my Hero Academia

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! Anime Festival Sydney 2020: VA Panel with Bryce Papenbrook, David Matranga and Ricco Fajardo

March 14, 2020 // 2 Comments

Some of the hottest dub voice actors of the anime industry made appearances at this year’s Anime Festival Sydney 2020. We’re talking about dubbed voice actors David Matranga (aka Shoto Todoroki from My Hero Academia), Bryce Papenbrook (aka Kirito from Sword Art Online, Eren Jaeger from [...]

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! Anime Spotlight: CtrlGeekPod’s Best Anime Films and Series of the Decade 2010-2019 (Part 2)

January 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

Looking back at the decade 2010-2019, we saw a booming decade for animation. Whether it be shonen anime or magical girl or anime with super long names, Japanese pop-culture fans are no doubt living the best otaku life. And what better way to celebrate the past decade than a wrap-up of our [...]

Geek It! Cosplay Spotlight: SMASH! 2019 Cosplay

July 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

So SMASH! Sydney Manga and Anime Show 2019 happened over the (July 13-14th) weekend and we were there to witness the glorious cosplay costumes. Like every other year, we are always curious to see which anime series would dominate the cosplay scene. This year, My Hero Academia takes the top gong [...]

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: Cosplay at Madfest

September 7, 2016 // 1 Comment

Cosplay is a huge aspect of every pop-culture convention nowadays, and it was no different for Madman Anime Festival 2016. For many fans, it was a chance to make new friends; showcase their cosplay talent; and demonstrate their passion for manga and anime as well. From Love Live! to Sword Art [...]