According to the folks at Anime Alliance Philippines; the one who brought us the Heron Nation Cosplay contest (see my review here). Has stated in their official headline blog site, that the 9th toy con schedule, one of this years big events will be held, in the usual confines of the SM Megatrade hall. though they haven’t stated how many halls it will occupy on the said event. but they announce the date, which will be on the 19, and 20th of June. Of course, one of the highlight of this event is the Cosplay competition; which we all have seen … like 6th time as the event nears its dated promise.
Cosplay has been the bread of butter of any geek related convention in this country. If they really want to put an event, and have cosplay as its main attraction, why not name all the events of this year as, Cosplay Mainia, Cosplay Madness, Cosplay Fest, Cosplay Con, Cosplay A*ko, Cosplay Nation, and Cosplay Expo; these organizers (not pointing at AAP) should just be direct to the point, that what they want is to rip money from the cosplayers. The cosplayers won’t mind, because they love what they are doing. But the people who simply want to have a common ground for their hobbies (i.e. Toys) should be left alone as it is, and shouldn’t get distracted by these cosplayers.
Since this event is 2 months after Ozine Fest; the chances of going to this event is slim. As usual, JP might come here, he loves this kinds of events.
Source: Here
PS: They also announced in their website, that they (AAP Philippines) are undergoing a management change. Reasons are stated on the link provided. They always give me the impression, that these people are some kind of stiff corporate organization made from anime. But unlike any other campus wide organization, they have a strong backbone support.
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