The Philippine Cosplay Convention Hits Lucky Number 7

Heads up, Filipino cosplayers! The Philippine Cosplay Convention is back! Cosplay.PH has worked side-by-side together with Hobbiworx, Inc. and Robinson’s Place Manila to bring cosplayers and congoers together under this free event. This year’s Philippine Cosplay Convention is celebrating its seventh year since its first successful kick start in 2008.

Test your skills and passion for cosplay in the cosplay contests laid out for PCC 7! Categories such as individual and group cosplay are present with unique categories added, namely the Historical Cosplay and Filipino Cosplay, to pique your interest and keep you on their toes. Keep Reading

Traditional And Modern Japanese Music Collide In Hatsune Miku Song Remake

WagakkiBandJapan is one of the most versatile countries in existence to perfectly combine their traditional and modern cultures in one awesome output and the WagakkiBand (和楽器バンド) shows us just that with their latest single which happens to be a cover of a Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) song.

Senbonzakura (千本桜), otherwise known as A Thousand Cherry Blossoms, goes with a tune that will strongly remind you of the East and the WagakkiBand gave it a more distinct Japanese vibe as the band has incorporated traditional Japanese musical instruments such as the koto (箏), shamisen (三味線) as well as a flute called the shakuhachi (尺八). Keep Reading

New Levi Figure Ready For Pre-Orders

Attack on Titan Levi FigureIf you’ve been collecting Shingeki no Kyojin (進撃の巨人) figures for the longest time already, you already know by now that Levi’s (リヴァイ) figures sell like hotcakes. If you missed out on a Levi figure for your Shingeki no Kyojin collection, Japanese toy company Pulchra!

Pulchra’s take on everyone’s favorite Heicho (兵長) stands at a 1/7 scale or 27 cm. Priced at a whopping 12,000 JPY (117.28 USD), Levi is made from ABS and PVC and is highly detailed – just take a good look at his 3DMG! Keep Reading

Sleepy Snorlax Blocking Your Path? Sleep On it!

Snorlax CushionAside from Pikachu (ピカチュウ), Snorlax (カビゴン) is perhaps one of the most widely known faces of Pokemon (ポケットモンスター). You may recall your early Pokemon Red and Green/Blue (ポケットモンスター 赤・緑) and even Pokemon Yellow (ポケットモンスターピカチュウ) days when this massive 2.1 m tall Pokemon that boasts a 460.0 kg weight would get in the way as it decided to use Route 12 and Route 16 as its napping locations. Japanese toy company, Banpresto (株式会社バンプレスト), is giving you the chance to snag this cuddly Pokemon in cushion form with the Snorlax cushion! Keep Reading

Kikaider Returns As A Live-Action Movie

kikaiderShotaru Ishinomori’s (石ノ森 章太郎) 1972 tokusatsu hit, Kikaider (キカイダー), is making a 2014 comeback as a live-action movie! As announced by Toei Animation during the 2014 lineup presentation on January 30, the 2014 Kikaider movie will go by the title of Kikaider Reboot (キカイダー REBOOT). The Kikaider Reboot stars great names in the Japanese acting scene such as Jingi Irei (入江甚儀), Aimi Satsukawa (佐津川愛美), Kazushige Nagashima (長嶋一茂), Hirotaro Honda (本田博太郎) and Ryuji Harada (原田龍二) just to name a few. Keep Reading

Megurine Luka’s 5th Birthday Celebrated With A Special Announcement

Vocaloid’s (ボーカロイド) very own Megurine Luka (巡音ルカ) has turned another year older and to celebrate her 5th year, a webpage has been launched by Crypton that highlights the important information on Luka’s V3! Sounds like good news to us!

So far, the Megurine Luka V3 101 shown on the website goes as follows:

1. Luka’s tone has been analyzed and added with several databases. This results in Luka sounding more expressive. Keep Reading

Mysterious 7 Comes To Dragon Nest SEA

Dragon Nest D-Day70Valentine’s Day? What’s that? If you’re a hardcore Dragon Nest fan and you’re playing over at the SEA server, the most awaited time of your Dragon Nest lives may just have arrived! After so much teasing in the previous week by none other than Addison Kang himself, Dragon Nest SEA has echoed his post with a mysterious photo of the number 7 in their official Facebook fan page. What does this mean? Keep Reading