SuperManila Comic Con ends Sunday

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SuperManila Comic Con ends Sunday  Pop culture enthusiasts flock to the SuperManila Comic Con held at the Space in Ayala One, Makati, on Sunday.   Video by Red Mendoza  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook   Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram   Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter   DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion     Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify   Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts   Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic   Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #themanilatimes  #philippines #comiccon #culture

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00:00Of course, how is the experience? It's been a successful second Super Manila for you, so how is the experience with so many people coming to your second event?

00:09So this is our third Super Manila Comic Con. It's been a great experience for both con goers and the organizers.

00:19There's always a lot of surprises that happen at events like this and there's certainly, there was no shortage of surprises at this event.

00:28From the massive turnout of people to all the great announcements that we had at our convention, it's just been hit after hit after hit at this event.

00:42And of course, one of the highlights was the announcement of the new Marvel artists from Filipino artists, so can you tell us more about those new Filipino artists?

00:53So this year, CB Cebulski announced that they had selected three new artists to join the ranks of Marvel.

01:04We couldn't be more excited for them. You might know, they were actually at the portfolio review last year.

01:14And it's just a great testament to the success of Super Manila that we're able to help give birth to these next generations of Marvel artists.

01:25And the Transformers comic cover that was sold out?

01:29Sold out after two days, so hopefully everyone was able to get a copy. It was a massive hit artwork by Vaughn Randall, colors by Elmer Santos and Rex Espino.

01:42So of course, now you've seen how Super Manila has evolved for the past three conventions already, what people are going to expect next year?

01:52Of course, it's always varied, but it's more on the western side. But of course, they're not left out in anime, manga and all.

02:02So what are you going to expect in 2025? Are we going to expect more varied guests next year?

02:09As you might have noticed from this event, we try to keep a good mix of everything, a little bit of everything.

02:17So there's a little bit of anime, there's a little bit of gaming, a little bit of comics, action figures, collectibles, Lego, you name it.

02:27Our goal is to be like a San Diego Comic Con type event, an international Comic Con event based in Manila.

02:37What's great is it's a homegrown convention created by Filipino organizers featuring many Filipino artists and we're bringing many international creators to the country.

02:52So that's really been our goal and our objective moving forward, to make it an international con based in the Philippines.

03:06And something we want to be really proud of, we want people from the region to come over and attend.

03:12In fact, we were seeing a lot of it already. We had attendees from various countries, Singapore in particular, we got guests from Singapore.

03:28And I also noticed that it doesn't have cosplay competition, but we've seen so many cosplayers.

03:34So next year, are you considering going to have a cosplay competition?

03:38Yes, of course. We'll see how we can do it, but that is part of our goal for the next con or the one after that.

03:50My last question would be, your thanks to everyone who attended.

03:56It was so many people, so many people came for the past two days that the entire space at One Mayala was jam-packed.

04:07Lines are always a little bit hard to predict, especially when you do an event like this.

04:15So of course, you can't help it sometimes, there are long lines.

04:22It's part of the Comic Con experience, whether you go to a small convention or a San Diego Comic Con, there's always going to be some lines.

04:31Hopefully, we were able to find ways to make it bearable and people were able to enjoy the convention.

04:41But we hope it'll always be something well-attended in the years to come.

04:48Okay, thank you very much.

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