夢の翼　「Ｗｉｎｇｓ　ｏｆ　Ｄｒｅａｍｓ」: Anime Festival Asia 2008 Mini-Gallery (Day 1)

Here are a couple of pictures of the random (or not so random) stuff that I took during the first morning of AFA 08 . . . I apologize if they are too blur to be seen clearly. On a side note, I did not take pictures of any retails booths or the arcade on either day, so they would not be appearing here =p

Greeting everyone near the entrance is the huge figure of Gundam Exia : エクシア、目標を駆逐する！ The next thing that caught my attention was the long line of people queuing up to purchase Gundam Model Kits, presumably the limited editions of Exia ?

Yup, you can feel Bandai's large presence . . . many different Gundam Models were put on display.

Next up, a whole ton of figurines were being displayed, such as Hatsune Miku, EVA, Fate/Stay Night etc. (The Tamagotchi booth banner does not count as a picture of a retail booth!)

Not many of the figurines exhibited were available for sale . . . a pity. Still, I probably can't afford those that were in the retail booths anyway, such as Bunny Suzumiya Haruhi with her guitar, Bunny Nagato Yuki with her guitar, Code Geass Knightmare Frames, Maid Rider from FSN, EVA Asuka, EVA Rei so on and so forth, but I digress.

I am pretty sure most people would recognize the following few figurines from Square Enix. We have Cloud, Tidus, Cloud, Yuffie, Cloud, Sephiroth . . . Ok, I don't exactly favor Cloud, it's just that they had more figures of him on display compared to the rest! (And that's not counting another 2 of him on his motorbike that I did not upload)

Holy utility belt, Batman! I sneaked a glance at someone else taking a picture of this same Batman model using a more professional camera, and it turned out almost like some movie still with a sepia tone added! The wonders of having a better camera -.-

Also on display were several art pieces from individuals and studios, probably from a local competition ? They were all pretty interesting and worth a look. Even pieces from current-season anime, such as Kannagi, were on display. The renders/art from Imaginary Friends Studio were particularly impressive! (The last 3 pics from the set below)

Following that, we have a showcase from Shonen Jump's 40th Anniversary Exhibition. I didn't take all of them though, so stuff like DragonBall is absent.

Last but not least are several images taken from the anime booths, organized by everyone's good friend. *cough*O...EX*cough*. Basically, these anime booths provide information and character profiles from the various anime that they represent. These range from older favorites such as Shakugan no Shana, D.Gray-Man and Code Geass, to current season ones such as Casshern Sins and Toradora. Each booth also has a TV screening clips from their respective DVDs.

Spot the odd one out!

Also, there was an exhibition booth providing information about the anime film, The Sky Crawlers. Although I did not take many shots of it, you can watch it in GV Cinemas from the 27th of November.