Animania アニマニア 2012

This year’s Animania seemed a little smaller than last year. And I said that last year too! Not a good trend eh? Nevertheless, I hit the timing jackpot, because there was no shortage of great cosplay at all.

Smash! スマッシュ 2012

My first Smash! was on the weekend, and what a cold day it was!

Supanova スーパーノヴァ 2012

Last year was my first Supanova, and I really had my hopes up for this year. When it started raining cats and dogs on Saturday, I was really worried. Luckily it was clear on Sunday, and it seems both day’s worth of people turned up at once!

Animania アニマニア mini 2012

Another year of Animania and I was glad to see so many familiar faces out there (in great new cosplay)! I arrived a bit after 2pm and the first thing security said to me was “You’re so late”! I’ll try to be earlier for the main event in September! A big thanks to all the

Animania アニマニア 2011

This year’s Animania seemed a little smaller than last year. Despite that, there seemed to be more characters that I couldn’t identify! I could only assume they were all Pokemon characters…

Supanova スーパーノヴァ 2011

This was my first Supanova, and I must say I was impressed.  While Japanese anime provide lots of cosplay opportunities, I had always thought western TV to be relatively lacking in ‘costumes’, being made up of mostly cop shows and reality TV. However, the quality of cosplay I saw on the day blew away all

Japan – Kingdom of Characters

Japan – Kingdom of Characters is an exhibition by the the Japan Foundation Sydney.  Through the end of May,  life-sized figures of famous Japanese characters and information panels will be on display at the Japan Foundation Gallery in Chifley Plaza.  There will also be free anime screenings and lectures every Wednesday night throughout the exhibition.

Animania アニマニア mini 2011

March brings us Animania mini in Sydney 2011.  It was quite a bit smaller than the main event last Sept, and due to the never ceasing rain these few weeks there didn’t seem to be many big props around.  Nevertheless, there were still some good cosplayers there, and a few I recognised from the previous