…And it happened to be Hatsune Mix!

If you follow the manga as well (as in read it online), you’d realize that it wasn’t getting updated since the Graduation Mix chapter.

I happened to hear that volumes of Hatsune Mix were being sold at Kinokuniya a couple of months ago, and I played with the idea of scanning the newer chapters (whilst acquiring them for Onii-chan).

Woxxy (who happened to know me since he happens to be a Rin fan as well) happened to hear about my idea, and proposed that I contributed scans of the newest volume to his team.

And through a great deal of coincidences, FoOlRulez presents to you the scan-lated result! It’s just the first chapter, though; I haven’t gotten around to scanning the rest just yet.

There’s also the “prologue” chapter with all of ‘dem pretty pictures by KEI. Sorry SaLaNoS, you won’t be the only one with them anymore. =D

Also, goddamn is de-binding hard. ( *A*)

So is the Kaname and -aira- thing.

Actually, that’s because I just stop and ogle whenever -aira- photos pop up. :3c

So… Day 2 cosplay!

Situation first. So Zone 3 was cleared of debris and the peasant folk began to emigrate from the cargo hull of Error 404. Also, Suntec/AFAX management kinda got eco-friendly and left almost all the lights of 404 dead. I think Suntec did it. So lightning inside SUCKS.

Wait: OH WAIT OH WAIT THERE’S HATSU-NEWS TO BE SAID SO AFK THIS POST.

Back.

So… Wall of photogs already spawning…

Another Freyr from Chobits. Not sure if its Day 1′s.

Right. These must be Kingdom Heart Mask Riders! -shot-

This one… Something cool-looking. orz

Mashup

Unknown maid

World Embryo’s version of an Anbu. 8D

Some characters.

Madame Red?

Another Sandplay Luka. YES GUYS, I KNOW THERE’S WAY TO MANY VOCALOID COSPLAYS. BELIEVE ME, I KNOW.

Some angel thing.

Armor dude who sadly did not stay still for much so I got blurred shots due to slowpokenano

Went back in and saw DannyChoo for the bazillionth time and he was having pictures taken. Is this considered cosplay? It doesn’t look ninja IMO, more like Japanese houseservant. :/ Ignore that DC fanboy. They just kept posing with him for shots.

Deathnote’s Misa

MonitorOnHeadDJMan – I think it’s Airgear

Iunno.

BRS

Samurai girl thing

Saber Lily

Mr ANBU is crying because he’s not Mr ANBU.

Alice in Wonderland thing?

League of Generally Unknown – I have an inkling that it’s Granado Espada. Pirate Adeline & Default Musketeer?

KISS X SIS!!! orz-point: I only realised when I noticed the bandaid on one of their faces

Some Narutoos playing rock-paper-scissors

Defense Devil cosplay – They are Singapore’s representatives for the Cosplay Competition. Pretty cool duo.

That Roaring Guy From Sengoku Basara dude.

Nuclear Meltdown Rin (Is it Nuclear? Or just Meltdown. I wanna listen to Meltdown -headphones-)

Misa again

Here, a child wonders WTF Mr ANBU is

Went into the 404 chamber after that. At the later parts of AFAX, the people started to lose their inhibitions and began orgies. o_o

There was this strange wave after wave of yaoi pairings and everyone just ran in and out like the tides

SIMCA. OH GOD, WHY IS THAT PINK THING IN THERE DAMNIT. ARGH

NO IDEA. I THOUGHT IT WAS TETO. ORZ

Beato and Virgilia from When the Seagulls Cry. Or was it Sigh? Wait, is it even seagulls? Maybe it’s crows. Uhhh… Cross-check please?

Misa AGEN.

Like, the one Touhou cosplay I wanted to take photos off. MARISA-ALICE SHIPPERS UNITE!

Actually, I prefer Sakuya X Marisa more but there’s less of that. And there’s Yukari X Reimu and Yuyuko X Youmu. Haha, Nano is YuriBoy. :9

Not cosplay but this is what the queue (or lack of) for the Free-Standing Concert goers was like. WTF GAIS.

We end with MisaBookHammer

Well, does anyone want the Kaname -aira- or Cosplay Competion posts? And which one takes priority if so?

The stickmens WILL be up by… TOMORROW FOR SURE. PROMISE. I SWEAR THIS ON… FUZZY’S FUR.

I will be NON COMMUNIQUE from Friday till Monday so even if I’m doing the Kaname post, it would be next week. Sorry.

P.S. Moe tag for the Misa

Although I got these a few weeks ago, I didn’t manage to find the time to post about them till now.. I have here 2 illustration books; “Hatsune Miku Graphics” by a collaboration of Piapro & Crypton and “Project DIVA Master Book” by SEGA.. Both are very interesting books since they have their own unique contents but I’ll do a review on them individually some other time..

As for now, I shall help Fuzzy gets his new Rin shirt he just spotted~ XD

In and out, bye.

So what will you choose now?

Actually, you have no choice. Because NO ONE commented (cept for Fariz’s NO! and Fuzzy’s NUH and Shion’s YUH, which mean NO won) I decided to go ALL THE ROUTES. Wahahahaha~

Trying to regularise my posts, so each future post will be 1 comic only. A few a week I guess.

Ok, now for the fun stuff. As per request by Shion963, I TRIED to make a Busou Shinki based stickmen. Whew hard stuff, but I like this. Will continue unless Shion963 anger-raeps me.

Ladies and Gentle(stick)men, The Tenacity of Shion963:

BTW, @Shion: Strangely, I drew this in secret (from twitter) in the morning so this apparently has ZERO relation with your afternoon incident. Weird. I feel the links of our mind threads?

Anyway, today is SRS BZN. I’ve come to tell all of you a Happy New Year! (Shaddup, it’s 10:09 at my place. If you live in Australia, TOO BAD. That place is wrong. Nocleanfeed!)

So to all the readers of Kyouran Kyodai, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010! There are many people whom I wish to thank even as more of them pop up in my brain, so if you aren’t mentioned, it’s ok! Mio’s Kyuns go out to you!

There is no Vocaloid here. Funny. I drew a BRS stickgal though, a sketch only, so don’t expect much.

Anyway, I need to ask, is it ok if I say… make a yaoi-esque parody of this entire matter? I mean, I would still inject some yaoi humour in unless I get another letter of no-nos.

Disclaimer: I’m not against homosexuality or anything. I’m just kinda shocked agape at what Fariz has been told. So… Iunno. Can’t let this pass.

so you have two choices:

a) I go on with the yaoi-esque parody.

b) I get this over with and get some other lame arc like EOY coverage. Srsly, there’s nth to be said about EOY.

In any case, Merry X’mas people! Enjoy the drawings.

You know this to be true. :/

Disclaimer: This is of course, just a joke and not true. I hope. Don’t sue me either way. AND NEVER THE NAUGHTY LIST! ):0

That’s it folks. Good night/day and Merry Xmas.

PS. Shall be shameless and put my post under manga.

Even Miku is sad. ;_;

Yoshito Usui, author of the famous manga Crayon Shin-chan, has been found dead on mount Arafune, apparently after a hiking trip gone wrong.

The 51-year-old author’s body was reported lying under the Tomoiwa cliff by a male hiker. His personal belongings was found near his body, including his backpack and mobile phone. He had been reported missing a week prior.

His remains were airlifted from the scene for autopsy, with police concluding he died of a collapsed lung and other injuries incurred during the fall, confirming the identity of the corpse with dental records.

The precise circumstances surrounding his death are not known, but police do not seem to be considering foul play or suicide likely explanations; attention focuses on the precarious and unfenced nature of the trail, although it is said to have long been accident free.

The publishers of the manga has extended their condolences to the family, and will review the uncertain future of Crayon Shin-chan’s publication.

Quoted from and via SankakuComplex

May he rest in peace.

I read Shin-Chan when I was young and still read the old comics I find of Shin-Chan so it was kind of sad to hear of this news.

Apparently, he fell from this cliff.

Does this spell the end for Shin-Chan?

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