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Geek It! Anime Festival Sydney 2020 Spotlight: Shingo Adachi’s Live Drawing Panel with VA Bryce Papenbrook (Kirito)

March 19, 2020 // 1 Comment

Since 2012, SWORD ART ONLINE has been making huge waves in the world of anime. With worldwide success, this is a feat that not many light-novel series can achieve. Anime Festival is best known for bringing Sword Art Online goodness to Australia, and they have once again brought back SAO Character [...]

Geek It! Anime Spotlight: Anime Festival Sydney 2020 Recap

March 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

We previously attended Anime Festival back in 2016 — Madman’s inaugural convention in its hometown of Melbourne. Once known as Madman Anime Festival and now rebranded as Anime Festival, did the Anime Festival Sydney 2020 event (March 7-8) live up to its reputation and fans’ [...]

Geek It! Spotlight: Cosplay at Madman Anime Festival 2020

March 9, 2020 // 1 Comment

Cosplay is a huge aspect of every pop-culture convention, and it was no different for Anime Festival Sydney 2020. For many fans, it was a chance to make new friends; showcase their cosplay talent; and demonstrate their passion for Japanese manga and anime. For the first time in years, we did not [...]

Geek It! Spotlight: FIVE reasons why you should attend Anime Festival Sydney 2020

March 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

It’s time to get your otaku mania on! Kicking off the pop-culture convention scene for 2020, Anime Festival Sydney is back this weekend (March 7 and 8) at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. While there are a gazillion reasons as to why you should attend the event, we have narrowed [...]

Geek It! Anime Spotlight: Voice Actor Yuki Kaji

February 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

He can be the best boy of your dreams. He can also save humanity from the threat of destruction. He can also be your sly, slippery villain. He is none other than … YUKI KAJI. Yūki Kaji is one of Japan’s well-renowned voice actors in the business who has voiced many iconic roles over [...]

Geek It! Madman Anime Festival 2020 Spotlight: Cosplayer Mon

February 11, 2020 // 0 Comments

Over the last few years, we’ve seen the cosplay scene expanding rapidly within Australia and beyond. Leading the way is an international band of talented cosplayers, and Taiwanese cosplayer MON is undoubtedly one of them. Cosplay isn’t just about finding materials and making cosplay [...]

Geek It! Cosplay Spotlight: Interview with Cosplayer AmenoKitarou (A.K. Wirru)

October 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

One of Australia’s charismatic cosplayers, AmenoKitarou (A.K. Wirru) is best known for his versatile cosplay portfolio. From Final Fantasy‘s Cloud Strife to various Pokemon characters, Wirru continuously wows his fans with his passion and talent for cosplay. Whether it is the details [...]

Geek It! Anime Spotlight: Interview with Madoka Magica’s voice actress Cristina Vee

September 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

With over 100 roles in the animation and video games industry, CRISTINA VEE is without a doubt one of today’s popular voice actors. Landing her first major role in 2008 with the role as Kanaria (ROZEN MAIDEN), she went on to voice Hawk (THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS), Homura Akemi (MADOKA MAGICA), Mio [...]

Geek It! Anime Spotlight: Madman Anime Festival 2016 Impressions

September 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

Celebrating Madman Entertainment’s 20th anniversary, Madman recently hosted its inaugural convention, Madman Anime Festival, on September 3rd and 4th. The big question was: Did Madman Anime Festival live up to its reputation and fans’ high expectations? CtrlGeekPod finds out! Sword Art [...]

Geek It! Madman Anime Festival Spotlight: Sword Art Online Panel (Feat. Tomohiko Ito, Shingo Adachi, Atsushi Kaneko)

September 11, 2016 // 1 Comment

Since 2012, SWORD ART ONLINE has been making huge waves in the world of anime. For a light-novel series to be adapted into an anime that has attracted worldwide success, this is a feat that not many light-novel series can achieve. Bringing Sword Art Online mania to Madman Anime Festival 2016, [...]