The AFA Present: Spring Taikai or the Spring Meet will be bringing along 3 exceptionally beautiful looking men from Japan together with a presentation of 2 local bands, OVA.Hito and

The 3 good looking men are,

KANAME☆!!
Cosplay extraordinaire~

Without a doubt, he should be Singapore’s most famous Japanese Cosplayer. And he will be back to showcase his art.

I’m really looking forward to see what he has install for us~

GERO and Dasoku
Nico Nico Superstars!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IKdT7_XT1Q

Both Gero and Dasoku are singers and got famous via the Video sharing site, Nico Nico Douga.

They are backed up by their powerful voice and awesome looks. And have since been part of a few compilation albums. Below are some of their covers of popular songs.

In my humble opinion, they are good~

Just Be Friends
Gero cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWo2ZzxWKf4

LOVE IS WAR
Gero Cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVvXUnQsuXA

Utate Mitai
Gero

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIdgmPxbOFc

LOVE IS WAR, Kaito Ver.
Dasoku Cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx7pyhd14Zc

Magnet
Dasoku X Clear Ver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyiTMLYfJR8

アンチクロロベンゼン
Dasoku

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NehfIkRO5R0

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Coming this March, the transformers will be touching down in Singapore at the Resort World Sentosa.

The TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON CON is the first in the region and will be featuring many exhibits like 25 years worth of items from Hasbro, original designs, 3D dioramas and the 22 ft tall Optimus Prime Character statue.

Special Guest include the leader designer of Transformer Toys at Takara Tomy, Mr. Hideki Yoke. He will be present to host a special panel with the fans of the transformer series.

There will also be drawing classes by Hasbro artist, to teach drawing of transformers.

If you haven’t visited RWS or the Universal Studio Singapore… Maybe this will be a good time~

Press Release: English

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Well, you do see live2D clock apps on the iOS like the Mirai Clock 3, which was just released a month ago, or a Oreimo clock app which was in the App store for some time.

Then after hearing about this, surely I would have Google Android users actually complaining why apps like these have not been given some love to Android.

But after seeing this app, some might change this line of thinking. For there’s both an iOS and Android version of it.

“ましろ色シンフォニーあんどろいどあぷり“, is a wonderful live2D clock app by Digimerce, is like the other live2D clock apps out there. If you watched the slice of life, romance anime “ましろ色シンフォニー (Mashiro Iro Shinfoni)”  or “The color of lovers”, you would know who is Sena Airi.

Well she greets you “おはよう” upon opening the application, even when it’s at night.  What I thought is different from the many clock and alarm clock apps is, this actually talks to you.

There is an alarm and time telling function for this clock app.

Tap anywhere on her, she’ll talk with some and different phrases along with emotions, and tap the time for her to tell the time.

Dragging your finger around the screen would make her look where you are dragging the finger. You can also change the attire, which is a school gym class outfit and it must be bought.

Since this app came preloaded with the basic pack of emotions it’s useable, but if you are willing to pay, you can venture more, by buying the respective emotions too.
The background will change according to the time where if it’s in the morning in real life, the background of the clock app will be in the day. Same goes in the night. The location in the background never changed so far, for the 3 days that I’m using this application.

Other functions include the portal to the twitter and the webpage of the anime which will take you away from the app and brings you to your phone’s browser.

The good thing, it’s free to download off the Android Market, But here comes the de-motivational part. . . .

It’s only available on the Japanese Android Market which I think ( meaning you’ll have to get a Japanese Android Keitai ) and I am not to sure whether it could be downloaded in any countries. As when I accessed my phone to download this app with a R800i Android Market app, it says it could not be downloaded in my region which is Singapore. Got this app via an alternative method ( which I don’t really recommend ) as it’s going to be hard finding it.

Since it’s only availible to Japan, these are the phones that this app would work on ( via. Android Market )
On au by KDDI:
-Xperia acro IS11S
-AQUOS PHONE IS11SH
-INFOBAR A01
-G’z one IS11CA
-IS05

On NTT DoCoMo:
-ARROWZ Kiss F-03D
-Xperia PLAY SO-01D
-T-01D
-MEDIAS WP N-06C
-GALAXY S SC-02B
-GALAXY S II SC-02C
-F-12C

Android Market link :https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.ono.mashiro.airi

And oh. On the market, this same app comes in with another character, Amaha Miu, but the thing is, it’s a paid app unlike Airi’s. So, I would want to have a go on this one too , even though it’ll be sacrificing a little.

Amaha Miu live2D clock < via. Android Market > : https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.ono.mashiro.miu.chara&feature=more_from_developer

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Copyright: vanGrafique (Ivan Lee)

Yesterday, Nick, our shadow contributor and I went down to take part in the Real Escape Game in Singapore Volume 1 at CHIJMEs.

The game consist of about 15 brain twisting super indirect hints and quizzes. We were join by 1 of the Winner of our Giveaway and 2 other SMU students. So in a way, our team is actually quite smart… … XD

But the reality is that, we didn’t make it out of the cathedral… Like the many who participated in Vol. 1, we were hindered by very last clue.

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Copyright: vanGrafique (Ivan Lee)

What is it? Well… We can’t tell~

What we can tell you though, is that we very much enjoyed our time held captive~ The MC is a bit over the top, but adds drama to the seemingly boring setting, coupled with the constant reminder of how much time we had, and that heart trotting bgm…

It’s a good game indeed! No wonder many of the sessions actually managed to get sold out.

Thus it’s also good to report that, a 2nd Volume has been decided!

It will be held at *SCAPE in May. If you didn’t take part in Volume 1, please miss volume 2. It’s really very interesting~ I had fun~

Event Details Name: Real Escape Game in Singapore Vol.1 Date: 27(Fri), 28(Sat) and 29(Sun) January 2012 Time: Varies, Please choose session during ticket purchase Location: CHIJMES Hall, Singapore Ticket Price: SG$20 *extended Earlybird* SG$25, Regular SG$30, Purchase at Gate Ticketing: Gatecrash Booth at SCAPE *Check Facebook Page* At the gate Website: Real Escape Game in Singapore Vol.1 Facebook Page

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PS: Did I mention that only 1 team managed to escape in my session?

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For reminder, The event is now held at Atrium Rainbow Plaza, BG Junction, Surabaya on 27 January at 2PM till 9PM and on 28-29 January at 10AM til 9PM by Surabaya’s Japan Embassy, Surabaya’s Universities and some Japanese language schools/organizations. Today is the last day, so move out if this event tickle your fancy! XD

The stage section, not that big sadly.

Many Japanese Culture stuffs displayed on the event.

There is also a Kakigori Stand!

It’s quite decent actually and only priced 5000IDR (not even close to 1SGD)

At the end of the day, I found a Tanabata’s bamboo tree XD Lot’s of wishes from everyone!

This is the schedule. Sorry for late post but you still can manage to see Acoustic Music, Origami Competition, Sakura Odori and Cosplay competition.

The rest of photos are in gallery! Do mind check it out! XD

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A FES 2012, the Anime Song festival is announced for the 24th of March at the  Makuhari Messe Exhibition Hall 9 to 11 in Chiba.

With the goal set as the same as the unfulfilled 2011 event due to the unfortunate event. But as of now the list of artist attend the the festival is not yet finalized.

On the week itself, happening at the Tokyo Big Sight is the Tokyo International Anime Festival and just a week later the Anime Contents Expo.

Update 27/1/2012: 4 Artist/Groups are announced for the 2012 edition of A FES 2012, They are,

Ali-Project, Granrodeo, Kurosaki Maon and Jam-Project!

More artist can be expected, and a priority tickets will be on sale via balloting from 28th January on wards.

Source: http://natalie.mu/music/news/63433

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On the website of L’Arc En Ciel world tour, the location for the Singapore and Indonesia round of the Tour is decided along with a date.

“>28th April 2012 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and Lapanfan D Senayan OUTDOOR Field in Jakarta Indonesia on the 2nd of May 2012.

Ticketing information is to be announced.

It’s also a surprise for fan in Indonesia as there is previously no mention of such an item. With the addition of the 2 location, the tour now consist of 10 location with 3 in South East Asia, namely Bangkok, Jakarta and Singapore.

The location of the New York show has also been decided and it will be held at the Madison Square Garde, making them the first Japanese Band to Headline there.

Congratulations! Looks like this is going to be a very memorable 20th Anniversary~

Source: L’Arc En Ciel World Tour 2012 site

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Pretty surprising actually, because since last week we haven’t heard anything regarding the event.

The event will be held at Atrium Rainbow Plaza, BG Junction, Surabaya on 27 January at 2PM till 9PM and on 28-29 January at 10AM til 9PM by Surabaya’s Japan Embassy, Surabaya’s Universities and some Japanese language schools/organizations.

There are lot’s of performance and competition mentioned at the poster. There are Yosakoi dance, Sakura Odori, Workshop Origami, Cha no Yu, Acoustic and Taiko Performance for performance section and Origami Competition, Decorate-Bento Competition, Karaoke, Using Chopstick, Quiz and Cosplay for competition section.

There is no entrance fee but there maybe competition fees. If you are interested to join the competition, please contact the number mentioned on the poster for more information.

It’s been a while since we had this kind of event, maybe the first one in this year. I can only attend day one though but I’ll get many pictures so you can see if the event is suitable for your taste or not. If you are in Surabaya, Indonesia and have some spare time, do mind visit the event. If you see me, don’t be afraid to say hi! xD

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Happy Lunar New Year!

Either way for last week, 1/16 the ranking are as below followed by the 1/23, Sorry have to make this short…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4qRZVhcgos

For the both weeks before, there are plenty of good and weird song, but it seems the general buying crowd have not return yet.

Btw did you see “Tsukema Tsukeru” by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, it’s a rather interesting song… Kind of catchy too… Don’t you think?

“>Congrats also to the 2 Queens of Otaku, Mizuki Nana and Shoko-Tan for making it into the charts of 1/23. Both songs are really good, with Shoko-Tan’s being a bit more in the main stream category.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THnJfcaKquk

This week thou, the first of the “48″ family will be releasing their singles, and they are SKE48, with the controversial Kataomoi Finally on the 25th of January, will it do well?

I’m not sure… But I hope it does…

Video by Rina93
Source: Oricon Style
Picture and links by CDJapan ~Our prefer Online CD Shop~

BTW, the below is December 2011′s Top 50 Songs also by Rina93.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2SftckvlpY

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