Danny Choo is now a Figure Sculptor in GSC!

Quoted from his site:

"

The boss of Good Smile Company Aki Takanori made an offer I just could not refuse. I'm now working for GSC doing figure sculpting just for dannychoo.com readers! Can you guess what I'm painting here?
I still get to run Mirai Inc though ^^;

Apart from the Mirai Figma due out later this year, what else do you want me to make for you? ^^;"

Cool! Now I can't wait for the release of the figures sculpted by Danny Choo! ^^

Cosfest IX 2010 - Let's Make Friends!

Venue: D'Marquee at Downtown East
Date: 3-4th July 2010
Time: 12pm-6pm
Admission: Free

One of Singapore's major annual cosplay convention organized by Singapore Cosplay Club, and this year's theme is Cosfest IX "Let's Make Friends".
World Cosplay Summit Singapore Finals, will be held at this convention too, so don't miss it!
Other activities/highlights that will be scheduled at the event will be:
- Cosplay Competition
- Anime Musical Live
- Anime Karaoke Competition
- Doujin/Art Booths
- Asia Cosplay Meet Championship (http://events.sgcosplayclub.org/acm.html)

Official website: http://events.sgcosplayclub.org/index.html

Black ★ Rock Shooter

According to Anime News Network on the 24th last month, the official website of the Black ★ Rock Shooter anime project announced on Wednesday that the full 50-minute length of the anime will be streamed for free to "everyone," although it does not specify if the stream will be available outside Japan. Furthermore, there would be a free DVD bonus extra for Hobby Japan magazine, which has a circulation of 186,000.

The website also announced two of the cast, Kana Hanazawa as Mato Kuroi and Miyuki Sawashiro as Yomi Takanashi. More to be announced at a later date.

For more  information or latest updates, do check out the official website!

While waiting for the anime in Singapore, let's enjoy some photos of the cosplay by Kipi!
Caution: Do prepare tissues in case of nosebleed! >w<

Photos from:

Kipi-fan.com

CrimsonRain.com

wakarimasenlol.com

cosrain.com

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance: Makinami Mari Illustrious

Was drinking coffee from the UCC Coffee can with the Mari print and found this Mari cosplay on Cosplay Holic.
This photo was contributed by Megane Complex to and was taken on the Winter Comiket 2009.

A short introduction on Makinami Mari Illustrious:
Mari Makinami Illustrious (真希波・マリ・イラストリアス) is an Eva pilot introduced in Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance. She is a stylized brunette with glasses and "twin tails".
Essentially no information has been provided about Mari thus far beyond her name and images of her. She is shown for a mere two cuts in the preview for 2.0 at the end of the first Rebuild movie. The "keywords" poster for 2.0 includes an exchange of dialogue between her and Shinji.

Mari is the pilot for Eva-05 as various illustrations show: a Sadamoto illustration has been released showing Mari in the "05" plugsuit; Mari has been identified as the helmeted pilot in the first theatrical trailer; Mari is depicted (in plugsuit) alongside Eva-05 for her UCC Coffee can illustration (see image); and the writeup for the Revoltech Eva-05 figure at the Kaiyodo Hobby Lobby states that the Eva is piloted by "new heroine Mari". A pilot designation has not yet been provided (assuming there is one).

Mari is also able to pilot Eva-02, and activates "the Beast" mode, which is speculated to be similar to an Eva going berserk. Her personality supposedly isn't one based on Anno's psyche, and she really enjoys piloting to kill the Angels. She is able to speak English fluently and seems to only interact with Shinji Ikari in terms of her fellow pilots. With Nerv, she appears to know Ryoji Kaji It's implied she's a spy for Nerv's American or European branches.

I then went on to Google on Mari cosplays and found more great cosplays.

Great cosplay posted on Anime Vice by jlrm01:

Credits:
Evangelion 2.0 site
Cosplay Holic
evageeks
Akino Blog
Anime Vice