Text by Phira/Karen Astrid
Photos by GeeJay Loreno
For the first time in Ilonggo cosplay and Anigumi Joukai history, the guild was given the chance and the honor to become the local affiliate of Cosplay.ph and to host the recent TOrCH Western Visayas Preliminary Leg. Held at September 8 in SM City Iloilo's Activity Center, cosplayers within the city and from afar gathered to watch and battle it out.
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| Cosplay.ph's Pablo Bairon and fashionista, Cynette Montoya were the hosts for the whole afternoon |
Guests from Manila came over to oversee the event's success. They were Sir Pablo Bairan, host extraordinaire, Sir Jason Tapel and Sir Guy Singzon, who also served as one of judges for both the Grand Prix and TOrCH.
The first competition to start was the Cyberzone Grand Prix, which was an individual competition for those not participating in TOrCH. Tako Mako's Beatriz Jardenico was in third place; Coleen Agana, also called Coleen D'Lovess came in second place and the Grand Prix's champion was none other than Anijou and Crude Arts' very own Crisvic Bayogos aka Kuma.
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| Cyberzone Grand Prix champion Kuma as Space Marine from Warhammer 40K |
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| Cyberzone Grand Prix's first runner-up, Coleen D'Lovess |
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| Hosts Pablo and Cynette and judges Ma'am Yuko of West Visayas State University Language Center, Sir Ronnie Delariarte of Prima Galaw and Sir Guy Singzon with Kuma |
After the Cyberzone Grand Prix, everyone watched with bated breath, the four teams that contended for the privilege to be called the Iloilo Leg Champions.
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| The guild's very own Nyanpire Elisis and Lee Mizuumi were the first to perform as Erza Scarlet and Erza Knightwalker from Fairy Tail |
In the end Bacolod's very own Team BanKai consisting of Edward Amparado (Kai Raito) and Stein Vivero (Banazure) won the title with the highest score (96%) so far in TOrCH history. They will be flying to Manila to represent Iloilo in the Finals of TOrCH of Cosmania Day 2 (September 30) at SM Mall of Asia.
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| The very moment that won the hearts of the crowd |
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| Fangirls, we know what you are thinking. (Photo by Alan Fajardo) |
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| BanKai with Sir Guy Sinzon |
Team Impulse from Cebu, with their awesome skit and props from the game Gods Eater Burst bagged the second place.
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| Infected Lindow charges up on Soma. God Eater Burst fans must have really held on to their seats! |
The event wouldn't be complete without games and live entertainment. The audience was kept alive by the game they called "Facepalm the Music", a rendition of the classic Guess the Song in which popular anime songs were played and contestants were asked to guess from what anime they came from.
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| That's gonna leave a Mar(c) (pardon me for the bad pun) |
Dance numbers were performed by BBA (Beat By Arts), KISS MEDIA, and the guild's own Cristina and Hyde.
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| Hyde and....Soushi?! |
Musical performances were done by KIMSSHI and Anijou's very own Kudasai.
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| Kudasai |
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| KIMSSHI |
The first TorCH in Iloilo and it definitely made an impact
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