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It’s just a few days before the return of the Anime Idol Convention (Also known as AICon)! This year, the event will be held at the Elements at Centris in Quezon City. (Landmark: Walking distance from Quezon Avenue MRT-3 Station). keepsakes. checked in with the organizers Sei and Pao, and asked how are they preparing for the return of the event that brought the local anime idol fandom together. Preparations for AICon 2024 Welcome back! How are the preparations for AICon 2024? ...

Tiktok is an incubator for banger beats such as “You Know I’ll Go Get” which is based on Enrique Iglesias’ “Finally Found You,” or Jason Derulo’s “Savage Love.” We all know it as the home to wacky stuff. Here’s the thing: Does anyone know what they’re really dancing to? For example, Kizuna Ai danced to budots. @kizunaai0630 やだあああ！！！！私も踊るうううう！！！！ #tiktokph #foryoupage ♬ bunyi asal - Sis_Phindik “Kiat Jud Dai” is a track by DJ Red Core posted in 2018. I just wonder why the heck it was not available on Spotify Philippines. ...

Just before I cap off the day, I’d like to share with everyone that NIJISANJI is recorded in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Global Brand Database as a worldwide trademark. Image from the WIPO IP Portal - Click the image to visit the result. If we look closely, there are classifications under this trademark (called “The International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks” or the Nice Classification), which means that anything indicated below that has the NIJISANJI name on it is protected by copyright laws worldwide. ...

I had time to read in full a memoir I purchased three years ago. It’s Mari Okada’s From Truant to Anime Screenwriter: My Path to “Anohana” and “The Anthem of the Heart”, set in rural Chichibu in Saitama Prefecture. I’m glad that I am able to read this in full, as it talks about her experience growing up. On this book, she opens up about her truancy in her high school days, her mother, and her work experience. ...

Virtual YouTubers are the rage in 2020. VTubie lists more than 3,000 virtual personalities streaming on either Twitch and YouTube. There are much more You want to be a Virtual personality too, but do you know where to go first? I will be recommending five eight wonderful personalities who are in this community. These personalities can give you ideas on what to expect, what to do, what not to do, and how to move forward. ...

Team Eurika Ai, then Team XO, during a press conference held at Restaurant 9501 as part of World Cosplay Summit Philippines in 2014. [Deremoe Archive] After all that has been said and done, we can’t deny that ABS-CBN as an institution has been home to some experiences of mine. ...

Hi guys! Time for another blog. Just to let you know, we pulled off an online Induction and Turnover Ceremony in just a week, and there are lessons in doing so. Now, I take my body off and look at my Google Photo albums. I have backups of my past travels from Baguio, Cebu and Singapore there. Now that it is expected that travel will be much more costly in the New Normal, I would like to take the time to reminisce my travels prior to the start of the pandemic. ...

It’s been 10 years since I opened my current YouTube channel. Prior to this, I was learning how YouTube works, and during the time when LimeWire was the thing, I downloaded quite a number of stuff, some of which I test upload to my first YouTube account. The result: Auto-banned. So, I made another one. This is it. Over the past ten years, I’ve uploaded quite a variety of videos: ...

Amid the crisis we are into, there are series that have started airing this Spring season in Japan - as they are ready to keep us distracted, I’m much ready to share my picks. Being the seiyuu-inclined, my thoughts will be mostly about the voices behind the characters. Lastly, you can watch these series legally through the official videos/links included in this post, which can either go to Muse Asia of Singapore- and Taiwan-based Muse Communications, or Ani-One of Hong Kong’s MediaLink. ...

Last week, we saw a post on Facebook compiling the posts of people who either mistook sign language in-sets on local newscasts as something similar to the social app Tiktok. This did not go well with the Deaf community. This did not also go well with the Philippine National Association of Sign Language Interpreters (PNASLI). Interpreters seek awareness after online ‘mockery’ of sign language insets MANILA - An organization of sign language interpreters has asked the public to be more aware of their work and the Deaf community after some netizens questions the use of insets during television newscasts. ...