CJ Night Singapore 2012
Had another incredible gathering at Culture Japan Night Singapore 2012 - over the course of 6 hours, 419 comrades came to network with the anime industry and local guests who included... Kamiyama Kenji...
View ArticleTokyo to Singapore
I'm currently still in Singapore and will be here until the 21st - now that I've set up a company in Singapore, there is a lot to do to grow the business here. Anyway - stuff about the Singapore...
View ArticleAFA 12 Culture Japan Booth
Trying to squeeze in time to write stuff amidst the barrage of meetings that I have while still in Singapore so will do the wall-of-photos posts - starting with the Culture Japan/Mirai Suenaga booth at...
View ArticleAFA Cosplay
Coverage of Asia's biggest anime event Anime Festival Asia continues! Next up is the cosplay - on stage and around the exhibition halls - photos taken over the 2 days at AFA12 Singapore.The AFA...
View ArticleAnime Festival Asia Dolls
AFA12 had an absolute ton of dolls! Most were on display at the Fujiwara Yukino booth which had dolls from all over the world - all so cute leh!Read more about Mirai Suenaga >>>
View ArticleManga and Anime Culture
As you may know, Japan is brought up on manga and anime and even as adults, citizens enjoy these two mediums which are seen as being childish by some societies outside of Japan. I find it unfortunate...
View ArticleThanksgiving Giveaway
Its that time of year again where folks show thankfulness for what they are given throughout the year. I have a bunch of comrades who run e-commerce sites and they would like to thank you for your...
View ArticleTokyo Arrival 8
Just got back from spending a most bodacious 2 weeks in Singapore. 1st week was AFA and CJ Night, 2nd week was filled with a load of meetings and a talk at Jurong Regional Library. Have been to...
View ArticleAFA 12 Exhibition Hall
Photos taken at Anime Festival Asia 2012 - in today's post we take a look at the exhibition hall - the biggest in the history of AFA! First photo - AFA is a great place to make friends. He first...
View ArticleCu-poche Kousaka Kirino
Cu-poche is non-scale posable action figure series that was recently started by Kotobukiya. This new figure line features super deformed characters equipped with many points of articulations in the...
View ArticleAltina Mel Sylphis
Shining Blade is the fourth game in the Shining series whose characters are designed by illustrator Tony Taka. The PSP game is going to have another 1/8 PVC figure in the form of Altina Mel Sylphis,...
View ArticleAFA 12 Stage
Continuing the Anime Festival Asia coverage with the shenanigans that went on in the stage areas. There was the Main Stage where I spent most of my time over the two days MC-ing for our Japanese...
View ArticleTokyo Residential Areas
We usually go for walks around at night after dinner and even though we've been living in this neighbourhood for about 7 years, I never get bored of walking around, looking and discovering new...
View ArticleYui Takamura
From the anime series Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse comes a figma of the heroine, Yui Takamura [篁唯依]. She comes with three expressions including a confident expression, a shouting expression for...
View ArticleMori Yuki
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is a remake of the first Space Battleship Yamato TV series from 1974, with some changes in the main story, new characters, and more modern designs. The Ship Affairs...
View ArticleQueens Blade Izumi
Has it been ages or has it been ages since the last figure review? Today we have a lookie at War God Samurai Izumi [戦神の侍イズミ] from the Queens Blade Rebellion series. This figure was released this July...
View ArticleAnime in Japanese Politics
As we spoke the other day, anime is heavily rooted in Japanese society for all ages. Its everywhere and now in Japanese politics too. This photo taken the other day at Harajuku where I came across...
View ArticleRetro Japan
I've always been interested in the Showa period which lasted from 1926 through 1989. Probably the biggest era of change for Japan. Had the pleasure of visiting a toy store in Asakusa called Kusou Zakka...
View ArticleDo you own male figures?
Barnaby Brooks Jr. [バーナビー・ブルックス Jr.] is one of the main characters in the anime series Tiger & Bunny. He will be getting a new figure in the G.E.M Series made by MegaHouse. Product Name: G.E.M...
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