Cosplay

Three teams to proceed to National Qualifiers—including a Wildcard finalist The search for the next Philippine representative for the 2018 World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya, Japan continues at the Mindanao Cosplay Summit organized by Ambox Events at the Main Mall Atrium of SM City Davao. In the said qualifier, three teams are selected to represent Southern Mindanao — Team Cookie Moonstar, Team Tribe, and the wildcard entry Team Riders of the Grand Order. ...

In a brief span of time, she lived a great life. She will be missed. Nice. Approachable. Sweet. Kind. Innocent. These are how friends of Zhanely Neilsen Chan, known as Hana by her peers, described her during her wake last Wednesday, November 1. Hana, who was supposed to celebrate her 16th birthday this November 17, passed away on October 28 due to Japanese encephalitis. In a brief span of time she spent with the metro’s cosplay community, she got acquainted with many people — including the friends of yours truly. (The testimonials are edited for brevity.) ...

Get to know the dates for the qualifier legs Note: This post will be constantly updated, so bookmark this page. Updates shall also be announced on my Twitter @jayagonoy. It’s that time once again for the World Cosplay Summit Philippines Qualifiers season, and I proposed to the WCSPH Committee my concept of laying out the coverage of the different legs which will happen in the country. The result is the image in the right. ...

So I was at the Best of Anime 2017 last Saturday at SMX Manila. This is the first time BoA separated from its mother event, the Manila International Book Fair. In lieu of BoA’s absence in the date of the Book Fair, a Fandom Fest is launched, catered to a different niche. If I have a single reason for why I was there, it’s STARMARIE (Non-chan oshi here), AniZone, and the icing in the cake which is @_satsunyan of the local dance cover group Seishun Kakumei. ...

Last Sunday, I was at SMX Manila for the Asia Pop Comicon with a list of things to do: See Shoji Kawamori of the Macross fame, meet the pair of Ping Ongand SJ de Ocampo of Team Eurika 愛, watch the live monster Serena Kozuki on stage, and visit the MNL48 booth; that’s how I revolved in. Thankfully, all of it had been accomplished. Even for me who is lacking sleep, my experience went well. My latest vlog says so. ...

It’s the Events Weekend once again, and I was already thinking of going to Greenhills to celebrate Chika Takami’s birthday together with Aqours Philippines when this came up: A Cosplay Event in Taguig City. I took this chance since I’m going to pass by the Felix Y. Manalo National Historical Landmark (which I did since the jeep passes there), and I was able to see cosplayer and acquaintance Sergio Sta. Ana leading the event as the organizer. Apparently, he has been running Tamiya 4WD matches in the mall, so it’s inevitable that he will go and be asked by the mall management to host a Cosplay event. ...

It’s been two weeks since I was at Megamall but it felt like I left the place for a long time as I go from one event to another throughout that time. Now that the events are over, it’s time to treat myself to Otaku Expo Reload 2017 at the SM Megamall Megatrade Hall 1 and 2. ...

Team China’s performance during the 1st Stage of the World Cosplay Summit 2017 Championship held last August 5 in Nagoya, Japan. [Photo: Mantan Web] Team China is 2017 World Cosplay Summit Champion Team China, composed of Xue Yan Xue and Tian Tian, has been selected as the Champion in the World Cosplay Summit 2017 Championship held at the Aichi Arts Center in Nagoya, Japan last Sunday, August 6th. Xue Yan Xue and Tian Tian performed a scene from the animated film “Blood: The Last Vampire.” Team China’s win is expected as they have won three awards, including the Laguna Ten Bosch Performance award, NicoNico Viewers’ Choice award, and the AirAsia Award in which its CEO Tony Fernandes was also present to give the award. ...

Featuring a video of the event’s highlights and photos of Mobile Legends cosplayers I was at GameCon.ph last weekend at the Megatrade Hall, and instead of describing my experience in prose, I shall explain it a la Snapchat — take a look at the video I’ve just posted. ...

Team Symphony of Swords, the Philippine representatives to the 2017 World Cosplay Summit, selected among seven teams during the National Finals at the 16th Philippine ToyCon inside SMX Manila last Sunday, July 2. [Interview] The WCS ZamPen qualifying round in the viewpoint of its event director Amidst all of the brouhaha happening in southern Philippines, one thing’s for sure: This year’s Philippine representatives to the World Cosplay Summit, for the 5th time since we first entered in 2013 as an observer nation, are from this part of the country. ...