2024

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Cosplayers is as vital to comic cons as every character they recreate, and at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2024, the best of those cosplayers gathered for an event like no other.

Cosplay Central's Crown Championship Regionals, Finals, and Global Finals were held on the C2E2 2024 Main Stage, powered by C4 Energy, this year... and Popverse recorded the competition for our premium members. Wherever you are in the world, see your favorite characters come to life and learn who the victors were on this very page.

Popverse is filming this and many other panels in Chicago for C2E2 weekend this year - and you can watch all of them by becoming a paid Popverse member. While some are available free, many are an exclusive benefit to paid Popverse members as part of a gigantic package which includes early access to convention tickets and celebrity opportunities for C2e2 (as well as New York Comic Con, MCM Comic Con, and Emerald City Comic Con), first-look at articles from the Popverse team, and an arcchive of over 200 panels from previous events including C2E2, NYCC, ECCC, MCM, and Florida Supercon.

Watch the Cosplay Central Crown Championship Regionals, Finals, and Global Finals here:

As you eagerly await this year's seminal cosplay event, check out our list of the 10 best online stores for buying cosplay.

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Re-live the majesty of C2E2 with our the C2E2 2024 Main Stage panel videos on-demand, all the major things Popverse found at the Chicago show, and C2E2 2024's best cosplay.

About C2E2

Chicago's signature pop culture weekend returns with US's best artist alley, a roster of must-see TV and movie stars, and more.

Dates

Apr 26 - Apr 28

Location

McCormick Place, Chicago
United States

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Ashley V. Robinson: Ashley Victoria Robinson is a Canadian hobbit now living in the United States. She is a Popverse Video Producer. You may know her as the host of the Geek History Lesson podcast (alongside Jason Inman), and was even the face of Twitter marketing for podcasters.