I was in the cathedral square last night along with a crowd of people watching Black Velvet’s New Year Concert and the countdown to this year. Of course, Kagami the stowaway followed me.
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written by astrobunny \\ tags: 2010, andrew, black, cathedral, christchurch, end, event, festival, figma, harpman, kagami, new, square, summer, velvet, year

Yes folks, I iz in AKL infiltratingz ur armegedonz. Armaggeddon Auckland was quite a bit bigger than Armaggeddon Christchurch, but contrary to my expectations, apparent anime fandom is not directly proportional to the size of the event. Here’s my scoop on this event that I was actually heavily anticipating.
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written by astrobunny \\ tags: 2009, akita, armaggeddon, asb, assasins creed, auckland, auu, beatles, cosplay, ddr, event, fail len, failplay, ff8, figma, Figures, furude, gundam, hanyuu, harlock, hatsune, heart, hiiragi, kagami, l4d, left for dead, len, long, long queue is long, Lucky, meido, miku, negi, neru, park, queue, rena, ribbon, rin, seifer, Shakugan no Shana, showgrounds, Star, suou, tamaki, telescope, theme, to, tsukasa, wrestling, ^.^

This weekend I made a trip up to Auckland to have a look at Doujin Overload, an attempt made by a small anime shop and aspiring anime artists to cultivate a culture of doujin creation similar to the one in Japan, where the Comic Market comes to mind.
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written by astrobunny \\ tags: artists, auckland, collateral damage, creative, dola-nz, doujin, epic, event, fail, failgato, failkuru, failruhi, fan, fanboy, Figures, miki, mugi, overload, Shugo Chara, su, suiseiseki, talent, to heart, win, yukata