SPLA Plamo Division is proud to present our first ever HGUC Challenge:
Tokyo Anime Tour 2010!
From the people who brought you Anime Festival Asia, they are going to bring you to Japan!
– February 4, 2010
A87: Grand Opening Today
Did you know?
That today, on the 31st of January 2010, is the official day of opening to Akibanana? And there will be quite a lot of things going on there today, include but not least a 17% discount for the whole day!
But there are many more to do there! Wanna find out?
– January 31, 2010
Dream Walker, Continues!
Came back from a long day at few places… and 1 of them being at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic, to attend NPJTC’s Start Of Year back(SOY’b) event.
It’s so refreshing, meeting so many friends there, and also syncing myself to the current situations… And it’s good to know that, Dream Walker will be back!
This time with Dream Walker: A Child’s Dream. There is even a pre-order going on at the booth.
Wanna know more?
– January 31, 2010
Astro Plan
China have now reached a new era in making animation aka dong hua! With the release of Astro Plan on their television and youtube(thanks to many others), they are on the verge of flexing their all powerful soft power!
– January 24, 2010
KAIJI Movie Incoming!
Interesting!
A new anime/manga related movie will be coming to our cinemas soon, all thanks to encore films, the same group bringing us 20th Century Boys III later this month.
And the movie they are bringing in is KAIJI: The Ultimate Gambler! To be opening in Singapore’s screen this March 11th.
Other movies that they will be bringing us are, Summer Wars, this 25th February. And Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, opening 18th March 2010.
Let me see… Read more for a bit more information on Kaiji the movie.
– January 19, 2010
A Drifting Life: Yoshihiro Tatsumi
I don’t how, but I almost missed something important… Tomorrow(17th Jan 2010) at Kinokuniya Main store(Takashimaya), a very famous mangaka is coming.
He is credited as the one that started the Gekiga(alternative) style of manga, his works might not be those that you have heard before, with titles like, The push man, Abandone the Old in Tokyo and etc…
His contribution made manga today a story, an art and not just a series of pictures mean to poke fun or childish mangas.
Yoshihiro Tatsumi, will be appearing at the Main store tomorrow at 2pm. This event is also to promote his book A Drifting Life, an autobibography of Yoshihiro Tatsumi from the 1940s to the 1950s.
Homegrown director, Eric Khoo is even going to be making an animated featured film based on A Drifting Life.
(Source: Kinokuniya via Sgcafe)
See you tomorrow? Or will I managed to avoid paying $52…
– January 16, 2010
Anime Type?
Which type of anime otaku are you? why?
Because 2ch believes it has successfully divided anime otaku into two distinct types:
Read on for more information.
– January 16, 2010
A87: First Time!
This year, my first visit to the maid/akiba themed cafe is to Akibanana or A87, the one that is advertised a lot by me in the post. Not really what I expected but it’s a cafe.
It will not be a long post of words since picture says a thousand words, so I have plenty. But those looking to see the girls, you’re flat out of luck. O_O|||
However I can describe to you, that girls, Ringo and Mero, are wearing angel themed shirts for the christmas promotion and they look splendid in it, very.
So continue?
– January 10, 2010
Anime News Updates
Here’s some early year anime news updates:
Final Volume of Full Metal Panic Light Novel Being Written 
Author Shoji Gatoh stated in a Tuesday blog entry that he is presently writing the final volume of his Full Metal Panic! high school action comedy light novels. He anticipates that it will be released this spring. Gatoh has not ruled out writing more Full Metal Panic! short stories; in fact, Fujimi Shobo’s Dragon Magazine will publish a new Full Metal Panic! short story, set during the characters’ second high school year, on January 20 to mark its 300th issue.
More details.
Kimi ni Todoke Manga Gets Live-Action Film
The February issue of Shueisha’s Bessatsu Margaret magazine will be announcing that a live-action film adaptation of Karuho Shiina’s Kimi ni Todoke manga has been green-lit. More details will be provided in future issue of Bessatsu Margaret, although the next issue does include a message from Shiina regarding the news.
More details.
AKB48 Idol Group Get Spinoff Offers in 6 Countries
The Yomiuri Shimbun paper’s website reports that Yasushi Akimoto, the producer and songwriter of the Japanese female idol group AKB48, is entertaining offers for spinoff groups from seven television stations and production companies in six countries. The six countries include Thailand, Singapore, China, and Italy.
More details.
Source: Anime News Network
– January 6, 2010
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