“Hell, its about time.” <– i know right? lol. Like, it could’ve been out latest tuesday, but nooooo, tmnut screamyx decided to give me a nice surprise buttsecks, and threw me back to the stoneage. So like, i was stuck with some 2KB/sec uploads that constantly time out, and some filtered out 140ish pictures (just the first day – saturday) or so to upload to the server. Like yeah, not gonna happen.

Anyways off with the rage, more AFA08! So, like the usual eager fanboi packing his stuff for the trip, i magically left out my handphone as i left it to charge. And thanks to some crappy accident, or more specifically, THANK YOU MALAYSIANS for raping the traffic by slowing/stopping down their god damned cars to watch the scene, i never got to turn back to grab it.

So we got on the Aeroline bus, i turned on my lappie and expected to finish tetsuwan birdy decode first season 13 episodes, and holy crap our bus wangan’ed its way to customs in around 4hours time? /omg

Since we’ve arrived unexpectedly early, and the MRT stations are closed, we stopped by Mc’Donalds for some breakfast. I even get to play a game of  Warcraft3 online b.net rated match with the free wireless It was lulz as the opponent just gave me a free win by having Bloodmage hero + spell breakers + sorceress vs my Tauren chieftain + grunts + demolishers.

We finally reached our hotel – Hangout hotel @ Mt.Emily and we were at room518 with a pretty nice view too as shown above. Pretty nice hotel for ~50+ sing dollars per person per night. Even comes with a bath tub!

Finally its almost time for AFA08 after lazying around the hotel room that the staff is so kindly allowing us to check-in earlier than the designated check-in time. We took 2 taxis to Suntec City hall, splitting 3 person per taxi, and woohoo our taxi won LOL! Arrived earlier even though it started later, for lower price

The moment we came to the AFA08 entrance, it was really, how should i put it, awesome and despair at the same time, seeing a REALLY LONG line queue’ing. (although i expected a longer/crowider line/crowd considering its AFA08 ) Anyways me and Sichiri have Diamond VIP, so we managed to avoid the line, and had early EXCLUSIVE (read:FABULOUS) entry to AFA08

Lets not forget the TFM gang:

Even met this guy, aoshi’s friend (not E-Jump guys! LOL sorry on this misunderstanding)… which i couldnt remember the name -_-; (sorry!)

The guy with the Ichirou Mizuki VIP pass, not kira ejump on the top lol.

So we went in, first thing i see:

Like, i had to snap pictures of it, and pose myself with it. I mean, its Gundam Exia man!

Had fun scouting the entire hall (which is surprisingly “small” for an event this big) with most of the booths arent even fully prepared yet. Even saw the main stage being finalized:

Odex even have their own booth, having some Cassherntora for the lulz by playing Casshern Sins with ToraDora! background rofl:

After done scouting, i head on to the main stage myself and wait for the opening ceremony. The moment it started, everyone’s greeted by the kawaii-Reiko with her heart warming voice:

After the whole long epic (read: boring. lol) speech from the AFA08 geezers VIPs, Ichirou Mizuki suddenly suprise buttsecks the crowd with his PUMPED mazinger Z Song. like WOAH! that was a GOOD wake up call. Towards the end the crowds were even singing along with him and chanting “Aniki! Aniki!” (big/older brother).

The opening ceremony concluded shortly after with somemore speeches and stuff from both Ichirou/Reiko. I have to say, thanks to Ichirou, its one of the BEST event opening ceremony thus far in my experience. And there you go, AFA’08 officially begins!

Not much happenings between the time from now to lunch hour. I did however grabbed the WoW Series 3 figure set from DC comics for SGD80 (a set of 4 figures!) and Sichiri with myself, grabbing Alter’s Hazuki from Tsukuyomi Moon Phase anime for SGD30 XD After that we went to lunch at Marina Square with the /AS/ guys and TFM guys.

After lunch, while being utterly bored from the lack of cosplayers and happenings during the first half of AFA’08, me+E-jump+Sichiri happen to stumble upon some private interview of Kunio, the gundam guy Obviously we got a few shots ninja’ed before the staffs signaled us to leave and closed the room’s door XD

As the event goes by after lunch with more and more cosplayer showing up, we found… LOLI!

Like, suppressing unspeakable urges to kidnap this purple loli LOL! While im no fan of fate/stay night, and definitely never seen the anime/played the eroge (though mana transfer is pretty damn tempting LOL), i do *SLIGHTLY* know of their characters. (who doesnt know the MASS saber merchandises? lol) Unfortunately, i dont know this one in particular and after asking my friend, and some wiki, i found out that shes apparently some german loli named “Illyasviel von Einzbern”. Magic sperm you say? So THATS the secret ingredient for lolis? Now if only i can grab some magic…

Awhile after probably around 3-4ish PM, most of us returned to our hotel rooms from exhaustion (remember that midnight bus trip? no sleep? yeap.) The initial plan was to get going around 5-6+ PM to attend Ichirou Mizuki’s concert. However, we ALL epic failed minus one – E-jump. Most of us either overslept, or just didnt want to move anymore.

Some summary + full gallery consisting of around 120 pictures arranged chronologically:

• AFA 08 is, win.
• Diamond VIP FABULOUS exclusive entrance wins.
• Ichirou Mizuki is win, my regret? Not attending his winsauce concert T_T
• Cheap. fucking. figures.
• ^ i bought 5. lulz
• I wonder if Reiko’s japanese or chinese, seemed hard to tell, not because of her non-sucky english, but she said she love “xiao ding dang” - Doraemon in chinese during a chat (this is day 2 btw, IINM XD)
• WHY NO MAJOR FIGURE COMPANY THEMSELVES COMING?!
• Kinda failsauced on the glass displayed figures, bad for cameras especially my crap PNS
• I have a good number of the figures being displayed on that day, and the entire TFM gang prolly have most of em. (japanese pvc figurines, mostly females, that is)
• No PVC figures exclusives (lotsa ancient treasures though!)
• 1/100 gundam 00 is exclusively sold earlier in AFA08

Gallery for all of the AFA’08 Day 1 pictures are here.

PHEW! Thats it for now. Thanks for your patient to those that are having that eternal wait for this slowpoke.jpg update. Dont worry folks, theres another major update for DAY TWOOOOOOOOOOOO. (will try my best to speed this one up this time around >_<)

Before i end this, lets have a contest! WHOS LOLI’ER? ILYA FROM AFA? OR PENGUIN FROM ACF?

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Sorry for the belated (almost 1 week! >_<) update for my ticket purchase dear readers XD
But here it is, i shall present you 2 screenshots that will explain everything.

So this is it, it is secured, and i will be getting to meet THE May’N in person, get an autograph from her, and a handshake with my sweaty otaku hands covered with unspeakable white form of liquid as well, along with an exclusive entrance to AFA08, with front row VIP seats during the concert performance. Is the SGD118 worth it? OH HELL YEAH it is.

To Make up for my belated update, I’m gonna treat you guys to more AFA’08 update goodies if you guys haven’t went to their website recently. I will leave out the previous details that i’ve covered on my previous blog post to avoid redundancy, but if you’ve never read my previous post or any details regarding AFA’08, do head to their official website, or my previous blog post.

Latest added attractions aside those from the previously covered ones:

• Dont think this one’s new, but since it wasn’t covered from the previous update, here it is: Cosplay competition! (who didnt see that coming a mile away? ) 2PM – 3PM on 23rd of November, and it looks like it’ll be a 2 person minimum cosplaying group competition! Let’s not forget that AFA’08 is also FREE entry for those who are cosplaying. Unfortunately it mentioned that you have to register as a cosplayer before 7th of November. So tough luck to those who missed it >_<

• Arcade Showdown competition! Now this one’s pretty interesting, planned for both days (22 and 23 of November) of AFA’08, featuring prize money of 500SGD + 800SGD worth of products for the first place, for THREE types of games – Street Fighter IV, Tekken 6, The King of Fighters 98. Truly a must for any hardcore arcade fans, dont miss out on the registration as it is closing on the 18th of November.

• Shonen Jump World tour! (omg!) To quote: “As part of its 40th anniversary world exhibition tour, AFA08 has been selected to present this exclusive showcase in its final tour destination in Asia, having exhibited in countries such as France, Germany and the USA.” Just, simply amazing, shonen jump world tour destination at AFA’08, in a country just beside mine. To those who are unfamiliar with shonen jump, they are a weekly magazine that hosts/hosted various popular manga series that includes but not limited to: Dragon Ball, Slam Dunk, Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, D. Gray-man and many many others.

• Lastly, “The King” Ichirou Mizuki will also be performing at AFA’08! Now I’ll be honest and say that im not too excited about this one, was praying that it was Nana Mizuki(her picture) instead of Ichirou. Eitherway still a “legend”, and its definitely worth checking out. Check the official AFA’08 page as it contains pretty detailed information, or his wiki info here. If im 5-15 years older ill prolly appreciate his apprearence a LOT more than i am right now.

As it stands now, with Japan’s WonFes canceled, AFA’08 is pretty much the biggest thing this 2008 has to offer, and Singapore, a neighbouring country of mine (Malaysia) is the host of it. On one hand one would be cursing why isn’t it happening at Malaysia, on the other, being thankful that it is happening at a country just beside, which automatically cuts down a LOT of the traveling expenses as compared to events in Japan or America/Europe.

Thats it for today. I will be heading to ACF’08 held inside Berjaya Times Square located at Bukit Bintang for the cosplay competition and prior to that exchanging some Malaysian Ringgits into Singapore dollars for the coming AFA’08 this coming weekend. So i *MAY* provide a coverage for ACF’08 if its worth the effort I also have quite a number of blog drafts waiting to be completed such as the anime review that ive been wanting to finish it for a month’s time pending already T_T so definitely stay tuned to DMM

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Until then, i will be staying on full alert awaiting for the final judgement, listening to my favorite anime tracks, and even those from the much anticipated “Galactic Fairy” herself.

Stay tuned for an update to see if i get the pass or not!

=UPDATE=

I dont know what is worse. Trying to order the ticket, or waiting for the confirmation of your order.

Anyways, the order has been made, so… hope for the best now! Anxiety levels at an all time high, with a newly added frustration and rage mixture after having a call from work to head over to open some stupid door, and to top it all off, uncontrollable crankiness from an all night camp out for the ticket. /triestocalmthefuckdown

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Mixed feelin- i mean, raged and despair being the major emotion thats being stirred, head over to the AFA08 May’N concert ticketing details page: AFA 08 May’N Ticketing (that includes a short video of her saying hi for you to fa- i mean, drool at)

If its TLDR for you, again, fear not, as i will be providing you with a summary of the update (though you have to excuse my horrible photoshop scribbling out of rage) right here:

Event time/date: Sunday, 23rd November 2008, 7pm
Vip passes: Yes!
 

Layout of concert:

T&C uptight shit for the event:
- This ticket admits one person to AFA08 for two [2] days – both Saturday 22 November 08 AND Sunday 23 November 08
- This ticket admits one person to designated VIP area for the May’N concert on Sunday 23 November 2008.
- All sales are final and no refunds will be entertained.
- Entry will be refused if tickets have not been purchased from the organizer. <– lolwut pirated tickets?
- The Ticket Holder voluntarily assumes all risk and danger incidental to the event whether occurring prior to, during or subsequent to the actual concert, including any death, personal injury, loss, damage or liability. <– soo, if May’N decided to pull an euphemia at us, we’re screwed while shes innocent? lulz
- Singapore law shall govern the sale of all tickets and all Ticket Holders agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Singapore courts.
- Strictly no photography, audio and video recording is allowed during May’n Live Performance. <– So no one to capture that glamorous moment of me shaking hands with May’N should i manage to acquire the diamond VIP pass? NOES! (╬ ಠ益ಠ)
- The organizer’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entertained.
- Details mentioned above are confirmed as of now, however the organizers of AFA08 reserve the right to update the situation should there be changes in planning and schedules.

On the bright side guys, the concert ticket for everyone else is still the same AFA08 entrance fee (consider it “free”? lol) , so its not all that bad. As for myself, i will definitely try to get the diamond vip pass to secure an autograph. I mean, i have already gone as far as to buy the original singles from her, might as well go all the way and get the autograph as well

Until then, see you till the next update (i have 2-3 updates drafted, havent finalized them for publishing XD)

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You must be thinking: “Why this particular convention?” Simple, because the singing voice for the character “Sheryl Nome” – May’N from the anime “Macross Frontier” is coming to Singapore’s AFA08 event! To give you an idea of what this girl can do, i present you 2x youtube poison clips:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Northern Cross, skip the interview/show until 3:40 if you only want the performance.

I am DEFINITELY going to see her, annual leaves approved and what not
We have a Malaysian anime community gathering attendees for the event here, albeit small, but who knows if there are MANY others going but doesnt participate in either one of the groups listed from that list.

Many other notable appearences would be:

• Mr. Kunio, notable for his mechanical designs for gundam, especially in Gundam Seed Destiny and the latest Gundam 00 animes.
• Bandai themselves. Which probably doesnt need any introduction.
• Studio 4C as well, to showcase their latest Genius party works. Further info of Studio 4C can be found here. (do click, you’ll be very surprised! guaranteed)
• Various major Japanese Figurine companies list as you can see from here. Notable appearence would be: Alter, Kotobukiya, Good Smile Company.

With so many big shots attending, how could you miss this? Are you going to this event? Give a shout out in the comment section if you are!

To show how crazy some of us folks at TFM are, we’ve purchased the Music CDs from Macross Frontier, mainly from Sheryl Nome (May’N), in hopes to get autographs from the “Galactic Fairy” herself
I present you readers, teh lewts:

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