This card is pure win!

Final Form Ride: W-W-W-W-W

Cyclone||Cyclone Joker||Joker

Expect more goodness on 12 December 2009 When the new movie is out

I am not pleased with Fall 2009.

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Review: S.H.Figuarts Kuuga Amazing Mighty

Anyone who preordered this devil will probably get in within the next week (regrettably not me). My all-time favourite Rider in his Amazing Mighty form. A very strong version of his default Mighty form (black opposed to red).



About the Figure,
-Very detailed
-comes with 2 exta sets of hands
-140mm tall full PVC

W-B-X ~ W Boiled Extreme PV - Aya Kamiki w TAKUYA

New PV of Kamen Rider W Opening sequence, W-B-X~ has been released. This is also the first time that the full song is played uninterupted. Also, it kinda reminds me of Den-o and that makes me sad =( Farewell Den-o...

Winter Sonata

Alternative title: 冬のソナタ / Fuyu no Sonata

That's right! I have long awaited for this. This season, there will be an anime adaptation of the hit Korean Drama WInter Sonata. When I was little, I loved the show so much. Now, I would love to see the anime version of it. I hope they stay true to the original story and show some good artworks.

AFA '09

That's right folks, Anime Asia Festival 2009 is around the corner! The biggest Anime festival in Asia has been held in Singapore since 2008. And this year things will still be rockin'.


The Laydown-

Anime Festival Asia 200
incorporating Animation Asia Conference 2009
It’s time for South East Asia’s BIGGEST event celebrating all things related to Japanese animation and popular culture

(Singapore, September 1st, 2009) – The organizers of Anime Festival Asia 2009 (AFA09) are excited to announce the region’s most impressive festival targeting fans of Japanese animation and popular culture. Taking place at Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre (Halls 403 and 404) from 21st to 22nd November, AFA09 will incorporate a one-day business conference, Animation Asia Conference 2009 (AAC09) held on 20th November at the same venue.






ANIMATION ASIA CONFERENCE 2009
The one day business conference aims to help develop and nurture a regional IP ecosystem by tapping on renowned speakers and talents from Japan and the region, with an IP 360° Content Conference focused on three themes: Create, Manage and Engage. Speakers will provide in-depth knowledge and expertise on how brands and marketers can work with content from Japan to connect with the digital generation of youths who seek to be entertained and engaged. “The new Animation Asia Conference will provide an opportunity for international businesses and animation-related companies and organizations to network and learn from the best in the business. We are confident that Animation Asia Conference 2009 will grow to become a “must-attend” conference for directors, producers, creators as well as brand marketers, agencies and students. Our ultimate long term goal is to build and nurture a sustainable IP ecosystem for Singapore and the region,” said Anthony Kang, President, Dentsu Singapore and Co-Chairman of AFA09.

AFA09 will span over 5,000 sqm of space where highlights confirmed so far include the Akiba Town Marketplace, Anime Blockbusters, Kids Land, Regional Cosplay Championships, Moe Moe Kyun Maid Café, an AFA Exclusive Specialty Shop, and live acts straight from Japan.

FAMILY ATTRACTIONS AT KIDS LAND
A new highlight this year will be Kids Land, especially for younger children ages above 4 years old. Designed to maximize fun for families, Kids Land will have hands-on interactive sessions to learn how to make sushi, dumplings, sandwiches, etc. There will be workshops on how to assemble model kits at Bandai’s Gundam Caravan where participants will be able to take home what they have assembled during this event.

Children aged 4 to 8 years old can participate in a lucky draw to win a collection of Ben 10 toys on display at AFA09. There will be photo-taking opportunities with popular superheroes, including the new Power Rangers, Masked Rider and Ben 10 Alien Force. Popular animation and live action programmes will be screened live.

Bandai will celebrate the 30th anniversary of Gundam at AFA09 where visitors can walk through Gundam Time Tunnel Showcase featuring items and memorabilia from the Gundam franchise through the years.

“We are proud to be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Gundam on such a big occasion, along with fans across the region. Apart from AFA09 exclusive merchandise featuring Gundam model kits and collectible toys, we will also showcase new toys like our Harumika range of toys and Power Rangers Jungle Fury, the latest iteration of the Power Rangers story, and the creations of the top 10 winners from Singapore for this year’s Bandai Action Kit Universal Cup (BAKUC) at AFA09,” said Wong Kah Fai, Deputy General Manager, Bandai South Asia.

NEW ATTRACTION - ‘I LOVE ANISONG’ MEGA MUSIC CONCERT
“AFA09 Music Concerts will be collectively themed as ‘I Love Anisong’ and will feature a power-packed list of Japan’s top music performers. We wanted to take our music component this year to the next level and this year’s line-up of guests at “I Love Anisong” will thrill both anime fans and music lovers. They have performed at sell-out concerts and have a huge fan base not just in Japan but internationally,” said Shawn Chin, Executive Director, SOZO and Festival Director of AFA09.

By popular demand, Ichirou Mizuki, Japan’s “King of Anime Songs will return with Japan’s Singing Sensation, May’n who performs as Sheryl Nome in Macross Frontier. May’n and Mizuki performed to impressive sell out crowds last year at AFA08.

Performing for the first time in Singapore and South East Asia will be multi-talented J-Pop performer and popular TV personality Shoko Nagakawa who is familiarly known by her fans as “Shokotan” and “Blogger Queen”. Her popular blog has achieved phenomenal success with a total number of more than 1 billion hits to her site. Using her own unique slang, her blog is described as one of the most popular celebrity blogs and garners over 1.8 million hits a day. Her long list of credits include her singing the theme songs for Pokemon and popular TV anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

Also making his South East Asian debut will be Yoshiki Fukuyama, acclaimed guitarist, singer, and songwriter and member of JAM Project (Japan Animation Song Makers Project). As a member of JAM project, Fukuyama has produced numerous opening and ending theme songs for anime series and games. He had previously performed in Taiwan, San Paolo, Baltimore, Korea, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mexico, Paris and Barcelona. Fukuyama also played the singing role and guitar of “Macross 7” main role Basara Nekki and will perform live “unplugged” at AFA09.

SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY TOP JAPAN BLOGGER
Asian top blogger Danny Choo, whose blog covers Japanese pop culture, was featured as “Best Japan Blog” this year by Forbes Magazine (July 2009), will meet his readers at
AFA09. One of his more famous acts was dressing up as a Stormtrooper from Stars Wars and dancing in Tokyo. As the CEO of Mirai Inc. an e-commerce solution firm he started in 2007, Danny's clients include major Japanese companies like Good Smile Company and Kotobukiya amongst others.

With more than two million unique users and twenty million hits a month, Danny will host several events at AFA09, including a showcase of his very own “Mirai-chan” related merchandise. Danny will also speak at the Animation Asia Conference on engaging youths through social media.

REGIONAL COSPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Cosplay this year will have a bigger stage where AFA09 will host the first ever Regional Cosplay Championship in Asia. The top cosplay team from each South East Asian country will be sponsored by AFA09 to compete in the Regional Cosplay Championship during the two-day anime festival where they will perform and be judged by a panel of distinguished guests from Japan including internationally renowned cosplayer Kaname☆ who is best known for portraying Cloud Strife from “Final Fantasy VIl: Advent Children” and Ichigo Kurosaki from “Bleach”. Kaname☆ will also conduct a close-door panel session for cosplayers keen to learn more about how to improve their cosplay techniques.

Animax Asia, the regional media partner for AFA09, will be producing a half-hour programme dedicated to the “Art of Cosplay”, said Gregory Ho, vice-president and general manager of Animax Asia. “With the rapidly growing popularity of anime across Asia, more and more youth and young adults are engaging in cosplay as a means of expressing their passion. With top cosplayers coming from the region, and an impressive judging panel made up of celebrity cosplayers, we aim to produce a programme where these experts will provide valuable tips and insights into the art of cosplay. This programme will also demystify the concept of cosplay, and go behind the scenes to showcase this colourful expression of creativity that is capturing the hearts of many youths around the world.”

“This year’s festival, with its expanded content including I Love Anisong, Regional Cosplay Championship, Maid Café, Kids Land, exclusive merchandise, seeks to bring greater entertainment and value to our audience. It will undoubtedly place AFA09 amongst the best in the world,” said Michael Ng, Co-Chairman of AFA 2009 from I-PROMO Events & Marketing.

“In addition, the inaugural Animation Asia Conference will provide a platform for businesses from the region to network, develop deeper relationships and create business opportunities,” added Ng.

AFA09 will be held at Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Halls 403 and 404 from 10.00 am to 9.00pm. The festival targets children, youth, adults and industry visitors both locally and from around the region and having had a turnout of 46,000 visitors in 2008, organizers expect an even bigger number of visitors in excess of 50,000 to this year’s festival.

AFA09 is organized jointly by I-Promo Events & Marketing, SOZO and Dentsu Singapore. The festival is sponsored by Bandai, Japan’s leading toy manufacturer, with Animax as the official regional media partner.

Tickets will be as shown:


And for the I <3 Anisong Concert(includes free weekend pass):



I highly recommend everyone to attend! Especially Gunpla fans. There will also be a Maid Cafe there too. No need to travel all the way to Akihabara to experience it.



Bandai shop for all things Bandai(duh)!
From Gundam to Power Rangers to Kamen Rider!


Expect to see alot of displays on set. Take this chance to get ur PG and MG series!



In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the Gundam franchise, Bandai, Anime Festival Asia (AFA) and Danny Choo is running an online Gundam modeling competition to celebrate this most awesome occasion - introducing the Bandai World Gunpla Competition.


CLICK HERE TO ENTER NOW!


For Tamashii fans like me, Check this out!

Besides displaying most of our collectors’ toy lines, the die-hard toy collectors will also be able to see our new launches fPower Rnagers Jungle Furyrom the Saint Seiya, Chogokin and SIC series. For the Gundam fans, they will be able to see our assembled models of the various Gundam series. Also for early age Gundam fans, they will be able to see “SD Sangokuden” and “Sangokuden Giaden (side story of Sangokuden)”. For both lines, Bandai will have exclusives not found anywhere else in Singapore available for purchase.


For more information, visit the mainpage here.


SEE YOU ALL THERE!~

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Densha Giri!

Okay, I literally stepped into Hell today. MLT12 which is freaking cold became so bloody hot today! It was like sitting in an oven man... Couldn't really pay attention on Econs because of that but at least i got some notes down.

Okay so Keith was bugging me to update my blog again. So apparent from my own updates on Kamen Rider, what would you want to see more of?

School is back in session! Semester has just begun. All the best to all of us!

Dummies Guide To GEMs Registration

*mysas> registration> add drop module
*when you're within your time slot
*scroll down on that page and press register
*it would help if you know your module code of the gem you want
*there will be 4 forms
*1st form drop down select gems
*2nd form drop down select business/arts/science
*3rd form fill in module code e.g DE502A
*then 4th form leave empty
*then hit search
*then you'll see your module that you want with different day/time
*choose the right one by clicking on the tick to the left
*then after that confirm it
*done

*if class size 25 about 1 space per appointment
*if 40 then 2 spaces per appointment

Good luck and Godspeed to all

So, i was done with Darker than Black. They revisited the concepts of the Contractors and about the Heaven and Hell's Gate. I hope they are going to continue having all these events and actions out of Japan though chances of that are low. In any case, decent opening episode but Hei needs more screen time =( And like WTF he killed April?! Who's gonna live up to November 11's will now... Here is the episode highlights.






Oh and remember to watch after the outro. There is still 1 more scene after that

Dark fragrance of Coffee

[PtX] had a losing streak for the past few games regrettably. But we managed to win the last game we played thought everyone was very disorientated and we had 1 new player on our team. Anyway, putting that aside, Darker than Black Season 2 just aired! Woohoo, downloading at the moment and can't wait to watch. WIll update on how it is later on.

Fangire, Please return that life to the God!

Hello everyone, Got my rare DX Ixa Knuckle Belt today, courtesy of Mr Ng who just returned from Japan. It instantly grew to become one of my favourite belt of all times.(not as much as Den-o though) Anyway, a video on youtube to show all of its functions.





Kinda tired today, so not gonna talk much.

Blasphemy!

So i was browsing the net and found out something so preposterous. Apparently, the next Complete Selection Belt being released will be from Hibiki. I mean like wtf, they don't even acknowledge they are riders themself. In the whole series, they never even said the word "Henshin" once at all. Pure rubbish. What's more a tuning fork for a henshin device? Good joke huh.


Left picture is the DX version (less than S$10 each disc and under S$40 for the tuning fork)while the one on the right is the CS version (29,400 yen). Good job Bandai!

Any way, the Complete Selection :
-Die cast metal as of all CS belt
-It'll make noise if you hit it or if you put the Disc Animal into it
-Only Akanetaka is removable from the clip. Comes with Ruriookami and Ryokuoozaru (The wolf and gorilla)

And that's it...

Why can't Bandai be more productive and release a CS of OTHER series say BLADE or KABUTO or maybe a re-release of DEN-O.

New Rider?! in W

There have been alot of hot jizz about the new series Kamen Rider W. Since it's debut in the Kamen Rider Decade : All Rider VS Dai Shocker movie, and all promotional ads that came along, there was only 1 rider shown. W himself. Antagonist or protagonist, only 1 true rider was shown with his many different forms. I do not consider the Dophant as riders because they really aren't. They are just the monsters in this series. But a picture has been floating around regarding a new rider appearing soon.

Behold-


Who is this mysterious new rider? From what I can see, his suit design is almost identical to W. Infact, he has a Double Driver as well. Well or half of it from what it seems. It is safe to assume he only can use 1 Gaia Memory in battle. Is he going to fight along side W or be serving under the control of the Dophants? Only time will tell... many speculate he may be Shoutarou's Mentor who was seen dead in Episode 1, but through the miracles of modern technology,medications and what not, he got turned into this rider which many dub as Kamen Rider Skull. Stay tuned

I was looking at some pictures of Tamashii Nation 2009, showcasing many S.I.C. and S.H.Figuarts. Now I'm not a big fan of S.I.C. products because it pains me to see all the riders i love being deformed into zombie like creatures. But i must say, some of them on showcase looks spiffy and decent.



























Ugly Decade is Ugly -.- But I think S.I.C. Kiva Emperor form looks nice.


Upcoming S.H.Figuarts


Kamen Rider W - Cyclone||Joker


Kamen Rider W - Heat||Metal


Kamen Rider W - Luna||Trigger


Kamen Rider Ixa 2008

Ixa looks nice and detailed and will be out in January 2010.

Another S.H.Figuarts showcase