Cosplay Fusion Aftermath and Winners!!

Jun 29, 200918 min read

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BlackMageAlodia

Published: Jun 29, 2009

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Me with the 501st Legion!!

BlackMageAlodia and orangeish

Cosplay Fusion, June 27 2009

Whew!!! The event was a blast!! I am so happy how well it did despite it being CC's first cosplay event...which was also kind of rushed! Thank you to everyone who supported the event! Volunteers, marshalls, sponsors, attendess and especially the cosplayers!! Thank you to our judges and Marcelle for co-hosting with us!

Anyhow, I'm glad that the day went pretty much okay. We didn't experience any major problem.

We arrived at the event around 2pm, visited the arachaeology section. We had a little photo op at Power Plant's Photo wall. But what's interesting is that their official photogrpher's cam is hooked up through wi-fi to a wireless printer. So having photos taken in the photo wall kinda reminds me of neo print stations. Instant photos!! Yay!

After that, we headed to Fully Booked's Press Cafe to visit our friends at the Dokissaten maid and butler cafe!

As much as we wanted to stay longer, we had to go all the way down to the conference room to make final preparations for the cosplay catwalk/contest~ Took pics with fellow cosplayers while waiting for orders!

Ashley orangeish, Roms as Wolverine, and Me

Mary Grace Roldan as Spawn Lotus Warrior Princess

Ash, co-host Marcelle and Me

Me, Mia miawchy09, Ash and Faus

After everything, we went back up just after the first band.

While waiting for the program to start, there was this guy who took a lot of pics. That's normal..but he asked for other poses. So we complied... Then he wanted another... My sis and I were like "huh?" then he added, "nagregister na kayo? nagregister na kayo sa cosplay competition? Bilisan niyo naka maubusan kayo ng slots!" (Did you guys register already? Did you guys register already? You might run out of slots!) *in an urgent ordering voice* Pretty much not very welcoming 'coz if it were a friendly tone I wouldn't have minded it.

And so I replied: We're hosting the program. -_-
"Ay sorry"

Then we walked nearer to the stage. He followed, took pics again and ordered my sis to take off her hood. Wow! hehehe...
Anyway... Soon after Ashley orangeish, Marcelle and I started hosting the cosplay competition.

Thank you so much, Marcelle for co-hosting with us!!:]

Here are a few shots of the cosplayers who joined the competition.

Michito Fukuda as Panda of Tekken

Dan Ramon Geromo as Combatron of Pilipino Funny comics

Kimme Azume as Songstress Yuna of FFX-2

More photos of all the cosplayers here and here.

I was pretty impressed with the quality of costumes the contestants presented to us that day. The cosplay ended with a total of 43 contestants. Went back to conference room, tallied scores, went back up for the awarding.

Hosts and Raymond of Cscentrl!

Other than the Main awards, we have Special Awards and Awards for the Costrippers!! Totalling to 9 lucky winners for this event!
I believe this is the first event to give a lot of special awards to the Costrippers!

All of the winners received official certificates and free movie passes (other than the main prizes)~ So here are the winners!

Main Awards:

1st Place - Abraham Cruz (brambear) as Mechagodzilla Kiryu from Godzilla

(photo by z3LL)

2nd Place - Cykah Malagad as Skurai of Ragnarok Manga

photo by konradphoto)

3rd place - Marx Ian Rulloda as War Machine of Ironman

Special Awards:

Crowd Favorite - # 16 Michael Jan Geti-Ayon (Bordz) as Spartan from 300

(Photo by konradphoto

Best Performer - #23 Kathleen Alfafara (Kia) as Chunli of Street Fighter

Youngest cosplayer - #35 Paulo Catibayan (12 yrs old) as Kakashi from Naruto

Special Transformers Award - Rommel Sales as Optimus Prime of Transformers
He transformed into Wolverine! LOL)

Best Anime - #19 Jazmine Huang (Jaz) as Ranpha Frontier of Galaxy Angels

Best Costrippers:

Best Male Costripper - Vladimir Sanchez as Michael Jackson

Best Female Costripper - Mia Marquez miawchy09 as Gothic Lolita Girl

Best Kid Costripper - Sales kids sa Tiny Titans

Best Crossdresser Costripper - Ally Cosculluela as Female Joker

All the winners on stage!!

The event ended with a performance by Milagro!

Lil sis orangeish is tired~ o.o

..on the way down...

We also had a little bonding session with marshalls and cosplayers at the conference room.

Gifts to the marshalls and cosplayers who were in the room~
A little thank you gift for them personally from me~ :3

Thank you marshalls!^___^

And before I forget, I'd like to thank FTW for featuring/interviewing me in. I really like these guys! Very funny!

One thing I learned about them...They were the guys who performed the Yattai(?) Dance
during Toy Con! I *heart* you leaf guys! I admire your courage!

Normal Mode!!

Thank you very much, Xandra!! She is our head marshall!! And we could'nt have done
it with out her! Xandra, Me and Joanne~
Thank you so much also to Adrian, Bogs, Rej and company!!

Me and Ash~

Thank you to RG as well for helping us out!

Thank you band Milagro and to Resh (with cam) for covering the event!!^_^

Other Awesome shots of cosplayers during the event :

Zack and Aerith

Zack

Meow! Ash and Me

Anne Riej Athienza (Hazey) as Shino of Dot Hack

Andrew Kay Bautista as Renji Abarai from Bleach
I believe this guy is Mr. Superman last Toy Con. Sob! I didn't recognize him from afar~ Sorry!T.T
Next time, please don't cover your face with long hair~ XD Just kidding! ^_^ *peace*
Photos by z3LL.

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Ashley orangeish as White Mage of FF (Photo by Richie dela Merced)

(Photo by Jrjsiarson)

Skurai doing "Alodia Pose" with Ran Swordsman's Sword!
Please pray for our 2nd place winner Mr. Cykah (Skurai cosplayer).
He is allegedly in the ICU right now because of Leukemia. Hope he gets well soon~

It's just funny how Power Plant did not expect a lot of people to attend our event so they moved us to a bigger place just the day before the 27th! ~ Guh! *.* This is not a con con~ since there were no booths and other activities like most conventions~

We wanted "The Tent" (with aircon, etc) but they couldn't get it for us, or the place where there were Audi & Porsche Cars, 'coz Audi paid a lot to get that spot. As for us, they gave everything for free: Venue, chairs, lights, sounds, air con, prizes, security, etc~ But I agree, there is still so much more to improve since this was our 1st event and it was kinda rushed... some what like 2 weeks in real preparation? Hahaha!

Anyhow, I just got word from the bosses of Power Plant Mall that they were really happy about the event. So...that means, we are having another one...a much better one (hopefully a convention with booths and more activites) soon! Cosplay Fusion was just a mini event! Looking forward to working with CC's new affiliates, Anime Alliance Philippines! ^_^

What is Cosplay Circle?

Cosplay Circle Affiliates

For inquiries, kindly email us at info@cosplaycircle.com.

Special thanks goes to Maxicollector for inviting us to be part of this event. Going all the way back to conceptualization with Power Plant, we made it through!!

Thank you also to Fat Boy Studios for being very supportive!

And to Planet Krypton, for his sharing with us his uber awesome Iron Man life-size statue!!

And of course, a big thank you to Power Plant Mall for supporting this mini event!!!

FTW Show Interview! Thank you to Mami Louanne for featuring me, and to Kenkoy, Yuber and Vlad, for being awesome hosts~

Thanks also to the people who gave us little presents~ Will do a feature on it soon~ ^_^

Just a recap...
List of Winners

1st Place - Abraham Cruz (brambear) as Mechagodzilla Kiryu from Godzilla
2nd Place - Cykah Malagad as Skurai of Ragnarok Manga
3rd place - Marx Ian Rulloda as War Machine of Ironman

Crowd Favorite - # 16 Michael Jan Geti-Ayon (Bordz) as Spartan from 300
Best Performer - #23 Kathleen Alfafara (Kia) as Chunli of Street Fighter
Youngest cosplayer - #35 Paulo Catibayan (12 yrs old) as Kakashi from Naruto
Special Transformers Award - Rommel Sales as Optimus Prime of Transformers
Best Anime - #19 Jazmine Huang (Jaz) as Ranpha Frontier of Galaxy Angels

Best Male Costripper - Vladimir Sanchez as Michael Jackson
Best Female Costripper - Mia Marquez as Gothic Lolita Girl
Best Kid Costripper - Sales kids sa Tiny Titans
Best Crossdresser Costripper - Ally Cosculluela as Female Joker