Silventure: Cosplayed at BoA 2019

There are a number of conventions that are held every year at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay.
Best of Anime or BOA is one of there. I got to attend this year with friends in cosplay!

Does our costume bring nostalgia? We dressed up as characters from Yu Yu Hakusho or better known in the Philippines as Ghost Fighter. There were 8 of us and two supportive friends that went as monsters!

I was Susie/Shizuru, Alfred/Kuwabara's sister and I was able to force Sherome to be my Mr. Valdez/Sakyo. We had a family cosplaying as Jericho in the chibi form with his dad and Charlene.
It was so cute!

It was fun to hear people chanting "Tapusin" every time they see our group. I love my group and I would not go if it was not for them. I can wait for the official photoshoot! Check out the other photos below. I don't have the group photo but there is one in Skittles (POS Cosplay Group).

If you do have photos of our group please share them with me! :)

Cosplay: Shokugeki no Soma

When was the last time I cosplayed, I don't really remember without looking for the photos. This is the first one this year. So excuse the simple and really lame costume. Skittles the cosplay group of Philippine Otaku Society, went to Best of Anime on the second day as students from Tōtsuki Culinary Academy.

I was Nao Sadatsuka, a second year student and specializes in using foul odored food. She is also known from her moniker, Boiling Witch. Like Soma, she is into  making dishes that are disgusting to taste.

She is also, known to stalk Erina and after that phase she started stalking Hisako. Too bad our group did not have an Erina or Hisako. We do have Soma, Megumi, Ryōko, The Aldini Brothers, Alice, Ryo, Urara, Rindo and Eishi

Me on stalk mode. Hahaha I can't wait for the photo shoot. I need to ready my uniform! Enjoy the rest of the photo. Also by the end of the day, Ryo got lost, but he is safe.

Marshal Duties: Cosplay Carnival 2018

Credits: Cosplay Carnival

Cosplay Carnival is the first event in the line up of  Cosplay.ph's series of conventions. Held last February 24-25 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay. It was two days of fun and costumes!

I was on marshal duties, hence I was able to take photos during short breaks only. This was my first time at Cosplay Carnival. It was surprising to see that they build a gazebo at the center of the function room.

On stage, they did the Yoshinoya eating contest, cosplay competitions, and item auctions. There was never a dull on the stage area. They even have a game that was similar to Family Feud.

Just like in a carnival, they have games for you to enjoy! Known online shops and artists have also joined for a complete carnival experience.

Event Booths

Lifestyle Zone

Fan Fair

Lifestyle Zone

Of course, it will not be called Cosplay Carnival if cosplayers did not show up!

Santa Thor

Mordred and Caster of Red (Fate/Apocrypha) Cosplayers

Hollowgast 

Edward (Full Metal Alchemist)

Snake (Metal Gear)

Kurapika and Leorio (HunterXHunter)

Wow! It has been a while since I did a post about being a marshal for an event. Thanks for reading this! Time to go off-air. XD

Cosmania 2017 Highlights

You don’t need to leave the country to experience a grand anime and cosplay event. Cosplay Mania has it all for you. Held last September 30 to October 1 at Function rooms 1-5, SMX Convention Center. This is the biggest Cosmania ever since it started in 2008.

The event officially opened before noon. There were a lot of anime and cosplay enthusiast present. All of them excited to enjoy the event, meet their idols and win prizes!

If you were one of the first 500 people, you were entitled to play Cosplay Con-Quest. It is indeed a great way to explore the event. If you finish the game early, your prize awaits you at the Prize Redemption Booth located at the Show Management Office.

Toys, cute items, and fan art on sale—you'll get to see all of those. Did we already mention that Cosmania is also a great time to meet up with online sellers that are also exhibitors for 2 days? There are discounts and freebies from on-site shops that you can avail as well!

For two days, people got to see some of their favorite characters come to life. From anime, western comics, computer games, and movies—it is fun to see people with the same cosplay face each other!

From Wataru Hatano's Twitter Page

International guests were also present to grace the event. Anime Director Sayo Yamamoto and Anime Producer Fuuko Noda joined in for a panel discussion. Voice Actors, Koutaro Nishiyama and Wataru Hatano, were there as well for a fan panel.

Top: Angie and Kong
Bottom: Eki

Cosplayers from Asia and Canada came to meet their Filipino fans. Angie from Malaysia, Kong and Eki from South Korea, Siutao from Hong Kong, Knitemaya from Australia, and Hikarin from Canada stunned everyone with their costumes, acts on stage, and makeup tutorial.

From ELISA's Facebook Page

This year’s Jam concert featured Anisong artists, Konomi Suzuki, kradness, ELISA, Shiena Nishizawa. Attendees were able to jam with these amazing artists for two days! You can tell that the people enjoyed the concert. The floor was shaking from the attendees that were jumping during the concert.

Videoke and Chicken Joy Cosplayers

There were a few setbacks, but all in all, it was an enjoyable event! Looking forward to a better Cosmania 2018! Time to go back to our usual favorites!

Marshal Duties: Animax Carnival 2015

It has been two years since I have joined an event as a volunteer. It was a blast even if we had to stay at the entrance. It was nice to see that the venue was not crowed with cosplayers that do not really go in to the event proper. I have heard that if you are going to cosplay, you need to have a ticket for the event to be able to enter the mall or convention center where the event is being held.

On to the Marshal duties, as always we are the guardians of the gate, the front liners. We take your ticket take the half, stamp you and give you freebies. We are the ones that will greet you at the re entry door making sure that you are one of the people that we have greeted and stamped. ^_^

It was a great event in Hall 4, for 200 Php you can join the activities, check out the booths from sponsors and exhibitors. If you were there and you have tried the game and visited the booths, I’m sure that you got your 200 Php with the prizes that you got.

I think the other marshals are pretty much wondering why we still have the energy even after the event. It’s simple it was fun. It was fun working with the same people again, the same rowdiness and noisy. We had a few down times like with the food and that “Last Minute Media” on the first day but Day two was smooth as ever even if we had 2941 visitors it was I think 300++ more than day one. I was the one handling the clicker, I really wanted to get to 3000 but still 2941 was a good number.

If you were not there what did you miss?

1. Chance to see Alodia sing and dance
2. Glaiza De Castro judging the individual cosplay
3. The cosplay competitions both individual and group
4. Oo-Kun dancing
5. Junior New Systems’ live performance
6. Japanese guess like Gonzo and Triqstar;
7. Miss Nikki Veron Cruz entering this event
8. Lastly, you miss to see us bwhahha Just kidding

Thanks for reading this. Let me know how was your #ACPH experience.

the guardians for day one

Miss Nikki Veron Cruz

this are some of my souvenir 

A colorful world: Vocaloid Matryoshka

So after the Location hunt last July 14, we finally got to have the photo shoot. Sadly only three of the original nine cosplayers were able to come: due to various reasons. It was still fun, and in my experience with photo shoot this one is the shortest I have ever been to. Hehe and the hottest on too.

I cosplayed as  Gakupo, my partner Sherome was Kaito and our friend was Luka. We did the Matryoshka version. Please see the video below.

 

As you can see in the video the people are in jackets and there are wear thick gloves. This would fine if we were in Japan or in the USA. But as you all know I’m from the Philippines and the shoot was at 2 pm in the afternoon and the sky was super clear. This was the first time I have ever seen make up actually melting.

I was a great experience still. Well this was first time that I organize this and honestly I think I failed this big time. The set time was wrong; we did not get the place to ourselves there were people playing basket ball on one side. I wish I will do better next time.

I took only few BTS photos is was hart with my gloves on. I do have a proper photo of our Kaito

I can’t wait to see the photos from the photographers

Location hunt: Graffiti Wall, Intramuros

So on July 27, me and my friends are going for a cosplay shoot and that will most like likely the next thing I will be posting here.

So we were looking for a location that is secure and has graffiti on the walls. I was initially looking at the look building near Betty Go LRT station. However I was told that is has been demolished. So I went looking online for places with walls that ha graffiti, I found two one is The Collective and the other one is Graffiti Wall Skate Park, Intramuros.

So last Sunday me, Azuma, Ate Aya and Eiri went and checked Graffiti Wall Skate Park, Intramuros. Located in Anda Street corner Arzobispo Street. Here is how you get there, from Manila City Hall use the under pass to go to the other side, warning if you have food be ready to defend it from kids that will snatch it from you. Once you are on the other side, look for a Jeep with the sign Intramuros, If you don’t see one go as the people there, on which jeep with pass by Manila Cathedral. Once you are in front of Manila Cathedral, walk along Gen Luna street (right side of Manila Cathedral ), until you get to Anda street then turn to your right. You will it before you get to the next block. It has a bamboo fence.

Graffiti Wall Skate Park, Intramuros Photo By Ate Aya

The gate was locked when we got there, we asked the kids that was playing. So there told us that we have to talk to the Officials of Barangay 655 to be able to get in and use the place. The Barangay hall was three blocks away from the Graffiti wall. When we got there, there were no officials just the secretary we guessed. She told us to come back during the weekdays to talk to the officials.

The one good thing about this is that we can have the place to ourselves on July 27. I have to go back there with the letter that we want to have a photo shoot in that area. 

Alice and Rabbit: Custom Contact Lenses Order review

Matryoshka Poster

Some time the perfect contact lenses are only on pre-order or custom order. I buy a lot online that is when I have the money for it. Recently, me and Ev decide to have a photo shoot of Vocaloid characters based on the song Matryoshka. The characters has crazy eye color, we needed contact lenses and me and Bell decided to pre order from Alice and Rabbit

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Alice and Rabbit is an online shop that sells contact lenses. They have a wide selection of colored lenses. They have ones that you can use on a daily basis without being started a weirdly, they have really vivid color ones and they have cosplay contact lenses

I will be posting the time line it is better than me typing more than necessary (Yes sometime I type a lot)

Feb 1 to 9: the shop opens their custom ordering

Feb 6: I have emailed my order

Feb 7: I received a text message from Alice and Rabbit advising me of the bank details for payment, I made the payment on this day too. Yes I am a good customer XD

Feb 14:  (Valentines’ day and they are working. I love them already) I received an email with the subject Update. It basically told me that they have already place the order to their manufacture.

Feb 26:  Another email arrived advising that the payment has been sent to the manufacture and that all the items that were order a available and that they might receive them by 2^nd week of March

March 9: Another update came telling that the items will be shipped by the manufacture by next week. They have advised in this email to check the mailing address we (customers) we have put on the order slip as they will be preparing the waybills for the shipping to each buyer.

March 13: They have advised via email that the items have arrived and it will depend on when Customs will let it through

March 18: the last email from Alice and Rabbit stating that the lenses has been shipped and that it will take 2-3 days for Metro Manila deliveries and 3-5 days for provincial one.

March 19, 2014

I got the items

Alice and Rabbit's pretty envelop

I ordered for me and Bell

This is the one for Bell, Pink as she is going to be Luka

This one is for me. It's purple

This one special I just wanted one XD

What can I say about the service? This is the first time I have bought something from Alice and Rabbit. I will be buying from them again I am sure of it. As the items were under pre order, I like the fact that they constantly update their clients via email. They were professional in their deals, no wonder they are still active after 5 years of business. With I end this review; I cannot wait to try my pair, so I can make a review about it too.

Thanks Alice and Rabbit!

Check them out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aliceandrabbitshop