Sydney Animania 2008: Day 2

Day 1 coverage can be found here.

The next day came around before I even realised it. Sadly, today was the last day and there will be no more conventions in Sydney until next year. We don’t get much conventions here so I try to suck up the atmosphere before it all goes away at the end of the day.

My MIKU has FINALLY arrived!!!

After a long and somewhat anxious wait, my MIKU has FINALLY arrived. Actually she arrived at my doorstep last Friday but I forgot to update till today. She has been in transit for 4 weeks and, to date, the longest time I had to wait for any package. For all of my goodies from HLJ, I choose SAL shipping option as most of you already know, it’s the cheapest but the longest compared to EMS.

Sydney Animania 2008: Day 1

Well, it’s that time of year again where the biggest Anime and Japanese culture festival descends on Sydney. I say it’s big because it’s the only convention that goes on twice a year and it’s always mid-year where it’s spread across both days on the weekend. What’s different about this year compared to the last previous years? New location and for the first time in Australia, one of the preliminary rounds of the World Cosplay Summit 2008 is held here in Sydney. I think the move was to cater more people and to allow additional space to display past and present cosplay outfits throughout the hall. More detail on that later on.

Music Mondays ~ Caramelldansen (Vocaloid version)

I dedicate this week song to M12. It was the most played song at Animania and believe it or not, he was dancing on stage, showing the crowd how to do it. HIS STYLE!!! xD
Yeah, I wish he was but honestly, he was enjoying it no matter how many times he denied being annoyed by it. If Tomoyo was dancing, I guarantee he would. lol

Anyway, enjoy. ^^

Look forward to my coverage post tomorrow. It’s gonna be EPIC!!! xD

Small DVD loot

Been really busy with work this week as I need to do my 40hrs before the weekend. As some of you may already know, Animania is on this weekend and I will be attending for both days. I will be meeting up with M12 and hopefully with Koshiko as well on one of those days. Just like SMASH!, I will be providing some coverage so look forward to it sometime next week.

Music Mondays ~ Minmi - Shiki no Uta

No matter how many times I listen to it, the beat never gets boring. Her voice is just lovely. ^^
I reckon she was destined to sing this track.

This track is the main ED single for Samurai Champloo. Really, one of the best samurai series out there and for many years to come. Watch it now if you haven’t.

Waitress Mikuru

1/8 scale Mikuru Asahina by Max Factory

Here is another review to continue on this week track record. I present you Mikuru Asahina from the well known acclaim series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya by Max Factory.

Mikuru is the 2nd figure released from the Max Factory Haruhi series but she is my 4th one acquired. I got her late due to the fact, I got into the figure scene late and by the time I was really into it, she was long gone and most of the online stores have her discontinued. Ebay was my last option and after a long search, I managed to find one at a retail price.
She was my first figure bought from ebay and you bet I was worried considering ebay is full of bootleg figures but I double checked with the seller and his store and judging by the comments, I was safe the say, the figure he sells are legitimate.