HYPER JAPAN 2010 #2

Here's another event that took place over the weekend in London. In my humble opinion, HYPER JAPAN is the first fully fledged Japanese culture event to be quite a success here, others such as JapanEx didn't convince me enough. Didn't take many photos since I was busy with a majority of the stalls there.

Good Smile Company's appearance was the main highlight for me. I'm guessing that this was brought over due to the Black Rock Shooter 2010 Summer Campaign, all which started at the 2010 Wonfest.

Nendoroids were on display but only B★RS was for sale. On the right we see the B★RS 1/8 models; Animation and Black Blade versions. Below that is the B★RS Nendoroid Plush and Rock Cannon charm.

The Dead Master Figma should be available nearing the end of October. Not sure if I'll be getting that but purchasing the B★RS Figma was a must. The 1/8's are Original versions based on Huke's illustrations.

Evangelion Store! Something's not right, it wasn't really a store but two/three shelves full of overpriced merchandise. The cost of three t-shirts would have got you one of the t-shirts pictured above *shock*

JP-BOOKS who are situated in the UK had a lot of goods on sale. From magazines, calendars, mangas to a hefty collection of anime/game art-books such as Shigenori Soejima's Art Works 2004-2010; Art director for the Persona games. Did some browsing here but I had tempted myself from getting any.
Square-Enix EU were showcasing quite a few goods too, nicely displayed with figures from DMC, KH, Bayonetta, FMA, Final Fantasy and Resident Evil. There were more goods but I didn't pay attention.

Nicovideo were broadcasting live from the event, consisting of two to three streams for each day. Not a lot of people knew about it so they handed out leaflets explaining the service. My jaw literally dropped upon hearing of their presence, which is why I resorted to such acts with a towel *posted previously*

In answer to the "How did you manage to get footage off the stream?" question I've been getting -
Being a premium Nicovideo user allows use of the 'time-shift' feature. Activating this will allow you to watch any of the recorded streams for one session only. Therefore I cannot grab anything else from the event, sorry! Do note that all live broadcasts are saved to their servers for a week before they're taken off. Do note, the premium service is not free and will require payments via card or webmoney.

WAGASHI sold their lovely ice cream and pancakes there for such a decent price. Most of it was gone on the day I went; the selection was green tea, black sesame, vanilla and red bean flavours OM NOM

Vermont Curry gave out free tasters, who would say no to that? Free food is free food and it was delicious. They gave out leaflets for the products and their own 'How to make Curry' help sheet.

Milky Holmes performed live on stage during the afternoon, this was the time I got into the venue. Suzuki, Sora,Mikoi and Izumi were interviewed on the nico live broadcast along with a photo session by the Bushiroad booth. Most of their goods (card decks) and such were 'Not for Sale' *shakes fist*


That's all that I could cover for Hyper Japan 2010. Can't forget the Sake tasters (MOE SELLS), eating Umaibou and hopping from one stall to another. Next up will be a post about the BRS goods purchased.