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Photo-op of the three teams from Zamboanga together with the hosts. [Photo: Ambox Events / Mary Joy Nakata] During the Matsuri Fever! event held at the KCC Mall de Zamboanga rooftop held Friday, April 6, three pairs are selected to join the list of competitors vying for the title of this year’s Philippine representative to the World Cosplay Summit this August in Nagoya, Japan. Photo-op of the three teams from Zamboanga together with the hosts. [Photo: Ambox Events / Mary Joy Nakata] ...

Team Anime Core will be competing for the WCS PH title for the third time Team Anime Core of Albay will once again take part in the National Qualifiers of the World Cosplay Summit Philippines as they have been selected as South Luzon’s competing pair. The team of John Albert Alejandrino and Jaypee Camu Azarcon cosplaying characters from Garo: The Animation has been selected among three competing teams during the South Luzon Qualifiers held at Pacific Mall Legazpi last Sunday, March 11. ...

Inside Meiwaku MNL**, Manila’s latest anikura** It was the afternoon of Sunday, the 25th of March. The sun has set. I sought for the Tiger’s Den. It somehow took me a while to get my way there — even if I am somehow familiar with the place, it took me a wrong time to drop off to face the jungle that is called the “Wrong Way.” Moments passed, I was able to enter the cave — Asian Social Institute. ...

Featuring the 2018 Nihongo Speech Contest Student Category Winner Sofia Abigail Sanches Let me tell you a story. One day, someone thought of a small dream. This dream was a result of her being inspired to Sailor Moon, Sugar Sugar Rune and other anime series that made a mark in the childhood of most of us 20-somethings. She keeps that dream as she studies. Photo: Japan Foundation Manila One day, she was given the opportunity to address her “small dream” to a large crowd, in a place she has rarely been to. ...

[Photo] Lime Creatives / Otakufest Recently-held preliminaries a first in the city [Photo] Lime Creatives / Otakufest Team Class S is the champion in the Central and Eastern Visayas Qualifiers of the World Cosplay Summit Philippines held at Otakufest 2018 inside Cebu Business Park last Saturday, February 24. The team, composed of Seigfred Enero and Sheena Mae Butad, performed a skit as Aram and the Dark Lord of the hit game “Chain Chronicle.” ...

February 4, 2018 — Megatrade Hall 2, SM Megamall Before I start talking about the event, here’s a story: I got contacted by rayan of AnimePH Project that they will be out of town during the weekend of Otaku Expo 2018, and I am asked if I’m interested to cover it. I said yes, of course, given that the Ozine Team is always open to the likes of us. A day before the event, I met with the Ozine Team (that includes its General Manager Dennis Uy) and noticed that the hall where it will be held, Megatrade Hall 2, is on its way to refurbish the doors of that hall. ...

…says the 30 or so people inside the Rice Party held January 21 Rice for the Rice Queen. This is the words of praise for the idol of the Rice Cult, Hanayo Koizumi. The thing is, Hanayo doesn’t know this. Also, I made that up. Forty keks. While my stay at Red Monster Cafe was brief, what I can tell about the first-ever local birthday party dedicated to Hanayo is this: Kanin. Rice. Rice is life. Rice is carbohydrates, which is turned into energy. ...

Trust me, they have soft, pugon-made pandesal. The Kamuning Bakery Cafe, an institution in Quezon City, serves as a venue for various occasions. This includes the Pandesal Forum and the World Pandesal Day. I dreamt of visiting this historical bakery along Judge Jimenez St. in Quezon City (even just once), so when the opportunity comes, I’ll come and see for myself. That opportunity came last Saturday. Before we start: Prior to my visit here, I went to Eccentric Yet Happy’s law seminar for bloggers (but for some reason I am late and embarrassed by how I was late because the topic was so important and yet here I was). ...

MNL48 and the Marketing Mix MNL48, AKB48’s Pinoy sister, will be announcing its top 200 participants in a few hours — and here I am, thinking of what has gone through this gruesome yet exciting journey. Never mind me not being able to oshi (push) more applicants, or even verify my own account so I can do so — being in sales and marketing company for almos two years made me understand this journey a bit different. ...

Digongland 2, featuring new works by H.U. Sison and guest artists After its successful launch last year, H.U. Sison’s “Adventures in Digongland” exhibition gets its second run at the SM Megamall Art Center, which opened last Thursday. I went there a day after it opened and talked to the visual artist… after finding myself amused with all these artworks. The “Digongland” artwork where Duterte is mashed with Mickey Mouse spawned more versions, and he said that it was the most sought-after work from last year’s exhibit. ...