Cosmania X was unlike any other event we've been to here in the Philippines. For one thing, it was an event centered on simply celebrating the fact that a cosplay community exists and has thrived in our country for a decade. You know how, say, ToyCon is mainly for toy collectors, and Metro Comic Con is primarily for comic enthusiasts - they just happen to include a cosplay competition and allow us costumed geeks run around. As for Cosmania, all the events and activities lined up were conceptualized for cosplayers, by cosplayers.

This is going to be a very long, very image-heavy post. You've been warned!


This is one of our favorite photos from the first day. Alfred ~shimekops took this when we escaped from the main convention hall for a bit to have an impromptu photoshoot. We called it Mari-Con. We don't usually see Mari cosplayers around here, so imagine our surprise when we suddenly had three variations of Mari Illustrious Makinami on the same day! In Mari's newer pink plugsuit is Czari. In the Provisional Unit-05 plugsuit is Jen. And in Mari's school uniform is... me. Got a lot of comments that we three looked like triplets since we were all about the same size too (except they had high heels on).

A lof of people didn't recognize me at first! I kind of expected it as I don't usually go to cons in such... drafty outfits. It was pretty funny seeing their reactions. Just as planned.


I've been obsessing over the series of Rebuild of Evangelion movies lately (because they are brilliant and the current Eva figures and Revoltechs being released are making my inner Eva geek go explody). Mari is my favorite character next to Kaworu. I find her so fascinating. She's delightfully eccentric, badass, and unpredictable. I can't wait to know more about her!

Something that was a little new to us also about Cosmania was that we had a booth that we had to manage for both days. We had some Tuxessories, prints of the Tekken art collab between me and ~merkymerx Miguel, cute tumblers from EJ, spiral goggles from Dom, and some photo prints that were actually from ~moonlightflight Kat's thesis for school. While I was feeling pretty shy about having images of my face on display, but I'm glad they somehow managed to make some people happy. Thank you to everyone who dropped by our booth! You guys are too nice. I don't think I had ever signed so many things in a day.  I apologize for the often silly messages I left for people who had stuff signed! I still never quite know what to write on those things!

It was actually a really nice experience, having a booth at a con. The only setback was that we couldn't all go out to eat at the same time since there always has to be someone watching over it. Though it was cool. We had a pretty good view of the stage so we could sometimes watch whatever was going on. It also gave us a place to sit and rest after going around to see the booths (and photobombing). Like a base of sorts. It was also a place where we could just sit around ang hang out with new friends.




Now that I'm done with my account of the day, here are sights from around the con from the eyes (or shutters) of other attendees!

Photos from Otakultura
Otakultura has a pretty extensive album showing a lot of cosplayers and other sights around the venue!
Cosplay Mania X Day 1 on Otakultura


Photos by Joseph Conrad Impaz
a.k.a =KiraHokuten has an album of high-quality cosplayer photos in his Multiply account
Cosmania X 2010 - Day 1



Photos by Dennis "Shoti" Li
Dennis is one of our new friends from Davao, who happens to be a photography enthusiast.



Photos by Adi Yapyuco
Adi *android-rose has a fantastic Cosmania photo set on Flickr!
Click here for the full photo set!

I asked for her permission to feature some of her photos here, so here are some of my favorite shots!



If you were one of the people we took pictures with (intentionally or otherwise) during Cosmania, I'd love to see our photos together. If you saw pictures we photobombed somewhere, we'd like to see that too. My friends and I love collecting snapshots to look back on the fun we've had during events.

Kindly send me a note or email me at behindinfinity [at] gmail [dot] com


Cosplay Mania X: Day Two to follow!

This includes:
Photos and photobombs throughout the day
A recap and additional notes about our panel - Character Portrayal: Putting the 'Play' In Cosplay
My thoughts on Cosplay Mania X as a whole



Yet again, I apologize since I am unable to respond to messages as much as I would want to, given the number I receive and the time I allot myself to spend on dA. I do my best to log in a few times a week to check my inbox and read as many messages as I can. When I get to read comments that I can make a short response to, I do just that. Others require more time, though.

Although I have not been able to reply to most of you yet - please know that I truly appreciate every heartfelt message that I get to read. Thank you so much. I say this a lot because I feel like I'm never able to catch up with the amount of messages I get. No matter how many times I post a message like this, I still mean it every time. Thank you.

I'll be honest about something. One factor that leads to my being unable to reply is because some people send letters that leave me completely overwhelmed (and sometimes teary-eyed). And I feel like whatever reply I can send them given the little dA time I have won't be good enough, because that they deserve better. When I am in the proper mindset and have the time, I will get around to writing back. So to you guys - I hope for your understanding for now, and I hope you know that your letters keep me sharing here.


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