Cosplay Event

Anime fans and cosplayers in the Philippines! There's another coming cosplay convention that is set to be on the 20th of January at SM Valenzuela

OTAKU ENCORE: Cosplay Idol

This event is free admission.

If you want to register for the event do so here: http://narutocosplayers.com/cosplay-registration-for-otaku-encore-cosplay-idol-sm-center-valenzuela/

Registration is valid until 11:59pm, Thursday, January 18, 2013

ORGANIZER: SM Center Valenzuela and Naruto Cosplayers PH (NCPH) in cooperation with Red Cloud Events and Productions.

DATE: January 20, 2013

VENUE: EVENT CENTER, SM Center Valenzuela

REGISTRATION FEE: P55.00 (1 Eco Green Bag and 1 SM bottled water to support SM's environmental campaign and clean water drinking water for the youth of Mindoro).

PROGRAM:

10am - 1:30pm - Confirmation of pre-registered contestants

10am - 2pm - On site registration of contestants

2:00pm - 2:30pm - Cosplay Parade

2:30pm - 3:00pm - EVENT OPENING

*** event opening preliminaries (Prayer and National Anthemn)

*** remarks from SM Center Valenzuela

*** remarks from NCPH by Sannin Eleazar Santos

*** NCPH Video Introduction

3:00pm - 6:00pm - COSPLAY IDOL CONTEST

7:00pm - AWARDING + CLOSING remarks (David Delano D' Angelo)

 For more details visit the Facebook event page

Otaku Encore: Cosplay Idol at SM Valenzuela

Cover: "恋人がサンタクロース"

DreamCatchers did a song cover of "恋人がサンタクロース(Koibito ga Santa Kurosu)" to send out their season's greetings! Hopo you guys will enjoy this one as well as their other covers!

[DreamCatchers] 恋人がサンタクロース COVER

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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

I hope you guys will have another awesome year in 2013!

---Gel

Music Event: The 4th Philippine Kpop Convention

The Philippine K-pop Committee, Inc. (PKCI), in collaboration with 60 of the biggest Kpop fan clubs in the Philippines brings you the grandest and most prestigious event that revolutionized the Kpop fandom in the Philippines,  the 4th Philippine Kpop Convention!

When: December 29, 2012
Where: PICC Forum

More Details:

Cover: "Au Tabi Suki Ni Natte"

Have you ever heard of that song title? 

"Au Tabi Suki ni Natte" is a song originally sung by an all-girl group named BRIGHT. If you read the English translation of its lyrics you'll know that the song is about falling in love with someone, unexpectedly. If you translate the title itself you'll already know what the song is about!

Anyway, getting back to the point. Two of the members of DreamCacthers, Rara and Rina, did a cover for this song months ago and I decided to ask them two questions:

1. Thoughts about the song:

2. Thoughts about your cover:

Read more for their answers and a link to their cover!

Music Event: "A Night of Japanese Pop Music"

Rizal Park Open Air Auditorium

National Parks Development Committee

Presents "A Night of Japanese Pop Music"

For more information:

Fan Fiction Exchange Sign-Ups!

It's that time of the year again! JE Whiteday has opened up the sign-ups for their yearly HET fan fiction exhcange!

This yearly fic exchange has been going for five straight years! It's something that both the admins of JE Whiteday and fan fiction writers look forward to!

I'm an avid reader of fan fictions posted at JE Whiteday and everyone who participates in the fic exchanges are really good!

Read more for the FAQ and information for the sign-ups.

Cosplay Competition: SWORDPLAY

I saw this cosplay competition event at Facebook as there was a public event made by the University of the Philippines Manga Enthusiasts.

There will be two competitions: The Rurouni Kenshin Cosplay COmpetition and the Open Cosplay Competition.

There will be some performances as well and one of the bands that are said to be playing is Yui For President!

Those who will come to the said event will also have a chance to win raffle prizes, Ruroni Kenshin live action merchandise and premiere night tickets!

This event will be held at the 3rd floor City Center, SM City North EDSA on December 2, 2012 from 12nn to 5pm!

For more information visit: http://www.facebook.com/events/528395173839294/

MIDNIGHT JAM presents Phantasm: Faces and Phases

There's another upcoming event at University of the Philippines Los Baños. I heard about it from a friend who is part of The Rhetoricians: The UPLB Speech Communication Organization, an organization that plays a part in this event.

For more information:

Dance Event: SKIRMISH 2012: OPEN STREET DANCE COMPETITION

This event is a public event by the UPLB STREET DANCE COMPANY.

This event will take place on December 1, 2012 at Baker Hall, UPLB and the tickets are sold at Php 100 each.

It's an open dance competition where 20 crews from around the country will compete and only 1 will be crowned as the winner.

For more details visit: SKIRMISH 2012: OPEN STREET DANCE COMPETITION

Fan Event: UtaUtau HikaChii Birthday Celebration

This is a public fan event that I saw on Facebook.

It's a birthday celebration event for Chinen Yuri and an advance birthday celebration for Yaotome Hikaru, who will be celebrating his birthday on December 2.

The event will take place this November 30, 2012 either at TriNoma (Triangle North of Manila) or at Greenbelt Makati.

For more details visit: UtaUtau HikaChii Birthday Celebration

Q&A with a fan fiction writer: riko_narumi

Hey! It's been a while since I last posted here. I've been a little busy with school recently. But still I have sent out a few questions to some people and you'll be seeing them posted soon.

Anyway, getting back to the point of this post. One of the people who agreed to answer a few questions from me is the person who goes by the name riko_narumi at Livejournal. As some of you may know I also have a Livejournal account (Jumping Over Rainbows) where I post my fiction and fan fiction works. I was looking for something to read last summer and I found riko_narumi's journal (Journey.Into.Space). I read some of her works and they are pretty interesting.

Q&A with riko_narumi:

Orientations!

Yes! I found more orientation teasers from different organizations in UPLB around Facebook! 

Here they are (I will also repost those that have been included in my first post about orientations):

"Shake It Up" Dance Cover

Hello! One of the members of DreamCatchers, Pat, decided to do a dance cover of Kis-My-Ft2's "Shake It Up" during her semestral break. It's a solo project of hers so she did everything from the choreography (though she did use the same steps as the original version) up to the video editing. Of course she did ask help from other members of DreamCatchers as she can't dance and hold the camera at the same time!

Anyway, I sent Pat some questions via e-mail regarding her dance cover and here are her answers:

Orientations!

It's that time of the semester again! Of course UPLB students have seen a lot of posts on different colleges' bulletin boards already but you can also find information about different organizations' orientation on Facebook as well!

Here are some of the announcements I found on different Facebook pages:

Anime Events

Found this while surfing the net:

I found this on a fan page on Facebook named "Home for Anime Lover"

So if anyone's interested mark your calendars!

Star in Carillon 10

Visit. UPLB Development Communicators' Society for more details

1st Anime Town in Malolos Bulacan!

I saw this event at Facebook and then I saw it posted in KIS-MY-BOYS' fan page. Turns out KIS-MY-BOYS will render a special intermission number at this event! They might even cosplay (as some of their members are cosplayers).

Elbi Pie 16 Teasers

Coming Soon: Aanhin Pa ang Pag-ibig, Kung Ruler na Lang ang Tuwid.

Cover Groups Official Pages

Facebook Page
KIS-MY-BOYS
DREAMCATCHERS
KIREI NINGYOU

Twitter
KIREI NINGYOU

YouTube
KIS-MY-BOYS
DREAMCATCHERS

---Gel

DreamCatchers' Lovin' U Photos

Here it is! The photos from DreamCacthers' "Lovin' U" photo shoot!

Click "Read More" for individual photos.

---Gel

Elbi Pie 16 Open Auditions

Volunteers' Orientation

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) teams up with the University of the Philippines Los Baños Foundation, Inc. (UPLBFI) and pelikuLAB for Cinema Rehiyon Los Baños 2013.

If you're interested to be part of this nationwide film festival, attend our volunteers' orientation on November 15 (Thursday), 6:01 pm at Coffee Blends (across LB Centro).

See you there! Spread the pelikulove!

Introducing: Kirei Ningyou

As I’ve said in my previous entries, I will be featuring cover groups a lot. But before all that will be the introduction posts for each cover group. You’ve seen the introduction post of KIS-MY-BOYS and DreamCatchers and now it will be Kirei Ningyou’s turn.

Kirei Ningyou is an all-girl cover group that is giving tribute to one of the most famous filr trio in Japanese entertainment industry, Perfume.

A little background on Perfume: They are an all-girl trio in Japan. The three members: Yuka Kashino (Kashiyuka), Ayano Omoto (Nocchi), and Ayaka Nishiwaki (A-chan) all came from Hiroshima.

Kirei Ningyou had their first major performance last March 11, 2012 at the Jpop Hrand Festival. Kirei Ningyou started to perform as their group now during the Jpop Dance Cover competition and over 15 contestants they won as champion.

“We were really glad we won since there is only one group recognized as winner. The feeling before and after the performance was extreme since WE COVERED A GROUP without FANS in the VENUE. I mean we do not know any PERFUME FAN in the VENUE aside from some of our friends. And those people who supported us, are our J.E. fan friends. We are actually fans of Johnny's Entertainment talent, which includes ARASHI and NEWS. Before we actually cover Arashi in the JPOP KICK OFF FESTIVAL last NOVEMBER 2011 we also won the event as JPOP DANCE COVER WINNER.” ---Kirei Ningyou

Past performances include:

The Grand Pop Culture Fair

Asian Pop Expo 2012

Enchanted Culture Fest

J-Pop Music Festival

J-Pop Festival: The Grand Event

Introduction of the individual members:

Introducing: KIS-MY-BOYS

KIS-MY-BOYS is a cover group giving tribute to KIS-MY-FT2.

A little background on KIS-MY-FT2 or as they are also known as Kisumai:

Kisumai is a 7-member Japanese boy band. Their name KIS-MY-FT2 is taken from the names of the 7 members: KItayama Hiromitsu, Senga Kento, Miyata Toshiya, Yokoo Watru, Fujigaya Taisuke, Tamamori Yuta, and NIkaido Takashi (the NI became 2 as the Japanese translation of 2/two is ni).

KIS-MY-BOYS’ friendship started through KISUMAI and their bond is made stronger by their common interest in the Japanese Pop (J-pop) Culture. In Manila, KIS-MY-BOYS is the first all-boy J-pop cover group. KIS-MY-BOYS promotes passion for J-pop and love for J-Pop artists.

The group, KIS-MY-BOYS, was launched last July 7, 2012. They are affiliated with: Kisumai Philippines, Kisumai Malaysia & World Fan Club. And the group won an award During the J-Pop Music Fest Dance Cover Contest where they won 1^st place.

Their past performances include:

J-Pop Music Festival that was held at SM Megamall Cinema 10 last July 7, 2012

Asian Pop Expo that was held at Elements, Centris last September 2012

JE Day: KIS-MY-FT2 & NewS Ph Releases that was held at Astrovision, Trinoma last October 27, 2012

Now, the moment I know you have all been waiting for the introduction of the individual members:

Introducing: DreamCatchers

One of the things you’ll expect to see in this blog are features about cover groups. But of course first things first, I would have to make an introduction posts about the cover groups you’d frequently see in this blog.

The first cover group I will be introducing to you will be the cover group “DreamCatchers”

DreamCatchers have not held any public performance yet as there are some things in the way of that (one of the members is studying in the University of the Philippines Cebu while the rest are in Laguna). The group covers either Japanese or Korean artists, whatever song they think might be good for their range of voices. Of course all the decisions are made by the group, if one does not want to do the song then they will change that particular song.

Where did it all start? Well, these girls have been friends since high school and their bonds are made stronger by their common interest, fan girling. At first, DreamCatchers were supposed to be a group of aspiring writers and designers but eventually ventured out to be a cover group. Though in the cover group not really all of DreamCacthers are active, everyone still gives their support and does what they can for the cover group.

 Get to know the members of DreamCatchers:

Behind the Scenes Shots During DreamCatcher's Loving U Photoshoot

Yes I know the first thing you noticed will be of course their group name. That’s not a typo or anything, that’s really how they want their group name to be written. The introduction post about DreamCatchers will come a little later. Anyway, on with business.

Last October 31, 2012, DreamCatchers held another photo shoot. Their past photo shoots includes their “Mori Girl” photo shoot and their “Kirai... Demo Suki ~Aishiteru~” (which they did for one of their cover). This time their theme is “Loving U.” Maybe you've noticed that their themes most of the time are song titles. I actually don’t know the reason behind it but maybe it’s because they (most of the time) do these shoot after they've covered a song.

If any of you are wondering why I am able to go to their photo shoots it’s because I've known them (and been friends with them) since we were in high school (that was way back in school years 2006-2010). But they've only been a cover group lately (maybe around the time we all entered college). Though I’m not part of the cover group I do what I can to help and support my friends.

Here are some behind the scenes pictures of what took place during their “Lovin’ U” photo shoot (I arrived a little late so I wasn't able to document when they were doing their make-up):

Coming Soon: Elbi Pie 16

Of course something students of the University of the Philippines Los Baños look forward to ELBI PIE.

Preparations are already on going for this production but as of now the synopsis will remain a surprise for those looking forward to watch this production.

ELBI PIE 16's director is Prof. Elmer Rufo.

Written by Prof. Layeta Bucoy

This is certainly something to look forward to!

Kirei Ningyou (Cover Group)

Tadaa!!! A picture of another cover group that I will feature in this blog in the future. They are known as "Kirei Ningyou"

At the moment I'm gathering materials I need for their introduction post.

---Gel

KIS-MY-BOYS (Cover Group)

Here's a picture of the first cover group I'm going to feature in this blog. They're known as KIS-MY-BOYS. I got the chance to watch them Perform live last October 27, 2012 during the JE DAY: BEST & FIRSt News and Kis-My-Ft2 Album Launch held at TriNoma.

I asked them a few questions for the introduction post and they all answered those questions individually. I'm working on the material I have right now and will be posting it soon.

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If anyone would notice what I post here is almost the same as the one posted in this blog: Random!. That's because I'm the same maintainer of that blog if you check here: My other pages.

---Gel

Words from the Blogger

Future Plans

I have talked to three different cover groups and I will have an introduction posts for each of them when I have gathered enough material to work on.

Also, I have talked to a band and hopefully I'll get to interview them soon and of course share it here :)

I will also be posting about different productions and future events.

I'll interview a couple of people as well to feature in this blog.

For now that's all I have planned for this blog.

Still looking for more people to interview and feature

---Gel

"Butterfly" Cover

"Butterfly" is a song originally sung by Krystal Jung and Jessica Jung for "To the Beautiful You" OST.

This here is a cover by Rina and Rani. Both are members of a cover group named "DreamCatchers"

I hope you will enjoy their cover when you listen to it.

comments are very much welcome

---Gel