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*Squees* I had no idea that covering HERO TV’s “Hataw Hanep Hero 2″ would reap such wonderful rewards. Last Saturday, no exceptions, was the most fun I’ve ever had, EVER.

My day started early in Eastwood Libis to be a part of the Toie anniversary from 10AM to 11:30AM, Michiko, Ian and I then headed over to Robinson’s Galleria for the launching of SupaSupa, an uber cute 3D first person shooting game. I enjoyed it, especially the PVP room but the server was awful. I kept getting disconnected. Anyway, I hope SupaSupa improves its services because it’s a very enjoyable game to play!

Around 3:30PM, we then proceeded to World Trade Center for the Hero TV event. E-Games, Level-Up and other gaming outfits will be there so originally, the thought was to cover their gaming tournaments and then try our hands out at dubbing. I had little expectations about the rest of the event though–after going to utterly superficial and fake anime events like Animax’s, I was terribly disillusioned about pinoy anime events. It seemed more about the channel than about the actual anime fanservice and it left a horrible aftertaste.

But stepping into Hero TV’s anime bash was much like stepping into a gathering of real otakus. The cosplay wasn’t limited to Dragonball or Slamdunk or even the ephemeral SailorMoon; Dante from Devil May Cry walked around with his sword, Ichigo in bankai form was also in attendance, Inuyasha was around the vicinity while Kikyo wandered around with an unidentifiable Host Club member (Tamaki maybe?), Yuna and Cloud were inseparable while Naruto characters were everywhere. We also saw the goddess Belldandy while Kagome and Read or Die female leads form a clique. There were really a lot of cosplayers and I wasn’t able to pay a whole lot of attention because I was too busy playing E-Games’ newest release, “Audition”. Read the rest of this entry »