Spotted this on Akiba Blog...

Who is the real figure? Julie (aka Amano Ai) or the Revoltech Dunboard?!

The winter edition of Wonfes has just opened. I always been a fan of the Tshirts designed by Hironori Oooka but in the last couple of years I think he is not inspired as before, but maybe it's just me...
Winners of this edition Wonder Showcase are:


WSC #040
Haruki
BORN 1982.01.30

[Genocide Kitten]
http://www.hekill.com/




WSC#041
Kouji WAKITA
 BORN 1974.01.20

[カノン]
http://cannon.blog.bai.ne.jp/



WSC#042
Yusuke MASAKI
 BORN 1981.04.09
 
[桜前線]
http://sakuzensen.web.fc2.com/

On December 30 Cave hold the second annual year-end Cave Festival at my favourite Japanese game center : Akihabara's HEY arcade. I visited the event before going to Comiket (the second day of Comic Market is always Yaoii oriented so there is no need to rush) and at 10.10am the place was already full with a waiting line of 6 hours. I picked a DoDonPachi Dai Ou Jou T-shirt and a (not so popular among japanese players) Muchi Muchi Pork! soundtrack (with a bonus DVD).


Inoue (DeathSmiles) during the authgraph session.


At the  Cave Festival there were just 3 games to be played: all the action was at the second floor of  HEY were are present near ALL Cave shooting games.


At the second floor of HEY the most popular game was DeathSmiles. If you love shooting games this  Game Center is a must visit during your next Akiba pilgrimage.  All the arcade cabinets are set at high volume so the sound generated by dozens of games together is something unique that reminds me the sonic waves of  gabber/speed core raves!  Ruuush!!!



Before leaving for Comiket I took the Cave's anquette (feedback form)  handed out in front of Hey.

After the last week Tokyo Game Show the "Otaku Season" is officially over so I decided to post a preview of this otaku documentary   shooted and edited  by our friend Antonio Mariani during the Wonderfestival (the DVD should be out in the next months). It features tons of garage kits, dolls, cosplayers and a (very) short interview with the legendary Danny Choo (and in a couple of scenes you can spot the superstar otaku photographer Julie from Samurai Girl photobook)!

Lo confessiamo: siamo dei blogger fortunati!! Stiamo facendo le valige per andare in Giappone per la stagione degli eventi otaku: Comiket, Wonderfestival, Jamma, TGS, etc. (un ringraziamento speciale alla JAL per l'ottimo sake che servono anche in classe economica! Kampai!!)  Ci scusiamo anticipatamente se per qualche giorno il blog non sara' aggiornato!
Gomennsai!!