Otakuzine Anime Magazine held its fourth anime convention at SM Megamall Megatrade Hall B last April 5 and 6, 2008. I don’t know about you, but I don’t read the magazine.

What a perfect timing indeed to attend this event a few days after I bought my very own digital camera, a CANON IXUS 860 IS. I made practice shots the night before; thankfully, the result of my hard work was satisfactory. I got rather good pics of the cosplayers, and my favorite would be Saya from Blood the Last Vampire. Here she is:

Activities include Battle of the Bands, Food Contests, Karaoke Singing Competition, Basketball games, Raffles, etc. Speaking of Basketball games, here’s a hilarious video of Hardgay stripping clothes in front of geeks as a way of saying “I accept your challenge!”

As usual, the two popular but illegal fansub anime distributors were present: CSCNTRL and Mango-Manga. There’s also Comic Alley which seemed to be selling the same products each year. Other participants include PSICOM, Level-Up, Ongaku Society, Yoshinoya, and PLDT.

Back to cosplay, I was a little disappointed because I did not see this guy and girl but at least there are less Narutos and Sasukes this year:

I’ve uploaded the rest of the pictures at my Friendster account (sorry to disappoint you with few pics). Invite me so you can gain access to my photo galleries. ^^ My e-mail add is ailes_herz@yahoo.com.

All in all, the event was fun but tiring. I brought home this kawaii headdress as a souvenir:

P.S. >> Keep this in mind the next time you attend an anime con: try to avoid a screaming fangirl and be wary of cross-dressers.

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