GamePad: Gaming + Froyo Event

mayamada June 1, 2015 No Comments

We’re back!

On Saturday 20th June, we’re hosting the second GamePad! event at West 12 Shopping Centre in Sheperd’s Bush. This will also be the official pre-party of the London Anime & Gaming Convention in July so grab your free tickets now!

GamePad: Gaming + Froyo

You can look forward to another great day calling gamers, sweet tooths and everyone in between to join us for some fun with gaming and froyo.

Missed the first GamePad! event? DOn’t worry because captured the best moment on film so you know what to expect this time around.




Frozen yogurt at GamePad

Just in time for the summer, frozen yogurt will be available and we also have a tasty surprise for you. Find one of the three frozen yogurt cups with the mayamada logo inside and you’ll win a prize from us.

Cosplayers and competitions

The cosplay competiton will be back on June 20th. Come well dressed because the best cosplayer will get tickets to the London Anime & Gaming Convention, July 4th and 5th.

We will also be running a gaming competition for a chance to become a character in a future mayamada comic! Get your game on and get yourself (or a pet) featured in one our comics in 2015.

On top of all that you will also be able to get your hands on our range of anime inspired clothings and comics. Stay tuned for more details on that and everything else going down on Saturday June 20th!
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GamePad! Gaming + Music Event Recap

mayamada April 17, 2015 No Comments

It’s been a long while since the last mayamada event so we couldn’t wait to get our latest event, GamePad!, up and running.

Things got off to a great start as the crowd rolled into the Petit Miracle Hub in West 12 Shopping Centre…free cupcakes might have had something to do with that!

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It was a cosplay takeover as Animeleague made a big showing at GamePad! and the building was packed full of amazing characters.

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There were enough cosplayers to hold our own cosplay contest, and we did just that with tickets to London Anime & Gaming Con up for grabs.

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We had cosplayers from Marvel, Pokemon and Dragonball universes. After the voting was done, Tabitha (aka Demorafairy Cosplay) was crowned the winner with her Espeon cosplay.

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A big part of GamePad! is the games and we had three screens running Mario Kart, House of the Dead and Super Smash Bros throughout the day.

Special guest Shaodow came, saw and conquered as he took out the competition and team mayamada to win the Super Smash Bros tournament. As well as Samurai Chef chocolate and a logo snapback cap, he also won tickets to StreetFest 2015!

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It wasn’t just video games, no-tech gaming was just as fun with things getting very competitive on giant Jenga.

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It was a great day and this was just the start…GamePad! will be back in June so stay tuned to find out the date of the next mayamada gaming and music event.

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MCM Expo Birmingham

mayamada April 7, 2015 No Comments

Last month we took a trip up north (well, north-ish) for our first visit to the MCM Expo at the NEC Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. After a great time at London Anime & Gaming Con, we were excited to get our second convention of the year off and running.

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We set up in the Comic Village and manage to cover our table with regular and limited edition of the Samurai Chef manga as well as our new Samurai Chef chocolate bars.

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It’s been a while since we’ve been to an MCM event, but we were quickly up to speed once we got our bearings.

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There is so much to see at MCM. We only got to see a fraction of it from our stall, but we were treated to Robot Wars matches going on just behind the Comic Village – we loved watching that show!

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We also got to meet up with some great exhibitors including Canime, Helenasia and Choizilla, who had one of the best presented tables in the Comic Village and a cool outfit too.

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As always it’s about the cosplay and we saw a tons of great outfits over the two days of MCM Expo.

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Even the security guards were getting into it…

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So that’s two events down and many more to go in 2015. Not only conventions like Hyper Japan and London Comic Con, but we’ll also have our very own mayamada events starting with GamePad! in April.

Stay tuned to find out where to catch us after that one…

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GamePad! Gaming + Music Event

mayamada March 14, 2015 No Comments

It’s been a while since we had our last mayamada event. We still have great memories of our Frozen Yogurt Party at Tutti Frutti and the fantastic turnout on the day.

So we’re happy to announce that this year we’re bring back mayamada events! Our first one is called GamePad! and it’s coming on Saturday 11th of April.

GamePad! Gaming + Music Event

Join us from 3pm at the Petit Miracle Hub for a day of gaming, music and our popup shop featuring the full range of mayamada anime clothing and comics. All this under one roof for a FREE one day event!

You can get free tickets now and keep up to date with the latest event news on the GamePad! Facebook event page.

Game on!