AFA 2008 Pictures part two! When you go to conventions, there are shops. And the shops for this kind of convention will mean anime merchandise. And most of the time, anime merchandise includes toys and figures!

This time, we give you a peek of a lot of toy displays seen throughout the whole show.

Warning: Image heavy.

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Back from Singapore! And before I go on with a comprehensive con report, I’ll start off with a series of picture posts. First, some cosplay pictures! We arrived late on both days so we weren’t able to take a lot of them. I believe we also missed a lot of other Macross Frontier cosplyers.

Anyway, pictures after the jump!
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Last Saturday, yaoi fans flocked to the UP Ikeda Hall/Balay Kalinaw for the annual convention organized by Lights Out ML. I have always planned to go this? event and since Kyam can’t cover this event, I (more than) willingly went in her place and wrote this article.

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Here ye! Here be updates for the upcoming 5th Philippine Yaoi Convention on the 6th of September.

For any unwilling straight guy dragged to the convention by their sister or significant other, there is a Panic Room for you!

The main second floor veranda has been set aside for your use, so feel free to smoke, play handheld consoles, or read there. The mods will also be bringing along a number of guy-friendly manga, art books, and magazines which you can peruse to your leisure. Source

Cafe le Mirage, the butler cafe exclusive to the convention, now has a microsite. The list of butlers available and meals are all in there.

Last, but not the least, updated complete details of events, venue info, guidelines and FAQs are already posted at the official site.

5th Lights Out
6th of September, 2008
Ikeda Hall/ Balay Kalinaw (next to Ilang-Ilang Residence Hall),
University of the Philippines Diliman Campus, Quezon City
Festivities will start at 1:00 PM and will wrap up at 7:00 PM.

Tickets are pegged are pegged at PhP 150 each (inclusive of single-use Event Badge and Library Pass), while tickets to Cafe Le Mirage are at PhP 80 each (inclusive of one half-hour tea set).

Official Site: Lights Out

For anyone who is wondering when the next yaoi con will be, here are the details from Lights Out

5th Lights Out: Five Years of Fantasy
September 6, 2008
Ikeda Hall/Balay Kalinaw (next to Ilang-Ilang Residence Hall),
University of the Philippines Diliman Campus, Quezon City
Festivities will start at 1:00 PM and will wrap up at 7:00 PM.

Tickets are pegged are pegged at PhP 150 each (inclusive of single-use Event Badge and Library Pass), while tickets to Cafe Le Mirage are at PhP 80 each (inclusive of one half-hour tea set).

LO Core Mailing List members will enjoy PhP 30 off their entrance tickets — please get in touch with the LO organisers via the mailing list for more information!

*And to anyone who is curious why there is a cafe in a con, it will be a butler cafe– the male counterpart of the very popular maid cafes. Yes, male butlers catering to your whim for a half hour.

For more information, please visit their official website.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I arrived half a day late for the convention proper. And as much as I would have liked to give you real-time highlight updates via micro-blogging, there was no wifi available. So forgive me for my very limited point of observation in my post-event report.

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A one-week Sci-fi Convention brought to you by The New Worlds Alliance.

July 9-15
11AM onwards
Power Plant Mall

There will be RPG demos, talks, booths , cosplays and more at designated areas all through out the mall.!

For complete details and schedule, check out their website.

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