otaku dot ph is re-launching!

It has been a while since our last post (not including the Anime Review I just posted a few hours ago), and obviously this is due to uncontrollable instances. I had to transfer jobs, chokoreitou had a life-changing earthquake and tsunami to deal with. But now that we’re back, we’re going to be so much better.

With the help of our newest member, otaku dot ph will be re-launching soon!

Yes you’ll see new designs and probably a new logo to go with it, but that’s not all.

We’ll be covering more topics (yey!) coming from more writers (yey!).

I won’t give away everything right now, though, just to keep you guys thinking. But here’s a teaser:

Based on a personal survey I conducted (with a sample size of three people :P) I found out that people who like Anime also like, wait for it, Gaming! Boom! So yeah, we’ll be reviewing games and gadgets, and trust me, we’ll be as updated as we can with the latest gadgets and games out in the market.

In fact, I couldn’t wait to get started that I’ve written my first Game Review before I wrote this announcement. I won’t be posting it today, though, so please check back very soon. :)

The official re-launching is scheduled on August 1st, but you won’t have to wait that long to enjoy the new goodies we will have to offer.

In the next few days (that’s tomorrow or the next day), the new segments will start showing up.

By mid-July, the new site layout should be up. A couple of weeks after that the site should look completely refreshed and by August 1, otaku dot ph 2.0 will be up and running.

So tell your friends and keep coming back, cause, you know, WE’RE BAAACK!

(wow, that ‘rhyme’ sucks)

(This is a recovered article. The post date may not be accurate.)

Hello Everyone!

Here are the top 20 cosplayers of 2010. All pictures were taken (with the cosplayers' permission) during the Toycon 2010 at the SM Megamall. If you know the name of the characters they are portraying (or if you know their name, wink wink), please feel free to post them at the comments section.

Here's a taste of cosplaying action. These girls didn't make it to the top 20, though, probably because there were a lot of them and if you only take one from the group, it wouldn't be as spectacular. Enjoy!

Field Report: I Ai Anime (July 10, 2010)

After the two-day Toycon (Read Field Reports for Day One and Day Two) comes “I Ai Anime”, a similar event but much more Anime-oriented than the Toycon.

“I Ai Anime” also comes in a two-day installment, however, due to prior engagements, otaku.ph writer fluffy and this writer was only able to visit the event, regrettably, on day one. So if you’re reading this today, July 10, then you can still try and visit the event tomorrow.

Toys, Manga, more Pirated Anime, plus so much more, after the break.

Field Report: Toycon 2010: Day Two (June 20, 2010)

We didn’t know beforehand that Day Two of this year’s Toycon would be much more fun!

I went again together with my girlfriend. At the mall, we met up with Otaku.ph contributor bakaranger.

We arrived at around noon, and seen from outside the Megatrade Hall, the event itself was more or less the same. In fact, it looked much more spacious, and there was far less participants than the day before. Even the long line towards the entrance was nowhere to be found. Little did I know that the day was just starting.

Field Report: Toycon 2010: Day One (June 19, 2010)

Konnichiwa!

I just arrived from the first day of the two-day Toy Conference (Toycon) at SM Megamall.

I arrived at the Megatrade Hall at around 11am, got tickets for myself and my girlfriend, and fell in line. We were lucky because we were early, we were only in line for about 10 or 15 minutes. When we got out about two hours later, the lines were about five times longer!

Anyway, as expected, you had to squeeze yourself through the hallways once you get inside as there was a LOT of people fighting to get the best toys. It was so crowded that it was hard to speak to the vendors, to ask for prices, for instance.

Toycon 2010

See you guys at the Toycon 2010 at Megatrade Halls 2-3, SM Megamall today and tomorrow. I'll probably be there both days and I'll be posting pictures of the conventions as well as the (anime) action figures I might buy. :)

Here is the official poster from toyconph.com

My ultimate goal would be a Yui Hirasawa action figure (you can see her in the poster), so I'm hoping I can find one somewhere. I'll tell you about it later, whether I succeeded in my objective or not.

Enjoy!

fudepen

Konpe #1: Taiyaki [Philippine Version]

Important: The Konpe Channel is a series of blogs comparing Japanese products in Japan to Japanese products in the Philippines (or vice versa). It consists of two partner posts, one from a writer in the Philippines, and another from a writer in Japan. For example, after “Konpe #1: Taiyaki [Philippine Version], you’ll soon see a “Konpe #1: Taiyaki [Japan Version]” post. We highly recommend that you read both.

Taiyaki is a traditional Japanese cake. It is usually fish-shaped, has red bean paste for its filling, and is peddled on the street warm. I’m really, really stressing the word “usually”, for as you continue reading this post, you’ll ask yourselves several times if I’m really reviewing a Taiyaki or something else.