Cosplay

World Cosplay Summit Philippines 2019 is here. What has changed? - Heads-up to those who will compete to represent the country World Cosplay Summit (WCS) Team Philippines 2018, Team Sekai, as they receive the Award of Invitation for the World Cosplay Championships which will be held in Nagoya, Japan. The World Cosplay Summit Philippines committee will start the Preliminaries for the 2019 Summit which will be held in Nagoya. For this matter, they have released the Rules and Regulations for the 2019 selection, and here are the important things to take note of: ...

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. ...

Hi guys — it’s been a long time since I wrote a letter. Last month, I wrote a feature on Why you need to pay attention to the World Cosplay Summit, just in time for the World Cosplay Championship which the Philippines also participated. Here’s a part of the feature: The story of our Team SeKai who is representing the country in this year’s WCS is that they are both well-knowledgeable about cosplay competitions. They won’t stop in getting the gold — soon enough, they will be looking for rivals that they want to face, competitions that will give them the adrenaline rush they needed, and places that they haven’t been to. This is what it means to be in the pinnacle of your cosplay journey. With over 30 countries joining the WCS, who doesn’t want to be part of something momentous? ...

I’ll be moderating two panels at the Pinoy Otaku Festival this Saturday - Panels are for 30 minutes, part of the afternoon session Hi guys! Long time no post again. I know I have a busy week — I was so busy that the only thing I can do is to share stuff on Facebook. We just had another event and I think they are done with the egress. ...

#NICE2018: One hot Cultural Day I have landed in Davao this Saturday to see the second day of the Nippon Industrial and Cultural Exchange as well as the 2018 National Finals of the World Cosplay Summit Philippines. After arriving at Davao International Airport, I went directly to the Almendras Gym (Davao Recreational Center). It’s still 6 in the morning, and the gym’s not yet open. I am greeted by a few staff including Nico, of which I assume is the event’s floor director. ...

After years of waiting, it’s an NCR Qualifier winner who will represent the country — they are then called “Team Saui” At this year’s World Cosplay Summit Philippines National Finals in Davao City held Sunday April 29, A deja vu has happened. Team Sekai(then Team Saui, pronounced “Sa’yu ih”), the pair of Sergio Sta. Ana from Metro Manila and Kai Raito from Bacolod, will represent the country in the 2018 World Cosplay Summit which will happen at Nagoya, from July 28 to August 5. ...

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. ...

[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.” ...

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. ...