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| OzineFest Official Announcement Poster |
December 27, 2015 - Yesterday was the first day of OzineFest's last event for this year, and I was completely stoked because I was able to buy some sweet (but expensive...kh...nghhhh...tasukete!!! T_T ) stuff to satiate my hobby. I decided to leave early from home because I know that this event would have a lot of convention goers like me to come just like in their past December events. I arrived at their usual venue in SM Megamall around 10:15AM, and I was right (and a bit too late).
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| Guess which floor is this? |
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| Line went longer and longer that they had to use another staircase. |
The line was so long. It started from Megatrade Hall 1 entrance, going to the staircases and ended in the underground floor of the mall. I waited for like an hour before the line started moving. It wasn't slow though. I was able to climb back at the top floor in just a few minutes.
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| I'm back to the top floor! |
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| Just a little bit more. |
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| Got my ticket! Last year, their ticket was a card. It would seem that they reverted back to a regular ticket. |
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| I'm finally in! |
My first order of business as usual was to buy some anime merchandise, so I headed straight to the booths and find the only booth I trust because they definitely sell genuine figures and lots of Love Live! items. I will post the stuff at the end of this blog post.
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| Onegai Onii-chan - I both love and hate this booth/online shop at the same time. They have the stuff that would make me spend a lot. |
After that, I proceeded to the anime figure displays nearby courtesy of Team Onii-chan.
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| They have a collection of Strike Witches figures |
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| Saanya is best girl in the anime! |
They also have the girls of Kantai Collection
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| ♬♬Uchuu Senkan Yamatooo...♬ Oh wait, wrong song! |
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| The beautiful Musashi and her monstrous cannons |
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| Kongou and her sexy, nosebleed-inducing damage pose |
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| One of my favorite Abyssals, Wo! |
Here's my favorite, the Love Live! collection.
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| Wait, stop dancing,girls! Rin is missing! |
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| Here she is, wearing something different though. |
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| I wasn't able to buy this figure. I'm sorry, Snow Queen Kotori. I have failed you! |
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| Special service for the Maki fans out there. |
They also got other characters from other anime shows as well.
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| The main team is here! Shohoku team from Slam Dunk! |
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| Umaru overload! |
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| Holo from Spice and Wolf. Someone give her some clothes! |
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| Onodera's been captured by the Empire! |
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| Gon Freecs and his freaky hair |
There were tarps hanging above us. Love Live! dominated the ceilings.
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| From left to right: Rin, Umi, Nozomi, Hanayo, Nico |
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| There's also Honoka |
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| Eli too... |
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| ...and Maki. |
Wait, no Kotori??? How dare they didn't include her. Anyways, moving on...
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| Saitama from One-punch man. Trivia: Every time this anime's song plays, most of us say "Hero" at the same time. |
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| Umaru and Ebina. Clearly, Ebina is better! |
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| The 961-year old Rory Mercury, apostle of Emroy, God of Death and Destruction from the anime, Gate! |
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| There's also the ever awesome Yukihira Souma from Shokugeki No Soma |
Now, it's the cosplayers turn to have the limelight.
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| Someone actually dared to pull of this version of Tanukichi Ouma from Shimoneta! I think the security guards were not to happy about him though. |
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| He finally banded up with a few Ayame Kajou/ Blue Snow cosplayers. The sex terrorists invaded OzineFest! |
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| Princess Kougyoku Ren from Magi. Very beautiful cosplay |
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| Dangan Ronpa 2 characters. From left to right: Mikan Tsumiki the Ultimate Nurse, Chiaki Nanami the Ultimate Gamer, Enoshima Junko the Ultimate Fashionista or should I say the Ultimate Despair, and Sonia Nevermind the Ultimate Princess |
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| Rize Kamishiro in her ghoul form from Tokyo Ghoul |
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| A different cosplayer of Rize Kamishiro. This time in her human form. |
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| Hiyori from Noragami |
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| Not a cosplay but it's a remote-controlled Rensouhou-chan from Kantai Collection. Its turrets and arms are controllable too! |
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| Eren (or maybe Levi) from Attack On Titan with Saber photobombing |
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| Zoe Hange and Mikasa Ackerman from Atack On Titan |
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| Nude (lol no) Eren in his titan form |
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| Akane Tsunemori and a curvy Shion Karanomori from Psycho-Pass |
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| Sub-zero from Mortal Kombat |
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| Sento Isuzu from Amagi Brilliant Park |
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| Haruhi Suzumiya from the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya |
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| The playable character with a not-so square-like body from Minecraft |
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| Doflamingo from One Piece |
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| Sonic from Sonic the Hedgehog...lol no...from One-punch man |
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| I don't know which character she is but it's so creepy, I LOVE IT! |
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| Two bald people fighting. LOL! A very tall Krillin from Dragon Ball Z and Saitama from One-punch man. Guess who's gonna die first. |
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| The few heroes from One-punch man |
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| Nozomi, Honoka, and Maki from Love Live! |
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| Rin, Nozomi, and Maki from Love Live! |
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| Nico Yazawa from Love Live! |
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| Maki from Love Live! |
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| A very cute Nico Yazawa from Love Live! |
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| Eli and Nico from Love Live! |
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| Kotori from Love Live! <3 |
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| Another Kotori from Love Live! |
Pardon for the overload of Love Live!, guys. Anyways, normally I go to cons alone, but this time I had some comrades with me. It's my first time to go to cons with other people. Because of them, I was able to do a few things I couldn't do before like:
Taking their photos with other cosplayers:
Taking photos of me with other cosplayers
And trying out the Ozine Maid Cafe!
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| One of my comrades found his love among the girls, and gave her a Luffy figure. I guess he has a thing for maids. |
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| Back of the photograph |
I got home late thanks to the free ice skating. My legs really hurt a lot, but I was excited to bring home what I bought.
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| Nesoberi Jumbo Plushie of Kotori and a figure of her wearing a swimsuit. Yes, I bought it because of the swimsuit. Don't judge me. |
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| Yeah, I love Kotori so much! |
Thoughts about the event
It's a special event for anime figures, so I was hoping that there would be lots of figures displayed, but my expectations weren't met on this one aspect. The event was lively though, so I really enjoyed my time in there. I'm looking forward to next year's events!
