This is something that has bothered me for many years now and is so absurdly simple and silly that I finally feel the need to rant about it on the interweb. I love Minotaur but I really, really wish they would stop putting their damned price stickers on the product itself, rather than on the shrinkwrap. I mean, for a store that basically survives off niche markets, which are far more likely to be composed of collectors, it doesn’t make any sense to me that they would basically damage the merchandise they’re selling.
The full Australian Anime News Network report on Manifest 2007 is up.
Well, here it is, the final part of my report on Manifest 2007. As you might be able to tell this is for the third and final day of the event.
My second day at Manifest started out far more smoothly since I already had a pass and didn’t need to queue up to get one. Surprisingly, there was still a huge queue to pick up passes! With a day full of events there was plenty to do and I feel that Saturday is the real start of the festival.
Today was the opening day of Manifest for 2007. There’s usually not much to do on the Friday apart from picking up tickets and watching some anime screenings and this year was no exception. What the first day is really good for is whetting your appetite for the next two days!
The Melbourne Anime Festival (Manifest) will be starting a fortnight from now, on Friday, September 14th. If you’re an otaku, or at least know what otaku means, then I heartily recommend coming along to this con. It’s held at Melbourne University so hopefully it should be easy to reach for most people living somewhere near the city. Most events, screenings, trading and general fun is to be had on the Saturday and Sunday but it’s good to come and get everything organised on Friday and see some of the early cosplay and screenings.