Pioneer Films (under the name Viewers Choice Philippines) released an update about the screening date of Makoto Shinkai’s “your name.,” which was set to be screened in cinemas December 14: Due to pending issues with the Metro Manila Film Festival that affected movie booking schedules, the December 14 release date of the movie YOUR NAME (Kimi no Na wa) is still pending. Keep on calling your favorite cinemas to convince them to book the movie the soonest! We will keep you posted for any developments. Thank you for your understanding. ...

Well, I’m finally here — Hi, Cebu! I’m near the Fuente Circle at the moment, and I have yet to explore the rest of Cebu; but really, I’m in awe over my surroundings — I’m still wondering why newspapers have a different size than those of the daily Manila broadsheets. I may not be able to sight-see as I’m here for work, but I am happy to be here for the first time.

https://www.facebook.com/JellyfishEducationPhilippines/posts/1491994624150536:0 Has anyone remembered when I went to the Japan Education and Culture Fair at the Decagon last September? Its organizer Jellyfish Education Consultancy got in touch with me with more information about their Nihongo Class. Reading through the info provided to me, “This program is an international based curriculum through the coordination of Tochigi International Education Institute. It is a 30 hour class of Japanese language led by a native Japanese sensei. The objective of this is to educate the people about the importance of learning Nihongo not only for use in Japan but to improve their competitive advantage in a global level.” ...

Here’s what you may have missed from this precious landmark I posted pictures from January here, and one of the photos I’ve posted is about a landmark in the City of Pasig. Never in my wildest dreams will I get to step inside that tower that I’m just looking from far away. The Rotary Club of Mutya ng Pasig, of which I am a member, was invited by the City Government to partake in the half-day filled with awe and nostalgia. ...

This is the only photo I got inside the ICITE Building at Eastwood City as Toei Animation Philippines celebrates its 30th year anniversary with a cosplay competition yesterday, November 26th. Unlike the last one held five years ago — a full Cosplay float parade, grand activity at the Eastwood City’s Central Park — this one was so simple. This is part of the celebration of Animahenasyon10 — the Philippine Animation Festival — held annually by the Animation Council of the Philippines (in which the company I’m with is part of this year’s team). ...

I took this photo at a secret socializing night at the BGC, and I can’t help but to wonder over this. This photo speaks “food is always the answer” or something like that. Tomorrow’s the last day of the Animahenasyon10 Conference, and I look forward to continuing my eventing at the ICITE Building this Saturday for TOEI Philippines’ 30th Anniversary Cosplay competition. I’ll make it a point to share the photos here before I get to Cebu. See ya!

Cosplay Photoshoot @ Terra 28th — November 20, 2016 It’s Sunday. I was supposed to lay rest by this time, but I’m too stressed out to relax, so I wind off and went to Terra 28th at the Bonifacio Global City — it went on to be a good decision. The Yokatta Otaku United group organizes seasonal cosplay gatherings at the park, and what you are about to see is a recap of their 5th gathering. The admins of the group also cosplayed. Aside from YOU, I saw other groups doing their own photoshoots, which contributed to the crowd inside. To give you a perspective, I estimate that we occupied 1/8 the size of the park if compressed — but since this is a photoshoot, we used the park to its potential and covered its nook and cranny. ...

By Manilaspirit2000 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Alrighty guys, I’m set to stay in Cebu by the first weekend of December to hold an event at SM City Cebu’s Cebu Trade Hall. This will be my first time there, and here’s what I’m planning to do: Take a set of photos so I can share them with you here Taste the food Look at the TV channels available If time permits, I can do a daily photo log of what I did during my stay there. ...

Part of the Animax Carnival Philippines 2016 is the Anime Pavilion where we play booth games, such as this Twin Star Exorcists-themed game in which I have to find as much star patterns as possible.

Part of the Animax Carnival Philippines 2016 is the Karaoke Booth, which I tried on both days of the event singing “Fly Me to the Moon,” the 1954 Bart Howard-Kaye Ballard song that has been sang by Frank Sinatra a decade after. This is the ending theme for Neon Genesis Evangelion, something that I have to watch in my spare time (read: I don’t), and possible the only anisong in English lyrics that I know (because it’s dangerous to me to sing in moonrunes — I tried doing it miserably).