Report: Wonder Festival 2013 [Winter]

Yesterday, I went to Wonder Festival 2013 [Winter]. This is the biggest figure event in Asia. In addition, it is the event that can most sense current Japanese "MAKE" movement.

These are cool works of the amateur modelers.

It is not only small figures to have been displayed.

These are life-sized figures of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure".

This is life-sized Ball-jointed doll, and the price is 192,500 yen(about 2060USD).

Unfortunately this EVANGELION No.2 is unfinished, but is powerful.

This is life-sized Votoms which was made all with paper.

Furthermore, the many cos-player enjoy this event, too. These 3 people are not figures.

Nameko!!

A splendid point of this event is that amateur modelers and companies exhibit together.

If you are interested in the present conditions of Japanese digital fabrication, Wonder Festival is the most suitable place.

These dragons are made with 3D printer, too. Cool!

Hatsune Miku appeared from a liquid and light! :)

Roland sells very small 3D printer "iModera". The size is 86mm *55mm *26mm, and the price is 78,750 yen(about 843USD).

By the way, Nameko is a star in not only the mobile game industry but also the figure industry.

KAWAII!!! :D

On the other hand, LINE characters are popular like Nameko, too.

Tamiya is a Japanese representative model company. However, they changed boldly recently.

It is sale of the materials of fake sweets. Their main customer was men until now. However, enough profit was not provided only in men because of the declining birthrate. And the fake sweets making are popular among women recently. I think that this is a very interesting turn.

And I discovered it last.

Wonder Festival attracts attention from the foreign countries, and guests of the foreigner increase year by year. However, unfortunately a Japanese is weak in English. Therefore Tokyo Otaku Mode performed English support.

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Are you Otaku? Then check this site!

This is one of the really exciting events  in a Japanese event for geek. You should go to this if you live in Japan. In addition, I consider whether I exhibit in this the next time.

The boundary of 2D and 3D is becoming vague in Japan

I wrote it before about drawing technology "Live 2D"

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2D or not 2D, that is no problem

However, a cooler technique appeared. This is "E-mote".


The boob shakes! :D

E-mote have a lot of template. Creator can get an effect of pseudo 3D by letting these templates apply to 2D character. We can use tese ver. of "E-mote Lite" free on 30 days. The license version is 300,000 yen(about 3231USD) a 1year. The custom of the character itself is 700,000 yen - 1 million yen. I think that we can apply this in smartphones apps.

The combination of T-shirt and AR is really cool!

Cospa is Japanese representative CosPlay fashion brand. They sell various CosPlay clothes and tie-up fashion items. In them, this T-shirts is very cool!

This is a tie-up T-shirt of popular novel/anime Accel World. Back print becomes AR marker, and the feather of the butterfly appears when we watch it using AR app Yousei for smartphones "Yousei Megane".

The another version is this.

Feathers are 3DCG, so we can watch them from all angles and take photo. These prices are 3,200 yen.

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http://www.cospa.com/detail/id/00000049477
http://www.cospa.com/detail/id/00000049475

Snack of popular game apps for smartphones "Nameko Saibai Kit"

Yesterday, I bought Nameko snack. However, this is not a nameko mushroom flavor snack. This is a snack about the game apps for smartphones "Nameko Saibai Kit" series.

KAWAII! Japan overflows with Nameko goods now. It spreads to a sweets.

The snack is chocolate flavor and shape is Nameko. According to the official site of Nameko, snack food company Tohato tested many times to make this shape and had a hard time.

Furthermore, there is suppulementg of the sticker in the snack. This is very durable and can put it on mobile, tablet and laptop.