J's Chimes: Cosfest 2010

Yup... Once again Cosfest is back this coming weekend that will be taking place in D'Marquee at Downtown East. Programmes include Anime Karaoke Competition, World Cosplay Summit Singapore Finals, Graffiti Wall and Booths. There will also be a Cosplay Compettion and Cosplay Meet. Due to the fact it collides with the Shine Youth Festival this coming Saturday, it gets pretty annoying... In any case, this will be another big event of the year so powerup your cameras and ready your cards as phototaking will surely be a must in such events...
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J's Chimes: Shine Youth Festival 2010

The Singapore Shine Youth Festival 2010 is coming up once again this coming Saturday at the New SCAPE Shopping Center located at Orchard Road. The main events takes place on the 3rd of July next month with plenty of performances, songs and of course.... Cosplays! However, it collides with the Cosfest 2010 which is happening this coming Saturday and Sunday too so you might wanna consider... Anyway, will be going to Shine first on Saturday and then Cosfest on Sunday (Since most of the best events would happen on Sunday...). More details on Cosfest on next post. Anyway, the Shine Youth Festival is of some priority first... Gonna do some photo taking then... For more details please click here.
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J's Chimes: The 2 Types Of Anime Otaku

Somehow or rather, somebody derives that anime otakus can be divided into 2 distinctive types.

Type A
- A person who simply enjoys 'anime'.
- Is proud of Japan’s anime.
- Evaluates anime based on direction, voice acting, art, etc.
- Hates shallow anime with no real content.
- Story emphasis more on 'Moe' anime.

Type B
- A person who simply enjoys 'characters'.
- Will watch an anime if it includes cute or beautiful characters.
- Doesn’t care if story is awful, as long as the characters are of interest.
- Evaluates anime based on which seiyuu are in it and what the characters look like.
- Loves Moe elements. Doesn’t like complex anime.
- The otaku the media picks up on are usually this kind.
- Doesn’t know that much about anime and so is often criticized as by Type A otaku.
- However, they make much better customers than the more discerning Type A otaku.
- Recently there has been a huge increase in anime targeted at Type B otaku.
- People who like K-ON!, Queen’s Blade, Strike Witches and so on would be in this class.

Personally am in the range between type A and B but more towards type A. I believe a good storyline for anime is a must that makes me wanna watch. In fairness 'Type A' seems more a description of anime 'fans' than anime 'otaku', as most of the irrational and obsessive characteristics generally associated with otaku seem to be absent; on the other hand, it is in the hearts of 'Type B' otaku that the seeds of the Moe boom were sown…
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J's Chimes: Ski In The Toilet

This is part of a winter marketing campaign for Coca Cola's Georgia Coffee Max with a toilet in Japan decorated with that of a of ski resort with a realistic view from the top of a ski jump. The cubicles were fully decorated on all sides so that the person caught short would have a ski jumper’s view when they are sitting on the throne. The person can look down at the skis and see the steep ski jump slope ahead of them. Advertising messages are found on the toilet paper holder and on the wall behind the toilet with the message: “Seriously kick-ass intensely sweet for the real coffee super zinging unstoppable Max! Taste-explosion!”. Intense... This has got to be the most creative bathroom I have ever seen. Hopefully we'd able to see them in Singapore too...
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J's Chimes: Catching Up With The News...

Got a quick laugh out of this little poster and then after pondering like what would it be if you'd to download and watch all animes out from the early years till now... Certainly it would also take as long as what's written here...


Well... Knowledge and 'other' stuff are almost infinite and there's no way to watch them all for that matter. In any case, I believe it'll take at least 1 whole month, 24hours a day non stop and 7 days weekly just to finish reading all of J's Chimes posts... Who knows?
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J's Chimes: A War With God And Love

Angel Beats had finally came to an end on the 13th episode with the lead characters attending a graduation ceremony out of this alternate world that was supposedly created by God to help people to fulfill their dreams in life in which they never had when they are alive. The storyline in episode 1 was really complicated that you'd had absolutely no idea what was going on until you've actually watched everything. Somehow the term 'God' and other related stuff was used once again and twisted into another story of its very own, one that makes one ponder about life as we know it...


Have rather mix feelings for this episode because the way each and everyone of them left is just so saddening. Which bring to the point like what is happening in our everyday lives. One day we would have to move on, and our friends will slowly leave us one by one to pursue their own path in life. And so nothing really is forever unless you'd make the most and cherish your friendship... It is seriously hard to maintain a friendship because both parties are tied up with the many stresses and problems in life that you'd really have no time to meet up for a little chat. And thus friendships are gone in that instance. Episode 13 tells just how people like us would feel at that very moment in time.


However, the worse part is definitely saying goodbye forever to the one you love dearly... Would you selfishly keep her by your side or sacrifice for your love ones to let her pursue her destiny or dream, etc? I really can't answer this question at all because I am in his situation before... And sacrificing for your love ones really isn't a good thing to do... makes you really sad. I believe at times love really have to be selfish in order to be with her always. The sweetest part is the short ending where the 2 cross paths with each other when they are reborn in the real world... If there's really such thing as fate or destiny, I would really wanna believe in it and not be seriously emo-ing about love and life... Hope that they'd make a new season for this wonderful anime...
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J's Chimes: So You Wanna Go To Japan...

Wanted to go Japan for a very long time... However, due to the fact that it is an expensive place to be in, still don't have that much of a money to go there anytime soon. Planning is mostly necessary if you'd want to get the most out of your trip and especially so when you are going there on a budget. Came across a simple traveling guide that could probably help in travels to Japan. Check it out here so that you'd get a picture of why Japan isn't as cheap as you thought it might be... unless you plan ahead...
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