• -Judge for Cyberzone Cosplay Tour 2; SM Southmall; December 6, 2009
• -Judge for Cyberzone Cosplay Tour 2; SM Cubao; November 29, 2009
• -Finalist Representing the Philippines for AFA Regional Cosplay Championships; Singapore; November 21-22. 2009
• -Judge for Cosplay Competition; Kyo Ritu; Ali Mall; October 17, 2009
• -Judge for Cosplay Competition; Otaku Taiiki; Megatrade Hall; August 23, 2009
• -Organizer & Host; Cosplay Fusion; Power Plant Mall, Rockwell; June 27, 2009
• -Awarding; Cyberzone Cosplay Tour; SM North Edsa; May 15, 2009
• -Judge for Cosplay Competition, Shizen Orchestra; SMX; April 25, 2009
• -"Alodia Fans Day" & Judge for Cosplay Competition; E-Games Domination 3; SMX; April 4, 2009
• -Promoted Zhu Xian Online as Bi Yao for the E-Games Launch; March 2009
• -Judge for Cosplay Competition, TAGCOM; Robinson’s Ermita; March 1 2009
• -Cosplay Competion Judge; 8th Philippine Toys and Hobbies Collection Convention; Megatrade Hall; June 20-21 2008
• -Judge for "Best Anime Total Look" Make-Up and Hair-styling Contest; Cosmetologie; The Arena, San Juan ; January 26, 2009
• -Promoted Shakugan No Shana for TV5; Ran Online Tournament & Collecticon; October 4 2008
• -Judge for Cosplay Competition, Animania; Robinson’s Galleria; September 13 2008
• -Judge for Cosplay/Harajuku Fashion Competition; JapFun: Selebrasyon at Eksplorasyon ng Wika at Kulturang Hapon; UP Diliman; July 31 2008
• -Cosplay Competion Host; 6th Philippine Toys and Hobbies Collection Convention; Megatrade Hall; June 16-17 2007
• -Judge for Cosplay Competition; Mangaholix Magamania Convention; Mall of Asia; May 19, 2007
• -Cosplay Catwalk Show Host; Christmas Gift Fair 2006 & Collectible Christmas Fair 2006; Megatrade Hall, Megamall; December 2006
• -Online Voting Winner; as Arua of Rose Online; National Cosplay Competition; Megatrade Hall, Megamall; July 31 2006
• -1st place Group Cosplay; as Alexiel of Angel Sanctuary; 5th Philippine Toys and Hobbies Collection Convention; Megatrade Hall; June 17-18 2006
• -Judge for Cosplay Competition; PUP Anime Guild Convention; March 18, 2006
• -1st place; as Creature Pink of Gunbound; Anime Explosion; Megatrade Hall; February 19-20, 2005
• -Most Innovative; as Creature Pink of Gunbound; Anime Explosion; Megatrade Hall; February 19-20, 2005
• -Best Props; as Creature Pink of Gunbound; Anime Explosion; Megatrade Hall; February 19-20, 2005
• -3rd place; as Chii of Chobits; 3rd Philippine Toys and Hobbies Collection Convention; Megatrade Hall; June 26, 2004
• -Alberta Craftsmanship; as Isis; Ragnarok World Championships 2004; Folk arts Theater; June 20, 2004
• -3rd place; as Magic Gunner Rikku; Culture Crash Comics Convention; Megatrade Hall, December 13-14, 2003
• -People’ Choice; as Magic Gunner Rikku; Culture Crash Comics Convention; Megatrade Hall, December 13-14, 2003
Shakugan no Shana (灼眼のシャナ?, lit. Burning-Eyed Shana), also known simply as Shana, is a Japanese light novel series written by Yashichiro Takahashi, with illustrations by Noizi Ito. The series includes 25 novels released between November 2002 and October 2011 published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. The series centers around Yuji Sakai, an ordinary Japanese high school boy who inadvertently becomes involved in a perpetual war between forces of balance and imbalance in existence. In the process, he befriends the title character: a fighter for the balancing force, whom he takes to calling "Shana". The series incorporates science fiction, fantasy, and slice-of-life "school days" elements into its tale. A manga adaptation illustrated by Ayato Sasakura was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh between the April 2005 and October 2011 issues. A 24-episode anime series was adapted by J.C.Staff and it aired between October 2005 and March 2006. An original video animation (OVA) episode and animated film were also produced in December 2006 and April 2007, respectively. A second 24-episode anime series entitled Shakugan no Shana Second aired in Japan between October 2007 and March 2008. A four-episode OVA series entitled Shakugan no Shana S was released between October 2009 and September 2010. A third anime series, Shakugan no Shana Final, began airing in October 2011. A PlayStation 2 video game released in March 2006 followed and a second video game for the Nintendo DS was released in March 2007. Viz Media announced at Comic-Con 2006 that they have licensed the right to release the English translations of both the Shakugan no Shana light novels and the manga series. Additionally, Geneon Entertainment licensed the first anime TV series in North America[1] and the first DVD was released on September 5, 2006. After Geneon withdrew from the North American market, Funimation took up the distribution rights for the first season, and later licensed the second season, third season, film, and OVA series.
Yuji Sakai, a high school student, expected his very normal life to last forever. However, this expectation is quickly shattered one day while on his way home. The world suddenly freezes in time, leaving Yuji to watch in horror as blue flames engulf the people around him. Soon a monster resembling a large doll appears and begins sucking the flames into its mouth, until it notices Yuji. Surprised with Yuji's insusceptibility to the time-stop (fuzetsu), it jumps with glee. Just as the monster prepares to consume Yuji, a sword-wielding girl in black attire with flaming red eyes and hair appears, swiftly and confidently destroys the monster, before noticing Yuji moving freely. The girl calls herself a "Flame Haze" who hunts the "Denizens of the Crimson Realm" and the "Rinne" they send to do their bidding. When Yuji notices a blue flame in his chest, the Flame Haze tells him that the "real" Yuji died some time ago, and that he is a "Torch", a temporary replacement for erased humans. Torches take on the forms of those erased persons, but after a period of time, they will vanish from existence and the memories of the living. Unfazed by his apparent death, Yuji befriends the strange girl and names her "Shana" after her sword. The reason Yuji was able to move in the fuzetsu is that he is not a normal Torch, but instead a special kind called a "Mystes": he has a treasure inside him, known as a "Hougu", a device possessing special abilities of sorts, and an extremely powerful and valuable one at that. The hougu inside Yuji allows him to remain in existence rather than fading away like other torches. Shana resolves to protect Yuji from the Denizens, who would use the treasure to disrupt the balance of the world, and Yuji decides to join Shana in her fight.
Shana's fight is actually a long-standing struggle between the Lords and Denizens of Guze. The Denizens steal Power of Existence, the energy that forms the basis of the world, from living people and utilize it for their own selfish ambitions. Some Lords inhabit humans creating Flame Hazes in an attempt to retain balance by hunting renegades from Guze. Flame Hazes create Torches in place of the consumed to save the world from the disruption of many existences being lost at once, allowing the Torches to gradually burn out over the course of time.