Bootlegers Strike Back: Nendoroid Petit

Today we’re gonna talk about bootleg figures. Again. Fake Nendoroid Petits to be more precise.

Unfortunately I only have photos of the Vocaloid set, but I guess these are enough to make one notice fake products in the future. Once more, these figures have been spotted at Liberdade district, in São Paulo. Pics were taken at the same store where I’ve spotted bootlegs before, so it’s not much of a surprise. What really upsets me is that it’s getting somewhat easy to come across counterfeit Nendoroid Petits around here, specially those from the Vocaloid and Death Note sets. I really don’t get it, since I imagine one cannot make much of a profit with fakes of non-expensive non-exclusive figures… Anyway, let’s take a look at the pics, shall we?

Shikinami’s anniversary

Okay, I’m not talking about myself, but about my first year blogging anniversary. Believe or not, it all started in January the 1st. This means there’s been more than 1 year since this prototype of a blog is online! Weeeeee!

 

October’s loot, yay!

I’m very lucky, I shall tell you. This is the second time in a row both HLJ and HSJ boxes arrived the same day. And to make things even better: no taxes collected again, yay!

I was a bit uneasy with shipping stuff by SAL, but

Fake Nendoroids alert!

Yep, this is another post on counterfeit figures. Unfortunately, I’m getting used to discovering more and more bootlegs around, which is certainly one of the reasons why I gave up on buying locally and became a loyal customer of Hobby Search Japan, AmiAmi, Hobby Link Japan, and other trustworthy retailers. Well, today we’ll take a look at some fake Nendoroids. They were spotted at Liberdade district in São Paulo, most of them at the same store where I’ve found that counterfeit Saber Lily Figma.

Unfortunately I couldn’t take as many pictures as I’d like since the store’s clerk is getting a bit suspicious of me already. I do not blame him since I’d really find awkward if someone drops by occasionally just to take photos of the same figures and then leave.  ^^;;

September’s loot

Got a lovely surprise when I got home today.

I just couldn’t believe both Hobby Search Japan and Hobby Link Japan packages arrived the same day.  (WARNING: there’s at least one image that is NSFW below)

Anime Friends 2010

Another event coverage, but this time I’ll try to keep things short, right? I know I wrote quite a lot on Cofesta 2010 just to realize later that people rarely read more than 700 words articles on web, oh well… ^^;;

Anime Friends is the largest anime convention in Brazil, its organizers also claim it to be the largest in Latin America, but I’m not sure about that since I don’t know much about the cons in Mexico. Anyway, it’s the most traditional anime event in Brazil and it’s being held every July (Winter vacations in Brazil) in the city of São Paulo since 2003. I attended it last Saturday (July 17) and below this paragraph you’ll find some photos I took during the day. My sister lent me her Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3, which is slightly better than my old Olympus x-750, but she only gave it to me during the event, which did not allow me to check all it’s capable of. Therefore, I’m sorry for the poor quality of some images.

Most of the pics are from cosplayers I’ve spotted and from the shows during the night. I hope you enjoy them and please, do point out the names of the characters I do not know. ^^ Shy cosplayers (do they exist?) that want their pics removed may contact me. E sim, eu falo português, no worries.

Super Smash Bros and the World Cup

I’m not a soccer fan; never were, and never will be. But I just had to make a demotivational poster of this. XD Self explainable if you’re familiar with Super Smash Bros. Thanks to @De_JaY for uploading the pic of De Jong’s kick.

Cofesta in Brazil Part 3 – Shows and final verdict

IMPORTANT -> Pictures and videos to be found below were taken by me as an individual for personal use. I felt like publishing them on my personal blog but by no means I’m intending to infringe the Japanese laws of use of image. If anyone acting on behalf of Piyorabbie, Miki Maruyama and Yoko Takahashi objects to an image and/or video being included in this post, please notify me at qshikinami[at]gmail[dot]com and I will remove it as soon as possible.

Here we are: the last part of my coverage of CoFesta in Brazil. I promised exclusive footage and you’ll find it below. You just might wanna check out part 1 and part 2, but I guess this is the post most people were looking for. Without further delays, this is it.

As I’ve said before, amongst CoFesta’s attractions there were 4 invited guests of honor who would make shows during the event: the duo Piyorabbie, awesome singer Yoko Takahashi and seyuu Miki Maruyama. Each of them performed at about thrice a day. In order to avoid repetitions, I’ll talk about the shows in a non-chronological manner.

CoFesta in Brazil Part 2 – Space, booths and freebies

So, continuing my 3-months late CoFesta review… Part 1 may be found here.

The event was scheduled from March 11 to 14. It took place at the third floor of the Ibirapuera Bienal, one of the most traditional event holding spaces in Brazil.

CoFesta in Brazil Part 1 – Introduction

Yeah, this is the post I’ve been talking about since March. It was a thorn in my neck to pick the right pics and videos to go with it (I took 700+ pics). But, here we go! CoFesta (コ・フェスタ) is the abbreviation of JAPAN INTERNATIONAL CONTENTS FESTIVAL. It’s the world’s largest comprehensive contents festival, featuring the very best of Japanese games, anime, manga, characters, broadcast, music and film. It’s first edition dates back to 2007 and since then it’s been held annually. Originally it’s a mega-event, comprising already large and well-known events (such as Tokyo Game Show and Tokyo International Film Festival) in several Japanese cities for some 25+ days.