Ok, enough with that, it’s been some time since my last entry so there’s a few things I need to mention…

First, I hope you guys like the new layout~ It was a fairly simple ‘make over’ job, the hardest thing was trying to figure out where to place each colour, some of you may have seen some changes happening as you visited, lol! The layout is the same, just different colours, a background [stolen from my twitter account, hehe~] and no random header images any more [they may come back on my next layout change].
Tell me what you think~

Also, if you missed it, check out the temporary page I had up -> temp homepage. Cute or no? :3

Second, posts for my Chile trip have been placed aside for a while still, have had so many things to do since I got back, it’s not funny [ok, it is ;P]. I’ll probably get to them after SMASH!.

Speaking of smash, we have an artist table on Sunday~! My brother, now known as Ou7, will be the main person there during the day but I should be there most of the time too, so say hello~ We’ll be selling a few pieces of Yoko fanart and some other goodies I still haven’t finished, running out of time D: There will be a few gifts to give out [Yui postcards, yay~] and maybe a give away, not sure about that just yet.
Plans are to visit the karaoke room often for free singing on Saturday and the competition on Sunday. Adun of Moe Moe Rabu has a ABJD photography panel happening, so I’ll be there as well. For more info on events and happenings for smash check the SMASH! 2009 Schedule Map.

Hrmm… was going to sticky this post but no need ^^;; I may have another post up with more details on the items we’ve been preparing for our table.

Don’t forget to attend on the 8th and 9th of August if you’re in Sydney~!

Edit: Forgot to mention, I’ve signed up with Zazzle, so expect some stuff to show up every now and then on the right–>
Feel free to either visit the United States version or the Australian version ;3

As to when I’ll post? Well, I can’t quite post any of my photos yet as I have quite few to go through [try over 16gb! orz] before I even think about starting on any posts regarding my trip to Chile xD; I’ll get to it, eventually… I’ll just say I had fun and would definitely go again, next time with more funds lol~

SMASH! is coming soon~ and we’re officially part of the artist circle for Sunday~ We wanted Saturday & Sunday, but we were too slow with the application and missed out orz… not to worry, we’ll see how we go this year before we decide on anything for next year [will apply earlier if we do end up doing so again... likely xD;]. SMASH! will be happening on the 8th & 9th of August this year, please look forward to it~! More info at the website -> SMASH!

Check out our new twitter page~ I’ve changed the layout, it’s now fully customised with our furudango logo and mascots :3 Meanwhile I’ll be working on updating the layout for this blog ;3

Part #2 of the smash report still isn’t complete, though I really want to finish it and just post it already >.<;; Hopefully it’ll be out by early next week (if anyone’s still interested… ^^;).

As for Animania, it should be a fairly short report as I was only there Sunday and wasn’t really in a photo taking mode. I’ll be sure to post up some links to other blogs who would have done a better job than me, hehe~

Quick question, would you be interested in reading more ‘daily life’ type entries? Like stuff that happens at home, food I’ve eaten, what I’m currently watching (drama, anime mostly) etc. So far I’ve only really covered things which are Japan-related but not anime, manga or drama.

Warning, post is pretty long =o

I’ll start off with the trip to the venue, met up with Nina (Rikku from the Smash forum) and two of her friends to catch the train together. She was dressed up as Yuki with the witch costume, she looked really cute~ Unfortunately as I figured I’d see her again later, I didn’t quite manage to take a proper photo orz. Sent her a message, see below for photo she sent~

Ahh~ so cool x3 Poor thing was freezing ’cause of her short skirt, lent her my jacket while we waited for the train :3

Anyhow, got separated as her friend was late so she got off at the next stop with one friend, but Amy decided to go on ahead with me. Spent the trip talking about anime and jdorama so time went by really fast! (Trip takes one hour to city, felt like 20mins xD).

Amy and I got separated on arrival (around 10:05) as she hadn’t pre-registered u_u~, didn’t get a very good shot of the line, but…

Then another line started forming… o.O;

What bugged me in the morning was that the pre-reg line took longer to get in than the other line, when I finally got in I had lost Amy ;_;

View from upstairs~

Anyhow, first thing~ Kidchan~! Omigoshlikewatthe! She so much cuter in real life x3 She was still unpacking some of her goodies when I got to the art area but bought her artbook straight away >=D I even got her to sign it for me <3~! She had a lot of trouble finding a pen that worked though, must have been the cold weather, sorry for troubling you!! I couldn’t even look at her other items as I wasn’t going to be able to buy anything else anyways orz… please donate so I can spend more next year? xD;;
Either click on her name for her homepage or check out her deviantart page: kidchan@da. I’ll post some more on her later… am planning something special for the artists that were at SMASH, kukuku~ Leave a message if you’re an artist and wish to be involved! (Australia only please, preferably Sydney, exceptions for specials guests like Kidchan =3)

Made my way down to the Karaoke room after, I had to change my song choices as I forgot to bring my music u_u~ song list was missing so I couldn’t sing just yet (freeplay, no heats just yet!) so I went back upstairs to the art area to add to the Travelling Artbook. Forgot to take a picture of my entry orz… but here’s the cover instead, hehe~

Illustrated by the lovely Kimiko~ (also known as “Dev Kimiko” on the forum). It was an incredible compilation of works from very talented artists from around Australia, I had a flip through it before I started on mine *o*. Heard from Arutea later on in the evening that it went for just over $200 at the auction, proceeds were donated to the Fred Hollows foundation.

Took some photos of the stalls in the artists circle upstairs, more on that next week I reckon. A few cosplay ones too, most of the time I caught them as they posed for other people, ehehe~ ^^;; Also took 1 or 2 photos of the vendors downstairs.

Back to the Karaoke room! Found my brother outside~ <3 (I left early as he wasn't ready yet) Sang a few songs, then the heats started, I was so nervous, lol. My song was one of the many that had disappeared u_u~ no worries, chose to sing 'Passion' by Utada Hikaru from the game Kingdom hearts II =3. As my song wasn't on the list even though it had been time-stamped and everything, I had to look at the lyrics every so often but I was told I wasn't going to be penalised too much for that. Made it to the finals~! Omigosh, shock! Sang Alumina from Death Note before leaving the room again, fun fun~. Oh yeah, ran into Fonzler (& his little sis, waii~ she was so cute!) from Dannychoo.com =D not sure when exactly, but it was in the Karaoke room.

More walking, eating (forgot to take photo orz), checking out the vendors downstairs again with Shin (my bro David, I call him Shin xD). Bought some stuff which I’ll post about later, good stuff including Shana and Tony Taka artbooks along with a Haruhi figure.
Optic mentions on his blog that there were bootleg figures at the con, I wouldn’t know if they were myself, but I now suspect my Haruhi is one orz…

Karaoke finals was a very, very long and nerve wrecking wait orz. Our song order kept changing, had directions from a few different people lol. We did have a lot of support from the judges and other finalists (2 guys and 1 other girl). Everyone was really nice =D
No I didn’t win, that honour went to Janet Yuen =D. Forgot the name of the song though u_u~ By this time a lot of people had left already =o

Which is a shame because they missed out on a great performance by Kross Junkie!

Click to see their names =o

They covered a few anime songs and also performed an original “Sunshine of my Life” you can find their videos and more of Smash on the forum, I’ve linked the thread directly so you don’t have to go searching ;3
Keep an eye out this week or next as I’ll be posting a special entry for these guys =D, I got in touch with Patrick (Spongebob, hehe~) for some exclusive info ;D

To finish off I’ll leave you guys with Gundam!

P.S any question and comments etc are welcome! <3

I’ll be at karaoke early in the morning, after I quickly browse through artist alley.
And~ I’ll be joining the karaoke competition and hopefully be in the finals, not sure what songs I’ll be singing just yet, but definitely “Dhalia – I’ll Be Your Love”.

If you see me there, say hello!

Hi guys, I haven’t been online much as I’ve been so busy!
Anyhow, got a package on Monday from Kinokuniya =D

Yes, it’s just another issue of Asuka, no figures just yet u_u~ Once I get a job or a business up and running (haven’t yet decided), I’ll be able to get those much admired and wanted figures *¬*

Issue #9 of Asuka comes with a document sleeve (which features 2 characters from Momogumi Plus Senki which I haven’t read… took me a few minutes to find the series even). Also another CD (see Issue #8), which I was hoping to copy as mp3s but my cd drive doesn’t work and my brother hasn’t gotten around to it u_u.
Anyone else interested in grabbing a copy of the files? I can make them available on a separate post ;D

I did a little research on the names located on the cover this time, kukuku~ Takahiro Sakurai, Jun Fukuyama & Daisuke Kishio are all Seiyuu (voice actors)!
Takahiro voices Suzaku Kururugi of ‘Spinzaku’ fame =D, Jun voices Lelouch “Luluko” Lamperouge x3.
As for Daisuke, I haven’t figured that one out, anyone know?

Update!
I’ll be posting some more info on SMASH! which is on Saturday!! woo~ So busy with work (and procrastinating), which is why I haven’t posted in over 10 days… shame on me orz, I still have a few more tasks to go, but I should be done by next week, have a things I want to post about.
I’ve tried to keep up with your blogs, but I may have missed some posts or I just haven’t commented, I do apologise. Thanks to those who have come by to check if I’ve updated, much love and appreciation <3.

I know it’s late, I’ll be heading to bed right, about, now! Zzzzz~

First up is Australia wide:

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