23 March 2013

2013 C3 in Hong Kong Coverage

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The 4th C3 in Hong Kong event occurred over last weekend. This came a week late, but hopefully it's not too late!

Captions will be filled later! Also check out Shuichi Ikeda's (Char Aznable's seiyuu) stage appearance in the previous post!

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One Piece 1/1 scale character stands

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Gundam faction badges gachapons at Bandai's shop area

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"Smartpants" - underwear for smartphones anyone?

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Premium Bandai stuff: "Lighting wings" effect parts for upcoming RG 1/144 Destiny Gundam

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RG 1/144 Zeta Gundam Unit 3

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MG 1/100 Johnny Ridden's MS-06S Zaku

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Black Lotus Ovedrive Mode Green

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Robot Damashii Psycho Frame Initiation version

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SHFiguarts Frieza

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D-Arts Metal Garurumon

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Now for upcoming Gunpla kits: HGUC 1/144 Full Armour Unicorn Gundam

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MG 1/100 Jesta

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MG 1/100 ReZEL Defenser Type a + b

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Event exclusive Gunpla: HGUC 1/144 Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee Norn Extra Finish ver

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Early release of SD Unicorn Gundam Banshee action figure, with Unicorn Gundam next to it for comparison

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SD Full Armour Unicorn Gundam action figure, display only

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HGUC 1/144 Gundam Ez8

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HG 1/144 Gundam AGE-1 Gransa

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MG 1/100 Aile Strike Gundam HD version (what's wrong with the wings though? ^^;)

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HG 1/144 Astray Blue Frame 2nd L

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Diorama

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Byarlant Custom vs Marasai

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End of episode 5

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Line art for episode 6

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Stand arts for Kyousougiga (京騒戯画)

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Gundam Battle Operation, a free-to-play game on PS3 originally for Japanese PSN accounts, is finally coming to Hong Kong too!

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Upcoming Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee 1/35 scale head stand on display from Hobby Japan booth

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Collaboration project between Bandai (namely mecha designer Okawara Kunio) and Threezero

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Now into Tamashii Nations stuff. First off is the chogokin "Disney Combiner", featuring Mickey and his friends as some sort of super robots

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D-Arts Alisa Ilinichina Amiella from PSP game GOD EATER

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Metal Build Gundam Exia / Exia Repair III

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Code Geass Akito the Exiled banner

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Alexander Knightmares plamos for Code Geass Akito the Exiled

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New mecha Valvrave plamo for upcoming mecha anime Valvrave the Liberator

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Sunrise has a huge signing board for anyone to feel free to sign or draw pictures on

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Evangelion statues and a cosplayer (but I don't recognise the character she's cosplaying as)

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Kadokawa pavilion

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Artwork from Boku ha Tomotachi ga Sugunai (meaning "I have few friends") aka "Haganai"

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Cospa t-shirt of Master Asia from G Gundam, which is Hong Kong exclusive

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Toys distributor Elite Toys diplaying figures from Goodsmile Company, Max Factory, and ALTER

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figma Ultimate Madoka

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Belldandy with Holy Bell figure

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figma Anzu Futaba and Rin Shibuya from THE iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls

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Nendoroid Petite: IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls - Anzu, Kaede and Rika + Live Stage Set

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Nendoroid Sakura Miku

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Nendoroid Snow Miku Strawberry White Kimono version

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There is a small section for photographing cosplayers with

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Miku cosplayer in wedding dress

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Silica from Sword Art Online

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Nyaruko from Hayore! Nyaruko-san and Kirito from Sword Art Online

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Nyaruko and Ezio Auditore da Firenze from Assassin's Creed II

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Athena and Seiya from Saint Seiya

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Sheryl Nome and Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier

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Saber in her casual cloths from Fate/stay Night

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Danboard from Yotsuba

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Serra from Final Fantasy XIII-2

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Snow Miku

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One final shot at the venue before leaving.


Just like previous years, C3 in Hong Kong is a much more spacious event compared to ACGHK in the summers. I usually don't take pictures of cosplayers, but this year's cosplaying seems to have improved a lot, which is a good thing (as I tend to be quite picky on this). The organisers seems quite pleased with this year's event, and announced that they will make a return next year! Hopefully this will be an annual event like ACGHK is!

6 comments:

  1. Is C3 always held around this time? Dammit, why can't more events happen in the winter???

    One thing which separates eastern fans and western ones: You give them a board to write on and not one person has drawn something phallic! I remember Tecmo-Koei did something similar over here with Dead or Alive 5. Nothing offensive was written but some comments were childish.

    Also, I'd totally buy that master asia T-shirt!!

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    1. From my experience all of the past C3s are held in March. Too bad I can't think of what events are available during Winter, apart from a game expo every December.

      Such signing boards are quite uncommon in Hong Kong events.

      The Master Asia t-shirt caught my attention too, and for a brief moment I thought I won't mind buying one myself too if it weren't sold out for the day. There's also a t-shirt with a stylised image of Ramba Ral (not dissimilar to that of Guerrillero Heroico) saying "This sensation... This is War!".

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  2. Thanks for the event coverage Q, for us who live overseas, blogs like yours are the only way for us to enjoy some of the contents.

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    1. Glad that you enjoy the coverage! There are blogs that do cover this event in Chinese language, but fewer in English. Always good to know that such contents do get sought and read!

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  3. Sadly I was too busy to go, but judging from the coverage I've seen C3 is a much more interesting event compared to ACGHK? A lot more to see and stuff to buy. (instead of those chinese junk stalls you now get Strict G etc)

    I agree the majority of the HK cosplayers look awful compared to those from surrounding asian countries. Yet the pervert uncles stick to the teenagers like flies on a turd.

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    1. IMHO C3 is more of a exhibition for Japanese companies to display ACG (animation, comic, games)-related stuff to the public, whereas ACGHK is a mix of local stalls selling stuff in general.

      I don't take much notice of the cosplayers in general, but I was told that the local ones are improving recently. I won't stick so much negativity to it as we all can call each other kettle black; as long as it's enjoyable then it's all the merrier.

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