Cosplay

Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore also to compete for the finals World Cosplay Summit 2019 Team Philippines during a post-performance interview. [Screencap from WCS on YouTube] The Nagoya Round of the 2019 World Cosplay Championship has been held at the Aichi Arts Center in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. This major highlight of World Cosplay Summit 2019 saw 32 teams competing for the remaining 16 slots for THE FINAL Round — among of them is Team Philippines which performed a scene from the otome game Sengoku Night Blood as historical figures Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. ...

Teams to compete in Tokyo, Nagoya, Final Rounds Before the official start of the 2019 World Cosplay Summit (WCS), an opening ceremony was held at Tokyo Dome Hotel inside Tokyo Dome City this afternoon (July 26), which welcomes participant teams from 40 countries (although one team was unable to attend the said ceremony). ...

Over 7,500 fans visited and participated in the event, triple from last year’s count: Organizers The 3rd CONQuest Festival has just been held at the Iloilo Convention Center last June 22 and 23, serving the need of the Visayas and Mindanao regions for a pop culture event which is at par with what us Metro Manilans experience. Its third year saw a major partnership with Globe Telecom and Twitch, which led to a boom of content ranging from Esports to Arts and Education. ...

Baguio City’s Long-Awaited Cosplay Comeback - Major Cosplay Event happening at Newtown Plaza Event Center Last January, I went to Baguio City for the first time to witness how cosplay events work there, through Kospurei Bunkasai. To be quite honest, I failed to get a good grasp of what the community is like, and I was so sleepy you can see me dozing off on some occasions. I promised myself that by the next time I stepped in Baguio, I shall have a good hold of it. ...

Cosplay judges 2018 World Cosplay Summit Philippines representative Team Sekai (Sergio Sta. Ana and Kai Raito), MingMiho (2014 WCSPH Alumna) and Japanese cosplayer Reika join Team Class S of Cebu in a photo opportunity after being hailed as the Philippine representative of WCS for 2019. [Photo: Alec Egido / TheFanboySEO] Team Class S of Cebu bested 4 other teams to become the representative of the country for the World Cosplay Summit in Japan held at TOYCON 2019 Pop Life FanXperience inside Hall 3 of SMX Convention Center Manila, Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City last Sunday, June 30th. This marks the first time a Cebuano team will represent the country to the WCS. ...

This year’s Philippines to the World Cosplay Summit to be decided at annual pop culture event It’s that time once again to gather the best cosplay pairs from select parts of the country to see who will be representing the Philippines in the 2019 World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan from July 27 to August 04. Six teams from NCR, Central Visayas, Western Visayas, and Mindanao will duel for the coveted title at TOYCON 2019 during the last weekend of June: ...

Everyone gathers for that one special class photo. [Photo handout from Cubizone] Community and Media event held as part of 10th Anniversary festivities (Left) Personalities from various communities gather as Cubizone celebrates its 10th year in the business. [Photo handout from Cubizone] (Right) Cubizone’s letter to the guests. Cubizone gathered its community and media friends on the last Friday of May 2019 at Marco Polo Ortigas Manila for its Community Blowout as part of its 10th year Anniversary. ...

Manila and Pasay folks, get ready! The last weekend of April still has lots of things in store for us — just look at these two events which will be held on the same weekend. Pinoy Gaming Festival 2019 Summer Assembly April 26 to 28, 2019 — Music Hall, SM Mall of Asia This year, Globe Telecom and Cyberzone will be co-presenters to bring out more summer gaming goodness at the event. It will be a 3-day weekend filled with games, activities and sizzling hot esports action courtesy of Playbook Esports, plus some surprise goodies from our event partners. And to continue the long tradition, PGF Summer Assembly 2019 will be a FREE ADMISSION event. ...

New and Bigger Venue, More Activities— and this time, unexpected guests! May is already becoming a busy month for me as I will be in two events — the second one will be the 2019 Pinoy Otaku Festival to be held at Robinsons Novaliches Trade Hall from May 17 to 19, Friday to Sunday. This year’s POF theme is “Asobu” / “Let’s Play”, which leans more on having an interactive experience for all visitors. ...

Say it with me, mga bai: “Oh-zeen,” hindi “Oh-zayn.” Imagine a conversation between a group of people: “Tara, Cebu?” “G.” Now, imagine if this was the team behind the Ozine Fest series of events. This is probably how Ozine Fest Cebu was set. Otakuzine has been in the events (and the magazine) business for a decade now, and I believe it’s their first time that they will go out of town and into SM Seaside City Cebu’s Sky Hall this May 18–19, 2019. ...