The Bonkurasu Brigade

Not really interview per se, but it’s more of an MSN chat with returning May’n fan, Matsumoto-san.

Legend:
M = Matsumoto
S = Sentinel011 aka myself
Buchou = May’n’s nickname to her fans

The following is actually MSN-ed in Japanese, mostly broken on my part.

Before his arrival:

S: All the best to your trip! Hopefully I can meet up with you on that day, if I’m not too busy ^^;
M: No worries! I’ll be going to all of Buchou’s favourite food haunts from last year! And also this year’s!
S: Great! See you soon XD

On the actual day itself:

M: I’ll be around the event, with some friends from Japan, and I will be contacting Terence as well, so don’t worry about me! *he left an offline message on msn, as well as gave me a call from his hotel.

Before he leaves for Japan:
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…no I’m just retarded.

It’s a clip of ume singing Seikan Hikou on stage during an afreko demonstration at AFA09. 8D

There’s also a ‘fanclub’ of sorts on facebook over here! muahahaha.

This is probably not a comic, but a scribbled (instead of typed) blog post.

In any case, here is part 2, after the jump!

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I didn’t get to go around the booths because I was working most of the time, so here’s a bit of my AFA09 experience, after the jump.

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


PEWPEWPEW

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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