Comic-Con 2010 Asian Cosplayers
Popular Asian cosplayers Linda Le, Jan Illenberger, and Alodia Gosiengfiao pose for the cameras at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con. Linda cosplays Juri Han from the video game Super Street Fighter IV. Jan cosplays Bayonetta from the video game Bayonetta. Alodia cosplays Amaha Masane from the anime series Witchblade. Photo by Erskine Manglicmot.
Since 1970, the annual San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) has served as one of the world’s biggest conventions dedicated to geeky passions of all kinds: from comics, to animation, to movies, to toys. One of those geeky passions is cosplay, and that passion was extremely well-represented at this year’s Comic-Con. Hundreds of cosplayers from around the world trooped to the San Diego Convention Center to become their favorite characters for four days, representing every genre at Comic-Con.
One particular cosplayer, Filipina cosplay queen Alodia Gosiengfiao, came to Comic-Con this year with a mission: to host a cosplay gathering for Kotobukiya, publisher of the new photobook Otacool 2: Worldwide Cosplayers. Through the global crowdsourcing efforts of top otaku culture blogger Danny Choo, Otacool 2 brings together amazing cosplayers from around the world, including Alodia. How fitting, then, that Alodia’s cosplay gathering should unite four Asian cosplayers in America. Click here to continue reading “Comic-Con 2010 Asian Cosplayers”…
Win a Date with Alodia via Mobile Downloads!
Global investment firm Morgan Stanley predicts that, within five years, more people will access the Web through phones than through PCs. The Japanese are ten years ahead of the curve: they’ve been accessing the Internet mostly through their phones since 2005.
Cosplayers are performance artists, and most cosplayers are Internet geeks. As artists, they naturally seek out new ways to reach their audiences. As geeks, they’re willing to play with all sorts of digital media. That’s why it makes perfect sense for Filipina cosplay queen and Net idol Alodia Gosiengfiao to launch her own mobile download service. Click here to continue reading “Win a Date with Alodia via Mobile Downloads!”…
