Posts tagged Anime
Let’s Take An Audio Walk Through Akihabara
Oct 27th
Akihabara, the Heaven of Otaku, with thousands of games, electronic, cosplay and anime. There is a new way to be there right now!
Patrick W. Galbraith, author of The Otaku Encyclopedia and University of Tokyo PhD candidate, is your guide.
Each tour is bundled with a CD with MP3 audio, an area map and a photography booklet. Yours for US$12. Via Otaku
TOKYO REALTIME – Audio Guided Walking Tours [Official Site]
Shin Tokyo – the only and best anime shop in Adelaide
Oct 27th
Although most stuff sell in Shin Tokyo is 20%-30% higher than what we can find on Ebay and Play-asia.com, but it is undeniable that Shin Tokyo is the only place in Adelaide for those Anime geeks (or Otaku? lol). Oh I forgot another place, Pulp Fiction.
In Shin Tokyo you can find heaps of anime merchandise, such as Hoodies, trading figures, manga (translated into English), DVDs, CDs, Video Games, magazines and GUNDAM.
I love Gundam, but im not keen with the Gundam in Shin Tokyo, coz most Gundam in Shin Tokyo are sold in a strange way – The Popular Rate. 5000 Yen MG kits’ price may become triple in AUD if it is popular (Such as the Gundam OO series). But for those who after a UC series, Shin Tokyo is a MUST! I used got a rare 0079 Ver Dom for a unbelievable price ($15 or something).
Here is a interview with Tony, the owner of Shin Tokyo on YouTube
Windows 7 Gets Official Nana Mizuki & OS-tan Theme
Oct 5th
Users of Windows 7 in Japan will receive a new theme that is voiced by popular seiyuu idol, Mizuki Nana, along with an officially sanctioned OS-tan, Nanami Madobe.
The theme, only available by preordering Microsoft’s latest operating system, is said to be the only localised original theme to date, proving even Microsoft is acknowledging the selling power of moe in Japan.
The recruitment of Nana Mizuki is not surprising considering her chart topping popularity throughout 2009, and also considering she shares the same name as the operating system (nana = 7).
It is still not clear whether the newly introduced image character for Windows 7 that comes with the theme, 窓辺ななみ / Nanami Madobe (whose name is a series of dire puns), will be adapted as the official Windows 7 “OS-tan“, who were formerly fan-created…
Via Akiba-PC
Memories of AVCon
Aug 1st
What is AVCon?
AVCon is an anime and video games convention held in Adelaide, South Australia each year. In 2009 it was held at the Adelaide Convention Centre in late July and ran over two days. The convention showcases Japanese Animation and Video Gaming, attendees at the convention partake in events such as cosplay, video game tournaments, anime screenings, anime music videos and more including many vendor stalls. Each year the convention has a theme, in 2009 the theme was “Heroes and Villains”.
and it is the only Anime convention in Adelaide (why we got so many only?). It used held in our Uni, this year they have moved to Convention Centre because they got 5,000 attendence for AVCon 2009.
A major addition and expansion this year was embracing gaming even more. AVCon has traditionally been the home of video games across the Australian anime convention scene and this year they added focus on game development aswell. This begun with a large independent video game pavilion filled with local creators and their titles. From the indie sidescrolling fun of Artificial Perfection to the slick smooth graphics of Driving Speed Pro. Throw in several educational institutions in the traders area encouraging people to join their courses and a hefty group of panels focusing on the game development industry with well respected industry representatives and you have a great feature. The games area also got a large shot in the arm, large wide open space complete with control tower, screen that could be seen across the entire games / traders floor, many many tvs and consoles with free play games and even booths dedicated to… less popular music games like Guitar Hero and Singstar. As well as the aforementioned Rock Band live stage.
Speaking of large gatherings of people, the largest portions of the convention is easily the Cosplay, followed up closely by AMV’s. This year AVCon had the only round of the Madman National Cosplay Championship held outside of Supanova Expo, this was held on the Saturday of the event while the main cosplay competition was held on the sunday. Both days each 1500 person theatre was full and apparently on Saturday they screened the cosplay to the other theater, stopping claymore and delaying the start of the AMV comedy hour. The neat part was the video feed was screened into the traders hall on the large projection screen, a small and nice touch linking the seperate halves of the convention together. The other impressive fact was the 400 seat theater filled with people for AMV screenings and the well attended panels on making them. Having your attendees make the content you show off in events is nothing new, but the time and effort put into properly embracing Cosplay, AMV’s and Art shows.
For Full report, see here
