JumpFesta 2007: Jump chara and seiyuu here, there, everywhere!!
Jump Festa at Makuhari Messe
This weekend was JUMP FESTA 2007! The event was held at Makuhari Messe all the way in Chiba. It's a long and rather expensive train ride but if you love your JUMP comics, anime or seiyuu...it's WELL worth it. I attended the FESTA on both the 16th and 17th. I had intended to set out earlier on Saturday but due to my "sleepy" sister, we didn't get out there until the afternoon. Meaning, I missed the Naruto event at the Pierrot booth with Ishida Akira.:/ But oh well.
Unfortunately my time was limited on Saturday since I was due to attend Kime's live at 5. So I only got to stay for 2 hours at the fest. But Kime's live was a blast so that made up for it.
I DID attend the BLEACH stage at Pierrot f/ Morita Masakazu and Orikasa Fumiko. They talked about the new movie [BLEACH: Memories of nobody] coming out and even a little about Kubo Tite-sensei (who was there in the morning session). Their special guest was Saitou Chiwa who plays the character of Senna in the movie. Morimasa praised her to no end for her acting skills. Apparently the movie is supposed to be a real tearjerker.
The cast did a "live advertisement" too. They read a script live for a movie trailer they had never seen before and which was made exclusively for JUMP FESTA. They did a great job!
At the same time at the neighboring MMV stage, the TeniMyu cast were performing. Aiba, Minami and Sakurada were there. They performed a song from the myu and did their talk but I only saw part of it because the BLEACH event was about to start.
My sis and I also passed an Eyeshield 21 event which Yamaguchi Kappei and Hirano Aya were hosting.
On day 2. I saw a lot more people and did a lot more things since I got there earlier.
I was really happy to see Miyata Kouki at the Bleach event promoting a Bleach video game as soon as I walked in. I dunno if he was a surprise guest because I didn't see him mentioned in the program. So it was a nice surprise. Actually that's what I love about JUMP FESTA, you never know whose going to show up because they often have guest seiyuu who aren't noted to appear.
There were a lot of events that were going on at the same time today so I was going back and forth through the buildings ALOT. So to sum it up here are the events I went to BLEACH, NARUTO, DEATH NOTE, TENIMYU, TENIPURI, BUSOU RENKIN, MONSTER HUNT, ONE PIECE, EYESHIELD 21, and MAJIN TANTEI NOUGAMI NEURO.
The seiyuu and actors I saw: Fukuyama Jun, Inoue Kazuhiko, Takeuchi Junko, Morita Masakazu, Orikasa Fumiko, Sugiyama Noriaki, Toriumi Kousuke, Miyano Mamoru, Yamaguchi Kappei, Irino Miyu, Yuzuki Ryouka, Midorikawa Hikaru, Yusa Kouji, Ueda Kana, Isaka Tatsuya, Satou Miki, Miyata Kouki, Itou Kentarou, Minagawa Junko, KenKen, IRE, Shindou Gaku, Kiriyama Ren, and Kiuchi Hidenobu. Unfortunately, I missed out on Kaida Yuki and Suwabe Junichi yesterday. And coincidentally, at some of the events some seiyuu were standing around me. One of the notable actors was TUTI. He was standing next to me when I went to watch the One Piece event, somewhat of a kiddy musical production. I did a double take when I noticed he was standing there.
I would like to go in detail on some of the events like Bleach, Naruto and Busou Renkin. But I don't have any time right now. There were 2 Bleach and Naruto events that were particularly funny. Lots of teasing going around aimed at Non-tan (Sugiyama).:p
Well, I've got tons of freebies now. I took almost everything people were passing out. So I know I have at least a few new JUMP posters to decorate my room with.
Anyhow, here are more pics from the FESTA!
As I wandered around the Jump Festa booths...I discovered the KYUUBI!! And see how scary he is with all that smoke coming out of him!! ^o^
What's a Gintama display without mayo!
Ichigo and Naruto at the entrance to greet the attendees. See, Gintoki in the back!!^^
Gintoki da~!