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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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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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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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ACME II is coming this Saturday and if you think you can just waltz into the event hall and buy everything that you wanted like that plushy or that merchandise of a certain anime than you will be sorely disappointed, since the more popular items will be gone. Snapped up by the people who are well prepared.
The rest will be left with the left-over to be contented with.
So here at Ani-culture.net, we have prepared a list of things to take note of. It’s for a more present experience at ACME II

Home-Work

The first thing you should get ready should be your shopping list. It’s a tradition of Charafest to release a list of merchandise on sale, a few days before the actual event.

Information taken from ACME Website:

The long awaited announcement from Chara Fest!

The list of merchandises will be uploaded latests by this Wednesday, 25 Aug 2010.

KKnM will be doing the same this year, so it’s your job to make a list of what you want to buy, in advance, instead of standing at the booth pondering.It’s a possibility that they might just serve the ones behind you first, who came more prepared. Even if the crew don’t mind, the one’s behind will!

Of course, it’s also your job to bring enough cash for the items you want to buy. Cash is preferred, since it’s unknown if they will be accepting Nets or Credit cards.

Preparing for the Queue

Well, I’m not an expert when it comes to queuing, in fact I hate it! But for this article, I have made a visit to the pros, nope, not the StarCraft II guy… but better.
These pros have been to Japan and have participated in one of the longest and hashest queues of Japan. They are also veterans, when it comes to queuing for the Chara-fest.
Their advise is a no-brainer but it’s still practical, simple and easily overlooked.

• Water Bottle
• Some Snacks
• Things to do, a book, a pack of cards or your PSP
• Something to Sit on, like a mat or a stool(if you don’t like the floor) but make sure it’s easy to be kept.
• Some Knowledge of the area(Toilets, Mini-marts and etc)
• Your Phone
• A Sleeping bag!
• A Friend
• And lastly, Your common Sense, which includes that spirit of the SINGA Lion!

Where is the location?

It’s address is 155 Middle Road, Sculpture Square, Singapore 188977‎. Still don’t get it? Nevermind, just goto google map for a look.

The Location

A reproduction of the Layout based on Spy photos and FIF Intel

ACME II is held at the sculpture Square for the first time. It’s just next to the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and is a Heritage building as it used to be a Church built in the 19th Century. It’s now converted to becoming a Art’s Venue used by Artist as a location for exhibition or festival like events.

Where and when to queue from

If you want to queue overnight, you can look for the Queue master only after 20:30 hours at the Sculpture Square. Before that, there might be an exhibition going on… And remember, follow the instructions of the Queue master.

Instruction taken from ACME website.

Queue for A.C.M.E II
As announced earlier, there will not be member’s priority queue this year.

All who are queuing overnight, please look for the queue master at the venue on 27th Aug, Friday, after 8.30pm. Please note that you are doing this at your own risk, please ensure you have enough to eat and drink. Please behave in an orderly manner or you will be asked to leave.

When you are Queuing

You are at the event grounds and have join the queue, so what are you going to do now? The pros who taught me about queuing gave me advise like talking to the people queuing with you and make some friends.
After all, you are all interested in the same things yah?

Of course, you are expected to behave properly when queuing and not litter the area.

At the Event

Finally! ACME II started! During the event everyone is invited to look at the booths and buy whatever you liked and generally enjoy the event.
But a few things should be noted

• ACMEII is not a Cosplay event. A lot of people will be around the small area and thus Cosplay is really not advised.
• NO Shop Lifting, Anyone caught will be punished according… Police report…. …
• Please do not litter! Keep the area clean and we can all have fun.
• DO NOT do anything Disruptive or Destructive or Disturbing…

And Lastly from the writers of the Ani-Culture.net, we wish you a fruitful and enjoyable ACME II!

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And I sure hope she’s Japanese… Ah the dreams…

Nope, not talking about myself, but the Japanese Movie, “My Darling is a Foreigner!”. I have received news that the movie will be in Singapore’s cinemas starting Sept 16.

The movie is about a Mangaka finding her love of the life-time in a foreigner from the United States and how they work towards their relationship, even when the girl’s parents are against the relationship.

Of course, that will not be the only obstacle facing them. In a movie derived from the  popular manga of the same title by Saori Oguri(the same mangaka mention above), based on her real story with her husband Tony.

Acting as the mangaka(Saori) will be Mao Inoue(Hana Yori Dango as Makino). For Saori’s husband(Tony), it will be by Jonathan Ser, a comedian based in Japan.

The movie will open in Cinemas on September 16 at GV cinemas and selected Cathy Cinplexs.

Website: Encore Films | Saori Oguri Wikipedia entry |

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OMG she looked and smiled at me!!!! Mikuni actually did that!!!!

This is so great!!!

Not to say, the performances are AWESOME too! With the live Band, oh the Guitarist is so cool!

Mikuni even sang solo, a cappella for Singapore ONLY! Those who didn’t attend the Concert this evening will live to regret it!

But now, we are kinda low on batteries and a strict no photography inside rule applies so, notthing much to see here…

However, this post will be updated with set-list and a proper review, once we recover from the shock and got into the working mode…

BTW Robin, GOOD JOB!

Update: If you cannot wait for our update, do visit our friend at The Bonkurasu Brigade for their review of the concert!

And here is the Set list provided by The Bonkurasu Brigade.

1/3の純情な感情
輪舞-revolution-
ハレ晴レユカイ
MC
それが、愛でしょう
tomorrow
Alone
MC
蕾～tsubomi～
ねずみは米がすき
XTC
プラチナ
Truth
MC
夢の途中で
Naked
MC
南風
イ～じゃナイ!?
君がいるから

Encore
残酷な天使のテーゼ
MC
愛・おぼえていますか
MC
Love song on the radio

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So, LET’S MEET IN MOVIDA!

On the 22nd of August(This Sunday!) at 6pm! And Movida is at the St James Power Station.

Have you bought your tickets yet? If you have not, goto the gatecrash website to buy your tickets. The price is a nice, $93+$2 for booking and $1 for the collection.

Ani-Culture.net will be there, so if you want to meet up, let us know, K’?

Website: Gatecrash | Mikuni Shimokawa SEA Facebook

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Ok, I am late… So I thought I can be late for a few more days… Nah… I was involved in a very big event for the nation and really got the time to write this post only recently, event thou I already got my pictures ready.

So here It goes,

Look, I didn’t get Starcraft 2. Yes, I find it very over priced and my pocket accountant just don’t want to thrown out the cash to get it… But I might just get it later in the year… Since there is so many copies floating around, even the US version can be found for $20 cheaper then the local version. Very soon, the price will drop, trust me, so no hurry on that.

Now my pride and glory for the month, my Misaka Mikoto Figurine, by GSC. She is just so beautiful, despite her scary look, the figurine even have a option either to display the particle sword or not. The coin thou is a nice touch, btw I chose not to display the sword.

Then for some weird reasons, I managed to buy 2 Nendoroids… They are just so cute and I can’t seem to ignore them, whenever I drop by KKnM, they are like calling out to me… So I really have no choice not to buy them… Ah Azusa! And the other would be from the Martian franchise, the Japanese SDF representative, and she comes with a lot of fun accessories.

Next, August’s G’s Magazine which I stalked the shop to get… It comes with a Petit Nendoroid of Tachibana aka Angel from Angel Beat! So irresistible, I was lucky to get a copy after a friend give up his 2nd copy…

I also got myself Scandal’s latest album, thanks to Kenneth for the mass ordering. Won’t say too much since Kenneth will be bringing you a better review. I got the DVD version while he got both the photo book and the DVD, I’ve seen the photobook, and it’s really quite delicious…

Lastly, I got myself the game, Uncharted 2. They say it’s a epic movie like game and for now it’s still good. Although I haven’t really progress a lot yet.

Still no Blu-ray anime to review yet… … Hopeful by September I can get my hand on the Blu-Ray of the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. Hopefully…

Over and out!

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Well not really that much of a leak, but I did overheard a bit of conversation while at SOZO’s Office yesterday for a special assignment. It’s regarding Mikuni Shimokawa’s Concert coming next weekend. Here I go, hope I will not offend too many people with this…

I have heard from across the room that she will be singing some of the song in her latest cover album “Replay” and that my dear friends is a substantial amount of songs. Here’s the list,

1.We Are! (feat.Kitadani Hiroshi)
2.Over Soul
3.Hare Hare Yukai
4.Truth
5.Platina
6.1/3 no Junjou na Kanjou
7.Kimi ga Iru Kara ~Replay Mix~
8.XTC (feat.Psychic Lover)
9.Only My Railgun ~Electro Japarican Mix~
10.Toki no Ame
11.Minami Kaze ~BBQ Version~ (feat.Koyama Tsuyoshi, Nakamura Eriko, Ise Mariya, Akesaka Satomi)
12.Mikuni Shimokawa Anison Megamix 2010

The list above are the songs in the cover album REPLAY! and it’s really not a bad list. Of cause, I have heard that she will also be doing her classics too.

Well, I’m not superman and I can’t really heard everything, but this is a plus for all going to the concert. It will be interesting!

Will be interesting when the Only My Railgun or XTC is sang… Do you think there will guest artist?

Source: Me… … Trust me if you want, but this  concert is going to ROCK!
Website: Gatecrash(Ticketing) | Mikuni Shimokawa(SEA) Facebook

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The date and location for the End Of Year Cosplay Arts Festival is now confirmed along with other details like the booth registrations and etc. But here is the important part for now, the date of the festivity and the Location.

Date: 12th December 2010
Location: The Republic Cultural Centre, Republic Polytechnic

It’s a cosplay party but why did I call it a Festival, well this year, other then the normal art and anime merchandise booths, they will also be opening the booths to allow the Game booths, like Fortune Telling, Haunted Houses, Lucky Dips and etc, making it more like a festival. A school festival?!

Another point to be noted is that the ticketing for this year is only limited to 3200 participants, in order to give everyone a better experience during the whole event. So if you want to take part, do get your tickets fast.

For more information, you might want to go read this site. Since they have done a really good job at compiling the information, they are even including the pictures of the location.

However if you are expecting a foreign Star, well none have been announced yet.

Source: The EOY website

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The dates and venue for Anime Festival Asia X(2010) has been confirmed. It will start on the 13th November and ends on the next day, 14th. And yes it is, on a weekend.

As for who will be coming and other details on the event, we should be expecting some announcement soon.

So do stay tune for more information soon!

And here’s a promo video uploaded by the folks behind AFA X.

Website/Source: animefestival.asia

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