MILKCANANIME Exhibitor Booth at Singapore Comic Con 2019

MILKCANANIME Exhibitor Booth at Singapore Comic Con 2019

Sunday, January 5, 2020 / No Comments

It was my first time to hold an exhibition booth. And we are privileged to be able to showcase our artworks and merchandise at our favourite event, Singapore Comic Con 2019 (They are one of the nicest organisers for anime events).

Three months prior to SGCC, we also took on the challenge to design a pack of messaging stickers for WhatsApp and Telegram. It is a collaboration between SGCC and MILKCANANME and we decided to use one of our OCs Miwa Haruka and their new OC, Red Robot. We turned the Robot into a chibi to create a touch of playfulness. So as Miwa Haruka meets Red Robot, we combine the elements of Japanese Sub-Culture and Western Pop-Culture into one.

This was taken on Friday evening, where only Exhibitors were permitted to move in to do set-up.

 We prepared a stack of flyers and some Miwa Haruka stickers. 

 The designs for the 24 messaging stickers.

To avoid Copyright issues, we decided to take out "Wonder Women". It was later replaced by our OC, Amami Kisa aka Queen Bee

To download this pack of stickers, click here.

 My buddy BT and wife Angela were there to help me set-up on Saturday morning.

Our pink-hair mascot Miwa Haruka (cosplayed by Hani Hashiya) later dropped by our booth at TS24 to help.

A portion of our artworks include these four illustrations which we work with KidZania Singapore. As an artist for their Variable Programmes, we draw using our OCs and according to the theme for their event which takes place on a certain period. We then make another black-and-white Colouring Sheets for the kids to colour. 

More info on this Singapore Bicentennial Artwork here

The sweet Miwa Haruka and her Shiba plush. Miwa Haruka loves animals and her best friend is Moo Chan.

 Our vivacious blogger Devi dropped by our booth. She wrote a lot of travel guides for us in Japan.

Met our 'MIA' blogger J.Fluffysheep. Remember reading those "A Letter to XXX" posts? They are all written by him. Heard he had created his own blog which focuses on manga. You should check it out here. I told him that he is welcomed to return to writing for MILKCANANIME. He smiled sheepishly. 

 Some of our merch on display includes our Character LED watches, enamel pins, acrylic standees and plushes. We were there solely to showcase our merch. It was funny when people started asking us if they could buy on the spot. We asked them to visit our online shop. 

 Jack Sparrow and his Pirates of the Caribbean's crew hailed from the Philippines. Long travel by sea, Captain.

We enjoyed the two days convention in Singapore Comic Con and wish to thank everyone who dropped by our booth and chatted with us. Special thanks to my Resident Illustrators Shiriel Corda and Kim Gaby as well as Pearl and Amanda from Reed Exhibitions who worked alongside with me on this project.

We also put up a short video here. Enjoy! ^_*

Credits to our videographer BT

Written by Max Wong

Anime Review: Dr.Stone [Part 2]

Anime Review: Dr.Stone [Part 2]

Tuesday, December 31, 2019 / No Comments

While this may be a bit late, I do hope that you can still take some things away from this review as there might some hidden gems that you might have missed in the anime!

I'll be covering what happens in the first few episodes so as to not spoil too much of what happens for the new viewers out there!

With that said, let's get right into it!

Premiered: Summer 2019

Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Shounen

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Once again, if any of you have not yet watch this anime (you definitely should), I'll be leaving a small trailer for you to have an inkling of what you'll be diving into!

Video Credit: dimsum.asia

With that out of the way, it's time to introduce some new characters!

 

Having awakened Taiju, Senku sets out on his path to reclaiming the world with science. Taiju, however, reminds Senku of an important matter. Well, important to himself, that is.

 

After waiting for over 3000 years, Taiju's pent-up feelings for Yuzuriha surges and he implores Senku to first resurrect her before any plans. I'm quite impressed that his love has still survived several millennia. But then again, it was his love for Yuzuriha that managed to keep him going through these years. Nevertheless, Senku reluctantly agreed.

 

However, just as they were about to revive her, Senku senses the presence of a, or rather, multiple dangerous threats in the vicinity.

 

As he swept his gaze through the foliage, Senku realizes that there were many pairs of eyes watching him intently. If it was me in that situation, my legs would have definitely give out due to immense fear towards those animals. As there were no human interference, animals only grew out of their cage and into the wild. As Senku said, mankind are no longer on the top of the food chain in this age of sticks and stones. 

 

With no choice, Taiju leads Senku to another statue in the forest. This time, it's the body of Tsukasa Shisio, a high school student with immense strength.

 

Instead of asking questions about the situation, Tsukasa readily accepts and goes about getting rid of the lions chasing the pair. Again, I have no idea how these people stay calm when there are multiple jaws ready to bite on their necks for a scrumptious dinner. After making the ordeal look like taking a walk in the park, Tsukasa introduces himself properly to the team. 

 

My first impressions of Tsukasa was actually really good. He seemed like an invaluable ally to Senku and could make Senku's ideas come to fruition faster. Alas, not all things are black and white in this world or their world. 

Due to his corrupt ideals of the previous state of the world, Tsukasa lobs off the head of a petrified man in front of Senku. Realizing that Tsukasa was not only an enemy but a dangerous one, Senku decides to withhold all thoughts of collaborating with Tsukasa.

Before that, we get to experience one of the most touching moments in this anime. Honestly, I knew that Yuzuriha was going to be revived from the trailer, but watching it happen made me tear up a bit. After all, waiting 3000 years just to confess your love to someone is not something just anyone could do.

 

 

This scene was actually one of the most beautiful scenes in the anime, and also one of my favourites!

 

At first, I had my thoughts regarding Yuzuriha's resurrection. Ultimately, Senku chose to revive Taiju because he needed his strength to do the manual labor. Tsukasa was revived to get them out of a sticky situation. And while there was not any indication of Yuzuriha's skills, I felt that the precious miracle water that could revive anyone was wasted on her. However, as the episodes goes on, I realized I was direly wrong.

 

Happiness lasted only a short while however, as Tsukasa is now chasing them. With his immense prowess that was used to take down 5 lions, Senku and the others could not hope to match against him in a brawl. As such, Senku decides to recreate mankind's most powerful and dreadful invention, gunpowder.

 

As usual, Dr.Stone did not disappoint me in terms of humour. They managed to lighten the mood from the tense chase while adding a bit of knowledge in the bowl as well. They go over on how to recreate gunpowder while also providing some explanations!

 

Also, just a word of warning, definitely don't try this at home! This is very dangerous!

 

Please don't do it!

 

Getting back to the topic at hand, with Tsukasa on their trail, they decide to split with Taiju investigating a potential sign of human life in the distant forest.

 

However, luck was not on their side that day. Just as Taiju left, the Tsukasa arrives with a grim expression on his face that read, "Either you or I die today." 

 

After negotiations failed, Tsukasa struck Senku on the back of the neck, effectively killing him in one move. Before that though, Tsukasa had given Senku a way out and that was to either join him or eliminate any thoughts of reviving mankind through science. 

 

Obviously, Senku could not agree to both of his demands he viewed science as his most important vision which inevitably led to his death.

 

Unfortunately, Senku died and the story ended abruptly...
 

Or so you thought!

 

Being the genius he is, Senku left an inconspicuous hint to Yuzuriha which was that there was still a bit of petrification left on his neck. It was the exact same spot as when Tsukasa struck him!

 

 

With a little bit of magic and... actually it's mostly science, Senku comes back to life! 

 

With his usual smug smirk!

 

After reviving, his resolve to save humanity through science hardened even further. But first, he had to settle the score with Tsukasa. To do that, Senku decides to create a kingdom, founded by science itself! 

 

That's it for the review! I do hope that you enjoyed this recap and for those that are on the fence about watching this anime still, you should definitely give it a try!

 

At this point, I have watched all the episodes and can without a doubt say that this has been a blast to watch. It's a refreshing shower from the others genres that have been reappearing. I'm excited for the character development of Tsukasa because he seems like a cool type of villain! Most importantly, I can't wait to see what Senku reinvents in order to fight against the Tsukasa Empire!

 

Last but not least, have a Happy New Year!

 

Written by Yeon Hee

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Kaki Chan and Miraku Chan "Christmas" Stickers

Kaki Chan and Miraku Chan "Christmas" Stickers

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 / No Comments

The little oysters wish to shellebrate this Christmas with you buoys and girls. This is a spe-shell pack of "Kaki Chan & Miraku Chan Christmas" WhatsApp and Telegram stickers.

They are dolphinitely not the only fish in the sea. There are seaveral turtle-ly cute Algae Chans joining the fun. Look too fast and you probubbly miss them.

By the whale, I did alot of de-cod-ration with Miraku. You sea that I carry her on my shoulders to hang fins on the Xmas tree. I hope she likes me for who I am and not just my mussels.

Ok, I leave you with this Christmas song I pacific-ally love~

You batter watch out
You batter not fry
You batter not pout
I'm shelling you why
Santa Claws is coming to town

This Christmas sea-sun is making me so emocean-al...
I wish that you have a boat-tiful and jawsome day! ~ Kaki Chan the Oyster.

This boat-tiful stickers are availabubble free for Whatsapp and Telegram

Whatsapp

For Android Phone user

1) Download the free WhatSticker App in Google Play

2) In the top bar, search for "Milkcananime". Choose the pack "Kaki Chan & Miraku Chan Christmas". Add to Android.

For iPhone user

1) Download the free Kotech Online App in Apple App Store

2) Use Safari and type whatsticker.online

3) In the top bar, search for "Milkcananime". Choose the pack "Kaki Chan & Miraku Chan Christmas". Add to iPhone

4) Tap 'Open' when prompted to open in Kotech Online. Then save the stickers.

Note: Remember to use Safari to go to whatsticker.online, and not the app itself.

Telegram

Fans of Telegram fret not, we have also released the cute stickers here.

Click here to get the Telegram stickers!

Designed by Max Wong and Shiriel