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Just received a press release from UIP Malaysia that they will be bringing in the Kaiji Live Action movie this March 11th, 2010. Sweet! With the Eva 2.0 movie also screening in the same month and an upcoming May’N concert, it looks like March is going to be an entertaining month for Malaysian anime and manga fans.
Sony has officially confirmed that the 120GB PS3 Slim will be coming this September…and it’ll cost US$299 (~RM1100). Incidentally, that will be the same price for the old PS3 Phat beginning from tomorrow. Apparently the model design is the same one that was leaked back in May.
The question that now remains is when will Sony Malaysia bring it over to Malaysia, and how much it will cost; the console is currently selling at RM1599 (~USD450). When the PS3 Slim eventually comes to Malaysia, I estimate that the unit will likely be priced around RM1300~RM1400. I’ll see if I can dig up some answers from Sony Malaysia in the following days…
I’ve to admit - I do feel a tinge of regret for not holding out longer for the PS3 Slim. But I don’t really mind. I still got my PS3 Phat bundle at a great price (USD310), and the console itself look mighty impressive in my living room alongside my Xbox 360. Not to mention I still have an old PS2 Phat from yesteryears, so it’ll complement each other.
Finally updated my Wordpress platform and everything looks fine. Back to drinking tea with Tsumugi~
Tomorrow I’ll be at the CyberFusion 2009 event at Cyberjaya MMU, where I’ll be one of over 200 Malaysian gamers attempting to break the world record for Longest LAN party. The current record was achieved during the NVISION event last year with a record of 36 hours. From Friday 11 p.m. tomorrow, we’ll attempt to stay up for 38 hours to break the world record.
To record my progress, I’ll be posting on my Twitter homepage as often as I can. That was the main reason why I recently integrated my Twitter account to my blog here. At the same time, I’ll try to cover as much as I can of the event here and on GameAxis.com.
Frankly speaking, most of my colleagues and family members think I’m crazy to take part in the event. Even though I’m only 27, I find that I can’t stay up as late compared to my Uni days. But I feel like I want to achieve something in my lifetime, even though this record will eventually be broken by another energetic mass of gamers.
Another reason why I decided to take part in it may be that I miss the camaderie that one gets when playing with like-minded friends. The last time I ever did anything of the sorts was in college, when I hung around the arcades and met up with friends for an evening of DDR and KOF. Or perhaps I want to do something where later in life I can start spinning yarns to friends and/or children and go “Ah…I remember that event: I actually took part in it.” and start relating to them the trials of gaming nearly non-stop for such a long stretch of time.
Whatever my reasons may be, I’ll find out tomorrow night. Wish me luck.
Busy weekend as I attended two anime and game events - the Anime Comics Games Convention event at Tropican City Mall, and Hotlink Games and Anime Festival at Berjaya Times Square. I’m pretty tired and I’ve a backlog of work to sift through in the office, so I probably won’t be posting here until the end of the month.
Although the walk-in crowd at ACGC Tropicana wasn’t that great, I found it a lot more varied and interesting compared to the Hotlink Games and Anime Festival at Berjaya. Actually, the “anime” part at the Hotlink event was erroneous because I didn’t see any related anime events or activities there, except for a couple hired cosplayers and the cosplay competition on the 2nd day, which I didn’t attend. It was cool to see the Malaysia-Singapore matchup at the Sudden Attack booth though.
Sometimes I can’t help but admire the endless energy that cosplayers seem to have for their series and craft. I can’t see myself exhibiting the same enthusiasm, like going on stage to do the Caramelldansen performance when the song plays. Probably I’m just an oldfag who can’t adapt to the new generation of anime and videogame fans.
I was right. Just got the press release earlier today. The new series, called Fullmetal Alchemist - Brotherhood, will be broadcast weekly on Fridays 8:30 p.m. from April 10. The regional broadcast will come with English and Chinese subtitles.
Press release after the jump!
Keen-eyed Malaysian gamers who have been following the development of building sim Cities XL might spot a familiar landmark amongst the various buildings that one can build in the upcoming title. In particular, one building has a remarkable resemblance to Wisma Tun Sambanthan, a 27-storey office building located in KL. Perhaps one of the designers or developers was a Malaysian and decided to pay homage?
As much as I don’t like reading the News Strait Times for their pro-government news, at least they propagated the message that ultimately, parents are responsible for making sure what their children are playing. The piece, which was apparently front page news in the NST yesterday, highlighted the common knowledge that most Malaysian parents do not monitor what videogames their children are playing. Likewise, local retailers don’t care about rules and ratings when selling videogames since there’s no law or enforcement preventing them from doing so.
“The onus is on parents. Just as many failed to realise the dangers posed by junk food, today’s parents are also failing to realise the dangers of violent video games and television shows,” - unnamed consumer advocate.
The article, however, could have been improved by arguing that such violent videogames are normally intended for mature adult audiences. At least it didn’t try to blame videogames for the spate of violence in the country - our crappy economy and poor law enforcement is doing a heckuva job already, thank you very much.
The main website for DaiCon has gone LIVE. What’s DaiCon? It’s the brainchild of the EMINA club, the same group of people who brought the GACC in MMU Melaka, which saw two notable seiyuus such as Masakazu Morita (voice of Kurosaki Ichigo of Bleach) paying a visit to Malaysia and giving a Q&A session to anime fans.
Will DaiCon be any different? Inviting a special VIP to the event? Perhaps. I’ll leave it to the organizers to reveal it themselves.
Most people know that anime satellite TV network Animax-Asia will be doing a simultaneous broadcast for Leaf’s Tears To Tiara on 6th April 2009. But apparently Animax-Asia will also be broadcasting a new series premiering this April. It’s not a simultaneous broadcast, but it will be released on the same week that the series broadcasts in Japan. And they’re billing it as “The Most Anticipated Anime of 2009“.
Most anticipated anime of 2009? Hmm…amongst the Spring 2009 lineup, the most likely candidate would be the new Fullmetal Alchemist. I wouldn’t put it against them since FMA is crazy popular here and Animax-Asia has broadcasted FMA before.
If not FMA, then possibly “rerun” episodes of Haruhi Suzumiya. Or maybe even Chi’s Sweet Home. lol
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