{"id":13021,"date":"2018-01-02T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=13021"},"modified":"2018-01-02T16:09:26","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T08:09:26","slug":"comiccon-asia-newest-comic-convention-to-launch-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/2018\/01\/02\/comiccon-asia-newest-comic-convention-to-launch-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"ComicCon Asia: Newest Comic Convention to Launch in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Geeks and otakus have something new to watch out for in summer 2018: the newest pop culture convention in the country, <strong>ComicCon Asia\u00a02018<\/strong>. To be held from <strong>March 24 to 25<\/strong> at the <strong>SMX Convention Center<\/strong>, the event is said to gather the best of comics, series, manga, anime, toys, gaming, and cosplay in one event while keeping a balance between international and Asian themes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13023\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/01\/19642471_570202456702837_4783006152722579996_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE ComicCon Asia Facebook page<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cWith the local Filipino audience very up-to-date with both American box-office hits and Japanese anime, for example, the Philippines is the best place to have a comic con that is uniquely Asian,&#8221; shares event producer Pauline Laping on the ComicCon Asia website.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Besides being a grand showcase of Asian and international talents, the event will also be a learning platform for avid followers of the industry, and aspiring artists and creators.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">ComicCon Asia will also hold special segments like <em>One-Shot<\/em>, where individuals can pitch ideas to major industry players for a chance to get projects and job offers, and <em>Auction Hero<\/em>,\u00a0where you can bid on special collectibles. There will also be contests, cosplay competitions, and trading activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13024\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/01\/d96828ab6c59aa57a01482a54d7f292e.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/01\/d96828ab6c59aa57a01482a54d7f292e.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/01\/d96828ab6c59aa57a01482a54d7f292e-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE ComicCon Asia Facebook page<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13025\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/01\/CCA-Trading-Guild-Poster-e.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/01\/CCA-Trading-Guild-Poster-e.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/01\/CCA-Trading-Guild-Poster-e-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE ComicCon Asia Facebook page<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To get more information about the upcoming ComicCon Asia, visit their website at <a href=\"http:\/\/comiccon.asia\/\">comiccon.asia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">What: ComicCon Asia 2018<br \/>\nWhen: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., March 24-25, 2018<br \/>\nWhere: SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"http:\/\/comiccon.asia\">comiccon.asia<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ComicConAsia\/\">www.facebook.com\/ComicConAsia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geeks and otakus have something new to watch out for in summer 2018!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,68,8],"tags":[3981,3982,764,727,3468,1119,3983,1585,3984],"class_list":["post-13021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pasay","category-convention","category-smx-convention","tag-comic-con","tag-comiccon-asia-2018","tag-cosplay-contest","tag-event","tag-events-in-metro-manila","tag-metro-manila","tag-pop-culture-convention","tag-smx","tag-upcoming-event"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13028,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13021\/revisions\/13028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}