AFA 2008: Toys, toys, toys
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. This time in clickable thumbnails as there are a lot. This huge Gundam display isn’t actually tecjnically a toy,...
AFA 2008: Cosplay
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!
Anime Festival Asia 2008
For the first time ever in South East Asia, Singapore will celebrate the diversity of Japanese Pop Culture. Taking place on the 22nd and 23rd of November 2008 (Saturday and Sunday) at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Center, Anime Festival Asia 2008 (AFA08) will showcase a wide array of Japanese Pop Culture related content, spanning over 5,000 sqm of space with 6 experience zones: Akiba Town, Anime Live, Anime...
How Low Can You Go? – the low-down on the LO yaoi con 2008
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. The gates were supposed to open at 1pm but I arrived an hour late. I initially thought they haven’t started the event yet by the length of the line of people...
LO 2008: Yaoi Convention Updates
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...