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AFA2008 Exclusives

November 16, 2008

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Anime Festival Asia 2008 has just updated their site earlier with the addition of news that most of us has been waiting for, the Exclusives. You can view more of the list of items Here.

To tell the truth, I kind of disappointed with the range of exclusives listed, atleast for now. So far they are geared towards Gunpla collectors and also Tokusatsu fans. I’m not saying it’s bad or anything, but I’m hoping, since there’s still 1 week left, they will revealed more. Maybe they won’t list all the exclusives on site, hopefully.

Come on, don’t disappoint me ( > _ < );

Clayz Festival 2008 Coverage

November 10, 2008

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Akiba Hobby just posted a coverage on Clayz Festival 2008 which was ended earlier at Akihabara. Lots of Clayz products were on display, including upcoming products. Some other groups such as T’s System also displayed their stuffs.

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More Here.

Mizuki “The King” Ichirou LIVE at AFA 2008

November 5, 2008

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Weeee~ More surprise news from the upcoming Anime Festival Asia 2008. Other then May’n, another LIVE concert performance will also be held featuring none other than the King of Anime song himself, Mizuki Ichirou ^^

Any Super Robot, Tokusatsu, or Kamen Rider series fans should be familiar with him. He’s probably more known for singing the opening song of “Mazinger Z” and “Great Mazinger”. He’s also an ex-member of JAM Project ^^

Mazinger Z OP:

Great Mazinger OP:

Soul Taker OP (With JAM Project):

Just like May’n, there will be VIP tickets for the concert. More info will be announced at later date.

More at AFA2008 Website.

MAZIN GO!!!~XD

Pre-AFA2008 May’n Interview

October 31, 2008

The Pre-AFA2008 E-mail interview of May’n is now up at Anime Festival Asia 2008 website ^^ Only 14 question were chosen and answered, but better than nothing right?~XD

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Thanks to Dark Mirage for the News & Translations.

AFA2008 May’n VIP Concert Details

October 28, 2008

The details are finally in for the VIP ticket sales of the upcoming May’n concert at Anime Festival Asia 2008.

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There will be 2 different VIP tickets that will be on sale:

Diamond VIP Ticket:
– S$118
– Limited to 80 passes
– 2-day pass with exclusive VIP entrance to AFA2008
– Autograph and Handshake Session with May’n

Regular VIP Ticket:
– S$68
– Limited to 300 passes
– 2-day pass with exclusive VIP entrance to AFA2008
– Qualifies for May’n’s Autograph Lucky Draw (20 lucky winners will be drawn from the 300 VIP pass holders)

Pre-Ticket sales will start this coming Saturday, November 1st, at 12 Noon at Anime Festival Asia 2008 website.

Layout and Concert info below:

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Hobby Complex 05 Coverage – Garage Kits Section

October 27, 2008

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Just like Wonder Festival, Hobby Complex also features lots of Garage and Resin kits, which include the above fanmade Nendoroid Nanoha and Nendoroid Fate ^^

More here at Snow Colors.

Hobby Complex 05 Coverage

October 26, 2008

Hobby Complex 05 just ended today and some coverages were posted earlier. Some news on the upcoming goodies were also announced during the event. Some of them are Good Smile Company‘s Nendoroid Kaito and also the upcoming Konjiki no Yami figure.

Konjiki no Yami – March 2009

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Nendoroid Kaito – Febuary 2009, 3000 Yen

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Figma Yagami Hayate Barrier Jacket Ber. – January 2009

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Figma Seto San School uniform Ver. – January 2009, 2800 Yen

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More at Foo-Bar-Baz.

Wow, Yami is looking good~ ( ^ _ ^ )

2nd Beach Photoshoot Teaser

October 26, 2008

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We went for our 2nd Beach Photoshoot yesterday. It was another great experience, although not as many people came unlike previous one.

I still owe you guys the Garden Photoshoot. Been pretty busy lately and also some problems with the uploading process. Anyway, the beach photos will come after I post the Garden shots, should be able to post them in the next few days, hopefully.

Look forward to them~ ( ^ _ ^ )/

(PS: That’s Gordon going GAR btw)

Fantasy Photoshoot Teaser

October 20, 2008

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We went for our Fantasy Photoshoot earlier on Saturday at Chinese/Japanese Garden. There will be both Day and Night photoshoot, so plenty of shots available ^^

I will post them probably by today or tomorrow latest, since I’ll be pretty busy in the next few days. So look forward to them~ ( ^ _ ^ )

AFA 2008 Pre-Registration Ticket Starts!!

October 17, 2008

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The Pre-Registration tickets for the upcoming Anime Festival Asia 2008 on November 22nd, 2008 to November 23rd, 2008 has started. This only applies to the S$8 2-day ticket, not the single day ticket. To start registerting you can go here for more info.

There will be also Premium VIP tickets for May’n concert. This will be announce at later date.

News Via Dark Mirage.

Dream Party 2008 Coverage

October 12, 2008

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Dream Party 2008, an event dedicated to Bishoujo related stuffs, was just ended earlier. Lots of Dakimakura were displayed there and also a parade of Itashas. Some new upcoming figures were also shown there, including Volks exclusive stuffs sold only for the event.

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You can head to Akiba Hobby for more coverage.

Wonder Festival 2009 Winter Cancelled

October 10, 2008

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Yep, you heard it right. This upcoming Wonder Festival 2009 Winter will be cancelled because of the on going further investigations that involves the recent Escalator Accident during Wonder Festival 2008 Summer back in August.

Well, good news is that this does not mean that Wonder Festival is over. The following next event, which is Wonder Festival 2009 Summer, will still commence as usual, hopefully. Basically there will be no Wonder Festival in the mean time until the investigation on the accident is over.

Official Announcement:

これまで開催延期を前提としてご案内して参りました2009年2月15日開催予定のワンダーフェスティバル2009[冬]ですが、いまだエスカレーター事故の原因調査が続く状況下、イベントの予定を立てることができないまま、10月を迎えました。
以後の日程を考えると、当日版権申請のしめ切り設定の困難さ等、さまざまな要素や状況を鑑みて慎重に検討を重ねました結果、誠に残念ながらワンダーフェスティバル2009[冬]につきましては「開催を中止せざるをえない」という結論に至りました。
参加を心待ちにし、開催日の発表をお待ちいただいていたディーラー並びに一般参加者各位には大変申し訳ないお知らせとなり、深くお詫び申し上げます。
なお、開催中止となるのはあくまでも2009[冬]であり、「ワンダーフェスティバルそのものが消滅する」ということではありません。実行委員会としましては、早期の再開に向けて尽力して参ります。
今後につきましては、状況に変化があり次第、随時ワンダーフェスティバル公式Webサイト(http://www.kaiyodo.co.jp/wf/)および模型誌の海洋堂広告ページにて発表して参ります。
(2008/10/10)

You can read the Official Announcement at Wonfest Website. News Via Sankaku Complex.

This kind of tick me off, but this can be a good lesson learnt for future event goers and planners. Hmm, maybe GSC and other companies after hearing the news might surprised us during next month AFA 2008~ ( ^ _ ^ )

Anime Festival Asia 2008 Breaking News

October 8, 2008

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Some breaking news were announced earlier to those who attended the press conference at Dentsu Singapore regarding the upcoming Anime Festival Asia 2008 event.

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Team Blue’s Beach Figure Photoshoot

September 30, 2008

So few days ago, on Saturday, Team Blue went for their 2nd figure photoshoot. This time with “Beach” as a theme, we brought our figure-related theme for the photoshoot. The previous one was “Nature”. If you have missed it before, you can view the report and coverages right here.

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Beach Photoshoot Teaser

September 28, 2008

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We went for our Team Blue‘s Figure Beach Photoshoot earlier yesterday. The coverages and photoshoots will be posted tomorrow. I will most likely divided it to more than one part because of the amount of photos taken.

Look forward to them~ ( ^ _ ^ )/

100,000 HITS!!

September 1, 2008

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Omg, I can’t believe that I actually hits the 6 digits ( > _ < ). I didn’t expect it to be this soon ^^;

As you might have known, I’ve started this blog at the beginning of January this year, the day when I switched over from my “dead” Livejournal account ^^; Of course, I won’t be able to get this far without the helps of you guys ^^

Most of my traffics came from Otaku.fm and Animenano, so I really want to give my big thanks to Danny of Dannychoo.com (Also for the occasional “hijacked” news) and Hung of Animenano for letting me join the community ^^

Also I want to thank the following Top 5 fellow blogger for reffering my blog the most:

1. Anime-Baka – Fariz Asuka
2. Exelica Meteor – James
3. Deathseeker – Panther
4. Gordonator – Gordon
5. Squee Junk Yard – Squee

I thought I would also share my stastics a little bit to celebrate this ^^

My traffics actually shot out around June and July after I joined Animenano, also after we created the Team Blue community (also I urged you guys to join us) ^^ Thanks to these, right now I’m averaging at 800 – 1000 hits per day, with August 3rd as the highest at 1,700 hits, thanks to Wonder Festival 2008 Summer ^^ Highest total hits fall at August with 29,500 Hits total.

All this statistics really motivated me to keep improving my blog. I definitely will try my best to keep you guys updated with the latest news on Figures and Gunpla (which right now kind of slow~XD ), and also other related news. I will also try to catch up with the backlog reviews on Figures and Gunpla as soon as possible ^^

Just want to thank you guys again for all the support all this time, and also for those who came frequently and commented on my blogs all the time. I apologized if I didn’t reply your comment in time sometimes ^^;

THANK YOU!!

[Chara Hobby 2008] Alpha X Omega’s Kallen & Shirley Preview

September 1, 2008

Finally we get to see the finished product of Alpha X Omega‘s Kallen & Shirley at Chara Hobby 2008 ^^

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To tell the truth, I’m not really that impressed with the paint work on the final one. Maybe because of the lightening or any that affects the pictures, but nevertheless, they still have time to improve on them. Looks like a rush work to me ^^; Both are scheduled for January 2009 release.

You can view more of them at Xenohawk’s Blog

Happy Birthday Miku!!

August 31, 2008

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A little bit late, but today is Miku‘s birthday, so just want to say Happy Birthday to Hatsune Miku~ ( ^ _ ^ )/

[Chara Hobby 2008] Alter Booth

August 31, 2008

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Alter also surprised us during Chara Hobby 2008 with the addition of Yoko to their line up. Not just one Yoko, but 2 Versions of her. One in her usual battle outfit and the other in her Teacher outfit ^^ Both are scheduled for 2009 release.

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Alter also displayed the final coloured version of their Louise figure during the event.

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The rest are already shown during Wonder Festival 2008 Summer ^^;

You can view more of them at Akiba Hobby and Here.

[Chara Hobby 2008] Good Smile Company & Max factory Booth

August 31, 2008

One of the main highlight from Good Smile Company & Max Factory Booth is probably the announcement on Figma Shana, and also the finally revealed release date for the Figma Kagamine Twins at Chara Hobby 2008 ^^

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Most of the stuffs displayed were already shown during Wonder Festival 2008 Summer. Still, there are some cool ones ^^

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You can view more of the booth coverage at Hobby Stock.