Supanova 2008 Melbourne

The 2008 Supanova took place at the Melbourne Show Grounds on Saturday the 29th of March.

I wont say that I had the best fun there because I did not. It was alright. But because it was a pop convention rather than an anime convention, could not help but feel bored at certain times.

Anyway, here are some pictures of what went on and my take on them. ^^

First up! We have the famous Dante VS Human on the DDR machine.
Apparently dante wanted to have some fun dancing.

Also at the event was… THE HULK!
I know! He is not green! That stinks right?

And you can see racial harmony at work here.

People playing with their Pokemon and other cards.

Those tables were suppose to be for people to eat at!! T_T

And then you have the Dollfie store.
Well, they did not sell much dollfies, BUT, it was more of a promotion thing.
Dollfie parties and things like that. Check out their webbie: http://moggie.mine.au/shop

awww, a teenage boy and a….. no idea what it was…

Don’t you think that this one is a tad bit pale and flat??

Yes, that is an empty wrestling ring. They had an aussie wrestling match inside the place.

It was quite cool, and the noise made when they fell and got slammed into the ring was woah.

It must have been painful, you could see their skins turn red.

There was this store that sold movie film shots.

Limited editions film captures from the movies.

It was really cool.

And here you see a comic artist at work.

What is cosplay without the Suzumiya Haruhi fans.

The latest hit from the Japanese animation industry.

(I know it was in 2006, but still..)

And how can you go to an event that has anime without Naruto and the gang being there.

Standing right outside the PS3 promotion for a sing along game.

Maybe they had decided that being in the anime was too draggy and boring that they would be better off changing careers.

(I actually went to play that singing song… got drag along by my friend. =.=*

Oh the humliation.)

And guess who I saw at the both selling DVDs and such merchandise.

Fred Flinstones!

I guess he decided to crawl out of whatever rock he was hiding under and learn about how much more better DVDs are than cave drawings.

While eating some horribly made pizza from the Dominoes booth at the convention.

We spotted…

 

Cookie Monster!!!

or at least that was what i thought when i first saw it.

 But then…

Cookie Monster had a shell.. ^^;

I had no idea what the heck that was…

Then it hit me.

A weird squirtle from Pokemon.

But I applaud her for her effort in making the costume.

Guess what was shown on screen!

I actually sat down to watch an episode of Haruhi.

And I must admit that it was interesting. (i use to hate haruhi. She was so annoying.)

Which made me want to watch more of it. But they only showed an ep.

And for the best cosplay that i have EVER SEEN!

Now this is what I call a cosplay costume man!

It was so well done, even the skin on her hands and legs were the colour of an anime character.

I first notice her when I saw her legs from the back. I thought that it was really nice.

(Looked so smooth and perfect. I am not a pervert. Plus she was really tall. Around 6 ft maybe? So it was normal to notice her legs when she was wearing a mini skirt and all.)

Anyway, when i went to see why people wanted to take pictures with her, I thought she was hot or something.

And when I saw her face, I was so shocked.

It was so freaking cool! It looked so real!

It was like as though you were in the world of anime and the characters were real.

Check it out man!

I have no idea how she can see anything at all, but it is really cool.

Really nicely done.

10/10

Bravo!!

It was so realistic.

 And that concludes my day at the Supanova.

I had tonnes of fun and I hope you had fun reading what I had to say about the event.

I might not go next year though…. the Manifest is probably more of my thing.

-ra out!

Detective Conan Movie 11 – Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure

DC movie on ANN

The Detective Conan 11th Movie is finally out and I have finally manage to watch it.

It was a nice typical Detective Conan story. Conan sloves the case and they lived in the land of Conan where time never pass happily ever after.

Honestly, you’d think that after more than a decade the kid would at least age by a year. But nope, with more than 500 eps and more than dunno how many hundred cases solved, he is still the same age.

But i still like this show.

Especially if Hattori Heiji were to appear in the show. But, sadly, he is nowhere to be seen in this movie. O well.

This movie is like an extension of a normal DC episode just like all the other DC movies. This one is about treasure hunting and diving, underwater caverns, and a buried treasure. Friendship, and waiting. However, I did not really like this movie. It was a very normal storyline with not much tension in it. I found it border lining on boring.

My favourite DC movie has still got to be The Phantom of Baker Street one. That was such an exciting movie to watch.  Not like this one. I just hope the next movie would be better.

Rating… 6/10 

Bus Gamer ep 1 & 2

I have always liked the art style of Kazuya Minekura ever since I saw Saiyuki. The way the characters were drawn and their personalities. I actually have a wall scroll of Saiyuki hanging on my room wall.

Alright, the plot of Bus Gamer.

It basically revolves around the lives of 3 guys – Kazuo Saito, Nobuto Nakajo and Toki Mishiba (Kenichi Suzumura (voice actor) ). They are total strangers who all have their own reasons as to why they wish to obtain a huge amount of cash. A way to accomplish that would be to join the game Bus Game. Soon enough you find out that it is not a game at all, and our heroes are fighting to keep their lives and fighting to obtain the disc that would allow them to enter the next level. As the level increases the amount of cash increases as well. These 3 people were put together in the team due to the fact that their reasons for wanting so much cash was not stated on their application form. All 3 character bear very different personalities.

You soon find out that this game is probably a form of conspiracy. Dead bodies start to turn up (dead bodies of the players who lost) and the police are turning a blind eye to it stating that it was all classified as an accident. However, after watching ep 2 you are introduce to a female police officer who is determine to get to the bottom of these cases.

The rules of the game is basically to obtain the disc that your opponent has, or to protect the disc that you are holding from your opponents. The groups are classified into ‘Home’ and ‘Away’. ‘Home’ being that you are at your base and you have to protect and ‘Away’ being that you are the outside team that needs to obtain the disc. At each level you are given a different task of being ‘Home’ or ‘Away’. And as the level increases the toughness of each team increases and the cash reward increases too.

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From the looks of things, 3 episodes is probably not able to complete the whole plot of this series and answer all the questions. Especially since in the second episode new characters are still being brought out.
I have a bad feeling that this would be one of those anime that just throw questions out one after another and never answers them.
I really cannot comprehend the meaning behind those anime, unless they wish to get the audience to buy the manga to read on and find out.
However, Bus Gamer’s manga was only a 1 book thing as well.

In the first ep the team is ‘Away’

At the end of the first ep Saito is in a big pinch and is being held at knife point. ^^

Of course, our dynamic trio clears the first stage safe and sound.

And they have to plan for the next level. This time they are ‘Home’

And at the end of the second ep, the police lady is bringing in our trio for questioning.

How did it get this way? Someone brought a gun in their school bag and it fell out and dropped right in front of her. lol.

Overall it kept me fairly entertained. It was quite a nice anime to watch. Nothing big or huge happening but it was not boring either.

I must say that Saito does get on my nerves sometimes though. Him making so much noise and being the weakest. But it is not something that can’t be tolerated.

It is a short series and a short fun plot. A tad bit of action, good looking characters, and some fun here and there. Nothing too serious or nothing too good either. The beginning of the series was draggy though, especially with Saito going on and on about being team mates. Seemed pointless. In addition to that, the sudden change in the attitudes of the characters were weird too. Like how suddenly they had manage to get all friendly and so on so forth.

Rating…. 6.5/10 for now.

-ra out

oh, and guess who makes a cameo as a game character!

Darker Than BLACK – Bonus Episode

Darker than BLACK on ANN

Rendevous at the playground for Hei and his gang.

It is spring time in the world of Darker than BLACK and the gang is back once again. This episode takes place before the whole situation in the final arc(Gate) of the series.

I love this series. It is not great, but there is a sort of charm to this series that keeps me wanting more.

Anyway, this episode is quite fun, you get to see the police gang and hei’s gang again. They are chasing after some sort of chemical that was taken out from beyond the Gate and a special code. While this may have been the main catalyst for the events that happen, i felt that the idea of relationships and love was more of the main issue in this episode.

Hei’s secret is revealed!!! Ooooo….nice.

and who see this? none other than…

the police lady and collarbones girl. ^^

and due to our poor kitty having a lover, he got so shocked that he dropped the secret product.

*poof*

What happens?

T_T everyone forgot what happened.
So while I support the nice revelation, I wished that they did not lose their memories right after that. It is just sad….

Ok, what caused the memory lost? That pink thing that you see above.
What does it contain? Watch and find out.
But if you don’t have the time to watch it then….. here is the answer… an allergy medicine..

While it was fun to watch, there was really not much of a point to the episode except to entertain the fans of Darker Than BLACK who are craving for an extra episode to feast on.

A mindless goose chase filled with love in the air.
That is probably how I would describe this episode.

-ra out!

Random Note: Collarbones. LOL, I wonder if you could recognize the collarbones of people. Though i have to say that Hei does have good collarbones. ^^v I support. haha. go watch this ep and you will know what i meant by collarbones. ^^

Just for fun.