In conjunction with the series' quarter century anniversary, a convention, which was a collaborative effort between the Macross Fans of Malaysia society and the Taylor's College Anime Society, was held today at the latter's multi purpose hall.
Fulfilling the task of senpai(no longer have much of an affiliation with the club), I attended the said convention to be part of the crew. Anyway, there isn't much to report, as I didn't have much knowledge nor interest in Macross to begin with, and the attendees were, should I say, modest in number.
Booths being set up before the arrival of visitors
More robot figyas! I swear I would have taken more if they were plastic women instead....
Regardless, there wasn't much on the itinerary to begin with, so right after the obligatory speeches and whatnot, there was a
singing lip-syncing performance by one of the club's members portraying as Lin Minmay. Soon thereafter, the Macross PS2 competition kicked off. It was an Ace Combat-esque with the fighter planes possessing the ability to transform into full fledged mechas.
Participants giving it a go before the actual competition.
Some dudes tinkering with their figyas.
A pretty ho-hum affair until Hannah Tan, the ambassador for Animax Asia(one of the event sponsors), dropped by to inject some life into the event. As it turned out, she was also there to promote her fanclub(lawlwut) and after being urged by friends, I signed up as well, to which I earned an autographed postcard from the ambassador herself ^^; Speaking of freebies, there were quite a few being passed around. Apart from the Animax goodies, which consisted of a clear folder with postcards and a phonestrap, Ben(a local artist who's gained international recognition for his works) and his minions from Komik Factory(his very own publishing company) were present to promote themselves and give out goodie bags as well.
Hannah's newfound fans. Anime club president is the bespectacled guy.
He's no Taka Tony or Kazuya Kuroda, but he's the best we've got!
So that's how it feels like to stand beside a 3D woman
After more PS2 shenanigans and a trivia contest(it was all Macross related, so I really missed out on the prizes offered orz), it was finally time to air the Macross: Do You Remember Love? movie, which was the highlight of the day. Unfortunately, being part of the staff, I had to give it a miss, so I have no idea what it was like. Oh well. After much idling, I decided to leave the place a little earlier to have dinner(I didn't eat anything for breakfast or lunch as I went straight to the site ^^; )
Me being stupid with the club president.
As you've read, there wasn't much happening on today, but I guess it was alright, considering the appeal Macross had to our small community of otakus, and the fact there was actually a proper anime event(cosplay and all) being held somewhere else, so most of the potential crowd have gone there instead. Talk about clash in timing. I'll take my leave and catch with the releases for the day. Shin out.