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the fØØl’s progress » blog archive » ultraman festival the fØØl’s progress λ zero the hero the fool is the first card of the major arcana, but its number is 0. it resides outside of the major arcana, and it can be taken as the state that signifies the beginning. traditionally, the fool is represented by a youth who is walking along a cliff. the next step he takes will lead he over the edge, but he is not aware of this. his eyes are raised, and it is as if he will soon soar above the earth. a dog typically barks at his feet, but this, the manifestation of the mundane, is also ignored as he starts on her journey of self-discovery and ascension towards the divine. « ::secret origins:: about a boy - part ii - wan tho ave the old man on the moon » mar16 ultraman festival by: zer0 the posters and flyers for ultraman festival (ウルトラマンフェスティバル) 2006 are already out! that only increased our heart rate and excitement. the posters are gorgeous. i am sure there are those going for the ulfes pilgrimage will be able to make those posters disappear from the walls… another five more months, we’re all going to be at ulfes. i’ve already gotten my leave approved for the trip. yay!! this will be my third time going to ulfes, in three consecutive years. i didn’t expect that the innocuous holiday three years ago would have such an impact on my life. then, the trip to tokyo in 2004 was for my ex-girlfriend and i to spend some couple time together so that we could bring the relationship back on track. however in japan, i fell in love again with another man. the trip to ulfes 2004 had re-ignited my passion for ultraman. i’d always been associated with ultraman from a young age. in school, up till junior college and even in the army, people would reserve the nick “ultraman” for me. however, it was during the university years when my interest in ultraman fell by the wayside - there were alot of exciting things to do in university such as trying to impress girls. the casual visit to ulfes 2004 more than rectified the neglect. i became a born-again ultraman fan. ultraman festival 2004 ulfes is usually held at a convention hall in sunshine city, a megamall located near the ikebukuro train station. a statue of ultraman will be placed usually at the foot of the steps that led up to the event venue. ultraman noa and zer0 the hero i wasn’t quite prepared to be greeted by an almost life-sized figure of ultraman, and was fascinated. in 2004, tsuburaya productions was still promoting the n-project campaign thus ultraman noa’s statue was erected there. check out noa’s ultra-butt, ‘yo entrance after going up the long flight of steps, at the top is the hallowed grounds… was happy like bird when i got the entrance tickets and activity guide book for the festival. the hallowed grounds posing in front of ultraman cosmos ultraman cosmos giving me a pat on the head its like a temple within - lots of dioramas of ultraman and kaiju - and also the three dimensional reconstruction of the tales of ultraman battling destructive kaijus to bring peace to the galaxies. the lost temple of ultras there’s also exhibits of the props and costumes used for the (then) on-going ultraman nexus series. night raider gear and ultraman nexus livestage there’s also a stage area for live performances. happy stage ultraseven teaching kids aerobics next to the happy stage is the livestage theatre - the ultraman live action theatre!! i managed to catch part 2 of the ultraman livestage for ulfes 2004. part 1 of the two part story ended several days before i arrived in tokyo. ultra brothers thrashed by dark zagi ultra brothers fight (inflatable) goudes nexus vanquishes evil nexus kena pasang become the next guardian of the universe when i was there, the festival organisers managed to preserve the first part of the liveshow on dvd. here’s the climatic battle scenes from the first liveshow (point of interest - note that noa fought without his “wings”): ultra brothers fight dark zagi ultra brothers fight goudes and saves the day ultra goods after you leave the livestage theatre, you reach the merchandising section> holding the 1:1 scale sssp super gun. (ウルトラマン「科学特捜隊」１／１スーパーガン ) i didn’t buy much stuff during my first trip to the ulfes. firstly, thats because i wasn’t a maniacal collector yet. besides the exclusive items were already sold out by the time i got there. exclusive items - sold out!! so all i got were some baltan soft vinyl figures. i love baltan seijin. they are my favourite aliens. baltan seijin soft vinyl + other merchandise i only saw one ‘live’ ultraman…and it’s one of the dorkiest ultraman ever. ultraman nice even though i didn’t bring back much in terms of collectibles with me in my luggage, i did bring back a dream. i wanted to start an ultraman fanclub. and the rest is history. ultraman festival 2005 the following year, i returned to ulfes with the ultra posse, all of whom got to know each other through ultramanlah! the ultra posse ulfes 2005 entrance and ticketing area ulfes 2005 mural there was a chio bu ushering the visitors. cute japanese chick sighted it was the first day of ulfes 2005 and also a weekend, so the convention hall was pretty crowded. as its the 15th anniversary of ultraman festival, it appeared that there’s more exhibits and things to see this time. ulfes 2005 at a glance there’s definitely more exhibits… galactic ninjas - alien baltan, the invaders z-ton vs ultraman more exhibits kawaii japanese kids there’s also corners for the kids to run around and play. afterall, this show was aimed at the kids, not us the older fans. unlike the previous year, there are many more ‘live’ ultraman characters walking around. ultraman live! we could take pictures with them too. meeting ultraman tiga this was a special moment. ultraman tiga actually pointed to one of our guys’ club t-shirt and gave us the thumbs up! (but we failed to capture thaat moment on video or camera!!! aarrggghhh) huddling with ultraman cosmos on our second visit to ulfes on the day of our departure, we met other ultraman heroes: with ultraman agul with ultraman leo ultraman nice the dork we also tried to get friendly with the crew. crew i look stupid with the t-shirt tucked in. livestage 8 the livestage is just as dazzling. livestage new characters - ultraman android and boy dada monsters appear! baltans appear! z-ton appears! peace prevails…. ultra merchandise shopping as this time i was with ultraman fans, we fed off each other’s shopping frenzy. at the festival itself, i forked out about a thousand singaporean dollars in cold hard cash at the check out counter. our bounty here’s what i got from ulfes 2005: my loot for the coming ulfes this summer, we’ve got more people who’re going than the year before. and some of those who’re going to ulfes come not just from singapore, but from the states and taiwan as well. they got to know of this festival through out web forum. thus, i’m looking forward to going ga-ga over ultraman together with my fellow ultra otakus. haha. blond amibition yes, i was blond for the week when i was in tokyo last year. it was my blond ambition tour. i had only wanted to add some colours to my otherwise black hair. i had never done colours before so i asked the stylist to do something outrageous for me. i didn’t expect to sit at the salon for about four hours, bleaching my hair and then loading it with ash-green colour. it was torture. but its nevertheless an interesting experience. i thought i would see many blond asians in the uber cool capital of japan. however, the blond japanese boys were nowhere to be seen. and i felt very conscious about my hair colour as it sticks out prominently among the crowd. then, my spoken japanese was still rather hopeless. but i managed to chat up one local chick who’s kinda cute. she’s a sales staff at the tsutaya’s shibuya branch (the one sitting at the big cross junction near the train station, above starbucks). she was wrapping up some manga that i got for my japanese language teacher. while she was busy with the wrappers, i spoke to her in halting japanese, that the gift was meant for my japanese teacher. in the end, we switched back into english for the rest of the conversation. i got her email, but that’s about it. don’t think we ever corresponded even though i’d sent her the picture we took together. kayo-chan i take after my dad, don’t i. *wink* this entry was posted on thursday, march 16th, 2006 at 12:09 am and is filed under otaku diary, adventure logs. you can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2.0 feed. both comments and pings are currently closed. xpyre says: march 21st, 2006 at 12:45 am dude, you must take pics of harajuku gals when you’re there. i think they’re hawt. zer0 says: march 22nd, 2006 at 1:01 am dude, your wish was already my command. check this out. :d ryan says: january 14th, 2007 at 10:48 am hey nice ulfes pics… really make me kum dong .. wahhhh.. i wanna go back to otaku land again this yr lei… :) yoh zero.. u looks a bit more fa fu in 2004 as compare to nw..kekeke.. jacob says: july 14th, 2007 at 12:07 pm too cool! i promised my kids to take them to japan next time i go; we’re timing our trip for an ultraman festival if there’s one planned for ‘08 or ‘09. the f00l オタク 電波男 card number zer0 chaotic neutral fire dragon settings archives october 2007 september 2007 august 2007 july 2007 june 2007 may 2007 april 2007 march 2007 february 2007 january 2007 december 2006 november 2006 october 2006 september 2006 august 2006 july 2006 june 2006 may 2006 april 2006 march 2006 february 2006 january 2006 categories all adventure logs otaku diary brain diving the world esoterica links オタカルチャー akiba blog 「アキバblog（秋葉原ブログ）」 akiba os 「アキバos」 akihabara channel 「秋葉原チャネル」 anime news network ブクロblog（池袋ブログ） メイドさん的blog（メイドブログ） chuang yi 特撮ヒーロー作戦！ fresh mode comics game axis heisei democracy - modern visual culture digest hero★material 「ヒーロー★マテリアル」 kotaku, the gamer's guide moe yo! a blog from an akiba dweller 「萌えよ！アキバ人ブログ」 new akiba dot com 「にゅーあきばどっとこむ」 pili network (霹靂網) senaka: ota road blog 「せなか：オタロードblog」 ultramanlah! 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