Anime Festival Asia 2012 in Singapore: Cosplay & Dolls
2nd and last part of mayu's very first Anime Festival Asia (AFA).
*There are 2 posts regarding AFA.
Previous post introduces all the interesting booths like the butler cafe, karaoke etc.
This post displays photos of dolls/ models and cosplays!
Posters were pretty much everywhere on the walls of the booths. There were so many that mayu didn't recognize, so... mayu took only the ones that she was more familiar with.
First up is Bleach!
Sadly, though they had this poster here, there were barely any Bleach goods around other than the Ichigo mask and Ichigo's zanpakutou. Bleach cosplayers were limited to a few too, with only two Hollow Ichigo and a few Aizens. Guess Bleach's era is ending soon?
One Piece was definitely one of the more popular anime around with lots of One Piece Goods and cosplayers around.
Naruto goods were not as readily available, but still better than Bleach. There were also a few Narutos running around though mayu didn't see any Sasuke...
Ao no Exorcist! Quite a handful of goods were available. Saw a few Rin and Yukio cosplayers too.
There was this really fabulously cute Yukio on Saturday and mayu regrets now for not having taking a photo of him. TwT
Katekyo Hitman Reborn.
Not familiar with this manga/anime but everyone was saying that the series is ending?
Fullmetal Alchemist, with quite a number of cosplayers and goods.
Nurarihyon no Mago (Nura:Rise of the Yokai Clan)
One of the manga that mayu has been dragging on forever despite telling herself to start soon.
Hakuoki, another fandom mayu is struggling to not fall into... because it's shinsengumi. :3
Antique Bakery!!
Was really surprised to see the poster, because for those who are unfamiliar, this is actually a BL manga that was later adapted into a Japanese drama and Korean movie.
And this is for all Kurobasu fans out there.
Moving on to models and figures. Many of the booths were selling Nendoroids, figures and models.
Haru eventually bought a One Piece Smoker figure for her friend, but mayu kept her wallet tight... no idea what to do with all those Gundam models and Deathnote Nendoroids at home. orz
Though mayu was so tempted to get these.
But they cost like $48 (or was it $68?) altogether.
Ended up taking photos of the figures and Nendoroids instead.
Aren't these vocaloids adorable?
mayu's favourite is Gakupo of course.
Though Miku is no doubt the most famous and popular of all.
Kaito is really cute too, and his voice is nice.
Luka, not that familiar with her. There were other vocaloids too, but mayu wasn't familiar with them at all so...
There was a Gundam corner too but since mayu still lives in the days of Gundam W, didn't take much photos of the mechas... until mayu found these Tiger & Bunny models!
Haru was like shocked when she saw these and came to realise that Tiger & Bunny is kind of a mecha anime.
The title sure is misleading.
Their famous synchronized attack~
Moving on to BJ Dolls, strangely mayu didn't see them on Saturday (might have missed them?) but they were on full display on Sunday.
And gosh, all these beautiful BJ dolls... when will mayu own one of them? lol
Love the bike and the one with the dark angel wings.
And the dolls in Japanese Kimono.
And finally, onto the cosplay photos~
*Sorry for the quality for some photos because some were taken using iphone4 while the rest were taken using a camera.
And first of all is of course StaReiPolaris and her friends, Viospace and Jesuke, taken on Saturday.
(Hope I got their DA Accounts correct?)
Cosplaying as Mimawarigumi from Gintama.
StaReiPolaris as Imai Nobume.
Tiger & Bunny!
Took the photo of this lovely pair on Saturday.
mayu actually saw another Kotetsu and Blue Rose on Sunday and they were fabulous.
Sadly, they were busy, probably on their way to the cosplay contest?, and didn't have time to stop for a photo.
Erm... have no idea which characters they are cosplaying, but they was really pretty.
(Let me know if you do)
mayu has no idea who he's cosplaying either but he looks good.
Ace from One Piece (?)
Photo was cropped for a friend's privacy.
This guy has got to be the cosplayer with the best figure around.
Jin and mayu were wondering whether his abs were real. They are!
And another character (who shall remain nameless) from One Piece (?)
Naruto!
It's amazing they can get such a huge group of cosplayers together to form a team.
And mayu couldn't believe her eyes when she saw this team!
The classic Sailor soldiers and Tuxedo Mask.
No idea who they are but they were doing some sort of live streaming.
Anyway, mayu just loves furry mascots. XD
One eyed demon?
Looked really familiar, but no idea what character he is.
In which xploded_tb pointed out to mayu that he is Pedobear, the internet's favourite pervert, with 'pedo' being short for 'pedophile'.
omg... mayu had completely no idea...
all the innocent kids taking photo with him. lol!!!
Some of the cosplayers were posing outside the Expo hall and it was an unexpected surprise when mayu saw this.
For a moment, mayu thought she had stepped into one of the old city squares of Europe.
Last but not least, a final photo of StaReiPolaris and her friends, Viospace and Jesuke on Sunday.
mayu's photos does not do any justice to their real life good looks.
And this is the end of mayu's first AFA experience. It was overall, an unexpected but satisfying experience. The hall and crowd were way above mayu's expectations, and probably even for the organizers and booths. (Some ran out of goods by Saturday.)
Just wish that there were more seats around, but probably no one is as crazy as mayu to stay for 4 hours on Saturday and another 7 hours on Sunday even if it was totally unplanned.
Will definitely be looking forward to the event next year, but before that, mayu gotta buckle up and catch up on all the anime.
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Discovered that there was a actually a Responsible Pet Ownership Roadshow on Sunday at Expo. Was intending to take a look but mayu's legs were breaking from walking around AFA the whole day... so took only a few photos of these beautiful dogs!
