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Cosplay Tournament Of Champions 5 Takes The Philippines By Storm
FILIPINO COSPLAYERS, ARE YOU READY?!
You can bet on it that we at Asgard Anime just can’t keep ourselves together over the highly anticipated cosplay event of the year! With the Cosplay Tournament of Champions 5 World Class well under way, cosplay teams from hailing from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are slowly but surely making their way to the top with the finals to be held at Cosplay Mania ’14. TorCH 5 competitions in Bicol, Cebu and Cavite have already been completed and the following teams have represented these major areas respectively: Team Anime Core, Team Just-Kyn And The Extra and Whattah Team. Keep Reading
Die-hard Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン) fan? This probably send you into an Eva euphoria: imagine taking home your very own Evangelion Unit-01 (エヴァンゲリオン初号機) that’s nearly as tall as you are!
Cosplay photographer Justin “Stuntman Justin” Kalior was arrested in the San Diego Marriott Marquis and Marina hotel on July 27 after police have found a connection between the photographer and a 17-year-old cosplayer who was discovered in the hotel’s pool area, bloody and unconscious. The victim, whose name has been kept private to protect her privacy, has survived the incident but is still hospitalized. While this important piece of evidence is vital, it still does not change the degree of Kalior’s charge. 
You’re a die hard, Moonie you say? If you’ve combed through each episode of Sailor Moon Crystal (美少女戦士セーラームーン クリスタル) and found yourself singing to the themes of the latest addition to the Sailor Moon anime franchise, here’s a little something for you. The ending theme of Sailor Moon Crystal, entitled as Gekko (月虹) which means Moon Rainbow in English, is credited officially to a person named Shirobara Sumire (白薔薇). Until this goldmine of information came up last Saturday courtesy of the producers of Sailor Moon Crystal. 
Autobots, Transform!
Fans of Yasuomi Umetsu’s (梅津 泰臣) controversial 1998 anime Kite (A カイト) are already on their toes waiting for the release of the live action movie starring India Eisley, Callan McAuliffe and Samuel L. Jackson. IGN has kept fans anticipating as the video game entertainment website posted the official poster of the movie.
Get ready, Filipino fans because Kenshin Himura (緋村 剣心), Kaoru Kamiya (神谷 薫) and Sanosuke Sagara (相楽 左之助) in the flesh are heading for the Philippines for not one but two awesome events you shouldn’t dare miss!