Japan Mania Festival Extra

I forgotten to add the video that I recorded... Silly me! Anyway Enjoy the short clips.

Random Dance by Random Cosplayers ^^v I really love this one:

A short clip on the Idol Group dancing on the main stage:

Japan Mania Festival - Thailand

Japan Mania Festival, the first anime related event in Bangkok after the Song Kran Festival was finish.  The event is held annually at ekkamai gateway shopping mall which is located beside the BTS station for easy access for tourist like me :) The mall has a Japanese oriented theme to it. There are anime like characters and traditional drawing on each floor of the restroom area. Some of the rest area are decorated with Japanese famous dolls as their benches. 

I went the event around 12.30pm and had lunch on the food court (food was decent no complaint) and then straight to the 2nd floor where there were a few booths selling doujinshi, accessories, figurines and etc. in addition, there was a booth selling food and beverages with cosplayers serving them. Oh let's not to forget a small stage :)

The turned out of cosplayers were good for a pretty small event. There were 3 or 4 of Rika from Chuubyou (maybe I lost track) and lots of maids and school girls (I guess from K-ON?) on the events. Most of them were pretty and cute too ((⌒-⌒; )) The most interesting cosplayers I came across was a guy with a panty on his head (what anime or game he is from?) and two cute Disney characters (Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse).

I managed to have my small adventure too. I did not know that on the 3rd floor, there were more cosplayers. However, most of them were preparing their costume and wigs so I decided not to disturb them and walked to a small anime shop called "BakaToon". They sold manga and illustration books in Thai language so did not stay long and go for my cosplayers hunting. Along the way, I took pictures of K-ON characters cardboard but "Where the hell is Mio?!" I was practically saying out loud in Bahasa Indonesia. Thank god nobody knows what I was saying at that time. OK let's forget about and move on! 

I decided to walk the escalator area and found a group of cosplayers trying to do something (dunno what they were talking) and when their hands were on dance like position. My god-like instinct changed the setting to video and managed to record most of their dance. I do not know what they were singing but the person beside was laughing. My guess maybe a gag song?

By then I had given up on finding my Mio and when to Toast Box for a rest and get myself a cup of Hot Milo.I have not done any photo taking for some time and legs were cramping up too. YES, life of an otaku ＞_＜ Gonna start training again :p

Getting a short rest, I went up again and watched a stage performance by a AKB48 like performance. They were pretty good to be able to dance on a small stage with 8 or more members. And yes everywhere you go you will always find fanboys dancing along with the performance *Salute* I got a lot of respect for you guys. 

After the performance, as i was heading to escalator direction, i found Mio!!! She was next to a booth all along (Baka me). After taking Mio picture, I decided to have an early dinner at the food court and head back home. Along the way, I had a bad stomachache after eating the beef noodle. HAha guess I should be careful on my food intake na....

Overall, a great event to kick start the anime scene after a crazy Song Kran Festival week :D. I would love to see more unused space on 3rd floor to hold a small doujinshi event but that would be highly unlikely since I bet the space is prepare for new shops that the mall management is planning. I love how the cosplayers tried to use the limited space, moving around a lot. Hope to see you again! Khob Khun Krab!

Pictures: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.161544560677344.1073741825.100004654028054&type=3

PS: For those that love Maid, there is a maid cafe nearby! (⌒-⌒; )

Going to Thailand for a Month~~

Where did my texts go!!! T.T

Anyway I am going this friday to Bangkok for a month to get a job since I have no luck in Singapore. I hope to get a job there, because the doujinshi and cosplay events are very lively compare to Singapore =). I wonder if AFA would come to Thailand since Indonesia and Malaysia already had it. 

Well it is not goodbye but I will post more pics later =D