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Singer / voice actress (seiyū) Junko Iwao (Tokiko "Key" Mima in Key the Metal Idol , Tomoyo Daidōji in Cardcaptor Sakura , Serika Kurusugawa in To Heart ) has announced her schedule in July on her blog: Japan Expo 2012 in Paris, France (July 5-8) and Fancy Frontier 20 in Taipei, Taiwan (July 28-29). She will attend both events together with composer Kōhei Tanaka ( Gunbuster , Sakura Wars series, Gate Keepers ). Mr. Tanaka has echoed Ms. Iwao with concerts information on his blog. Iwao and Tanaka had worked together on Licca-chan no Nichiyōbi , Betterman , Gate Keepers , and Kaiketsu Zorori . Source: J.I room My Quest for Beauty aniarc news Japan Expo

Autograph area. Once the session begins I won't be able to take photographs anymore. Guess who's the lady at far right? ;-)

Not much to be see outside the exhibition room (shrug). The big poster under daylight: Entrance of the exhibition room: Fans lined up; fewer than I expected: Well someone brought something VERY interesting: (LOL)

http://www.eshi100.com/ (Japanese) Works of over 100 Japanese illustrators will be exhibited at Taipei. Noizi Ito, illustrator of popular series like Shakugan no Shana and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya , will give autograph to the first 50 visitors, as well as the champion of cosplayers dressed as characters she has designed. About 20 fans are already lining up the queue. Exhibit area at the night before opening: More photographs will be added tomorrow.

"Shulin ruin," formerly the Shulin maintenance yard of Kuo-Kuang Motor Transportation (state-owned long haul bus service), is a popular spot for photographers and Airsoft military simulators. Took a series of photos with two cosplayers and another photographer yesterday, which was also my first visit to the huge 10-hectares ruin.

All other pictures can be found here .

Went to Good Smile Café (GSC) featuring Puella Magi Madoka Magica last Thursday. The picture above was taken at a specific angle to have Taipei Train Station in the picture so non-Taipei residents can identify the location of GSC. Take the elevator to 5th floor and enter the left aisle you'll see a wall of figures, mostly GSC's Nendoroid line. Signboard at the entrance. Merchandise at the right of the entrance. Event-specific dishes and drinks in Madoka theme. Non-event-specific menu has GSC's mascot on it. Browsing Madoka 's screenplay on display. The QB curry looked good and tasted good, but I got two complaints: first, the water "glass" was not glass but plastic; only the "Soul Gem" drinks were served in glass. Second, the table was collapsible, making it easy to move around, but with legs extending beyond the border of the tabletop, customers could be tipped by the legs easily. Character and item designs. Main characters illustrated b...