Philippines
Canadian Anime Mag Seeks Filipina Cover Girl
Japanese anime is huge in the Philippines, and so is its accompanying otaku culture. Even anime cosplay is rapidly entering Filipino mainstream culture. That’s why Canadian anime lifestyle magazine Anime Iku seeks a Filipina anime otaku for their next cover girl. They’ll even fly a trained fashion photographer to the Philippines to give her a professional photoshoot.
Editor Michael Chan sent me a copy of their maiden issue, featuring everything from cosplay girl group Objective: Free Fantasy to a mouse cosplaying Pikachu. Classy, crazy, and cool — just the way I like it. I can’t wait to see a Filipina on the cover.
Happy Problogaversary, Abe Olandres!
The Philippines’ most successful problogger, Abe “Yuga” Olandres, celebrates his first year of full time problogging today. He’s celebrating on the job, too: conducting a blogging workshop overseas.
I’m meeting with newly appointed CICT Commissioner Mon Ibrahim on Monday; I’ll definitely put forward the idea of Filipino problogging as a sunrise industry. Philippine IT policy development did not anticipate the rise of solo netrepreneurs, which is a pity considering the Filipino solo entrepreneurial spirit clearly demonstrated in offline industries. If you have any ideas on what this new industry needs from the government, post them in the comments. In a nation of natural social media adopters, may Abe’s tribe increase!
