Japan Kingdom of Characters @ Singapore

In recent years, subculture related to Japanese anime and manga has rapidly attracted worldwide attention. To make the most of this trend, 'The Japan Foundation', established in 1972, has organized this traveling exhibition which examine such characters as one radical aspect of this subculture and their influences.

Many alike the Japanese, had been introduced to characters from manga and anime with merchandises of these characters been inspired. Some of which are characters that grew up with you, the heroes you long to be and badass villains you loved and hatred.

Take a walk down memory lane at this non-commercialized and educational exhibition happening @ NAFA Campus 1, located @ Lim Hak Tai Gallery (80 Bencoolen Street) till 12th December. 

Free admission, 11am to 7pm - Closed on Monday and Public Holidays. 

AFA Singapore 2013 Coverage

I had an awesome weekends meeting up friends and going to AFA.  Wonderful crowd at the event and I'm there mainly for 'Night of Valvrave' concert. As you can see, my pics centered mainly on Valvrave The Liberator. It's an anime which I got hooked to, after Agent S' recommendation. As usual, I'm bounded to Gundam booth but no forgetting to include pics of random toys. 

Last year, it was 'Sword Art Online' that dominated AFA and this year is surely the year of 'Shingeki No Kyojin' aka Attack on Titans. One toy that particular bewildered me as Shurato! This old skool anime finally gotten it's figure though I had some of the vintage Bandai kits. Hasn't been released yet so I'm watchful over the pre-order.

I didn't take pics of 'Night of Valvrave' concert cos photo-taking was prohibited and I'm a rule-abiding Otaku ^_^. A two and a half hour concert with Angela, Eliza, TM Revolution and Nana Mizuki. It's my first anime concert experience and it was a great one. I would say my favourite segment definitely was when TMR and Nana Mizuki hit the stage with those powerhouse vocals and superb supporting band members.