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Yup Animax MUSIX Fall’s edition, on 3rd November, have announced the Singers taking part in the event. And here is the list!

Updated list of artists participating:
May’n, SCANDAL, Mikuni Shimokawa Kotoko, Tamaki Nami, Kalafina, Akino from Bless 4, ORIGA, Elisa, Himeka, Kita Shuuhei, Sasaki Sayaka, Shoko Nakagawa, GRANRODEO, Lia, LISP (Kiyoshi Kana Abe, Risa Yuu Hara, Kataoka Adusa), Saki Sato gauze flowers and many more.

Yup, that is the list of artists set to perform at the 17,000 capacity Yokohama Area and what a line up it is.

The live concert is unknown whether to be airing on Animax Channels around the world, that is to wait until further confirmation…

Source: Animax Musix Fall website via @mayn_wiki

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A sequel of the anime OVA Cencoroll is green lighted for production, after the creator, Atsuya Uki, announced on his website. The storyboard and design for the anime is now in production.

Cencoroll, the anime that was made by a one man studio, Director, animator and producer Atsuya Uki. The anime itself is a 1 episode OVAA produced and released in the year 2007.

The original story involves a girl, who discovered and then took over the monster controlled by a young man, named Tetsu. Cencoroll have also been shown at many other arts festival in Japan and since have been critically acclaimed worldwide.

Source: 2ch Via ANN | Niralog
Website: Cencoroll website

Another do it all person would be Makoto Shinkai(Voice of a Distance Star), before he joined up with his current studio. I really admire people like them, they are so good at what they are doing and have the patients to endure thur the whole production process…

That reminds me… Where did my DVD went to?

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Hmm, this is interesting…

Moe Moe Kyun Maid Cafe is now auditioning for new maids and you can send in your profile with photo to mmk@animefestival.asia if you have the following qualities.

1. Passionate
2. Strong interest in all things Japanese
3. Active Personality
4. Flexible time schedule
5. Not camera shy.

Once again if you are interested, send your profile with picture to mmk@animefestival.asia.

Source: MMKMC Facebook
PS: Of course, unless you can look just like Kayo Satoh, males need not try… For the sake of everyone…

Who is Kayo Satoh or Kayo Police?… Well shehe is just a very hot looking cross-dresser…

Devastating, I know… TT_TT

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The summer is about to end with it’s surprisingly entertaining line-up which I didn’t really see a few months ago… But now again we are looking at the calender to see the what we can be expecting from the next season.

This next season, I must say is a most interesting one, moving from the Summer Camp story to the a more indoor type of stories. Namely the increase in the number of Otaku themed anime by a gross 600%! There is two of them that even cover the Fujoshis!!

Again there are still shows that must be watched in this season, and I’m going to try listing it out with a little tips of information for your reference.

A Certain Magical Index 2- J.C Staff

But I’m not looking forward to seeing Index… Who I’m more interested in is Misaka Mikoto aka Biri Biri. If the anime is going to be following the manga faithfully, which I doubt so, then the chances of seeing Index having much of the role is really not that high.

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IRONMAN -- The Anime -- MADHOUSE

You have seen the movie, maybe read the comics and have seen the cartoon but now from one of the best studios in Japan comes the anime! Ironman will be making it’s anime debut in Japan this fall, as of Marvels few project to the anime treatment.

One thing thou, it’s by MADHouse, so you can bet on it to be good!

Expectant Index: ♥♥♥♥♥

My Sister Can’t be this cute! -- AIC

My sister is also not cute…

This anime is about a fellow brother kind, find out that his cute, attractive but violent little sister is actually an Otaku… Based on the light novel by Tsukasa Fushimi. According to the reviews, I have have heard, these anime have the potential to be good.

However it will be interesting to see what will happen and how otaku, his little sister really is… I see manga, and gunpla.. .wooh~

Expectant Index: ♥♥♥♥

The World God Only Knows -- Managlobe

So this anime is based on that very popular manga that I have not read… It’s about, this god of Eroge(Dating Game) making real life female fall in love with him, in order to kill a demon… Talk about applying what you have learned…

It would be a god send, if that “God” didn’t hate 3D girls… lol!

Expectant Index: ♥♥♥♥

STAR DRIVER -- BONES

From the people who brought you eureka seven, comes the original STAR DRIVER!

It’s a mecha show, featuring big robots on this cross shape island. Partnering his “Cybuddy” Tauburn, Takuto Tsunashi rode out to save Wako Agemake from the “order”, wanting to use her as a “key” to activate a giantic “Cybuddy” that they have found…

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Here are only 5 out of a lot of them… So I think a part 2 is in order. Yay?

So look forward to the part 2! If things turn out as what I thought… there might even be a part 3?! Yes, the incoming season have this many good shows…

Look at the list?!

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Picture by Akiba Research Institute

On the 28th of August, a few shops in Akihabara together with Banpresto held the Magical Lyrical Nanoha – The First Movie – Kuji premium. It’s like lottery with the participating members buying tickets to a sure win lucky draw, to win premium goods from the maker.

It’s noticed that there are more than 100 people queuing for the draw, way before the shops are open or before the draw have started. No wonder, when some of the goods are just so premiumly delicious…

Picture by Akiba Research Institute

Like the below…

A Prize: High quality Nanoha Figurine by KANA, Picture by Akiba Research Institute

B Prize: High Quality Fate Figurine By KANA, Picture by Akiba Research Institute

And these are only the top prizes. Each set of the Kuji contains 80 items, and the others are also items quite desirable…

You can look at the prize over at the source, over at Akiba Research Institute, but it’s in Japanese.

Source: Akiba Research Institute(Japanese)

I’m sure you want some of those goodies, but you are not in Japan…

However rejoice! At least for dear Singaporeans, KKnM have brought in the Kuji, and the draw is this Saturday at 1:30pm and 3pm… Unfortunately there’s only 2 sets..

Magical Lyrical Girl Nanoha Movie 1st Ichiban Kuji starts this Sat!
There will be 2 sessions in all. 1st session at 1.30pm, 2nd session at 3pm.
Limited to 3 tickets per person (per turn). Tickets are $18.00 per try.

May the luck be with you! Have fun! You can find out more on KKnM’s facebook

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Well, the thing about the fiesta is that… Compared to last year, the layout is the same and there is not much too interesting to see, most of the items are simply a rehash what have been revealed, and the Gundam Builder side is a bit underwhelming. Furthermore when I got there the Gundam Image girls are just going away, so quickly that I don’t even have a picture of them close-up… … … =_=|||

But one thing is for real thou, the sales are real! The cash counter there sure is busy, and make sure you don’t throw away the receipt, for you can collect tokens to redeem for more free stuff!

Maybe because it’s just the first day, but I have a feeling, I’ll be more interested next Saturday, when the special guest, Mr Kawaguchi, the creator of the MG series is there for a workshop.

However I did buy something, despite being broke… Got myself Bonta-kun, he is not gundam, but he is from Bandai’s Robot Spirit series! Some SDX are also on sale there!

So If you are going for some shopping, go to Compass point for the Gundam Fiesta!

Now take a look at my little gallery of pictures of  the event.

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With all the focus on the ACME II, we sought of have forgotten about another milestone event… even thou we have not yet recover from the last… monetarily…

Tomorrow is the Gundam Fiesta, the 2nd in the series held at Compass point in Seng Kang, Singapore. It’s like a big road road but it will be featuring quite a lot of interesting things and offers.

Last year, Bandai brought the 1/1 size foot print to Singapore, which obviously is not enough for us… So this year, they brought along the hand of the Original Gundam!

If that is not enough, there will be a mega Diorama using the Sangoku Den’s SD characters. There will also be Dioramas made in Japan on exhibition at the show. The quality of the exhibits alone should be a draw to any Gunpla fans!

In-addition to the above, there will also be perfect grade show case and many other interesting stuff.

For activities to be done, if you are a parent really to corrupt teach your child,  the fun of Gunpla, then sign up for the Gunpla workshop. Or if you yourself is an avid gunpla maker, then take part in the meet and greet with Mr. Kawaguchi, the creator of the MG series of gunpla.

Of course… The most important will have to be the merchandise offer and the event exclusives. Take a look!

They all look so delicious to me, especially the MSIA Gundam Wing Custom Metallic version… No need to build, perfect for a guy with not much time…

I’ll be heading down to the fiesta tomorrow, but the fiesta will last for 2 weeks. From the 1st to the 13th of September, so do head down when you are free!

BTW, event exclusive are also going to be quite limited in stock… O_O.

Website: Gundam-Singapore | Sheng Tai Toys | Gunpla Club SEA Facebook

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The anime will start airing on the 1st of October, on the follow channel and times.

> KBS Kyoto: 10/01 (Fri) 25:00 ~
> Chibaterebi: 10/01 (Fri) 25:30 ~
> Aichi: 10/01 (Fri) 25:58 ~
> Teletama: 10/01 (Fri) 26:00 ~
> San of: 10/01 (Fri) 26:20 ~
> TOKYO MX: 10/03 (Sun) 22:00 ~
> Kanagawa: 10/03 (Sun) 25:00 ~

So have fun watching it!

Source: Temple Knights

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Yup folks! The A.C.M.E II is over, and I am sure a majority of the participants return home yesterday tired and happy. The event started way before the opening at 11am thou… The folks that started the queue at Sculpture Square will tell you that, with the first person already there since 9am on Friday, while the queue master is only supposed to be there at 8:30pm. I salute them!

Nonetheless, the actual event starts at 11am with the hall already half full. The queue thou would continue to be long until about 2pm in the afternoon. I am lucky enough to be the last in the queue, yay!

Well at least I got to queue before it disappears and everyone is allow to buy directly… By this time, all the rare stuff are gone, don’t need me to say…

The other booths seems to also have a great deal to share with everyone, Hobby Art Gallery for example is offering my models kits on discounts up to 40%… And that is amazing! Of the people from Comics Pandora have also prepared some event only merchandise, the mascot of A.C.M.E II Miru, in post card and Coaster forms, so cute!

I even got a set of the coasters.

The volunteers from NUS together with employees of GF doing crowd control.

On the next building, The Card Geeks are have their games. The competitive aura there is so strong! Everyone seems to want to kill someone… They just want to win but for this rounds of competition, it’s a team competition. So team effort counts.

TCG s even have a booth at the arena doing sales, selling WS and Victory Spark cards. They even have some Comiket 78 exclusives all the way from Japan.

Talking about competitions, we go back to the main hall where the “Touhou Hisoutensoku” tournament is going on. The prizes are from the Touhou Deform series, making the competition even more keen, attracting nearly a hundred people filling the hall to watch the games.

When I spoke to some of the booth owners, they have pointed out that their sale have increased compared to other events. Making A.C.M.E II a great success!

Now maybe I should do a post of what I have got. And maybe a simple giveaway, so look forward to it!

Before that, look at the album below and see for yourself, what have happened!

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Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiyah Blu-ray and DVD will be on sale this coming December in Japan, and along with it comes a Limited Edition version Blu-ray that comes with plenty of goodies, these premiums will be demanding either a Hand or a Leg…

The limited editions are priced at a cool 10,500 yen for the Blu-ray and 7980 yen for the dvd… So if you have the money, do yourself proud…

But fear not! Amazon is offering 26% and 20% discount respectively, making it barely affordable… Visit the site to read for yourself the contents…

This would also mean that we are 1 step closer to the English Blu-ray release… For right now, no one knows if the Japanese version includes any English sub or dub…

Source: Temple-Knights

Update: It would be dumb of me if I haven’t expected it… But according to CDJapan’s product data, there will not be an English dub or sub in both the Blu-ray and DVD.

And CDJapan is now taking pre-orders for the Regular edition DVD, Blu-Ray and the Limited Edition DVD and Blu-ray, if you are still interested. For me, it looks like I’ll be giving this a miss and look forward to the Bandai USA’s release…

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There appears to be a count down timer on Kara no kyokai’s movie site… which could mean a million things… hmm what might this be?

The timer is set to end on the 27th of August, which is tomorrow… and the Japanese are betting that it might be the announcement of the Blu-Ray release of the movies.

Source: Temple-Knight

Website: http://www.karanokyoukai.com/

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Bandai Namco will be releasing the Mazinkaiser SLK OVA DVD in late December and they are accepting orders now.

Something to note is that if you have the extra cash, and 6090 yen is nothing to you, then maybe you can consider the bundle below.

The Mazinkaiser SLK Chogokin Super Robot Starter Pack!

It comes with the DVD of the new Mazinkaiser SLK OVA. And as the name suggest, It will also come bundled with the chogokin that I am going to introduce.

The price for the Mazinkaiser SLK Chugokin  will be 6090 Yen, and it includes the DVD that includes the first episode of the Mazinkaiser OVA.

Preorder have already started at Bandai’s official shopping site and the other 2 online stores listed below. Bandai aims to pre-sell 10000 pieces.

Source: Animeanime.jp

Website: Mazinkaiser SLK(Turn down your volume first) | Bandai Shopping site | Dynamic-shop.jp | dot-anime.jp

P.S.: Finally some positive news!

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On August 24th 2010, Director Satoshi Kon, aged 46, died suddenly due to pancreatic cancer, and the world loss a brilliant director that to me changed the anime scene.

I will not profess on how much I love him, since I hardly know him personally… But he is an important man for the way he used the anime media, giving it a boost when he directed Perfect Blue. An anime that is as good as a art film, showing that anime as a media is just as powerful as any others.

Of the movies that he have directed, I have watched all of them other then Paranoia Agent, without a doubt they are very big influence for me. From the first one shown by my polytechnic friend “Tokyo Godfather” during a camp and to the latest “Paprika”.

These films open my eyes to a world where anime is not just a medium to reach the children, they are more than it. It can be serious, and matured. Anime is not like the American’s animation, where everything is really mean to be at most a PG. It’s a serious media, where a message can be passed along for serious thoughts.

Not all Anime is childish and I only truly understand it for the first time in my life when I first watched “Tokyo Godfathers”. This line of thinking is further reinforced by Satoshi’s other titles, “The Millennium Actress”, “Perfect Blue”, and finally “Paprika”. Of course, there are other directors that produces the same genre of anime, but Satoshi Kon’s influence is the one that got me started at looking from a different view.

Much like how Yoshihiro Tatsumi changed the manga scene, Satoshi Kon to me changed and matured the anime scene.

If you haven’t seen any of Satoshi Kon’s work, do seek it out and take a look. I sure hope the person taking over his role as Director in “The Dream Machine” will be able to continue in spirit, his creative, goodwill and legacy.

One of his final works as a director, from the Ani*Kuri project, “Ani*Kuri 15: Good Morning”.

To the family of Satoshi Kon, you have my condolences. For we too have loss a great director, a talented artist and an influential leader.

You will forever have my thanks and will be missed, so Rest In Peace, Director Satoshi Kon.

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