Cosplay.PH‘s biggest and most anticipated event is back this year as Cosplay Mania (CosMania/CosMa) 2023 graces us once again at the SMX Convention Center, Manila this coming Sept 30-Oct 1. Following the last two Cosplay.PH event’s “Isekai Adventure” theme, this year’s CosMania’s theme is “Re:Born a Machine”.
Cosplay Mania will be celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. It started with their humble beginnings way back in October 2008 and the second onsite CosMania outing after the COVID-19 pandemic, with CosMania‘s theme being “Into the Chronosphere” for this year.
The event doors will open at 10:00 A.M. for both days with the line queue starting at 09:00 A.M. for all ticket holders, Silver ticket holders will have their line entrance through the MOA’s SMX main entrance while Gold, VIP, Priority, and Titanium cardholders will have their fast track entrance located over MOA’s SMX Side Entrance entrance to the venue. VIP and Titanium cardholders will also have access to CosMania‘s Orange Lounge.
This year’s sponsors for CosMania 2023 include the likes of Good Smile Company, AFA – Anime Festival Asia, Globe, Great Taste Coffee, Minute Burger, Aezer, Nissin Instant Noodles PH, Everest Appliances PH, Brother Philippines, District 1 Cosplay Studio, The Japan Foundation Manila, Salonpas PH, Animax Asia, HOTEL101-Manila, Aniporium, LightForce, Airspeed, Wattatoys Hobby & Collectibles, Hubbyte Toy Store, VOLS Project, Kabayan Hotel, Arigatoys, HelloChocolate, Kotobukiya, Key Coffee PH, Gamdias PH, Crunchyroll, KYG Shop, Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, Jack ‘n Jill Vcut, The International Otaku Expo Association – IOEA, and Nips PH.
There’s definitely a lot to look forward to with this year’s guest Line-up which is comprised of well-renowned cosplayers from all over the globe, J-POP artists, Vtubers, DJs, and Seiyuu.
Our cosplayer guest line-up consists of our very own Diane Sabandeja, a popular cosplayer, streamer, and brand ambassador from Cebu. Phil Mizuno, a Canadian-based cosplayer who has been in the cosplay scene for over 7 years. Clarissa Punipun, a cosplayer and musician from Indonesia who’s been cosplaying since 2006. KNITE, a cosplayer and artist from Australia who is well known for their intricate and detailed cosplays and stunning modeling. Hiroto Kuramasu, one of Japan’s popular Ikémen Series’ resident cosplayer, and the producer of Cybrid’s Ikémen Series English game, and the world-renowned cosplayer, and Hakken will be doing his Fan Meet World Tour in Asia with his first stop is going to be in Manila during Cosplay Mania‘s Day 1.
You can also connect and interact with some of your favorite local cosplayers found over at the All-Star Avenue.
Next for our guest line-up is the long-awaited JAM/Japanese Anime Music Concert which consists of four popular J-Pop artists, Japan’s electrifying duo of BPM15Q which consists of Ichigo Rinahamu and nicamoq. A multi-talented artist whose musical prowess extends both to her singing, and dancing skills and a force to be reckoned with in the J-pop and J-rock scene as well as the voice behind the singing voice of Mikumo Guynemer from Macross Delta, JUUNA. A trailblazer within the Japanese music landscape who had international nominations and awards for her work, Daoko, and a phenomenal Japanese bilingual artist and lyricist born in New York who started out by posting her Vocaloid and anime song covers on YouTube and Niconico, Nano.
Our third guest line-up consists of several Vtubers, which are comprised of Mizuno Aki, three Vtubers from PRISM Project’s 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Gen: Rita Kamashiro, Shiki Miyoshino, and Ami Amami. Hololive ID’s own 3rd Generation of talents also known as holoh3ro: Vestia Zeta, Kaela Kovalskia, and Kobo Kanaeru will also be present so make sure to not miss them!
JAM Concert’s Day 1 Line-up is comprised of The First Taker for its opening act, BMP15Q, Shiki Miyoshino, and JUUNA, while JAM Concert’s Day 2 Line-up is comprised of Ni Ko La for its opening act, Daoko, Kobo Kaneru, and Nano.
The fourth guest line-up consists of three DJs which you can catch over at the DJ Stage over at the Hall EX: DJ Eldora Model, DJ Daizin, and DJ Mango-Man.
And lastly, CosMania 2023’s latest and final guest is a talented Japanese voice actor who is affiliated with the voice actor agency HiBiKi Cast, is renowned for his exceptional talent and versatility in the voice acting scene, and is well known for his roles as Rio Kikyou from From Argonavis, Shin Nitta from Cardfight!! Vanguard, Masanori Iseki from Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress & will+Dress, Baku ?mori from Future Card Buddyfight, Sebastian from Ikemen Vampire, and more, Shuuta Morishima.
Tons of exciting event activities await us for both days in Cosplay Mania 2023.
With only 3 days remaining before the event begins, tickets are still available over at Ticketmax, with Day 1 still having 76.3% sales for its silver tickets, 62% for its gold tickets, and 44.3% for its VIP tickers as of September 27, while all tiers for Day 2 tickets are already sold out since September 18.
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