Posted by: optic on: August 31, 2008
Well here is my tiny loot for an ‘above average’ event. As you can see from above, that’s pretty much it excluding the free bag you get when you walk through the door. The contents inside the bag contains a magazine, some promo stickers and a few leaflet of ads where I’m not even bothered [...]
Posted by: optic on: August 28, 2008
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 [...]
Posted by: optic on: August 26, 2008
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 [...]
Posted by: optic on: August 5, 2008
Well, as you may already know, there was hardly anything that caught my interest. As a figure fan, I was disappointed by the lack of figure stallholders available. They didn’t have much of this year’s releases and even though some did, I wasn’t interested in the first place. Most of the stallholders were fanarts and [...]
Posted by: optic on: August 5, 2008
On August 2nd 2008, I attended SMASH! for the first time this year. Well basically, SMASH! “The Sydney Manga and Anime Show” is a mini event celebrating Japanese animation and comic culture at the University of NSW in the Roundhouse. Like any other anime convention I’ve been too so far, this one was no different [...]
Posted by: optic on: June 23, 2008
Another year, another Supanova. Yep, its that time again where everybody gets together and enjoy a fun filled day of pop culture. As this is my 2nd Supanova, I’m surprised how much it has grown compared to 2 years ago since I first attended the event on 2006. Initially, I had plans to attend with [...]
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