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www.worldanimeclub.com C2Age Convention Coverage Shirozawa Himitsu | [email protected] O n day 1, it started off with a huge crowd as they crowded the event venue as early as 9am. Some were lining up to buy tickets, some were getting ready their cosplay items and some were already ready for a photoshoot! The event officially started at 10.30am. As you enter, you could see many cosplayers showing off in their costumes, booths that were being set up to sell anime items like badges, ball-jointed dolls (BJDs), posters and not only that, there were contests going on too. Contests such as Cosplay Competition (Group & Solo), Art Competition (College & Open) and many more! VIPs were invited to this amazing event to be judges, performers and speakers. A few VIPs from overseas attended such as Alodia and Ashley Gosiengfiao from Philippines, Reika Arikawa from Japan and also Clive Lee from Singapore! There were local VIPs who attended like Keith, Kaoru, Ayase Vicky Oh, Shiomaru, Venus and many others. The day went by like a breeze with cosplayers posing, photographers taking pictures and competitions that were being held consecutively. Reika Arikawa appeared in one of the booths and everyone felt ecstatic. She was cosplaying as Jinguji Ren from Uta no Prince-sama which made many girls squealed out loud. She was crowded within seconds upon arriving at the booth. Nonetheless, you could even see Kaoru and Keith, comic artists from Gempak Starz going up the elevator. As you walk around in the crowd, you wouldn’t even notice if you bump into one of the VIPs. You could see cosplayers cosplaying as Hatsune Miku from Vocaloid in different costumes and style, famous anime characters such as Naruto, Kirito Kirigaya, Asuna Yuuki, all posing for you. Not to mention, there was a littl Rv