Me as Kuno by Ian Cang

Behold The Blue Thunder of Furinkan High! Thanks to Ian Cang for excellently reinterpreting me as the proud samurai Tatewaki Kuno from the classic anime Ranma 1/2 at the AME Gakuensai anime convention. He also reinterpreted two of my friends as Tekken girls, much to their delight.

Ian’s one of the people behind Mangaholix, a Philippine anime/manga/gaming magazine that just came out of nowhere six months ago to achieve instant popularity in a tough market. Of course, Filipina gamer Alodia Gosiengfiao’s endorsement certainly doesn’t hurt. Go check it out.

Now if you will excuse me, I must go woo Akane and the pigtailed girl.

Happy 19th Birthday, Tricia!

All forms of media contribute to the global conversation — and by licensing her work via Creative Commons, this girl contributes her prodigious talent in spades. She’s one of the few young artists in the Philippines who understands that, in the digital world, abundance leads to value. Happy 19th birthday to one of my favorite photographers, Tricia Gosingtian.

(Photo by Tricia through her CC-BY-NC-ND license.)