Ozine Fest Anime Figure Special 2017

The awesome folks at Otakuzine Anime Magazine are at it again to bring otaku and anime fans its annual Ozine Fest Event. One of the most anticipated and well known anime/otaku event in the Philippines. Ozine Fest Anime Figure Special is a two day event once again held at Megatrade Hall 2 of SM Megamall.

It was already the second day of the event when I got to the event due to a busy family Christmas schedule and got to Megamall around 2 in the afternoon which is pretty late when one wants to avail of the freebies they also offered for early bird ticket holders. Something that has become a staple for a lot of the major otaku events in the Country.

photos from Dukesa Ione

Ozine has been giving annual otaku events for some ten plus years now and still is going strong with the first event going as far back as December of 2005 held at Robinsons Galleria and the next year after that held at Le Pavillion. It was around Ozines third year around April that the venue was finally been the Megatrade hall of SM Megamall where it has been held ever since, which I find ideal since its sort of the middle ground of North and South Area.

photos from Dukesa Ione

Due to the lines I got inside later and started checking out the booths. First thing that caught my attention are the Gundam merchandise they got on sale. Im a big fan of the franchise but sadly due to a busy schedule I havent been keeping up with the Gundam trend and much of the Gundam toys are alien to me.

Second thing I noticed are the otaku anime booths that sells items that range from pillows, keychains, t-shirt and anime figures, plushy, caps, bags. Truly an otaku paradise. I took a mental note to save up on a Final Fantasy Cap I saw at one of the booths.

I took some photos of nearly every cosplayer that perked my interest. Ive wanted to take more but Im not familiar with the other cosplay characters so I only took the ones that Im somewhat familiar with. I also met some cosplayer friends and photographers while I was going around. Its a nice feeling when they still recognize you out of costume and we have some laughs and chat about our favorite anime fandom.

There was a photo booth for those who want to take their photos taken with an anime inspired background. Oh and also a Maid Cafe for those who want to experience being served their favorite meal and drinks by lovely cosplay Maids. Something Id suggest everyone should experience at least once.

One of my favorite part are the artist booths. There one can get those one of a kind personalized commissioned fan art from really talented artist. I remember buying a set of RWBY fan art from these booths and its one of my favorite collection to this day. The Meet and Greet line is long which is no surprise since those things are a lot cheaper than flying to Taiwan or some Country abroad just to meet these special Guest in person. They also have Toy auctions, anime karaoke, cosplay competition and cool mini games such as darts. I notice some folks enjoying an anime card game.

And what otaku and anime event wouldn't be complete without the cosplayers to liven things up. Cosplayers from different anime and game graced Ozine Fest annually to have fun in costume and impersonate their favorite characters for everyone to enjoy. Im sure the parents and the kids that passed by the event enjoyed taking photos of them and with them. Ozine has something for everyone to make their Christmas experience complete.