Cebu Cosplay | ARCHCON 2011

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Animation, Role-playing, Comics and Hobbies Convention (ARCHCON)  is an event organized annually by Sacred Heart and it was held at the old Sacred Heart Campus Gymnasium  last October 29, 2011. This year's theme was post apocalyptic.

This event was already scheduled in my calendar of activities as well as the Cosplay HD to be held on the same day. I always look forward to ARCHCON because my senses say that I will witness some nice cosplays. And so I did. hahaha

Hope and Gama

I was accompanied by my partner in crime(Hope) and we arrived in the venue by 1pm. When we entered the gym, we were greeted by lots of PC's. Turns out, it was a Star Craft 2 Tournament (I think Gama was the one who organized this). It's good to see that there are actual video games being played in the event. There was a Marvel vs Capcom 3 on the opposite side of the SC2 players. There was even a Dance Central thing beside the MVC3.

                                                               Gundam Display                                             Epyon

The first thing you will notice will be the overflowing cosplayers. We visited the Gundams being displayed there. Epyon and Wing were there! Well, I didn't expect them to be there since I thought collectors nowadays only collected the new Gundam series. I also saw a few Nendoroids and I think there was also a figma there. HHmm... maybe I'll ask them to display my figmas next time. I always find it nice to see figmas of the same series on one table.=3 I was also expecting a Ball Jointed Doll (BJD) to be there but I was not able to find it.

flavors for the snow cones

we had blueberry and raspberry

Food stalls were also present. I saw the old dude that was selling Takuyaki along Sanciangko there!=D My favorite food stall was definitely the snow cones! Lots of flavors to choose from and the perfect weapon to combat the heat. There was also a stall selling anime figures(that are authentic), DC and Marvel toys and Gundams. I'm really glad that they decided to  join the event. It made some people aware that you can find authentic anime figures in Cebu. I recognize Paolo, the one who sold me the BRS figma. But I was too shy to approach him. hahaha. Then there were also stalls selling anime merchandises(the fake ones.XD).

the artists' table

There was an artists' alley(or long table) situated in the center(well, not really. but it was close to the center. haha) of the gym. In this part, you can see a line of artists doing there stuff: drawing. I find it really awesome that they can draw in spite of people hovering on their backs and watching them draw. Because I, myself can't stand it. hahaha.

On to the cosplayers. I see some zombies here and there. Many decent cosplayers were around. My favorite was definitely the Corpse Bride. She was sooo blue! I also like the group cosplaying Final Fantasy characters, what made me like them because they were females cosplaying as male characters and they did a nice job.

Corpse Bride=3

I was not able to take lots of pictures because the heat was killing me. The weather was really warm and the place was packed with a LOT of people. It was so hot that it drained my energy every time I roam around. Our snow cones melted in the span of 5 min!

It's a good thing that there were lots of chairs so we decided to just sit and watch the competition. I was not really interested in the Solo competition. For the group competition, I think there were only 3. The Final Fantasy Group and the Devil May Cry Group (I really forgot what was the other group=(. it's the result of writing this blog entry very late). The Group cosplay competition is always more entertaining for me. 

I would like to stay in the venue to take more pictures but the heat was killing us. So we decided to go to Ayala, by foot(because there were no signs of jeepneys). While walking there, my partner in crime saw someone worthy of stalking. We stalked that person but you need to walk in the same pace as your victim. And Hope failed at that. hahaha. 

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I don't have a perfect vision and was still shooting in manual focus. It's a good thing some of the pictures came out clear.XD Why does it take so long for the Canon service center to call us?

Cebu Cosplay | Cosmosis - A Cosplay Shock Masquerade

This event was held at Robinson's Cybergate last October 22, 2011. The theme was supposedly masks but as expected only a few followed it. It would have been nice attending a themed cosplay event.

At first , I was hesitant to attend this event because I had a feeling that not many will come. But when they announced that AC and Zhel (ToRCH 2011 Champions) would be gracing the event, all my hesitations went away! I had been a fan ever since I witnessed AC's Abaddon cosplay last year. I discovered Zhel since they are of the same circle with AC and Ces. Looking through their photos, you can say that they are awesome!

The event was supposed to start by 1:00 pm. I don't know what happened but it started past 2:00 pm. I really don't like waiting.=/ While waiting, I was scouting for cosplayers to shoot but it seems like they were still not ready. Many were still putting make-up and fixing their costumes. So I just decided to look for a place close enough to the stage.

Kpop Dancers

  Arvee                                                AC   

 

    Zhel                                               Rayland

The event was started by a performance of Kpop dancers. I have seen them a lot of times performing the same moves so I was getting a bit bored. Then the emcees introduced the 4 judges; AC, Zhel, Arvee and Rayland. Later on they announced a special judge: Maki. Then followed by a performance of One Piece cosplayers. I can say that the stage was not properly built. I can't explain very well but as the One Piece performers were doing their thing, the floor of the stage keeps on separating creating a gap in between the stage floor. It's a good thing no one fell in the gap. That would really hurt!

 

GoTenks                                          Spidey

The cosplay competition started with GoTenks. His skit was really entertaining if you can understand Bisaya else it will be very boring. Followed by Spiderman (I forgot the explanation why he was wearing that.). The action moves were really cool especially when he was beating up the bad guy. Then there was the Green Man from the sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. All I can say is that he has guts! Next was the Vizard Lisa and a partner (i forgot the character being cosplayed).  

Kpop Singers

After their skit, the judges took a break and a performance of Kpop singers followed. They can really sing well and choreographed there moves perfectly. There was also a confusion in events, right after the intermission, the cosplay competition continued but the judges were still not around. Pppffftt... The event continued with a Romeo and Juliet performance followed by a Deatheater and lastly Ciel dancing by herself.

 

a Deatheater                                            Ciel      

Each time a contestant finishes their skit, they are interviewed by each of the judges which I thought was a little time consuming but later found out that there were only a few contestants for this event and a lot backed out without saying a word to the organizers.  In the end, Gotenks won the competition .

It is nice to know that cosplay events in Cebu are now getting sponsors. There were a lot of mini games like a name that tune and trivia questions about Japan. But I am too lazy to participate.XD I was not able to talk to AC and Zhel since there were busy judging and I was afraid to be a nuisance. But seeing them personally is already enough for me=]

      

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Last August, while watching the ToRCH event in SM. I noticed that the auto focus in my camera was reacting so slow. So I decided to shoot in manual that time. 

And for this event, I switched from AF to MF since I noticed that I was having a lot of blurry shots while using AF. This was one of the worst event shots in my life(not!XD). And to think ZeroThreeTwo asked for my shots to be featured in their website. That was really embarrassing! And they really posted it in their blog.XD

My brother examined the camera and concluded that the auto focus was busted. I was not really worried since it is still covered in the warranty.