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And yet, another event!

I should probably refer to it as a competition though. ^^;

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Last Thursday, Malaysia’s first Bunkasai was held at UCSI university, down at Cheras.

In short, I was not impressed. ^^;

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For the first time ever, there will be a bunkasai (or, Japanese cultural event) held in Malaysia!

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Happy New Year everyone! ^^
あけましておめでとうございます!
Selamat Tahun Baru!

So, 2009 has come. Has everyone made up their new year’s resolutions yet? You know, those resolutions that would probably mysteriously vanish after a month or two. Of my many resolutions, one of it is to be more active in my blogging, or, at least, put more heart into it.

Anyway, I’ve got some plans for mizunaga.blogspot in the near future, and will announce them when the time is right.

I look forward to an exciting year with you guys again! o/
今年もよろしくお願いします. m(_ _)m

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With the end of today, we will have reached a new year, 2009. Though it is sad to see another year pass by, I am, overall, pleased with what this year has brought.

A lot of stuff has happened to me in this past year. Sometime February, I decided to make this blog into an otaku/Malaysia blog. Prior to this, I had been blogging about personal matters, and so this was all very new to me.

Initially, I was a “stand-alone” blogger- that is, I never visited other blogs, forums, or even fansites. As you can imagine, I was getting nowhere at that point. One day, while searching for fapping blogging material, I stumbled across Danny’s site, and from there I began networking. I got to know some other bloggers, like Panther, Gordon, Squee X, Fariz Asuka, and, eventually, joined Team Blue.

I would really like to thank both Team Blue and Danny for helping drive traffic to this blog. Also, special thanks to Team Blue (and to Panther, who founded TB), for you guys really helped me grow, both as a blogger and as a person (well, sort of. lol).

I do have to apologize to my readers though. As you might have noticed, in the past three months, the amount of posts I write has decreased significantly. Due to some real life commitments, I have been busy, and any free time I have left is spent trying to catch up on anime, or getting precious and necessary sleep.

Anyway, it’s been a great year, and I hope to enjoy more great times with you guys next year.

To close, here’s one of my favorite EDs of this year- “Changes” by Base Ball Bear (Toshokan Sensou)

See you 2009! o/

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27-year-old Malaysian Hannah Tan, now aims to make her debut in Japan. A singer-songwriter and TV personality, Hannah Tan hopes to make a name for Malaysia there by using her music and movie scripts.

“Japan is a leader in digital technology, so I’m trying to see what I can bring back to change the way people do business in the entertainment industry,” says Hannah.

Source: the Star

Anime fans in Asia might recognize her as the ambassador of Animax Asia.

It will be interesting to see how far she can make it in Japan. To be honest, I don’t expect her to make it very far. ^^;

More pictures of Hannah Tan in the full post.

Check out those eye… bags.

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That’s right! Imaginary Friends Studio (IFS), South East Asia’s
Premier Concept Art group, will be coming to Comic Fiesta 2008!
They’ll be bringing their artbooks, conducting live demos, and will be
on hand to have meet-the-fans sessions throughout the day!

Aspiring artists should also bring their portfolios for reviews,
cause IFS will also be at the Portfolio Pavilion too!

If Art’s your life, like it is for Imaginary Friends Studios’ founder
Artgerm, then you won’t want to miss this!

About Imaginary Friends Studios
Imaginary Friends Studios (IFS) is a regional homegrown concept art
and illustration studio. Founded by a group of established artists in
2008, IFS has 30 artists under their wings across Asia and Europe.
Based in Singapore, it also has a branch in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Most of IFS’ artists were influenced by Eastern and Western
animations, games, films and comics, creating a rich diversity of
works reflecting their upbringing.

IFS has provided concept art for games, comics, cards, entertainment,
film and animation projects. The studio counts Square Enix, Sony
Online Entertainment, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Animax, DC Comics,
Marvel Entertainment, Top Cow, Radical Comics, Games Workshop, Upper
Deck, WizKids and many others on their ever-growing list of
prestigious clients.

IFS is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia and is the place-to-be
for industry professionals and talented artists from not only
Singapore but from around the world, allowing them to realize their
dreams of becoming a professional concept artist.

Article Source: Comic Fiesta

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Just yesterday, I was at a Japanese charity fiesta & bazaar, organized by the Japan Club of Kuala Lumpur.

To say the least, I was disappointed.


This event was held at Hotel Nikko, and to enter, I had to pay an on-the-spot ticket fee of RM15.

Despite being a Japanese bazaar, there wasn’t really that much Japanese stuff to buy. A lot of items there could be obtained locally. There weren’t even any geta for sale.

Entrance to the ballroom

The place was pretty packed

This was, perhaps, one of the few items worth looking into- pottery.

Being a bazaar for the public, I did not expect to see any otaku goods here, but lo and behold, there was one table that featured some old otaku goods.

There were tons of books, magazines, and supposedly limited edition GitS shirts.

There were tons of old magazines, and a lot with Evangelion at the front page. There were also some CDs for sale there, though they didn’t really look legit. ^^;

There was a vast variety of items, but, as I mentioned earlier, most of it could be obtained locally.

There was lots of Japanese food too, but even the food was the kind that could be easily found like food from Jusco, Yokomon, and Beard Papa.

While most other tables were selling out, this table remained unvisited. The food here was less unique, anyway

Needless to say, the food there was pretty expensive. All I had was this strawberry-flavor coated waffle that cost me RM3.

The strawberry flavor didn’t come out very well, but the waffle itself was pretty good. Overall, it was an okay snack.

Though the goods there were not really worth looking at, they had some other attractions as well, such as this-

Demonstration of how to prepare tea in the traditional, Japanese way.

There were also three games to play, though I only saw kids playing them.

Had absolutely no idea how to play these game though.

Except this one, maybe

But the best attraction was this- try on a kimono(?) for a certain price, and have your photo taken against a backdrop (there was a nice backdrop which I did not take a picture of).

Of all the girls and guys on stage, this one little fella got a lot of attention from photographers.

Overall, my friends and I agreed that this event wasn’t worth the RM15 entry fee. But since that RM15 is going to charity, it’s all good.

Safe to say, I won’t be attending this event anymore in the future.

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I am late, but Happy (Belated) Halloween everyone. ^^

Actually, Halloween is not a recognized holiday in Malaysia, so there are no events or Halloween stories here. Is Halloween celebrated in your country?

Fullpost contains some Halloween pictures of witches.

Melissa Seraphy!

Image sources: Anime Pulse Forums, Tenka Seiha

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It’s almost at the end of the day, but Happy Deepavali to all folks celebrating. ^^

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