The Bonkurasu Brigade

I’ll make this short and sweet; first up is Dannychoo’s:


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Click on the pictures for their respective blog entries.

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Like last year, several of us went to receive May’n, Aniki Kunio Okawara and many others. This year, we have insider news as well!

The guests are highly likely to arrive at about the same time as last year’s as well, and if my memory serves correctly, they will arrive about 2 days before the event; they need their rehearsals, no? Also, from last year’s experience, they arrived in the evening, at about 5pm. Do check out on flight arrivals from Changi Airport to get a rough gauge. XD

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Was at the press conference earlier today.

Some of the key highlights are.

• Cosplay Finalists are selected.

They have narrowed down to 6 groups who will represent their respective countries for title of South-East Asia’s best cosplay group.

For more information :  You can visit  http://www.afa09.com/afa_cosplay_championship_09.html

• AFA09 Merchandise shop

Exclusive merchandise will be available for sale at the AFA09 shop,

They include , Limited Edition K-on! items. “I love Anisong” Concert  T-shirts.

• Exclusive Merchandise

Bandai Asia – Exclusive tamashii nations merchandise these includes

Autumn Limited Chogokin Saint Seiya Be@rbrick, Limited GX 24N Tetsujin 28 Naked Edition. Limited Myth cloth Appendix Gemini Sagao Original Color Edition(Saint Seiya) and many more.

Cospa – Exclusive Aquaplus Fiesta Bag from Aquaplus Fiesta08  .

Incluses a Sasara and Maryan sports towel(To Heart 2), Eruru hand towel (Utawarerumono). Konomi and Tamaki Bathroom poster(To Heart 2) and a Commemoration book!.

Bushiroad – Limited Exclusive goods include Da Caro and Idolm@ster merchandise. AliceCross and Chaos TCG will be launched in Singapore officially.

Takashimya Singapore Limited – There will be products from popular series such as Code Geass, Shakugan no Shana, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Lucky Star, Full Metal Alchemist : Brotherhood, D.Gray Man, Tora Dora and much more.

• Animation Studios

Tatsunoko Productions , Madhouse, Production IG, Imaginary Friends Studios, Stormlion and Egg Storry Creative productions to be there at AFA09

• Launch of New Sanyo Eneloopy kit.

Sanyo will be launching its new ‘Eneloopy’ Battery checker kit during AFA09. It is to celebrate SANYO’s Sales achievement of 100 million cells worldwide.

That more or less wraps up the  Key points of today’s Press conference.

Omake picture of Ume with the Moe Moe Kyun Squad after the jump :)

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After about 2 weeks, AFA09 has announced the Finalists for the Regional Cosplay Championship!

The pictures aren’t from their cosplays for the competition, but previous cosplays. To view their in-progress, please visit their figure.fm entries over here and here.

Congratulations to the winning teams! All the best at the finals! =DD

ALSO, pre-registration for cosplayers is up as well! You can access it over here. Here’s your chance to get a complimentary entrance ticket to AFA09 if you cosplay on that day!

And it looks like the “I LOVE ANISONG” page has been updated!

Ticketing information has been released, providing much relief to many fans eager to get their hands on it, since they want to avoid disappointment due to the scarcity of the tickets as projected last year.

The following is a guide on how to purchase your tickets:

Guide to purchasing tickets and rough concert layout

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I’m going to be lazy, and since the majority of the news is covered by NK-DS, I’ll just rip off their info from there (I’ve asked them already, if you’re wondering), as well as from the AFA09 site.

I luls at miku’s and AFA-kun’s pose. It’s similar XDXD

First up, additional guests!

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…well, not really mass, but 3 handpicked ones from their Facebook accounts.

First up, is their maid cafe!

Exclusive wallpapers for their Facebook account fans, but you have to join their Facebook page to get their wallpaper exclusives!

Click on the picture for the Facebook page!

I don’t have a particular preference, since I think all of them look great. =D

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Anime Festival Asia 2009 has started their call for entry since 4-5 days ago! All cosplayers from South-east Asia can represent their country to be the region’s top cosplayer!

Well, as a former cosplayer myself, I would be tempted to join up as well, since it’s the next best thing to World Cosplay Summit. The 1st prize is a trip to Japan, too!

For more details, please view figure.fm and AFA09’s page on rules and regulations.

May’n posted a bit about AFA in her latest blog post, so I’ll translate that portion here.
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さて！
Now!

解禁になりましたヾ(゜ω゜*)人(゜ω゜*)ノ
I can finally release this ヾ(゜ω゜*)人(゜ω゜*)ノ

昨年に続きシンガポールにて開催される“Anime Festival Asia 2009(AFA09)”に今年も出演させていただきます.。゜+.(・∀・)゜+.゜
I will be performing again at “Anime Festival Asia 2009(AFA09)”, which was held in Singapore last year..。゜+.(・∀・)゜+.゜

2009年11月22日（日）.。:*☆
2009.22.November（Sunday）.。:*☆

韓国ライブ終わってすぐに
また海外ライブが決まり嬉しいですヾ(゜ω゜*)人(゜ω゜*)ノ
Just as the Korea live is over
I am happy to be able to hold another overseas liveヾ(゜ω゜*)人(゜ω゜*)ノ

またシンガポールのみなさまに会えるっ
I’ll be able to meet all of you in Singapore again

昨年すごく盛り上がったので
今年もまた新たな歌声を届けられるようがんばりまあす！
It was really exciting last year
I’ll do my best in delivering my new songs again this year!

英語勉強の成果も!!ぅしっ残り２ヶ月ちょい！がんばります(^∀^)!!
I’ll be able to show off the results of my English studies too! Two more months! I’ll do my best (^∀^)!!

写真は韓国で有名なアイス.。゜+.(・∀・)゜+.゜でかすうます
The picture above is of a popular ice cream in Korea..。゜+.(・∀・)゜+.゜Its huge and tasty.

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Buchou! We’ll be glad to have you again! (*ﾟДﾟ)ゞ

Today was the AFA conference, as reported all over the internet. Visit the AFA09 site here for details, this post’s focus will be on the conference.

Our rice-cracker, now a salaryman and hard at work (乙！)

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