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With anime/cosplay events in the metro running almost every weekend, we figured that it’s the right time to give the newcomers a preview of what’s coming up next, so The Reimaru Files and keepsakes. spearhead what will be known as the Events Circuit Preview series. Our first episode covers the next two weeks of the month, including the big weekend of May 19-22 where each part of the metro will have their share of events, starting with three major events at SMX Manila (for the southies)—Mini Ozine Fest, Unbox Con and the Manila Game Fest, FanFes @ Circuit Makati (for those in the middle) and the Pinoy Otaku Festival in Novaliches (for the northies). ...

Cebu’s Otakufest is physically back with a bang! The sought-after annual event for Cebu’s otaku community returns—and it’s the first time it will be held indoors. This year’s Otakufest will be held at the JCentre Convention Hall, JCentre Mall, Mandaue City, Cebu on November 12-13, 2022 (Saturday and Sunday) Guests include Sally Dorasnow from Malaysia and one of Cebu’s familiar faces of cosplay, Charess. VTuber Pokato Grylls from IkasuLive is also listed as one of the guests. ...

Once upon a time, I was invited to join a Discord server called “Anime x Angas,” who was at that time looking for guest panelists. Last Sunday, they figured out that they’ll be busy going to ESGS this weekend (I will also be there!), so they called for everyone who was available. I was about to hit the sack, but I figured why not join them for a discussion until I pass out (I did pass out). This episode of Anime x Angas deals with me challenging the middlemen of the anime industry, and trying to change the narrative on how we can support this industry. ...

I co-hosted the recent Reimaru Files’ RF Talk Podcast about too much fanservice in conventions, what are suggested to be done to avoid public indecency, what has changed over time and what we can learn from a single tweet video that has spread all over the internet. I don’t know about the viral fella, but let me share the video in question (not safe for work, of course). Joining the podcast are cosplayers Tita Storm, Tita Rells and Ate Bianca. The podcast is long, but I hope you stay tuned until the end. This podcast episode is an insightful wake-up call for every one of us. ...

Woohoo! One more episode until we reach 100! Imagine living your dreams as a magical girl who transcends dimensions—singing, streaming, creating art, hosting events—basically being everywhere. You can make that happen because our guest for this episode did so. An artist, animator, streamer, cosplayer, voice actress, idol and VTuber, 5th Dimension magical girl KiraKiraKat joins us on this episode.

Welcome to the 2nd episode of the year 2020, where we talk about a Muppet versus a pet rock. “Elmo vs Rocco” hit Twitter by storm, making people scratch their heads in amusement. Meanwhile, there are some aspects to this debacle that we want to discuss right here in this episode. ...

Welcome to the first podcast episode of 2022, where we still talk about Virtual YouTubers. This marks keepsakes.’ full transition as a podcast after a long drought. On this episode, I talk to our previous guest clipper Kurumeme, VTuber support staff Arbeed and VTuber mama Vivi. From a recap of VTuber activities that marked 2021 to the next steps in planning the next cover music video, we got you covered. This conversation is in English and Filipino. ...

I’m sure most of you probably know that I was part of an anime blog before, and during that time I received a copy of a book from our guest for this episode. It’s called “Otaku Journalism: A Guide to Geek Reporting in the Digital Age,” and I have kept it in my Kindle ever since. It’s been almost 10 years since she started to write the book in 2012 as the “new media guide for aspiring journalists and bloggers with geek inclinations.” ...

Interacting with Virtual YouTubers is fun, especially if both of you are interested in one or more topics. On this episode, I got Virtual YouTuber Terumi Koizumi talk about branding on this hour-long episode. Given that we mentioned a lot of references, it’s much more appropriate to include the show notes for this episode here. We talked about a lot of brands, mostly local in nature. Then the rest of the discussion is allotted to various topics like television broadcasting - which reminds me of her brutal tweet. ...

We are at a loss - Kiryu Coco has decided to graduate on her own terms. We cannot do anything about it but to cope. In a once-in-a-blue-moon scenario, I got my good friends Madekuji-san (who lend his hand in building the Cocodex), Eighty and Ehee (from the Virtually Talking podcast) to recap Kiryu Coco’s legacy. We got around two hours of discussions celebrating Kiryu Coco’s legacy. Madekuji-san: https://twitter.com/Madekuji_san / https://madekuji.github.io/ Virtually Talking Podcast: https://twitter.com/VTTalking / https://anchor.fm/virtually-talking ...