Cebu Cosplay | Cosplay Harajuku District (HD)

The 2^nd event for this day and one of the few events that was being held at night. Cosplay Harajuku District (HD) was held last October 29, 2011 at the Linear Park, Ayala Business Park, Cebu. It was supposed to imitate Japan's Harajuku Bridge where cosplayers and fashionistas would meet.

The place was decorated with lanterns and food stalls can be found on the sides. I didn't bother taking pictures of the cosplayers I was passing by since I do not like the outcome of the pictures using the built in flash of the camera.

So Cosplay HD started with the live bands. One of my friends was there to play, she sang an acoustic version of 1/3 from Rurouni Kenshin. Never Ending Weekend also graced the event and in honor of tonights theme, their last song was a cover of Rolling Star by Yui. They sounded good but pronounced the lyrics wrong. I can let it pass since I know that they are not Japanese and maybe didn't have enough time to practice. But at least the vocalist memorized the song and the band played real well.

Tuxedo Team

Then there was this actor who was also invited to Cosplay HD and performed a song(I forgot his name). Many didn't care since most were waiting for the Tuxedo Team to show up. And the Tux Team were also the reason why I stayed for this event. I braved the ocean of professional photographers just to get a decent shot of the Tux Team.XD Of course I was a little bit intimidated by them since they got all flashes, lenses and assistants. Hahaha. But never the less, I got some pretty good shots for this cosplay event.

To formally start the event, the emcees were introduced: Chloe and Melo a.k.a Maid Macho. They were a really great combination. They never gave way to silence. Melo is part of the Tux Team. I knew he was a good emcee but I never thought that he was THAT good. He was so funny and he wore a school girls outfit matched with a strawberry knee-high socks and his Japonista foot wear. I can still remember him saying that his friends saw that pair of socks one day and instantly thought of him so they bought it. What great friends! Hahaha.

a not so nice shot of the judges.XD

The Tuxedo Team were then introduced. Dom was cosplaying as Lee from Tekken; Bok was a masked man; Jayem was donning his Black Rock Shooter outfit; Charmie as Sheryl Nome (she is really awesome! She made her own costume); then there was Miguel as Captain Jack Sparrow (he was so in character!); Kat was cosplaying as Juria from Fairy Tail and lastly, Jin as Angela Teach from Pirates of the Caribbean. A loud cheer erupted from the audience(more than the cheer of that actor). Then the judges were introduced. They were   Anne; a very talented photographer, Arvee; a known cosplayer/propsmaker, then Kat and Jin from the Tux Team.

First up were the kiddo cosplayers. There was a Xiayou and Bob from Tekken. That small boy really got Bob's looks! Hahaha. A mini Naruto and a twirling fairy. Then on to the Male cosplay competiton. There were only five of them and the female cosplay competitors were only two. I was just curious why there were only a few contestants.

The group cosplay has three participants. 2 out of 3 performed at ARCHCON. I wonder what stuffs run in judges minds as they witness the same performance in one day. hehe

Comments

-they should not have invited a guest not related to the event like that actor.

-why put a kiddie cosplay at this event. It was held at night and the winner was announced past 11pm(that is past the children's bedtime.XD)
-the organizers handled the event perfectly. They really planned this event well, I can tell by the event flow.
-i just wished that the cosplayers should have worn japanese fashion instead of dressing up as anime character. hehe

Thank you to iluvcebu.com for the complimentary passes.=]

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I was really happy to see the Tuxedo Team personally that my inspiration went up and as a result, I got really great shots for this event!=D I badly want an external flash.

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?