LAGC Harajuku Fashion Show: models/Designers/MUA wanted ^_^

Photography by League of Extraordinary Cosplayers

Hello all my creative friends ^_^

As per tradition London Anime Con will be hosting a Fashion show celebrating Japanese fashion this coming July 2015. On Sat 4th July - now called the 'Harajuku Fashion Show' Why? Because it's all about creativity and putting your on twist on fashion trends as people do in Harajuku from standing around or mingling with fellow fashionistas.

What we are looking for:

*Models - styling together there own Japanese Style including: Lolita/punk/gothic/visual kei/fairy kei/roccoco/creepy cute/hime/rave/sweet/classic/kimino/mori/prince/decora/gyaru/yomamba.


*Designers - to showcase their Japanese style or fusion rage of clothing/accessories.


*Makeup Artists/hairstylists - not afraid to try bold looks or soft and natural for mori styles


What you get out of this:


All Models, hair stylists, makeup artists, Designers, will receive a free entry ticket to the event on Saturday 4th July.Since this is an event you will be able to walk around freely and watch other stage events, look at the merchandise, access the bar, watch movies, play games - including the after party.


Models: You will get at least two digital professional photos of you in your outfit for your portfolio and many cat walk photos and from backstage.
Hair stylists/Makeup artists: you get to practice your skills and also obtain photos for your portfolio
Designers: Showcase your pieces on a catwalk


If you are interested, please message me with the information listed below ^_^
Application Form:

Name:
Modelling name:
Gender:
Description of proposed outfits(s):
Photo of outfit or something similar.


Please message me on:
the anime league forum - @Aisha
email - ais.ahm@hotmail.com
twitter: @aisha_anime

Festival Asia May 2015 - Win Tickets !

When: May 15-17th 2015

Where: Tobacco Dock, London E1 (Shadwell/Wapping/Tower Hill)

Price: £8-12.50 

Buy tickets here:  http://www.festivalasia.co.uk/tickets

Well if your a fellow Japanese enthusiast then you will be interested in Festival Asia hitting Tobacco Docks this May 15th-17th.

Win Tickets

To win tickets to event, you have three options:

Option 1 - Blog

1. Please comment below on my blog
2. Write down an act you would really like to see on stage
3. Leave your email address. 

Option 2 - Twitter

1. You can also enter via Twitter by tweeting @aisha_anime 
2. your favorite act 
3. Re-tweeting the main tweet.

Option 3 - Facebook 

1. Facebook you can also do the same just comment on the main post  
2. Write your favourite act 
3. sharing the main post. 

There will be three winners in total and each winner will have a plus one.

Entertainment varies from Indonesia to Japan with an array of talents to be showcased:

GUAN YIN LION DANCE

Orientalya Bollywood Dance

LI LI Opera Singer

Kebaya Lence Clothing Fashion Show

SUNNY SINGH - Bollywood Dance

KAYA Korean Duo 

LAHING KAYUMANGGI Philippine Dance

WONDERFUL INDONESIA Fashion Carnival

Hibiki Ichikawa - Tsugaru Shamisen player 

Cheng Yu Chinese Pipa Player

MIA ISMI HALIDA Batik Violinist & Vocalist

Fleur Estelle Dance School  Belly Dance & Isis Wings

Lila Bhawa  Indonesian Dance

EUNSLEY PARK Korean Violin Player

AMY YUAN Chinese Erhu Player

Jonathan Mayer  Duo Sitar & Tabla - Indian music

INA Dance Traditional Indonesian Dance 

Akari Mochizuki - Japanese Blues ‘ENKA’ singer in UK

DJITRON PAH Indonesian Harp Player

RUMAH KREATIF NUSANTARA  WI Dance

Alongside that there will be many cultural talks through out the weekend including workshops and shops to buy souvenirs. 

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Akari performing alongside Hibiki

More cats than tourists on a Japanese island

On a mile-long island of Aoshima an army of feral cats were brought there to deal with mice that infested the fishermen's boats, the cats since have stayed and bred.

The cats survive by curling up in abandoned houses or run around fishing village looking for scraps to eat, the felines outnumbering humans six to one on this remote island in southern Japan,

It's estimated that 120 cats swarm the island with only a handful of humans for company, mostly the elderly who didn't leave the island looking for work after World War Two.

Aoshima, is only a 30-minute ferry ride off the coast of Ehime prefecture, is now visited by tourists from the mainland to see the cats. Residents have found the fascination of tourists visiting the cats weird and irritating to their daily lives. They don't mind them coming, but don't want to be disturbed in process. It is now nicknamed Cat Island.

The Island has no restaurants, cars, shops or vending machines - just cats and no one is complaining! Since the popularity of Hello Kitty, a cartoon character considered the epitome of cuteness - Cat cafe's have popped up in Japan and even in the West  where people with no pets could come enjoy their company without bringing them home.

Guided Fate Paradox Review

Being such a big Disgaea fan I had to try out their jrpg title Guided Fate Paradox playing on historical events retold and having to fix them.

Using thr lottery to pick someone to inherit the power of God to rectify the event blips, the unlikely hero is given a group of angels to guide and aid him on his quest.

What is Purikura?

 Purikura or 'photo sticker' machines are a special type of photo booth that produce photo stickers. Jointly developed by Atlus and Sega, the first Purikura machines were sold in July 1995. Still going strong in Japan they have spread throughout Asia to Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Germany and even the UK.

How do they work?

Inserting money in the machine money slot, multiple customers can enter the booth and pose for a set number of exposures. Some common options include the ability to alter lighting and backdrops while the newest versions offer features such as cameras from a variety of angles, fans, seats, and blue screen effects, changing hair colour, eye colour and your appearance.

Once the pictures have been taken, the customer selects the pictures that they wish to keep and customise them using a touch screen or pen-sensitive screen. The touch screen gives them options such as shiny stamps, clip art, colourful backdrops, borders, auto text, date stamp and pens that can be superimposed onto the photographs.

Features that can be found in some sticker machines are customising the beauty of the customers such as brightening the pictures, making the eyes sparkle more, changing the hair, bringing a more reddish colour to the lips and fixing any blemishes by having them blurred. Other features include cutting out the original background and replacing it with a different background. Certain backgrounds may be chosen so when the machine prints out the picture, the final sticker will be shiny with sparkles.

Finally, the number and size of the pictures can be chosen within the layout section so you can pick a few big ones, or multiple small ones to divide between friends. Some photo booths also have email capability to text to mobile phones or email. Other photo places have a scanner and laptop at the cashiers desk for customers to scan and copy their original picture before they cut and divide the pictures amongst their group.

Photo sticker booths are particularly popular among young people as an inexpensive form of recreation. The pictures can be kept as souvenirs or traded with friends.

Purikura in London:

There is actually one known Purikura booth located in China Town, Westend, London. Here staff operate the machines for customers and take payment in pounds rather than yen. With three different types:

Pink Machine - you choose a layout and then take photos according to the layout with a plain white background

Red/Blue Machine where you take photos in font of green background to add different backgrounds/foregrounds and draw on top or add fake ats, stars, hearts or text.

Purikura machine - the only Japanese Purikura, where the staff bypasses the automatic settings for you to take 8 automatic photos. You sit in front of a green screen using sofas and monkey bars to hang upside down create the illusion of carrying your friends too. After you choose your four favourite photos to be large, you can then go to one of the editing pods to add your own unique style to the sticker photos.

Do you have any Purikura machines in your area? If so, post them in the comment section below and help out your fellow Purikura adventurers.

Second Tea Prince Butler Cafe at MADD, SOHO

Surrounded by the Butlers & Maids

Despite hail, snow and chilly winds, The Tea Prince Butler cafe was open to serve all Lords and Ladies who wanted to drop by or reserved a table.

It was delightful to finally experience a Butler cafe and to see the unique venue ‘MADD’ which has been used for previous Maid’s of England (MOE), Butler and Gaming event Loading Soho. From the entrance we were greeted by a Maid who explained all the rules – do not touch or hug the maids/butlers! Then with a ring of her bell we became ladies and entered the cafe.

Read the rest of my review here on animepicks.co.uk

fan art by a Lady

A homemage to website Animepicks :)

Me as Anna-May (Mascot from animepicks.co.uk)

You guys may have picked up that I now regularly contribute articles to the website www.animepicks.co.uk before it was exclusively for cosplay and fashion features but I have gradually branched out to other sections such as games, figures and most importantly events this is due to my intrest in J-culture and love the website - many thanks to Gina the website creator for giving me a chance to contribute. Happy 2nd birthday Animepicks - check out my photoshoot dressed up as animepicks mascot - Anna May :)

My full adventures and more photos are here:

http://animepicks.co.uk/2012/09/happy-birthday-anime-picks-annamay-cosplay/

and it wouldn't have happened without the help of my mates:




Costume made by Esti-Licious (siting right in the photo)- http://www.fashionvscostume.co.uk/
Photography by Anty Quinn (sitting left in photo)
Camera lent by Josiahsal - http://josiahsal.wordpress.com/