Items for November 2009 in "Japanese Pop Culture"

The AFA coverage continues and thought it would be a good opportunity to make this the post that I point folks to regarding everything Otacool. For folks who are not familiar with the term, "Otacool" is a compound word made up from "Otaku" and "Cool...

One of the great things about this job is that you get to meet a load of new folks - including some kings like Ichirou Mizuki - the king of Anisong. This is the holding room for the performers and for some reason we decided to have this photo outs...

Been online friends with Alodia ( http://alodiagosiengfiao.com/ ) for a while now but t'was the first time I met her at the AFA09. She came with her younger sister Ashley ( http://orangeish.deviantart.com/ ) - both of them are gorgeous! On the first...

More hours of Figma fun and more burning holes in yer wallet. The ex:ride: ride.003 - Street Style Set will be out in Feb and retail at 1,200 yen for each set. Each set includes a kick scooter, roller blades and a skateboard. More pics at GSC. ex...

Next AFA09 coverage is from the I Love Anisong concert. Unfortunately I couldn't make all of it but did manage to catch bits of both days. Performing at the concert was Ichiro Muzuki, May'n, Shokotan, Yoshiki Fukuyama and Hatsune Miku. Yoshiki-san...

About to get on the plane with Mizuki Ichiro-san at Changi International airport. Back in Tokyo late this evening. Thank you Singapore for your hospitality! Love you all and see you again soon - most likely before AFA 2010 - at Singapore CGM Night?...

Posting this before my AFA Day 2 coverage as I know some comrades from last nights post AFA dinner want these photos as soon as possible ^^; Together here with the AFA team, the Moe Moe Kyun maid cafe girls, Kaname, May'n (check her blog for her pos...

An incredible day at the AFA for day one! I'm already late for day two and need to dash so only going to leave you with a summary and let the photos do all the talking. Today I'm MC with Reiko for the K-ON! girls and then the Otacool signing session...

First photo from left to right:- Kaname, May'n, Uchiro Mizuki, Mamoru Hosoda, Danny Choo.

After landing in Singapore and spending an hour to catch up on mails at the hotel, went with comrades at Sozo, 0ne and Genesis Frontier for some scrumptious hawker center food. Then went to visit the Sozo offices. Sozo are the folks organizing the An...

Absolute awesome progress by Illustrator KL in time for my presentation at the Animation Asia Conference where folks like the CEO of Kadokawa, Director of Summer Wars/Girl Who Leaped Through Time will take a look if they have not fallen asleep during...

Tokyo 06:34AM. About to leave for Narita airport. Going to miss my girls. Hope the relatives don't tease them while I'm away!

A few pics of Ryomou of late who is looking particularly lovely in her new Azone cardigan thingy.

Some progress on the Mirai no Mirai anime pilot video. These are just work in progress frames at the moment. Skirt animation is being tweaked. Awesome work by Illustrator KL who works like lightning!

Due out in January is this 1/8 scale figure of Akiyama Mio. Is being released by Movic but produced by Kotobukiya. See more pics at GA Graphic. Kinda prefer this one to the Alter version. Which do you prefer?

Your wish is my command. From the Anime Illustrators post, 45% of you voted for pose #3. Illustrator KL just sent over the senga (outlines) and Mirai-chan is looking very scrumptious indeed. Like the way shes got her right hand resting on her oppai...

Illustrator KL is working on a new piece for us and just sent over some sample sketches. Sooooo cute n adorable! I'm going to choose one pose but have different facial expressions. Which is your fave pose of of these? Which is your fave pose? Mi...

Karin kept asking me when I would get photos of her new look up. I told her it would be after I finish putting together the presentation for the Anime Asia Conference, preparations for the next CGM Night at Cospa HQ, and after launching the mobile ve...

Ask and you shall receive - the Tokyo Figure Show in Singapore - in collaboration once again with Good Smile Company exclusive to AFA09.

The samples don't stop arriving! The spare room is now half full of so much goodies that I could literally start up a shop ^^; Seriously though, I'm not allowed to sell any of it which is why I offload some to media and other folks who we work with...

Got the final product samples of the Suenaga apparel that you saw in the Anime T-Shirts article - they are gorgeous! They are also up for pre-order on a few sites which you should be familiar with.

Up for pre-order now is this most most gorgeous figure of Tamaki ever ever ever. Going to steal a poster from the GSC offices before I leave here today ^^; Is 1/6 scale and will be released next April - retails for 8,800 yen. See more pics at GSC....

More cutting edge bootleg toy coverage provided by Moeyo.com. First up, Thomas the Tank Engine gets the mecha treatment.

Doll Show 26 took place yesterday in Hamamatsu-cho at the Tokyo Trade Center. Unlike last time, this time round we was treated to 4 floors including the tea space on the 2nd floor where many sons n daughters got to meet new friends - as well as paren...