Yes, this is NOT a joke. May’n (May Nakabayashi), the beautiful voice behind Sheryl’s songs in Macross Frontier, will be making her way down to this tiny-red-dot island to perform live at the inaugural Anime Festival Asia, previously introduced on my blog, to be held on the 22nd and 23rd of November 2008. This will be her first live performance outside of Japan and will possibly mark the greatest moment in Singapore’s short and pathetic history.
More details after the break.
Dentsu, the organizer of AFA08, held a small informal session today to announce a few new details on the upcoming event.
Here’s a list of things about the concert that have been officially confirmed by the organizers:
- May’n will be performing at least 7 songs.
- There will be an autograph session but the exact procedure for it is to be determined.
- No additional ticket purchase is required for the concert; everything is included in the convention entry fee.
- There will be premium tickets for reserved seats, but the details are yet to be confirmed.
Here are some other things about the convention that have been confirmed:
- Kunio Okawara, the mechanical designer of Mobile Suit Gundam and Gundam 00, will be appearing at the event to sign autographs and judge the Bandai Action Kit Universal Cup Competition (BAKUC).
- Kotobukiya, Good Smile Company, Kaiyodo, Alter, Square Enix, Revoltech, and other companies will have retail presence at the convention.
- Kotobukiya is releasing an exclusive limited edition Armored Core model for sale during the convention. Other companies may have exclusive merchandises too, but details are not yet available.
- Jump Super Anime Tour will be part of the convention.
Unconfirmed rumours:
- There is at least one other seiyuu yet to be announced.
- She is not Megumi Nakajima.
- Possible Revoltech release.
See, I told you AFA08 will be awesome. So yeah, come down to Singapore in November if you want to see May’n live! You can read up on all the above details on the official AFA08 website. Once again, the ticketing details for AFA08:
Date: 22nd and 23rd Nobember
Time: 10:00am to 9:00pm
Venue: Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centure, Halls 403 and 404
Ticket: $5 for one day, $8 for two days, children under 6 free
Cosplayers who pre-register will be able to enter for free.
P.S. Nyan Tora is pretty good but it doesn’t have Maaya’s cover of AIMO!
First for a change. Too bad about the brown hair. Sigh.
2nd. Lol. I am totally going for this.
Awesome! Now you know how we American bums feel XD.
Make sure you guys give May’n a warm welcome and punish all stalkers!
Yes, omo. T_T <- tears of joy.
It’s Flying Spaghetti Monster’s way of making it up to me for giving me 2nd place every time.
HELL YEAH!
Your site is full of weird people who want to be first to comment. Wtf. Anyway this is like 1-2 days before uni exams, fucking scary. Won’t miss it though.
Where is Range Murata?
Argh! I should have forsaken sleep to attend the meeting just now! >_< I missed the greatest announcement ever!
Heck, (un)like TJ, I’m not going to study on those two days.
Gyakkkk!!!!! She is coming!!!!!
I must be weird for thinking that actually the best piece of news were the figure retailers and exclusives.
Today is the worst day of my life (for now). Any bloke is capable of making an inference from my words.
@ TJ: Its kind of like those guys over at RC. They always fight for first post. Popular international blogs are like that.
And yeah, that’s the way to go, Soshi. Why study? Let your inner brilliance shine through during the exams and summit a blank sheet. :D Or pull off an Unlimited Essay Works, like that dude.
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looks like someone will be aiming for the front row seats.
i’m interested in the autograph session should it be confirm. lets hope she signs macross frontier OST.
a pity ranka aren’t coming…
No doubt I’m going ^^ Must!!!
This is utterly ridicules! I have to pay $50 for Fanimecon which has nothing D: and you Singaporeans get all that for less than $10? @_@ the hell is wrong with this world!
But yeah =( have fun you lucky people, just don’t try to grope May’n =_= don’t even think about it.
Sounds pretty awesome; make sure you get some video or audio recording so us poor saps that can’t be in Singapore can see/hear May’n live too!
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I’ll try to fly to Singapore from California…
Another reason not to miss out.
I got a question. Where do u get the ticket.On the day it self?
There will be pre-registration on the official website when the time comes. You can also buy tickets on the day itself but the queues will probably be longer.
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it’s holiday at that time in Malaysia..
maybe i should go.. thanks for the info..
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This is awesome!
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Why do I not see any news of what DVDs that might be on sale there? T.T Was kinda hoping they’ll bring in lots of R1 DVDs…oviously I’m not interested in anything Odex.
Can I ask about the “pre-registration” required to go for the festival – being online I presume it needs a credit card?…
WTH? Damn you, I’m so jealous! And I really did like the songs too from the series.
God… if the anime industry didn’t wasn’t failing as much as it’s popular in Asia they could probably do world tours -.-. Man your lucky. So I’m probably expecting you to give out your review on this too while you squeal over this?
If your lucky, maybe the other seiyuu could be Megumi? If not maybe someone like… Shoko Nakagawa? Lol ><
Anyways I’m sure you’ll have fun when it happens. You lucky b**tards lol
BTW you can now leave a message for May’n to read when she’s in Singapore.
http://www.afa08.com/mayn.htm
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Wow, a lot of people are typing to May’n in Japanese.
It’s just like when Rie Tanaka came to NY, and at least half the people that asked her questions, asked her in Japanese.
Hopefully it means that more and more people are learning Japanese and are showing interest in Japanese pop culture.
Stone me for saying this, but I think Yoko Kanno’s best anime work was still in Cowboy Bebop. I usually hate jazz but I love Cowboy Bebop.
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Haven’t felt such anticipation for a while.
Hope I can get hold of a ticket.
HOLY SHIT.
I am so there.
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I’ll try to fly to Singapore from California…
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