Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays !
Wishing everyone a joyful and merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all !
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Comic Fiesta 2009 Photos and Coverage
Comic Fiesta 2009 is one of the liveliest and funniest anime convention which I have attended this year. AFA 2009 was grand, but CF 2009 was just zany and everyone was there to have fun and enjoy themselves silly. I attended the second day of the CF 2009 but didn’t manage to check out the other activities held during the event. The number of doujinshi booths, stalls and sponsorships this year clearly shows how much CF has grown in scale. Cosplayers were aplenty and the detail put in some of these costumes were simply amazing.
The Solo Cosplay event was held on that day and it was won by someone cosplaying as Kirin from Monster Hunter. Her final sketch coupled with the remarks from the hosts had the audience in stitches. Towards the end of the stage events, they played a number of popular dance tracks and everyone was invited to join in the fun. I’m sure everyone had a great time there, the CF team definitely did an excellent job. Can’t wait for CF 2010 !
Check out the full gallery here.
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Comic Fiesta 2009
Comic Fiesta is back ! This year it will be held at Sunway Pyramid from the 19th – 20th December 2009. Pre Ordered tickets are available at SunComic and AnimeTech outlets around Klang Valley or purchased online via instructions at their site at a discounted rate of RM 25 for both days, the regular walk in price is RM 15 per day. From their site:
Cosplay Competition
The CF Cosplay Department is proud to announce our NEW competition – One True Pairing (OTP) Cosplay Competition!!Art Competition
Comic Fiesta’s on-site art competition is back again this year! Held at the Sunway Pyramid Convention Center, this year’s art competition will be giving away many prizes including brand new Wacom Tablets!Portfolio Review Pavillion
After last year’s successful Portfolio Review Pavilion, we are now keeping it as a mainstay event! For those who want to hear more critiques and comments from the best the creative industry has to offer, do keep an eye out for when this event is happening and who will be there to give out advice, tips and comments on your works. This may even lead you to an in-depth interview with the studios, so do come prepared with your portfolio and resume.Live Art Demonstration
Another most-wanted Comic Fiesta event returns! A very popular event, the Live Art Demos will feature studios showcasing one of their finest to do a short workshop on what they do at their studios on a daily basis. This will comprise lectures, live-demos, art showcases, and even a short class on “how-to” for those who are interested to participate.Industry Seminar
Following on the success of the Portfolio Review Pavilion, Comic Fiesta 2009 is proud to present a new event for the year: Comic Fiesta Industry Seminar! It will be half-day long (on Day 2) and will have speakers from the creative industry taking the stage to share their views and experiences.
Aside from the events, there will also be booths selling anime, manga and figure related merchandise.
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Final Photoset from Anime Festival Asia 2009 !
Alright folks, this is the last photoset of the cosplay gallery from Anime Festival Asia 2009. It’s been a lot of fun taking photos during the event and I hope you enjoy browsing them as well. Do feel free to give me a shout at the comments area ! Thanks.
AFA 2009 Cosplay Part 1 (151 photos)
AFA 2009 Cosplay Part 2 (100 photos)
AFA 2009 Cosplay Part 3 (68 photos) Latest !
AFA 2009 Figures (91 photos)
AFA 2009 Booths (50 photos)
AFA 2009 Danny Choo Appearance (11 photos)
AFA 2009 Kaname Appearance (12 photos)
AFA 2009 Regional Cosplay Competition (116 photos)
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More Scenes from AFA 09 !
I’ve uploaded various events and scenes from Anime Fest Asia 2009. On the first day of the AFA 09, cosplayers from Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand vie against each other to win the title of the Best Cosplayer in the South East Asian region. Both the Best Cosplay title and Special Prize went to team 00 Emotion from Singapore who cosplayed as a 1/10 scale of Gundam 00 Raiser with Marina Ismail acting out a scene from the series. Their performance on stage was very well executed especially the last scene with the Trans Am effect ! Check out the gallery for the full coverage.
Anime Festival Asia 2009 Regional Cosplay Competition Gallery
Danny Choo made an appearance later in the same day to give a talk about his life and experiences as an otaku blogger in Japan. He was also here to promote his Otacool book which showcases some of the most impressive otaku rooms from around the world.
Anime Festival Asia 2009 Danny Choo Appearance Gallery
Kaname, a renowned Japanese cosplayer, was invited as a judge for the Regional Cosplay Championship and also conducted a Cosplay tips and interview session. Kaname cosplayed as Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7 and Kamina of the popular Gurren Lagann anime series during the two day event.
Anime Festival Asia 2009 Kaname Appearance Gallery
And lastly we have photos of the booths around the exhibition area. Above is the Moe Moe Kyun Maid Cafe where waitresses dressed up as super kawaii maids serve the guests. Sadly no photography were allowed in their premises but as a customer I was allowed to have a picture taken with one of the maids. You can check out more Moe Moe photos from Danny Choo’s site.
Anime Festival Asia 2009 Exhibition Booths Gallery
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Anime Festival Asia 2009 Figures Gallery !
We’ll take some time off from our regular cosplay broadcasting and today I present to you the Gunplas and figures of AFA’09 ! Featured above is the upcoming Perfect Grade Gundam 00 Raiser model kit which should be available anytime within the next couple of weeks. Bandai had one of the biggest booth at the exhibition floor showcasing all their products including Gunplas as well as their Cookjoy series for children. Gundam models from Perfect Grade all the way to the minuscule 1/380 scale dominated most of the display shelves.
Also on display were the 10 finalist of the BAKUC 09 competiton for Singapore round. Check out the above detailed Gundam Unicorn model submission for the BAKUC.
I snapped several of these exclusive figurine showcase over at the Danny Choo’s Experience booth. These figures were brought together by a collaboration between Danny Choo and Good Smile Company of Japan.
View the full gallery here.
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More Cosplay from AFA’09 ! Part 2
More awesome cosplay from AFA’09. This is the second batch of the series. View the gallery for the rest of the photos.
Alodia cosplaying as Mirai chan with Danny Choo. She’s outrageously cute !
Another great K-On! cosplay. We shall call this the “Don’t Say Crazy” version 
Nemesis from Resident Evil 3
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Anime Festival Asia 2009 Cosplay Gallery Part 1 is Up !
Finally managed to publish the first set of the photos from Anime Festival Asia 2009 ! There are about 150 photos in this first part of the Cosplay series with lots more to come.
The number of cosplayers during AFA09 was simply overwhelming and they’ve done an excellent job portraying the characters too.
Characters from the Macross Frontier series as well as the virtual idols from Vocaloid seem to dominate the scene. There were also a couple of really good K-On!, Bleach and Naruto cosplayers throughout the exhibition hall. Check out the gallery for the complete photoset ! Anime Festival Asia 2009 Cosplay Part 1
Light and Dark Chi from the Chobits series.
K-On! Ritsu certainly has that mischievous look on her face >.<
The sexy and mysterious Yuko from xxxHolic.
Hatsune and Megurine from the Vocaloid series. The little hat reminds me of Mio !
The budget cuts must have hit some of us pretty hard ….
A big thumbs up to all the cosplayers for an excellent job !
View the rest here.
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Anime Festival Asia 2009 Was a Blast !
AFA 09 was a huge success ! May’N and Shoko Tan rocks ! I wasn’t able to post updates during the event because it was a pretty hectic schedule and lugging all my gear around was quite a hassle. Nevertheless I took quite a number of photos during the 2 day event and I’m still halfway through processing them. I’m still pretty excited over the whole event and it was definitely worth every dollar of the admission fee. I will DEFINITELY return for AFA’10 next year ! Be sure to check back soon for the pics and a write up on the event.
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Updates on Anime Festival Asia 2009 !
Flight tickets. Checked. Hotel bookings. Checked. 2 Day ‘I Love Anisong’ AFA 09 Concert Passes… definitely checked ! With only 5 more days to go I just can’t wait till the event starts.
I got myself a new DSLR camera to capture the full AFA’09 experience. DSLRs don’t come cheap but they’re certainly a worthy investment if you ever wanted to capture high quality photos in challenging environments. I’ll be sharing a bit more on my new found hobby in future posts . Along with the camera, I will be bringing my trusty ol’ Macbook and will try to provide as much real time coverage as possible during the event but this really depends on how the events are scheduled on that day itself.
So anyone else out there as crazy and excited as myself attending the AFA this year ?
Are you attending AFA'09 ?
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