For anime fans, making friends outside their interests once felt impossible, especially when trying to connect with “normies,” (in cosplay terms, this group is referred to as “a non-cosplayer”) attempting to understand or engage with the cosplay community’s interests or people who just go with the flow among fans. Anime fans are labelled differently outside […]
Filipino cosplayers won big in the Gyeonggi International Cosplay Festival (GICOF), held in South Korea yesterday, Sept. 4. Three teams bagged awards from the international competition: Janine Audrey Reyes, Team Coseja’s Marlon Carranceja, and Team Orient Pearls’ Krissika and Phoenix StormCrow, as seen on GICOF Philippines’ Facebook page, also yesterday. Reyes, who made her own […]
Filipino cosplaying duo Team Namikaze was already on cloud nine for being able to participate in the World Cosplay Summit for the first time, but bagging one of the top awards for the country is certainly a cherry on top. The duo’s Jin Jameson and AC Hernandez channeled their inner shinobi as they turned into […]
A woman in the United States made a Cinderella costume all her own by using not only glass slippers but also a glass prosthetic arm. Mandy Pursley noticed a lack of representation of amputees in fairytale stories, so she took it upon herself to make magic happen by sewing her own costume and having a […]
A Philippine team won an international cosplay competition held last Aug. 14-18 in South Korea. Sergio Sta. Ana and Winnie Evangelista, members of local cosplay group Z Warriors, were awarded as champions on Aug. 16 at the 3rd Gyeonggi International Cosplay Festival. The two cosplayed as Son Goku and Vegeta from anime series “Dragon Ball […]
Fandom geeks and cosplayers of all ages gathered at the SMX Convention Center for the Anime and Cosplay Expo 2019.
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The wedding is probably one of the most precious days in a couple’s life. A sacred and momentous event where every couple wants nothing, but be treated like royalty. From invitation cards and wedding cakes down to the bride’s gown and venue, every detail requires a lot of careful thought and planning. Gone are the days […]
When people hear the word “otaku,” the first thing that comes to mind is “someone who’s obsessed with manga, anime, video games, computers and/or any particular aspect of pop culture.” Aside from referring to people with such obsessive interests, the word otaku, in Japanese, also means “you” or “your house,” which implies otakus as lifeless nerds […]