Cosplay Carnival ’25: A Serendipity To The Springtime’s Serenade!

Cosplay.PH is back for another year of their Cosplay Mania Event Series, with this year’s theme being “Seasons of Cosplay,” which will start with Cosplay Carnival 2025 this coming March 22-23, 2025, at Halls 1 & 2 of the SMX Convention Center Manila.

For this year’s Cosplay Carnival ’25, the theme will be “Spring Serenade”. A grand welcome to the upcoming season of Spring, the first part of this year’s line-up, tons of exciting activities and stage programs, three special international guests, and a first in Cosplay.PH‘s history as they bring forth their JAM concert for CosCarni ’25 awaits us this March 22 and 23.

Cosplay Carnival ’25 Special International Guest Line-up

Our first special guest is the sensational cosplayer, streamer, and content creator from Hong Kong who is currently residing in Malaysia. She is well-known and adored for her impeccable cosplays of well-loved characters from different anime and game series, Baobao.

Our second special guest is a famous Japanese cosplayer, singer, actress, and idol. She started as a cosplayer before debuting as a solo artist in 2022 with her releasing her first debut single, “Koi no Yukue” the ending theme song for the anime “My Dress Up Darling” in which she also cosplayed the main female lead, Marin Kitagawa as well as Marin’s cosplays in the series, Shizuku Kuroe and Black Lobelia for the music video, making her first appearance and performance here in the Philippines, Akase Akari.

Our third and final special guest is a well-known Japanese voice actress, singer, and idol. She debuts as a voice actress as the voice behind You Watanabe in the iconic idol anime “Love Live! Sunshine”. She made her debut as a musician back in 2019 under Sacra Music with the mini album “Kutsuhimo”, later that year, she released the single “36°C/Papapa” with the “Papapa” being used as the opening theme song for the anime “Oresuki”, making her first appearance and performance here in the Philippines, Shuka Saito.

Cosplay Carnival ’25 Ticket Details and Guide

Cosplay Carnival ’25‘s online ticket selling has gone live on February 14, 2025, at 12:00 noon via Ticketmax. Day 1 and 2 Silver tickets for 399 pesos, 2-Day Silver Portal Pass for 999 pesos, Day 2 Gold tickets for 1,499 pesos, Day 2 VIP ticket for 2,999 pesos, and a brand new ticket tier, the Shopper pass for 99 pesos, which lets attendees go inside the convention hall at 6:00 PM. (*𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘔𝘈𝘟 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴.)