Club Gathering on 5th February 2010!

Anime anonymous, it’s time for you to show your faces!

Date: 5th February 2010
Time: 6pm
Venue: Central forums (Subject to changes, watch here for updates!)

Season Greetings and EOY Announcements

A late Christmas Greetings to all our readers! Hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas.

Things to note about the ongoing EOY:

We will be having some of our artworks from Extravaganza for exhibit in EOY.

We will be having a booth and will be selling our own bookmarks and consigned goods from KKNM.

Club Newsletter Issue #5 Oct ‘09

Greetings to all NUSCAS members and lurkers of the web! The fifth issue of our NUSCAS club newsletter is out. This issue has more reviews and is designed according to feedback from you, our readers, hit the links below to get your copy now!

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Click below to download your own digital copy:

1. PDF(8mb)

2. JPEG(5mb)

Enjoy and look forward to the next issue!

All I Love Anisong tickets now on sale and going fast!

Both the one day and two day tickets for the I Love Anisong concerts are now on sale through the SISTIC site here. Tickets are going fast!

Week 10 Parody Week Gathering!

Week 10 is parody week and we will be meeting at the Celadon Room on Thursday, 22 Oct. It’s the time for all your forbidden thoughts to surface! We will be playing a game which involves backstabbing, power struggle and forbidden love. Okay, maybe not, but you could make it so, with the power of parody.
See you there, Celadon Room at the University Cultural Centre.
22 Oct, Thursday, 6.0
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Week 10 is parody week and we will be meeting at the Celadon Room on Thursday, 22 Oct. It’s the time for all your forbidden thoughts to surface! We will be playing a game which involves backstabbing, power struggle and forbidden love. Okay, maybe not, but you could make it so, with the power of parody.

See you there!

Location: Celadon Room at the University Cultural Centre.

Date: 22 Oct, Thursday, 2009

Time: 6.00pm

Meanwhile, you can discuss at this thread.

Animation Asia Conference/Anime Festival Asia 2009 Newsflash!

Anime Festival Asia 2009

Location:

Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre (Suntec Singapore)

Date:

Saturday, 21st November and Sunday, 22nd November 2009


Animation Asia Conference 2009 (AAC09), a one day business conference, will be held in conjunction with AFA09 and will take place on 20th November. Organized jointly by I-Promo Events & Marketing Pte Ltd, SOZO Pte Ltd and Dentsu Singapore Pte Ltd, AFA09 is sponsored by Bandai and SANYO, with Animax as the official regional media partner.


General Ticketing Information for AFA09:


‘I LOVE ANISONG Concerts


21st November – Ichirou Mizuki and Shoko Nakagawa. Special appearance by Hatsune Miku.

22nd November – Yoshiki Fukuyama and May’n

General Public Ticket:

S$15 for 1 Day Ticket, S$25 for Weekend Pass

Student Concession:

S$12 for 1 Day Ticket, S$20 for Weekend Pass

Free Entry for Children aged 12 and below.


Concert 2-Day Pass (on sale from 19 Oct):

S$188 for 2 Day Pass

Concert 1-Day Pass (on sale from 26 Oct):

S$108 for 2 Day Pass

All general tickets can be bought at the door or through online pre-registration for weekend passes only. Pre-registrants need not queue up on show days to collect their tickets! For the “I LOVE ANISONG’ Music Concerts, customers can purchase tickets from SISTIC counters or at www.sistic.com.sg for the two-day music event.


Extract of Anime Asia Conference 2009 Press release:


AAC09’s lineup of speakers includes:


Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Kadokawa Group Holdings


Mamoru Hosada, Director of anime blockbuster hits ‘Summer Wars’ and ‘The Girl Who Leapt Through Time


• Edmund Shern, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Storm Lion and Senior Vice President at Radical Publishing


Shiro Sasaki, Chief Executive Officer, Flying Dog Inc. and Producer for many Anime Music Blockbusters


• Kotaro Sugiyama, Senior Vice President and Head of Solution (Strategy) / Creative Department for Dentsu Inc.


Danny Choo, Chief Executive Officer of Mirai Inc. and Japan’s top English blogger on Japanese popular culture


Extract of Anime Festival Asia 2009 Press release:


Virtual Idol Live Performance at AFA09 “I Love Anisong” Music Concerts


Virtual Idol Hatsune Miku will make her official stage debut outside of Japan where she will be performing live on stage.


2009’s Hottest Japanese Anime Cast Appearance –K-ON! Girls ‘Live’ on Stage

The voice cast will be performing a live dubbing session of a scene from the anime itself. Fans of the show can get to know more about the series during a question and answer session after the dubbing session. Interested fans will have to submit the questions in advance via the AFA09 website.


Top Japanese Anime Studios at AFA09

AFA09 has confirmed that two major animation production companies will participate within the Industry Showcase in the main event hall. More Anime Studio participation will be announced at a later date.


Tatsunoko Productions is an animation production company founded in 1962, and known to create anime blockbusters such as Speed Racer, Gatchaman, and Macross. The animation company also co-produced the blockbuster anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion together with Gainax. In 2005 the company produced Karas, an anime that mirrors Tokusatsu as their 40th Anniversary work.


MADHOUSE Studio is a leading animation studio, founded in 1972. It has created and aided in the production of many well known titles, starting with TV anime series Ace of Nerae! in 1973, and including western favourites Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Trigun and Di Gi Charat. Their most recent works are Chaos;Head, Deathnote, Needless, and the highly acclaimed movie production The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.


COSPA

Japan’s leading manufacturer for anime and cosplay merchandise at AFA09 COSPA, Japan’s leading manufacturer for anime, cosplay and gaming merchandise has confirmed that it will have a presence at AFA09.Promotions, goods and special merchandise that will be released at AFA09 will be announced at a later date in November.


Weiβ Schwarz Grand Prix Bushiroad

First Singapore Championship tournament for Weiβ Schwarz Grand Prix Bushiroad, the leader in Japanese trading card games, will introduce its increasingly popular trading card game titles, spearheading with Weiβ Schwarz.

For more information on AFA09, please visit www.afa09.com.

Discuss in the forum here

Gunart is back!

Gunart is the name of a series of Combined Workshops the National University of Singapore Comics and Animation which is back. A HG modelling course is being planned for November/December 09 for modelling enthusiasts which will instruct you on constructing a gundam model kit, from assembling to painting and finishing. It will be taught by Scaled Modelling Club from Kampong Glam CC.

We would like to know who how many will be interested in this course, so please vote if you do. Voting does not automatically force you to participate, it is just a survey of interest. There is a “no” vote, if you choose so,do let us know the reason so.

So come over to this thread here, cast your votes and voice your thoughts!

Our mascot Ani-tan is on facebook! Add her!

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Our mascot, Ani-tan is on facebook and would like to know more friends! She’s not shy(look, she revealed her age ! has us fooled) and she has common interests with all of us! Add her now on facebook here.

NUS Comics and Animation Society Bazaar 2009

Cirno Day 09′09′09 Gathering+cake at YIH

We are having our first OFFICIAL members’ gathering on Wednesday, 09/09/09, and we are going to…. meet other members.

Sounds boring? Then bring your secret identities, and prepare to meet other closet superheroes. Come with proof so no one can doubt you! Wear your mask, or your Sailor moon diadem, or if bring an artwork you’re actually Akamatsu Ken in disguise. We will play a little game and I hope you have a good memory, because forgetful people will get to be awesome. Other perks include instant fame, batteries not included.

In short, Wednesday 9th Sept, in addition to being Cirno day, is our first official gathering. Be there, and profit. Oh and don’t bring any cake or food into Celadon room.

Venue: Celadon Room (within University Cultural Centre, turn right from entrance.)
Time: 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Participants: YOU!

Post here for comments and suggestions.

Update:

Cirno Day Celebration! Cake provided!
Venue: YIH canteen
Time: 1700hrs