Tokyo Otaku Mode features CosMania '12 !!!

Tokyo Otaku Mode,

the website that aims to share Japanese Otaku Culture to the world,

features Cosplay Mania 2012!

I shared the photos I took from the event and they made a post about it, featuring the biggest cosplay event in the Philippines!

This is another way of showcasing just how good cosplayers from the Philippines are and how the cosplay scene is in the Philippines!

To see the post, click HERE.

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2012 CosMania, Day 2

This is it. The second day of CosMania 2012. This was a shoot filled day since my friends from Davao and Manila came together to do mini shoots.

Excited yet? 

I won't keep you guys for long. Let the photo posting begin!

First of all, I want you guys to meet Abu nii-chan~ He couldn't cosplay on the second day because he got tired or something.. But I think his Finn cosplay is a-okay~ You guys think so, too, right? XD

Second of all, I want to introduce you guys to half of the champions from Davao. Angeli! It's a good thing she was in costume back in the hotel because otherwise I would not have any chance to take photos of her at all. Louie, her partner, wasn't in costume since his costume was a full on armor costume. Too bulky to be wearing around the hotel. XD

They may not have won but I am very proud of them to have come this far! I hope to see you guys do even better in the next year!! Ganbatte!! :D

And then there was Duane, cosplaying as Barnaby Brooks.

In the second photo, he wanted it to look like he was being shot by paparazzi while shopping. LOL.

I like the third photo a lot. XD With special guest, my BAG!

Lunaru, oh, Lunaru~ Why so purrty? This is her first ever armor cosplay! So proud of her for pulling it off and for enduring the pain that comes with wearing armor! She couldn't sit down for such a long time!

It is an honor to have taken photos of you, Lunaru!! :D This is her cosplaying Lightning from the Final Fantasy Series. Her costume isn't complete but I still think she looks kick-ass!

Sese, the ever-so-versatile cosplayer. She has cosplayed a lot of characters and she pulls each and every single one of them off so perfectly.

This is her cosplaying Blue Rose from Tiger & Bunny.

Sorry most of them are portrait shots, but shooting with her reminded me of when I shoot my creative/concept portraits.

Then we have the life-size cosplay of Onion Knight. I mean that as a compliment.

Trixi, from Davao, has the perfect body size and figure for this character!

Others refer to her as Boy Bawang. 

Chibi shoooooot.

Up next are two cosplayers who I met during the mini-shoot. I can tell they're really good by their costumes and facial expressions alone but the chemistry these two have... amazing.

Meet Loon and Luna.

The nose-bleed inducing pair. No, seriously. I was editing their photos and my nose bled. Or maybe it's because I have the sniffles and I kept blowing my nose. Who knows?

Last but not the least, cosplay photographer / cosplayer, Lanz E. from Cagayan de Oro!

He be cosplaying Gilgamesh.

Like a baws.

And, oh, here's a little fight scene shot between Onion Knight and Lightning!~ XD

So, that's it for my "official" photos of CosMania Day 2. I will be making a separate blog post for photos and videos I took of the TORCH competition!

So, please wait for that.

Here are links to my other blog posts related to CosMania:

CosMania Day 1 Official Photos

CosMania Day 1 Off-Shoot Photos

Please wait for the next batch!! :D

2012 Cosplay Mania, Day 1

As this is mainly a photo galore post, I'll keep the words minimal.

To start off, I'd just like to tell everyone what CosMania is.

CosMania, short form of Cosplay Mania, is the biggest cosplay event in the Philippines held once a year and it has been running for five years now. Every cosplayer, cosplay photographer and otaku who can travel to SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia Complex attends this prestigious event for two days of cosplay, bonding, photo shoots, stalking, photo bombing, etc.

So, basically it's one HUGE event with a LOT of people in costumes.

What's more awesome than that?

So, as I said... less words, more photos. Each photo will have a caption, so it's not TOO boring.

And, remember, you can click on the photos to view them in SLIDESHOW mode. Of course, you'll be missing all my cool captions that I put so much effort in. LOL.

So, are you ready? Check out my "proper" photos of some of CosMania Day 1's cosplayers.

CosMania 2012 Poster, showcasing the sponsors and Special Guest Cosplayers Kaname and Reika

Awesome cosplayers from Cebu. The name of the anime escapes me. Do you guys know? Comment below!

It's THE Maki! Cebu cosplayer extraordinaire! She is one of the two members of Team Madao who was one of the pairs competing for the championship title of TORCH 3rd Impact!

My very, very beautiful friends Kat Carpio (Left) and Mommy Sese (Right). They be AWESOME cosplayers.

I also have very handsome friends, namely Marko Villaluz (Left) and Quakey (Right).

Be sure to congratulate Marko and his partner, Dom, for winning the TORCH 3rd Impact! They will be competing in Singapore, representing Philippines! Wo0t!

Awesome cosplayers I had the privilege of shooting during the first day of CosMania. I only managed to take a few because I spent most of the day being a concierge... .__.

Anyways, if you know any of/or are the cosplayer above... THANK YOU for letting me take your photo!

Here are some landscape format photos.

I hope you like them, guys!

On the later part of CosMania Day 1, I did a photo shoot with two of my companions from Davao.

First is Kevin as Raiden from Metal Gear Solid: Rising Revengeance. Awesome cosplay is awesome. He made the whole thing by himself! *jawdrop*

Second is Maxene, cosplaying as Stocking from Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. I made it look like she's taking a vacation at different places. LOL.

On to the last pair of photos... the cherry on top of CosMania Day 1 for me... was the chance to shoot Reika, one of the international guest cosplayers.

It was very short and very impromptu. I was given access to her Meet and Greet and I took photos by the end of the session. They're okay... I could not ask for more. :)

Yes, she's a girl. She can be whatever she wants, I don't care. Ugh. Such perfectness.

She is japanese and when she talks, she is very energetic and lively. I could just stand there and listen to her speak for hours on end. I only did it for, like, 10 minutes.

Anyways, that's it for my Day 1 photos! Outtakes and event photos of Day 1 can be found at my facebook fanpage:

http://www.facebook.com/shutterpuppy

Look for the CosMania Day 3 Event Photos album, if you're interested. 

Please wait for Day 2 photos! There will be more photos on there, I think. I haven't really put them into the laptop yet.

Been busy.

'Til next time!