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What Mainstream Media Thinks of Cosplay

I don’t watch mainstream crap, but this got my attention by a group from Davao attempts to take Cosplay and Cosplay performance to the front of mainstream entertainment. So what’s the verdict? Watch the video above and see. Now that you had seen it. It shows that mainstream media, represented …

By | In: Thu, 21st Feb 2013

Suicide For A Cause

While the local community ponders on the scheme planted by the Cosplay.ph for standardizing the “business” that is Cosplay. I talk on a bit on this interesting story I picked up on Sankaku Complex (While the site is not known for delivering unbiased opinions) . The reactions garnered by the …

By | In: Mon, 18th Feb 2013

Cosplay Ranking System: Not just for bragging rights?

Days ago, Cosplay.ph announced the creation of their Cosplay Ranking System, in which the participants in Cosplay.ph-organized masquerades will be ranked according to their skill and experience. In this post, Deremoe will observe the developments in regards to this new system that is said to be based on international guidelines …

By | In: Mon, 11th Feb 2013

How Can Animax Survive In This Internet Era?

My co-author Jay reported an interesting piece with regards to the decision made by the folks running Animax to revert its programs to its original intentions. Or so as to what the change in logo means. I am not a TV fanatic, ever since I had internet at a comfort …

By | In: Fri, 1st Feb 2013

Animax reverts back to its old identity.

For those who have Animax at their homes (especially in my country Philippines my Philippines), you should have seen a Promotional Video for its revamp which starts now. Yes, now. I scheduled this post to be released right now. They are going back to their old, inclined-oblong-shaped (but still blue-colored) …

By | In: Fri, 1st Feb 2013

On the Otaku Expo, the Community and the SM Megamall Incident.

I was doing my work when this happened — two guys in plain white shirts wrecked a stall inside The SM (Department) Store at the building B of SM Megamall in Mandaluyong. What gives? Otaku Expo is ongoing at the Megatrade Hall 1, as previously covered by yours truly. What’s …

By | In: Mon, 28th Jan 2013

Hummingbird.ly: Yes/No Concept in my Anime Picking?

  I’ve had my experience with Anime Listing websites like MyAnimeList and Anime-Planet but there will be another one soon, and this one is different — it uses a binary (YES/NO) system rather then the common decimal format. It’s called Hummingbird. The concept started from the question “what’s the difference …

By | In: Sun, 20th Jan 2013

The Yang of the Community: GamerTotoy, SinRealm, etc.

This just in: One of the notable Cosplay critiques GamerTotoy will go on hiatus and offered the torch to those who would like to follow his steps. He has been voicing his outcry against the community since its inception for quite a long time, maybe less than a decade. When …

By | In: Tue, 15th Jan 2013

Experiment: Anti-Harrassment Policies at Anime Conventions

Good day, fellow earthlings. It is inevitable that at every convention in your neck of the woods, you might see a person harrassing someone without the victim knowing it. These mostly consists of pervographers pointing their lens on some girl’s butt or chest, perverts holding such parts without the victim’s …

By | In: Mon, 14th Jan 2013