Cebu-City

Cebu’s kick-starting major event held for two days at SM Seaside City’s Maze Garden This year’s Otakufest has done firsts in its decade-long history: Being held for two days, and being among the first activities to be held at the recently-opened Maze Garden area. It’s been two weeks since and the thought of going to Cebu again just right after going to Singapore. This all started when I am convinced by my counterpart, Cebu’s Cosplay Event Buzzer Gary Montejo to be there. My initial plan was to visit ARCHcon, but as soon as I realized that I may not be able to travel by plane again on my own this year, I took the jump. ...

The three pairs who participated in the World Cosplay Summit Philippines’ 2019 Cebu Preliminaries together with its panel of judge cosplayers Reika and 2018 Philippine representative Team Sekai. Two more pairs for WCSPH 2019 finals selected in Cebu’s Otakufest - 2018 National Finalist Team Class S to return for 2019 Nationals It was a busy Sunday for everyone who is at the Maze Garden of SM Seaside City Cebu as Otakufest 2019 holds three major events on its second day. ...

I made sure that my second trip in Cebu will be in an otaku event — and not just any otaku event, it has to be the largest one. I’ve been to three personal trips to explore the anime/cosplay culture — in Davao, in Singapore, and in Baguio. ...

ARCHcon, Cebu’s first and longest-running hobby convention, is set to hold its 15th iteration this year. What started as an open-to-the-public school activity of the then Sacred Heart School — Jesuit “Alternate Hobbies Club” has grown to cater hobbyists from Cebu and the Visayas region. ARCHcon, short for “Animation, Role-Playing Games, Comics, and Hobbies Convention,” an event of what is now the Sacred Heart School — Ateneo de Cebu “Anime Manga Trading Cards and Gaming (AMTG) Brigade,” started as an open event for table-top and trading card gaming competitions. Nowadays, it has a cosplay competition, an art competition and even an esports competition. Aside from these, they have toys and collectible displays and comic artist appearances. ...

[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.” ...

**My Cebu Trip, in 40 seconds.**This video starts off with me playing off a part of the latest Wake Up, Girls! single, and proceeds to show the wonders of Cebu — from the Sirao Garden to the skyline as seen at the Temple of Leah, to the skyline as seen at SM Seaside City Cebu. ...

Photos of the Day — 4 December 2016 Our event at the Cebu Trade Hall has ended, and to cap off the night, I took a night stroll after we sort things out. I took this while I’m waiting to cross the other side of Osmeña Boulevard, and if you see this in person, it’s beautiful — I guess it’s more gorgeous during the day. Prior to this, I stumbled upon a resto called “Coffee Prince.” I think this was named after the hit Korean series. ...