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在我异常EP地把FF13给卖掉之后，上周末我又异常EP地把它给买回来了orz..第二次的购入价格比第一次便宜了10块钱..囧

本来准备攒钱到3月份回袋鼠国买英文版的..可惜最近看到某杂志搞得我又不能忍了…外加上帝都出行计划被强制搁浅(渣老板,拖欠工资..我恨你)..俺只好又抓起手柄了…目前进度刚到正太家..奶挺初始神器已经改满..等着到11章换真·神器…我觉得我还是比较不沉迷的..目标是争取一周目全宝箱开启…orz

当初不好好学片假..搞得大部分物品，武器，素材名称看了泪流满面..ToT..还好说明是片假..不然就成 真·泪流满面了..等3月份入了三红机的英文版再好好打一遍吧orz..

这一代奥丁好弱丫..沦为奶挺的召唤兽之后，斩铁剑居然不是一击必杀..sigh…雪叔的姊妹摩托还不错..特效挺华丽..

战斗系统…虽然之前已经玩过了试玩版但是战斗系统还是越玩越赞！但是为啥我感觉越来越像失落的奥德赛的系统…虽然有时候怪太多跑路的时候会卡到怪身上..

另外好久不玩日式RPG发现日式RPG已经越来越便当化了么..

总之：云芳姐姐好强！各种爆发..各种燃..雪叔好渣，整天塞拉来塞拉去的…正太感觉设定好人渣丫…奶挺的某几个镜头真的是好春哥丫！战斗音乐从4年前的E3预告片商第一次听到到现在还是没变,越听越燃…1月27号快点来吧..俺要OST！

最后..对于帝都计划的搁浅ky表示十分遗憾….真想去让小兰兰bg顺便去调戏棍少！不过现在天朝看个avatar还真是累啊…准备回袋鼠国买BD算了….另外虽然还没拿到本..但是现在对于金水湾周边范围无证驾驶无压力鸟(虽然这种做法不对,而且貌似我就开过2次,还是小心为妙..15天丫15天)..

Nexus One搞定,下一个目标，把烂尾的Exia搞定…

最近受Kuro和大规模GFW事件影响日志更新频繁…看来还是得坚持下去比较好..当然其实我还是比较喜欢用twitter…

Coming soon..

Madman National Cosplay Championship Grand Final will hold in November 14th@The Sebel Hotel, Albert Park – Melbourne, five very awesome cosplayers are out to proclaim that they have what it takes to be crowned champion, of course include  Jenita from South Australia (The Zaku@AVCon2009, remember?). Get your ticket now to support Jenita.

The anime industry has grown significantly in the last few years, especially outside of Japan. It has spread rapidly across the world, with a major increase in the licensing of various series, movies. Japanese content and cultural exports are increasingly popular around the World. Japanese animation, or anime, has exploded on the Australian popular culture scene in recent years. The anime is not a “kids stuff”, it has many genres typically found in any mass media form and Visual characteristics. Such genres include action, adventure, children’s stories, comedy, drama, and erotica. This report is looking at the role of Australian media companies in sustaining fan culture, Australian investment in global media and popular culture, and the state of South Australia’s Anime industry.

The current state of Australia Anime industry:

Anime and manga has become commercially profitable in western countries, of course in Australia. From Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) 2005 annual report, although there is not exactly data on the ratio of Japanese anime in global market, but around 60 percent of the anime shown worldwide is made in Japan. Japan now has top share of global market. Japanese anime industry is a mix of pop culture, which includes film, video games and toy. In 2007, the anime industry in Japan generates 20 billion JPY in revenue, and for the US market, the anime products also got a revenue of 4.35 million USD , anime is increasingly being produced with a global audience in mind. With an obvious increase of licensing publishers and titles in response to the high demands on anime and manga. The English version manga, known as graphic novels, are now available not only from specialty stores but also in the regular bookstores, such as Dymocks and Borders.

For Australia anime industry, Madman Entertainment is one of the most successful DVD and merchandise distribution companies in Australia, which control 96% of the anime market in Australia. Madman Entertainment was founded in 1996, as an anime-only distribution company. Until 2006, Madman has released such phenomenally successful DVD anime titles as Dragon Ball Z, Spirited Away, Naruto, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Akira, Ghost in the Shell and many more, with almost 1500 anime products in the catalogue. Madman currently employs more than 100 staff across all departments and turns over approximately $AU50 million in sales annually. Madman’s core business is distribution Japanese Anime; this is the major source of income of Madman. Madman is not just a distribution company, it plays a very important role in the sustenance of fan culture and Australian investment in global culture, and a healthy anime fan culture in Australia.

Madman is primarily focused on distribution rather than the creation of new content. But in terms of packaging, branding and marketing—as well as ancillary product (like the otakuwear clothing line)—Madman can very much be thought of as a content provider. Madman also increasingly offering a complete cultural package of not just DVD titles, but clothing, accessories, caps and website forums. Creativity for Madman takes the form of product acquisition, product management and marketing—producing unique packaging, selecting material that appeals to Australian audiences and creating a cultural package whereby each individual item—the DVD, the clothing and the website—references the others in interesting ways. Madman therefore becomes a point of convergence between fan and commercial cultures, and by negotiating this balance, helps to sustain both communities.

Madman Entertainment certainly contributes towards sustaining a cultural dialogue in Australia, hooking Australian audiences into the larger global popular cultural network. Through projects like the Retro Collection, for example, they localize overseas content and archive it as part of Australia popular culture . Madman can be thought of as ‘cultural custodians for anime and eighties animation in Australia’  and an increasingly important example of how new knowledge economies might flourish in the future. Madman produces packaging and content for a local Australian market and generates a sense of community for Australian fans and consumers; Madman also plays a very important role in sustaining Australia’s connection to the globally networked trade in popular culture.

Madman Screening Room, online streaming latest anime everyday.

Fandom and Conventions

With the influence of Japanese pop culture, more and more Anime conventions began to appear in Australia the early 1990s, it allow people of diverse background and experience to form bonds around a common interest, it let people know that they are not alone in their likes and their passions. Anime fandom helps to provide a space for community where people can come and be accepted for who they are.

Anime is not only an “exotic oriental perversion”, but as a valuable part of entertainment.

In Australia, we now have four major anime conventions.

Animania

http://animania.net.au

Supanova

http://www.supanova.com.au

Manifest

http://www.manifest.org.au

AVCon

http://www.AVCon.org.au

AVCon is the major anime convention in Adelaide.  It was mainly hold in The University of Adelaide during past few years. For year 2009, AVCon will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre (AVCon, 2009). The change in venue is caused by the ever expanding popularity of AVCon. It also shows the trend of Adelaide’s anime industry. As a global media and culture even, AVCon mainly offer complete immersion into the world of Japanese popular culture over a full weekend, include Coplay show, game tournaments, competitions and anime market (AVCon, 2009). AVCon also offer a large marketing opportunity, it provides many marketing opportunities for businesses in related industries, such as video gaming and local anime fan club, AVCon give local anime fan club the change to sell and introduce their product to the public.

In the past few years, most of these conventions are hold locally, however, in 2009, Animania and Supanova has become a national event. Supanova will be hold in Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne this year , and Animania will be hold in Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide.

Microsoft announced the addition of Last.fm, Facebook and Twitter at E3 2009, much to the dismay of ornery anti-socialites, promising a 2009 release for those services. With a beta reported to hit this month, it seems things are on schedule.

Via [MTV]

Animania Festival will visit Adelaide for the first time this October!

Since the famous Japanese anime, Astro Boy, shows that anime has become commercially profitable on western TVs. With Pokémon, Dragon Ball and other anime, Japanese animation creators have achieved extraordinary global success in part because of their ability to indigenize their programs for local markets. Japan is the source of sixty percent of the world’s animated television programming .

In partnership with the OzAsia Festival, Animania will bring its classic events to Adelaide including Karaoke, Doodling competitions, all-day Screenings video games and of course, Cosplay. This Festival will feature the traditional Cosplay Competition plus the second Preselection Round for the 2010/11 World Cosplay Summit Preliminary.

Find out more about What’s On at this Animania Festival.

• Venue (and how to get there)
• Festival Times
• Plan Your Trip

See u guys@Animania!

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