Wasn’t able to post the other day. So today, this post will be a 2 day post. These 2 days had been exhausting and my 2 feet really hurts from standing in line all day and walking all day. On day 3 of my trip I just wandered around some places in Hong Kong since tomorrow is ACGHK. Basically a small breather since I have a crazy day tomorrow. My friends took me around and we also went back to Mong Kok. I also met up with Q for the first time. We all going to ACGHK tomorrow.

Day 3:

Woke up and got ready for the day.

Walked to the station to meet up with Momo…

Crowded train…

Arrived at Sham Sui Po station…

Looks really old…

We went to Dragon Centre for lunch. Apparently camera’s aren’t allowed inside, so I had to hide my camera in my bag. So no pics of the inside…

Left around 2:30PM and headed to Mong Kok for to meet up with Q.

Arrived at Mong Kok station and headed towards Sino Mall…

As usual, Mong Kok was crowded!!!

Met up with Q sometime later and we walked around and talked…

There was a maid cafe somewhere in Mong Kok. I didn’t bother to look for it cause there was so many other places we want to go to. Also I’ll be going to Tokyo…maybe hit up a maid cafe at that time…

In Mong Kok, there is an area in it which the entire street is a pedestrian only zone. Meaning that people walk on the street…

KFC here in Hong Kong is quite different compared to back home. They don’t have french fries but they have fried potato checkered things and pop corn chicken with this sauce over it. Not bad at all.

After a short break, we continued to walk around…

So many people…

Q bought us to this place apparently known for cameras. Been looking into getting a new DSLR lately since mine has been acting up. Been looking to get a Canon 7D. Found one for a great price in this place.

Small alley like market place!!!

About around 7:30PM-ish, we went our separate ways and my friend and I headed back to the hotel…

Some sort of magic show…

Even at this time, it’s really crowded and there is a ton of people!!!

Went back to the hotel to drop off some stuff and get money to help my friend with her camera.

Spot this dog eating ice cream.

We were able to get her camera at Broadway and went wondered around for a while…

Tried Hong Kong’s Ajisan Ramen…

It was pretty full but we were lucky to get some seats…

This was pretty spicy but good!!!

Beef with garlic…it was good!!!

We decided to head back to the hotel and call it a night due to the fact we have to get up early for ACGHK…

Addidas has a truck…

Love the signs of Hong Kong…

Walking back to the hotel…

Head back to the hotel and called it a day…and get ready for ACGHK…

Day 4:

Today is the day of ACGHK. Woke up around 8am and prepared to go to ACGHK.

Headed for the train station…

Had to transfer trains to get to Chai Wan station which is where the convention is nearest too.

A lot of people going to ACGHK…

Arrived at Chai Wan station…and waited for some friends to arrive. Also met up with Q again.

Had to walk outside…and across the bridge to ACGHK…

Nice view…

I followed the sign to ACGHK…

Following the crowd…

A lot of people in line already… The main line up to get in is extremely guarded with police officers keeping order…

The line that goes inside…I wonder how long were they there for.

A lot of people waiting for the line to move…so am I…

I can’t even see the end of the line…

After an hour or so, finally reached the entrance…

Walking towards the conventions main area…

Walked inside…

They even had a Kinect showing…

It’s only around 11:00AM and there is already a huge crowd!!!

I went to pick up tickets for Scandal’s autographs!!!

This is one nice cosplay!!!

Something I had to beware of in this convention that they sell bootleg stuff. I had to watch out for bootleg stuff…

Doraemon in the distance!!!

Shin Chan!!!

Some evil panda thing…

Doraemon celebrating their 40th anniversary!!!

Doraemon…missed this show!!! Loved to watched a lot when I was younger…

and Doraemon’s friends…

Shana…

This is a really big crowd…and line…

Linden Park…isn’t it Linkin Park…fail!!!

A lot of people…it takes a long time just to go through this crowd…

Took a lunch break…

Had a hot dog for lunch…

Decided to wander around for cosplay pics and look around for other stuff…

Yurippe cosplay!!!

LUCKY STAR COSPLAYS!!!

Shugo Chara cosplays!!!

There were displays of weird artworks!!!

Looks a lot like Sackboy…

Really nice War Machine statue. I would love to bring it home with me…

Some band performing…

Really crowded!!!

Booth girl with bunny ears!!!

Vocaloid Cosplays!!!

Ikuto cosplay!!!

A nice Yui cosplay!!!

Lined up for Scandal’s autograph session. I was able to shake their hands too!!! Never washing my hands ever again!!!

Kamen Rider anyone…

This is one nice Luka cosplay!!!

Some Ciel and Sebastian cosplays…

Vocaloid and…I don’t remember what’s it called…but I watched that show back then when I was smaller…

Genderbending Hetalia as my friend Momo says…

A really kawaii Rin!!!

Rin and Len kissing…each others cheek…

Len and Rin again!!!

Snake cosplay…

I don’t know what this is but it looks nice.

Nice Jrock/ Visual Kei cosplay!!!

Leaving ACGHK…

Headed back to the hotel to drop off my loot and go get some food for dinner. Sadly I forgot to bring my camera so no pics after…

A small peek to my loot…that I got at ACGHK…

One of my most favorite item I got. Signed by Scandal themselves!!!

I hope you enjoyed my coverage of ACGHK. It was fun and there were some many things I never expected to come out of this con. Something I know about this con is that your feet will die during it. I know my foot currently hurts a lot but was worth it with the amount of loot I got!!! ACGHK was over a great con minus the crowd. Even Comiket isn’t as crowded as ACGHK and Comiket is a bigger event… It was insane but fun!!!

Well, off to bed now, day 5 coming soon!!!

Finally got on my MTAC post. MTAC is a tiring event and especially when I had a week with little to no sleep at all. I was thinking on making a day by day post on MTAC, but decided to put it all into on huge post. I went to all 2 days of MTAC. Day 1 and 2 of MTAC differed a lot. Day 1 was more hectic and a lot more people was there. Day 2 on the other had was more laid back and less people came. I myself did 2 different cosplays during MTAC. I was originally going to go as this other character on day 2 but then the wig I was using didn’t work at all. So I had to go for go that cosplay and save it till another time. So the second day I did something else. Anyhow, here is my coverage of the event.

Day 1:

An ACG NA mascot Anzu sword made by good friend Robostrike. Be the way, it’s a great time to say that ACGNA is celebrating Anzu’s birthday on April 24th 2010. I’ll post more about that party bash later.

My friend Leafdust cosplaying as Hideyoshi Kinoshita’s Shoukanjuu (summoning beast)…

Another fellow otaku who went into the darkside of cosplaying… Crossplay as Youmu from Touhou…

Bridget cosplayer…

It’s a trap…yes, the Bridget cosplayer is a guy and he’s my friend as well. I think his main reason for cosplaying as Bridget is because he uses a Yo-Yo. He is also a really good Yo-Yo player…

On Saturday, it’s pretty crowded…

Air Gear cosplay…

The dealer room, which I get in for free thanks to my Fan Expo VIP pass, while other people who attends has to pay $15 CAD…

Huge mess of cups…

The main convention hall was so packed…

Same with the dealer room…

Horse man…

Anime Name That Tune…

Friend MasterAsia with Robosrtikes ACGNA sword…

C.C. cosplay…

I think this is the most amount of people that ever attended MTAC…

L4D cosplay!!! I believe it’s the same guy from DTAC. Also, I’ve seen some nice L4D2 cosplays at MTAC but I forgot to take pictures of them…

Lacus Clyne and Chi…what a pairing…

Bridget seems to had traded in his yo-yo for a gun…

At this time, MTAC was pretty damn packed. So many people…

The Daughter of Evil looking really evil!!!

Yea, my friend Tubby loving that cardboard…

Dark Link and female Kakashi…

Really nice Pokemon cosplay…

Kimono Yoko cosplay….

I’m cosplaying as Hideyoshi…and with my friend who is cosplaying as my summon being. I know the wig was off cause there were problems when we were styling it.

Some Dragonball Z anyone…

This is one heck of a cosplay. Extremely nice Ghost cosplay from Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.

The tower of cups returns…

A magazine called Super Kawaii is an English magazine that features cosplayers. I think it’s the first of it’s kind and will be interesting. I will pick one up when it comes out at Anime North 2010 in May.

Great Gothic lolita cosplay!!!

So many people…

My friend Tubby…just sitting around…

As the day ends…people began to pack up and leave.

This was a surprise. I’m a fan of the That Guy with the Glasses also known as Nostalgia Critic. He’s somewhat similar to The Angry Video Game Nerd but instead of reviewing bad games, he review bad movies. To see someone cosplay as him was a great thing!!! With that ends day one of MTAC. It was fun overall. Minus that my cosplay was a bit off…mainly due to the wig as it was messed up. I plan to get a custom wig for my AN cosplay of Hideyoshi Kinoshita. Not sure which version but it seems half my friends (bloggers and non bloggers a like ) want me to go as a cross dressed version of Hideyoshi. This version here. Do you agree with them or not that I should cosplay as that…?

Day 2:

Day 2 morning…a really full car… Went to pick up friends around 9AM to 10AM. The car was packed with so many things…

The atmosphere of MTAC day 2 was completely different from day 1. Day 2 was more laid back with people just hanging out and having a good time…

He cosplayed as Bridget on day 1 and day 2 he cosplays as Kanda from D-Gray Man.

I think a good 30% of the people that went on Saturday only went on Sunday…

Dealer’s room was pretty empty too but there were some good deals I saw. A few things caught my eye and some of the prices were pretty good. I also made sure if the figure was bootleg or not…just to be safe…

Photo shoot for cosplay magazine Super Kawaii which will have their first volume released at Anime North 2010.

A great Silent Hill cosplay…the pyramid head is just wow!!!

Joker was in attendance to the MTAC as well!!!

A childhood show…was a fan of Digimon back in the days it was popular…

Talking to the Agito and Akito twins who we hanged out with during MTAC. They also play bass and guitar…

Decided to try a new mode in the camera…looks a lot better…

Great K-On! cosplays!!!

The twins with their bass…

Photo shoots happening… I also had a good talk with the photographer Droo about cosplays and photography.

Just wow…that’s a long stack of cups…held by the Joker too…

Then they made a fort…of cups…

How does one get out it this without the cups falling down…

Nearing the end of MTAC…and time to do some last min shopping…

Also picked up an artwork I commissioned at the artist alley from artist Aucifiel. I also talked to the artist I got the commission from. Might have more commissions in the near future. I just love her art…so kawaii!!!

The room is emptying…so little people…

I got some of my own photos taken for by the photographer that worked at the booth of Super Kawaii. We exchanged business cards. It also reminds me to get new business cards as I’m almost out… Who knows, I might get into the Super Kawaii magazine…

Some Sailor Moon cosplays…

Convention coming to an end. We decided to do some random cosplay photo shoots just for fun.

My friend Anson who cosplays as Kanda from D-Gray Man…

This pic of him looks awesome…makes him look more deadly!!!

Yuki with her J-Rock theme cosplay…and with her black Ibanez guitar…

She switched to a gun…a heavy gun…

My Len Kagamine cosplay with my Red Fender Mustang Guitar…

Gotta fix my Len wig when I got the time…

Also yes, I know how to play guitar. Still need more practice though. Who knows, might put some video or MP3 of me playing guitar or doing a cover of a song…

My bud Tubby. He did a nice cosplay of a genderbending Mio. He just did it for fun and he is also a good bass player…

Rocking out to the music!!!

After this, we moved to a plain wall for more photos…

Great pic here!!!

I had my Rin plushie with me, so why not. Rock it out with Rin…

More of my friend pics of Kanda…

Well with this, we got changed back into our regular clothes and left to for home. This marks the end of MTAC. It was a fun experience. Well, at times it was boring but that happened on Sunday as it was pretty empty. I have nothing to complain about as I feel that these small conventions is all about hanging out and have fun. Also meeting new people as well as you have a chance to talk more compared to big conventions like Anime North.

The Loot:

My small lot of MTAC. Like I said, MTAC’s dealer room is nothing compared to AN’s or any other big convention I go to. Still, in small events, I can get smaller and some items that usually sell out in bigger conventions in AN on the first day.

Got some lovely art at MTAC. Love the commission art work Len and Rin Kagamine by . Also bought some K-On! sticker, and bookmark as well. I can’t leave MTAC without getting something related to Konata!!!

Bought some manga and a doujin. I actually won the Rough Guide To Anime in Name That Tune at MTAC. What I was really surprised at is that they actually sold some T2 (Tony Taka) doujinshi. I was able to get a doujinshi that I don’t have at all.

Never leave a convention without buying figures. On the last day of MTAC, all nendoroids were cheaper and I was able to get some nendo’s that I really want. Also bought a Project Diva Miku Hatsune figure for a good price.

An impulse buy. I don’t know, but been liking Shugo Chara lately. I don’t know why but I’ve been fond of Peach Pit’s works.

Overall, MTAC was pretty fun and I was able to meet all different kind of people. Hope you enjoyed my coverage of MTAC. Next convention, Anime North in May…

Today I went to one of the best concerts I had ever went to. As it says above, I went to the Three Days Grace concert that was held in the Air Canada Centre on December 17 2009. I don’t just listen to Japanese music all the time, I do listen to rock once in a while but their are bands that I like and listen to daily. Three Days Grace is one of those bands. Other bands such as Linkin Park, USS, Green Day and Billy Talent. I also listen to other bands such as Foo Fighters, Motorhead and such once in a while though. I would had done this post earlier it’s just that after the concert, I was dead tired. Concerts takes a lot out of a person. All the jumping, and singing along with one of my favorite bands songs takes a lot of energy. I also took a lot of pictures during the concert. I took around a good 4.6GB of photos. So it took a while to organize all my photos from the concert and post them as well.

For people who doesn’t know who is Three Days Grace, they are a rock band that are from Ontario Canada. They currently have 3 albums out and I have all 3. I say their music is awesome and their live performances are amazing!!! Here are some videos on Three Days Grace for people who doesn’t know about them.

I Hate Everything About You

Just Like You (NOTE: This song is one of my personal favorites)

Home

Animal I Have Become

Break

Well, on to the post and my day at the concert.

Arrived at the Air Canada Centre at 4:40PM. We thought we were late for the check in for VIP tickets. Also, yes, I was able to get VIP tickets for the concert!!!

Waiting to go into the arena…

Inside the arena and waiting to be lead to the meeting area where my friend and I get to meet Three Days Grace.

Walking to the area…

At the meet and greet area…

The band arrives!!!

Waiting for my turn to get my stuff signed!!!

THREE DAYS GRACE!!!!!

After signing, we waited in line again to take pictures with them!!!

My friend and I with Three Days Grace!!! This is one of the greatest things that happened in 2009.

After the meet and greet, we headed to our seats in the concert.

There were 2 bands before Three Days Grace performed. They are Default and The Used.

The arena is pretty empty…

More of the stage. I was seated on row 1 seat 20. I would love to go the middle area, it’s just that taking good pics is hard from there. I don’t like it there due to my experience at Edgefest.

My friend C-chan or better known as Yuki.

I don’t know what I was thinking when taking this pic…

Concert starts and Default starts!!!

Their music is AWESOME!!!

Default finishes and it cuts to intermission to set up for The Used,

Took some pictures around the arena.

The Used background comes up!!!

The Used comes out!!!

Didn’t take much of The Used. I do have to say this though about their performance, I could barely hear the lead singer as the instruments were turned up too high on the speakers.

After The Used finished their performance, another intermission took place to get set for the performance of Three Days Grace.

Their awesome performance started with their song “Break” which I love.

It’s just awesome hearing their song “T Hate Everything About You”!!!

Taking pictures when the arena is dark and only the stage has light…is pretty hard…I had to make sure the picture doesn’t blur. So far, most of the pictures I took look good…

Everyone is screaming and singing along to Three Days Grace!!!

Next time Three Days Grace comes to the ACC or any other band for that matter, I need to get a better close up lens. So I can get good close up shots. I’m currently trying to get my friends close up shots as he was standing right up front at the floor area.

The light show that Three Days Grace had was amazing!!!

Drumming solo by Neil Sanderson the drummer of Three Days Grace.

When the drummer Neil was drumming a solo and had the audience distracted, Adam appeared on the other side of the main floor singing.

He walked by me and I got a high five from him…I say this, I had great seats!!!

I believe if I remember correctly is that around this time is when they played one of my favorite songs “Just Like You”!!!

Around this time, my voice started to suffer after singing out loud with the crowd to the songs…

At times like these, I feel like practicing on my guitar. Maybe I’ll put up videos of my playing my guitar one day…

I can guarantee that people aren’t sitting in their seats!!!

Love the fire on the stage. I feel sorry for my friend who is all the way in the front of standing. All that fire must be hot…

Now I wish I was there, they were through drum sticks and picks…

Concert over…sadly…

Once the concert is over, people started to leave.

Everyone leaves the concert. It was pretty awesome and I walked out a happy man. I think this is one of the highlights of the year. Meeting Three Days Grace and attending such an awesome concert, totally worth it.

My VIP pass that I wore for the concert!!!

It’s also autographed by all 4 band members of Three Days Grace!!!

It was overall an amazing experience and the first time I met a music band up front. Reminds me of the day that I used to like wrestling and would wait in line for hours to get an autograph of a wrestler like Ric Flair and such. How times change us all…

Well, I went to December Toronto Anime Convention, mostly known to locals DTAC for short. It’s a small one day convention that is held in December every year in Toronto Canada. DTAC is generally located in the north building of the Metro Toronto Convention centre. Due to what happened last year, instead of coming on time, my friends and I decided to go an hour or so early. Still, there were quite a good amount of people that was already there when my friend and I arrived. I want to thank Yuki who took some of the pictures when I was busy fooling around.

Conventions starts and swarms of fans, cosplayers and otakus come in. There is still a lot of people just in the morning… I went to get changed into my cosplay for the convention.

The dealer room size had increased since last year and now is around 2 times as big.

The dealer room did get a lot bigger, that means more space to walk and more goods to see. Still, in the morning, it was pretty crowded in there.

There was some good things I could have bought…

Outside in the hall. A lot of people put down there stuff and rest. I had friends with me, we took turns looking after our stuff…

Drangonball is no longer just for men…

So Danny did attend the convention…

From what I realized from the convention, everyone was doing a Christmas theme cosplay…

Even Vash is celerabrating the holidays.

A lot of cosplayers and congoers.

Magnet version of Luka and Miku…now we all need is a Rin Kagamine…

That is a nice gun…

Sakuraba Neku…

Vampire Knight…anyone…

Took a rest at base camp…we call it that is cause that’s where we put all of our stuff at cons.

This is one nice Zero cosplay!!!

Hetalia cosplay group…

This is rare…Left 4 Dead cosplay!!!

My friend on the right…cosplaying…I still don’t know what character that is…

The Dancing Storm Trooper in attendance!!!

A picture of our small base camp… Over to the left you see a Youmu cosplay… That is a guy and that is his first attempt in cosplaying. I say, good try, just need to improve on some parts of the cosplay.

Pokemon…

Green Lantern…and…I have no clue…

Lucario on the right drinking…

Kuroshitsuji…

Back into the dealers for another round…

Anime flash…the last event/ game for the day before the convention shuts down…

The con comes to an ends and it’s time to change and pack up to head home.

A lot of people left and the hall is pretty much empty. Right now, I’m pretty exhausted from the convention and with my final exam tomorrow, I have to get up early to study it too.

The Cosplay:

Some you know I cosplayed at DTAC 2009. Well, what did I cosplay as. As some of you know I went as Len Kagamine from Vocaloid from descriptions from my previous post. Well, things happened and I wasn’t able to go as regular Len. So I pulled an idea together and within 2 days, was able to cosplay as Len Kagamine, Magnet version. I realized the Magnet version was simple so I just quickly pulled it together. I want to thank Momo for helping me with the headphones. You are the best!!! I realized later that my clothes were too loose. I didn’t noticed at first, but maybe I should had worked on that a bit.

Also thanks to Yuki for taking the pics. I would also like to add that I’m one of those people who are shy looking at themselves in a picture. I always feeling something is wrong.

Anyways, here we go… I have no clue why my friends got me into doing these pics… Also I should note that this is the first time I ever did this, so I’m a noob when doing this and also this is the first time that I went somewhat all the way with cosplaying (meaning I did things I never did before…all thanks to my friends who does it to me at every con), usually, I don’t try but still have fun with it.

We basically took this pictures in a hallway in the convention center. We couldn’t find any good places to take photos and I’m not going outside wearing this cosplay as it was freezing cold outside.

Something extra…I don’t know what I am thinking when doing this. I blame my lack of sleep right now.

If you look closely, there are some slight changes and I added some titles and words to it too!!! I somewhat made it into a wallpaper…

This is my first time making these…so I’m pretty noob at it.

Bigger size photos here.

The Loot:

With every convention, I always have to get something. Small cons are either a miss and go when it comes to what they are selling. Usually, that have some nice and rare stuff you don’t usually get at big cons, but sometimes, there selections are pretty much the same as some other dealer. I just walked around and looked around the dealers room to find what I want and what I feel that I couldn’t get online. Also, depends on my mood at the time, that affects what I buy sometimes.

Well, as you can see from the pic above. I got only bought 3 things. Not much compared to other conventions I go to, but at least it’s something. I got a Galaxy Angel shirt of Mint, EVA 1.0 for cheap ($20) and Figma Drossel. I never thought I would find Figma Drossel. When I saw it, I bought it without thinking and it was worth it!!!

I’ve been buying less lately, I think it’s due to the fact I’m running out of space for my goods. The good thing is that I’m moving in a month or 2 to a bigger house. That means bigger room and more room for my goods!!!

Next convention…March Toronto Anime Convention, MTAC for short.

Today I attended and helped host the an ACG event, The ACG Otaku Meet Plus. It was a fun event and had a good spread of food too!!! This was one of the biggest event that ACG had ever organized and it was really successful.Like most events I go to, I always provide coverage and here is the coverage of the event. Around 36 people attended this ACG Event. Last time was just 10, we increased it to 36 people. I hope this will continue to such a huge event.

I arrived in downtown around an hour before the event started to set up. Parking isn’t hard if you know where to park here in downtown. This event was held at Woo’s Buffet at Younge and Dundas.

My little work area. I was the so called DJ as I provided music and small games for people to enjoy themselves.

Once 5PM hit, the people just kept coming in.

Once I got settled, I started to play some music. I also have to eat too. Sushi and meat…I love my meat!!! Yuki also joins me for dinner too!!!

Just look at Yuki!!! Kawaii!!!

The guest all seated and eating as well!!!

Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.

We have games playing at the event. A BlazBlue tournament was also held by ACG’s Game Master. Prizes were given out to the winner of the tournament.

We only had 2 Xbox 360s. One was used for the tournament and the other Xbox 360 was used for free play. We had 2 joysticks and a couple of controllers for people to play. Later during the night, we had a Wii for free play.

My friend bought along her Figma’s…

Some Tekken 6 being played on the TV after the tournament.

Most people at the event were attracted to the gaming part of the event. Since by that time the tournament was over, free play was on. Everyone just played that while I was hosting Anime Name That Tune. Name that tune was okay, but I had to use a ton of easy songs as some people didn’t know what song is what. Next time I do this, I need to put in a ton of simple songs for people.

Some people already left as it was a Sunday and for some people, they had classes the next day unlike me. Around 8PM to 9PM people started leaving as it was late. I say around half the people left at that time and the other half stayed till the end.

Two of the guests sitting there enjoying the night.

Time for the raffle. The prize for the raffle is Smoke Cheese…with a nendoroid…inside…

Up next is the gothic lolita contest and Domo crashes it!!!

Domo settles down and the 4 contestants try to win a Miku Hatsune Nendoroid…

One of them is a guy…and Domo is just there…sadden to find out one of them is a guy…

As the party was nearing it’s end, it’s time to pack up and leave.  The place we were at was closing and we packed up and left for home.

It was an extremely successful event as this time, most people who wanted to attend, did attend. I want to thank everyone who attended the event. I hope to see all of you at another ACG event again!!!

I know I haven’t taken a lot of pictures, it’s due to the fact that some of the pictures I had taken earlier were way too blurred or way too dark. Next time, there will be way more.

Head over to ACG’s blog for my ACG post on the event.