Finally got off my slacking rear to post up Blazblue Comic Fiesta 2009, and all in all, it was a really enjoyable event with the folks from The Figure Mall (TFM)/Little Akiba (LA) as usual, and if you’re wondering about the post picture, yes, i spent literally half day, on both days, playing Blazblue with fellow TFM member Franstormer and Sichiri at Game Axis booth (thanks fatcat Lim XD) LOL! Don’t think i am going to do much writeup/coverage considering the above with the remainder of my time spent manning at TFM figure display booth, you know, my precious figures were on display too and the so called “barricade” this year was even worse as it is capable of sending shock waves through our line of figures and having many close calls D:

Regardless, I still took a decent amount of pictures and it will still be worth the read up and i will be breaking them down in to “sections” so you may just focus on particular sections that interests you.

Main event: Comic Fiesta itself

Well, overall i would say it’s much better than the previous CF08, be it the event itself, or from my own part, i mean, i had to run around snapping in PNS and being in the same terribad lighting that is Sunway Convention hall, the pictures were entirely bad. This year though, at least i have a DSLR and while the lighting conditions were as bad as ever, at least i can still make due with some post processing and editing of the RAW pictures taken.

Staging was definitely better, as it was accessible from anywhere in the hall, so you can still catch the action wherever you are. And even the artists (which is the main ‘theme’ of this ACG event, art) have seen a lot of improvement than before, which includes but not limited to the doujin section.

I didn’t really went around and snap on every possible good artwork i come across as the doujin area is off limits for photography (which i am not sure if the media/blogger pass would exempt from that rule) and the ones displayed on the center section, like the one shown above, all come with spotlighting and it was REALLY HARD to get a good shot at it and not to mention the post processing phase to get the spot light glares off so that you may see the art instead of the glare.

Anyways i believe it had been voiced by many regarding the hall:
- transportation towards Sunway isn’t easy
- again, lighting lighting lighting, BAD!
- figure displayers: dust, seriously. so BAD. the amount of dust your figure can rack up in a day of display within sunway hall, would take at least a week+ should i display it in my own room outside my detolf glass case. and my room is fairly dusty.
- another figure displayer complaint: barricade. per figure, would easily cost up MYR300 to even 600+, in which some or most are really limited edition figures in which money would not even measure up should any accidents happen. If CF does not care about us bringing our own personal collections for display, i don’t think i (again, this is from my own personal viewpoint, NOT TFM as a group) would like to contribute in future figure displays.

Aside the above few complaints, i believe CF committee had done a really good job this year around in terms of improving the event as a whole. Of course, you can’t possibly please everyone, however if you’re at least trying, and there are improvements, i guess its better than nothing.

Moving on: Cosplayers

This year we’ve seen an increase in good quality cosplayers and while i may not be able to cover on all of them, other sites from linkinstreet/valho had done a really good job in said coverage and you may visit their site instead.

From my own shots, i have misshermes’s Anya from Code Geass, gender bended Yukimura, cosplayed by Annie, and Sheryl Nome, which i faild in not asking her name:

Excuse the mediocre pictures, harsh direct flash is a pain to PP, and again, terribad hall lighting. The only problem i had with cf09 cosplay was a Rachel cosplayer that, well, was really huge, and i (sadly) could not even tell if ‘it’ was a guy or gal cosplaying her. And yes, brain was damaged quite badly. I mean, no offense, but Rachel is a very small vampire loli, if you really have the passion to cosplaying, you would start shaving some size to better portray the character you are cosplaying, not outright murdering it. Oh, and guest18, which i will not further describe it as my brain was already hurting enough for even typing this out.

Speaking of Rachel Alucard, yeap, Blazblue

Had LOTS of fun at Game Axis booth playing Blazblue which i have recently came to enjoy thanks to Sichiri spamming poison of it. And that game had the most crowd on both days, which is pretty understandable lol!

Almost finishing this post, Solomon and Crimotaku dual Storm Troopers

As with most Malaysia ACG events, you will almost always see our very own ‘Dannychoo.com.my’ in his storm trooper suit. This time however, we’re graced with not 1, but TWO of them

Finally ending this post, with TFM x LA, with our Figure Display

As with other major ACG events, you will also come across TFM and this time, along with their newly launched LA, with its boss beansprout:

If you don’t include the heart pounding shock wave events, i really had a great time with the people at TFM/LA. Just wished that CF would provide a little more on the display part, considering the things mentioned above. Anyways, an overview on the figure display we had:

For the rest of the figure display pictures, please do visit the gallery link right below. And thats it for Comic Fiesta. Hope you guys enjoy the write up as with my other previous postings ^^

Full gallery for Comic Fiesta 2009 is available here: http://www.quazacolt.com/galleries/comic-fiesta-2009-gallery/

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Valho just linked our TFM group photo:

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So like, yeah this movie sucks because(click to show spoiler):

[[Visit blog to check out this spoiler]]

Seriously though, it seems to me that movies these days are entirely aimed towards action and special effects, and almost completely negating plot/storyline. I suppose its easier to sell with flashy action flying across the screen, as opposed to having long dialogs which are easy to bore the viewers if not done well.

Either way, i got to watch this movie for free thanks to Comic Fiesta folks, so i guess cant really complaint much about it ^^;

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And with Comic Fiesta happening over THIS weekend with about less than 3 days to go, heres a whole bunch of information and updates by the Comic Fiesta committee:

http://comicfiesta.org/2009/09/comic-fiesta-2009/

Comic Fiesta 2009
Date: 19-20 December 2009
Venue: Sunway Pyramid Convention center

Ticketing details here: http://forums.comicfiesta.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3558

Preorder deadline has passed, so it will be RM15 for 1 day, RM30 for both. Additionally, tickets may also be purchased from retail outlets listed from here: http://forums.comicfiesta.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4003 and with this method, you can get RM5 discount for buying the 2 days ticket at RM25. Do note that the closing date for the tickets available at aforementioned retail outlets is on 18th December, this Friday.

Also do take note that Aeroline is the official Bus provided for Comic Fiesta 2009 and they offer direct route from Penang and Singapore straight to Sunway. For more info, visit here: http://comicfiesta.org/2009/12/take-aeroline-to-cf09/ You get a 10% discount too.

Click here for a list of the activities during Comic Fiesta 2009, which i will also do a brief highlight below too.

Interested artist may also participate in the on-site art competition, with details right here: http://forums.comicfiesta.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4002 Prizes including brand new Wacom tablets

And like previous Comic Fiesta, there will be a cosplaying competition and this time, its up with a twist – One True Pairing (OTP) Cosplay Competition! More details right here: http://forums.comicfiesta.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3683

Lastly, for those who are especially serious in art, they will be holding an Industry Seminar and it will be half day long during Day 2 with 2 speakers from the creative industry to share their views and experiences.

Time: 10.30am to 1pm (Day 2 of Comic Fiesta 2009 (Dec 20 2009))
Venue: Left of the Stage (CF Hall 1)

The theme would be “Bridging the Creatives” featuring:

- Stanley Lau, Co-Founder & Creative Director (Imaginary Friends Studio) with the topic “Be A Digital Artist with Style”
- Dinjer, Persatuan Penggiat Komik Malaysia (PeKOMIK) with the topic “Where The Industry Is Today”
- Azlan Pa’wan, Managing Director of Big Beak Pictures with the topic “The Great Expectation”

Proceed here for more info and short biodata for the 3 speakers: http://comicfiesta.org/activities/cf-2009-seminar/ Lets not forget that the entry for this seminar is FREE!

Those looking forward to a career in art, you can also attend to the CF 2009 Portfolio Review Pavilion, where you get the opportunity to get critiques and comments from the best our creative industry has to offer.  Do bring your portfolio and resume as who knows if you may score an in-depth interview with respective studios/companies. For more info and attending studios/companies, visit here: http://comicfiesta.org/activities/cf-portfolio-review/

Full Comic Fiesta 2009 schedules available below:

Day 1
Day 2

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3rd and last part of this update, as the title of this post suggests: Yes, The Figure Mall and Little Akiba will be attending Comic Fiesta 2009. The Figure Mall will be having a sales booth along side with Little Akiba, and like previous events they i mean we attend, we will be having a figure showcase thats always bringing in the latest PVC figures consisting of around 200 figures all imported from Japan!

A few pictures from our previous grand display at Daicon 2009:

And yes, i am amongst the contributors and i will also be bringing figures from my own collection including some exclusive figures to display as well.

Dont forget to check out Little Akiba’s list of merchandises that they are bringing to Comic Fiesta including some exclusive items as well.

Thats all for my ‘omg huge’ updates, albeit late, but better than never

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