Animax Carnival 2013 Philippines Event, Now Cancelled

Animax announced that the Animax Carnival 2013 Philippines event is now cancelled. The said event is scheduled to be held in Manila on December 8, 2013.

The reason for the cancellation is that Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia, the company that owns and operates Animax made the decision out of respect for the devastating losses from Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).

The planned event is suppose to feature JPop artist May'n as a guest star in the event.

May'n to Perform in Animax Carnival 2013 Philippines

Animax announced that May'n will visit the Philippines to perform in Animax Carnival 2013! She is best known for performing anime theme songs for Accel World and Macross Frontier.

Aside from performing themes for anime, she also performed themes for the 2011 Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Fourze under the unit called "Astronauts". This will be the first time she will perform for the Filipino crowd.

Animax Carnival 2013 will happen this December 8, 2013 at the Trinoma Activity Center from 10AM to 7PM.

Sherlock x Detective Conan AXN Mystery Promo Announced

All of us want a Detective Conan and Sherlock Holmes crossover and here is the closest thing we have for one. AXN Mystery, in cooperation with Animax will have a special question-based lottery!

To commemorate the premiere of BBC's Sherlock in the AXN Mystery Channel and to celebrate the 15 years of the said channel this August 31, the question-based lottery was made. The questions will be based on a four week run of Sherlock Series 1 and 2 and the Detective Conan special episodes.

Starting at 5 PM on August 31 till September 8, it will feature multiple choice questions for fans to answer each week for a max of four chances to win. One lucky fan can win 150,000 yen from AXN and three Sony Tablets will be given away to lucky winners from Animax. Lastly, 10 can will a plush based on AXN's mascot and 100 can win an AXN QUO card worth 1,000 yen.

Questions will be posted in a special website, which you can't answer for now since it is closed.

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