Even after a day has passed that I can still feel that the Anime Festival Asia 08 (Day 2) only ended a few hours ago.. It has been a memorable moment to go and attend such a good event (Could be better).. It is even better that me and Fuzzy got some loot while we were there but for that part it will be for the upcoming posts..
So for the 2nd day, I came at around 11am while my brother, Fuzzy came later since he has projects to do during the day.. Anyway, since I walked most of the important areas in the convention like the Toys & Toys figure showcase, KKnM, LaTendo and etc, I decided to take a look at the other booths like for example the Sky Crawler Booth..
They showed the full details about the vehicles used in the movie itself, the places which inspired them to make the respective scenes and also about the character themselves..
They even showed us the artwork of the upcoming movie and also the some shots from the movie itself..
This movie looks promising and it will be out in Singapore by the end of this month or perhaps next month.. ^^
Apart from just that booth, there was also the “Xedo” booth which apparently has a glass cabinet that is filled with 3 Shana figures.. I particularly like this Shana figure, especially her dangling necklace named Alastor..
This Shana figurine has a nice pose though I find her red-hair colour looks flat..
There are also alot of figures showcased at the Toys & Toys figure showcase but that will be for another entry.. Here is a sneak peek of what to come.. ^^
Next up is the Graphite booth which is filled with alot of good artworks by Imaginary Friends Studio (IFS), Collateral Damage Studios (CDS) and even other artists from the region..
There were also some nice mangas to be seen and there was also some sale of many types of manga series (Which I din’t really take a look xP) There was also a special booth showcasing the “40 years of Shonen Jump” but unfortunately, not alot of people were interested in it.. =_=
Apart from just booths and Figures, there were also some some nice cosplayers to be seen during the convention..
The Vocaloid Team looks pretty decent.. I like the Mikuo cosplayer.. xD
The Klan Klein cosplayer looks MOE..
At about 2pm+ there was the Cosplay Competition where cosplay teams battle it out to get the 1st Prize.. There were about 9 teams in the competition and I must say that they did well in their performance (Except for the last one)..
Enjoy the pics, especially the pic of Reiko-san (Do tell me if I got her name wrong).. ^^
After the cosplay competition, me and the rest of the group; Team Blue, SP and MY bloggers, got a chance to see Ichirou Mizuki’s “15 mins of AWESOMEness” with his Ani-songs.. His performance was amazing, especially the Mazinger song.. ^^
At 7pm, we get to see a wonderful performance by MAY’N in her 1-hour concert.. Everyone screamed her name (Some got it as “MAY’N which is supposed to be pronounce as “MEIN” but that is not as worst as saying “MAIN”… =_=).. Due to the rule stating that no media of her can be used during her concert, I will just stick to using this then..
It is worth it to stay longer to see her concert..
The event ended at about 10pm there, an hour after MAY’N’s concert ended.. It was also around that time that we got ourselves some good loots since the shops prefer the items being sold than having themselves bringin back leftovers back to their respective shops..
Even after the end of the event, we still manage to see a mini “Hare Hare Yukai” performance.. xD
Well, thats it for the 2nd day of the AFA08.. I hope you all get to enjoy the event last weekend and perhaps get some good loots.. It was a great pleasure to meet other bloggers like Shin, Setsuna-san, E-Jump and more..
About the cosplayers and the figurines entry, I will post about them very soon since I do have a couple of pictures each… It will be kind of a waste if I squeeze them in this entry.. So do wait for them.. ^^
To those who thought that this would be the end of the anime event/convention, don’t fret.. There will be the next cosplay event, EOY 08, which will be held next month.. Do get ready for it!!
AFA08 Coverage by other bloggers:
(Do let me know if I missed out on anyone..)
Gordon
Alafista
DarkMirage
The Blue Fox Alley (Misakichii)
Furu Anime Panikku (Double) (Day 1, Day 2)
Otakurean? (pp)
Soshi
The Banzai Effect (oOgA) (Day 1, Day 2, Cosplayers Galore)
A.K.X.D. (AK-kun)
e-jump
The Banzai Effect
T.H.A.T. Anime Blog (Impz)
Raven’s Random Rants
Nipah Express
0ne
Stifler
MrMayat
7 Responses to “Anime Festival Asia 08, Day 2”
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Nice report
thanks for sharing with us!
OMG!! It looks like you had lots of fun =D I sadly can’t got to my next anime convention in Canada for 2009 =( because I’ll be in Japan. But these posts made me excited about thinking about Japan and pictures. Lol. Weird, but true. Anyways good job. Glad you had fun.
You should just link back to the aggregate post instead of linking to everyone’s lol, so much easier.
Nice post, a good collection of the authors who did coverage of AFA 08
New around the Blogging Area, Juz created a blog and also attended the Event! It was awesome… See You guyz in the upcoming Events
Sakurazaki Naoki™
Nice coverage there; it looks like that you’ve had a lot of fun there! I lol’ed at the Code Geass Vincent’s cosplay.
I seem to have seen that poster of all the green-haired girls before. >.>
I also have a very very very blurry picture of May’N’s stage performance if anyone’s really that desperate. lol
@chun: You’re very much welcome! ^.^
@Maura: Thanks. Don’t worry, you’ll get your chance.
@Panther: Trackback win. XD
@oOgA: You can check out Team Blue’s aggregate post here: http://teamblue.clanbluepanthers.org/2008/11/anime-festival-asia-08-aggregate-post/
@Sakurazaku Naoki: Ooh, welcome aboard into the blogging world! See you too, man.