Upcoming & current otaku events

July 12, 2008 · Filed Under Conventions, Sydney 

Just a short a quick update for fellow Sydney-siders and Australian otakus x3~

First up is Australia wide:
Reel Anime 2008 - Japanese movie screenings Australia

It started on the 3rd of this month, but you have until the 16 to catch any one of the great movies they have to offer. There’s:

Appleseed Ex Machina: Japanese audio, english subtitles
Batman: Gotham Knight: English audio
Vexille: Japanese audio, english subtitles
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: Japanese audio, english subtitles

Unfortunately, they’re only screening at one location for each city, you can see more screening details here.

Lucky for me, there’s only one thing I would have liked to watch and I’ve already seen “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time” (long name xD;;), because I really don’t like visiting Newtown. Last time I visited was to watch Howl’s moving Castle as it was the only place with subtitles, not really worth visiting the area though =_=;;. On the other hand, they are running a competition at participating Dendy cinemas, might interest someone ^^.

Sydney event~:

My favourite event~! The Sydney Manga and Anime Show (or SMASH for short) will be held at the Roundhouse@UNSW Kingsford, very easy to get to. To find out more just click on the banner x3.

Pre-registration has been extended ’till the 18th (you have to pay by then to be eligible for the pre-reg pricing), so you can still enjoy a full day for just $10! If you miss out or still not sure if you’re attending, it’s still a very cool $15 at the door for an all-day event which starts at 10am and ends at 8pm.
I must warn you though, best to get there early with pre-reg or else you’ll be there past 11am waiting to get in =x Happened last year when it made its debut!

The reason I love SMASH so much is the atmosphere and the people behind the event, have had the pleasure of meeting a lot of the committee members even though I’m not a volunteer ^^; You just have to participate in the events!
SMASH is also very artist-friendly~ I’ll be taking lot’s of photos (on my crappy camera ^^;;) this year so you guys can see just how many artists there are, tables were sold out ages ago too x3

I’ll be adding more info on SMASH as the date draws nearer, will mention what events I’m interested in as well ;D

Any plans to head on over to these events? I hope to see you guys at SMASH and maybe Animania… speaking of which, pre-regs are now open, not sure if I can go just yet u_u~

Questions & comments always welcomed & appreciated~ =3

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6 Responses to “Upcoming & current otaku events”

  1. Adun Identicon Icon Adun on July 12th, 2008 8:41 am

    Unfortunately for me I won’t be attending either convention in August since I won’t be here. Though I do look forward to seeing people’s coverage on SMASH since it’ll be it’s second year running, but as well as Animania Sydney since it’s moving to it’s new location.

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  2. Koshiko Identicon Icon Koshiko on July 12th, 2008 12:13 pm

    Aww~ I won’t have a chance to run into you just yet then. Still, Japan more than makes up for it no? xD

    Please look forward to my post in August~

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  3. optic Identicon Icon optic on July 13th, 2008 12:40 am

    Hopefully I will see u there and the rest of the gang. ^^

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  4. Fonzler Identicon Icon Fonzler on July 31st, 2008 10:41 pm

    I’ll be there! You will probably find me lurking in the maid cafe :p

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  5. Koshiko Identicon Icon Koshiko on July 31st, 2008 11:53 pm

    Hi guys~! Just working on my next entry before I post more details on SMASH for Saturday. That’ll be 2 entries =D.
    Thanks for dropping by Fonzler~ How am I going to pick out who you are? lol~

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  6. Fonzler Identicon Icon Fonzler on August 2nd, 2008 12:20 am

    I plan to be wearing a black Shakugan no Shana T-shirt (I’ll probably be the only one in the joint :p)…hope this message is not too late

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